THE BRITISH SHOTGUN: VOLUME THREE 1891 - 2011. By I.M. Crudgington and D.J. Baker. First edition.

2011 1st edition. Large 8vo (200 x 262mm). Pp320. B/w photographs and illustrations, bibliography. Black boards, spine titled in gilt.

This is the long-awaited final volume of this excellent trilogy which began with the publication of Volume One 1850 - 1870 in 1979. The British Shotgun Volume Three 1891 - 2011 "completes the trilogy of the renowned British Shotgun series... this highly regarded series [gives the] complete story of the evolution of the British shotgun. This important work includes many previously unrecorded designs and artefacts - for example nowhere else in print is to be found the whole story of the single trigger; the over and under gun; the cheap single barrel or the classic side by side gun." New editions of The British Shotgun Volume One 1850 - 1871 and Volume Two 1871 - 1890, uniform with Volume Three were issued simultaneously. Chapters include: The single trigger; The over and under gun; The machine-made single; The continuing development of the side-by-side shotgun; Guns of aberrant form; The ejectors; The safety catches; The aids to shooting. All three volumes of The British Shotgun are also available together for the special Coch-y-Bonddu price of just GBP 90.00. Please see our stock number 32766.