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This is an antique sporting book, "Practical Hints on Shooting" by '20-Bore' (Basil Tozer). 1887 1st edition; Kegan Paul, Trench, & Co.; London. "Being a treatise on the Shot Gun and its Management; Game, Wildfowl, and Trap Shooting; Together with Notes on Sporting Dogs and Ferrets, and Other Useful Information Relative to Shooting." The book features numerous illustrations. The contents are as follows: On the Choice of a Gun; Barrels; Essential Parts of the Gun; On Guns in General; Powder, Shot, and Cartridges; Gun Cleaning, and Shooting Paraphernalia; Shooting - Preliminary Remarks; General Hints on the Handling of Firearms, and Shooting; Partridge Shooting; Pheasant Shooting; Grouse Shooting; Woodcock Shooting; Snipe Shooting; Quail Shooting; Rook Shooting; Ground Game Shooting; Duck, Sea-Fowl, and Fen-Bird Shooting; Miscellaneous Shooting; Concluding Remarks on Game; Pigeon Shooting; Artificial Shooting; Sporting Dogs; Ferrets; Addenda.From the Preface: "In penning these few pages, therefore, we… Read More

London : Kegan, Paul, Trench, & Co.. From the personal library of noted firearms authority and writer Gilbert E. Newton, AKA, "Bob Murphy." A clean hardcover in good condition; light shelf wear, spine slightly cocked, corners lightly bumped, edges with expected age-toning, antique English bookplate and Newton's address label on paste-down, several brief period notes in fountain pen on the front end papers. No DJ, as issued. . Good. Hardcover. 1887.

Kegan, Paul, Trench, & Co.. Collectible - Acceptable. London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1887. 8vo hardcover. xiv+472pp. Illustrations. Fair book. Heavy wear to spine. (Shotguns, Firearms) Inquire if you need further information.

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, & Co., 1887. First Edition . Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xiv + 471 pp., b/w illus., tables. "Being a treatise on the shot gun & its management; game, wildfowl, & trap shooting; together w/notes on sporting dogs & ferrets, & other useful information relative to shooting." Someone has inked the author's real name, Basil Tozer, under his pseudonym on the t.p., ink sig. on p. following the f.f.e.p. Red cloth bound hardcover w/gold-foil stamping to the front & spine shows sl. spotting & soiling but the binding is solid. Overall good to v.g. cond.