LETTERS TO YOUNG SHOOTERS (FIRST SERIES): On the choice and use of a gun. By Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey, Bt.

(1890) 1899 5th edition. 8vo (136 x 191mm). Ppxii,274. B/w illustrations, blank memoranda tables. Green cloth, upper boards and spine titled in gilt.

Principally on the selection, use and maintenance of the sporting shotgun. Chapters include: Remarks on guns old and new; On the quality, manufacture and cost of modern guns; On the fit and choice of a gun (two chapters); The merits of chokes and cylinders (two chapters); How to shoot safely, with remarks on loaders, and the safe handling of a gun in the field; On killing game, and shooting generally, in a sportsmanlike manner; On correct aiming (four chapters); On the care and cleaning of guns (two chapters); On the loading of game-guns (two chapters, powder and shot); A few simple directions in target experiments; Cartridges; Game-stop - how to make rabbits lie out, and how to catch wood-pigeons.