1989 1st edition. Ashford. Southampton. 4to. Ppvi,250. B/w photographs & illustrations throughout, bibliography. Yellow cloth. Corner sl bumped, eps marked. Good-plus in used dust-wrapper.
Notes: "In this second volume of a definitive work, Ian Crudgington and David Baker unravel the intricate story of the evolution and development of the British shotgun between 1870 and 1890". Hundreds of good contemporary photographs as well as hundreds more contemporary diagrams, illustrations and patent drawings.