1978 1st edition. The Compton Press. Tisbury, Wiltshire. 4to. Ppvi,279. Colour frontispiece, b/w photographs, bibliography. Purple cloth with gilt gun vignette. Fine in dust-wrapper.
Notes: A great find for any gun enthusiast, and now available again after these many years. In the years following the publication of The Mantons: Gunmakers, in 1967, much extra information came to light, including many more guns. This new information is presented here in the same format as the original volume. Chapters include; John Manton and family - diary of events with additional information, further shotguns, rifles and pistols; Joseph Manton and family - diary of events with additional information, further shotguns, rifles and pistols; Thomas Manton and others. The Manton Supplement is a good read in its own right, even if you haven't seen a copy of the the original The Mantons: Gunmakers.
