The Treasury of Sporting Guns
by Waterman, Charles F
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(London: Hamlyn, 1979). 4to; original brown rexine; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 240, incl. index; profusely illustrated with photographs and reproductions of contemporary artwork, including some in full colour. Dustwrapper edgeworn, and torn, with loss to top edge; some light spotting to outer leaves. Very good condition, in a fair to good dustwrapper. "Whatever his target, wherever in the world he shoots, the hunter achieves success only by proper selection and expert use of the sporting gun. In this handsome and comprehensive book, Charles F. Waterman, one of the foremost writers on hunting and fishing, tells the fascinating story of how sportsmen's shotguns and rifles evolved from their primitive beginnings in the workshops of Europe to today's superlatively efficient, accurate, and beautiful firearms. A book for gun buffs everywhere, spectacularly illustrated with photographs in colour and black-and-white." .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3649
- Title
- The Treasury of Sporting Guns
- Author
- Waterman, Charles F
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- (London: Hamlyn, 1979)
- Keywords
- Hunting. Big game. Rifles. Shotguns. Sporting guns. Firearms. Weapons. Hunting
- Bookseller catalogs
- Hunting;
Terms of Sale
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
All books offered subject to availability. Returns are accepted where we have erred materially in our description of goods.
About the Seller
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Biblio member since 2018
Port Elizabeth
About Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Christison Rare Books operates as a mail order business, based in Port Elizabeth. We are members of IOBA and SABDA. Whereas we stock thousands of books on a wide variety of subjects, our focus has always been on SE Africa - its peoples, wildlife and history. The store is managed by Lindsay Christison. Although we do not run an open book shop, prospective customers who would like to examine items described in our on-line list of stock are welcome to make an appointment.
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