THE BREECH-LOADER AND HOW TO USE IT. By W.W. Greener.

(1892) 1906 9th revised edition. Small 8vo (125 x 190mm). Ppxii,282,ads. B/w photographs, illustrations. White pictorial paper-covered boards, grey cloth spine titled in black. Price 2/6d.

"This treatise is written for that numerous class of sportsmen who delight in a day's shooting, but have neither the time nor the means to make the sport a life's study. Published at a popular price, it will, it is hoped, reach many who have hitherto been deterred from shooting, believing it to be an expensive recreation. The author's aim is to induce all who can to participate in a manly sport, and to advance the interests of those who can look to the Gun for pleasure, health or occupation." From the Introduction from the first edition. "The first issue of 'The Breech-Loader' was sold within four months of its publication, and the favour since shown by the sporting public has encouraged the author to print yearly revised editions until, at the present time, seven have been exhausted. Instead of making the many alterations needed to include later developments and inventions, it has now been thought advisable to condense certain portions [of this book] and re-write it. In doing so, much new matter has been added and the book improved both as regards arrangement and conciseness, and the author trusts that it will, in its present fom, be still more acceptable to those who have need to consult it for all that a modern gun should be and do." From the Preface to the revised, eighth edition. This ninth edition was the product of still further revisions as progress in rifle design continued apace.