THE GUN: AFIELD AND AFLOAT. By Henry Sharp.

(1904) 2005 new edition. 8vo Paperback (140 x 216mm). Ppxx,318. B/w photographs, illustrations by Herbert Sharp.

This is a species by species look at wildfowling and game shooting based on the author's long years of experience. Chapters include: Game guns; Wild-fowl guns; Gun testing, patterns; Ammunition - powder, caps, cartridge cases, wadding, shot; Dogs; The game birds - great bustard, capercaillie, black grouse, red grouse, ptarmigan, pheasant, partridge grey and red-legged, quail, landrail, woodcock, great snipe, common snipe, jack snipe; Hare, rabbit, wild pigeons, rook; Wild-fowl, swans, geese; Ducks, plover, shore birds; Game shooting - grouse pheasant, partridge; Game shooting - quail, landrail, woodcock, snipe, hare, rabbit; Wild-fowl shooting - swans, geese; Wild-fowl shooting - ducks, plover, shore birds; Vermin, furred and feathered. A new facsimile edition, originally published by Chapman and Hall, London, 1904.