RANDOM SHOTS: AN ANTHOLOGY FROM THE FIRST 50 YEARS OF THE SHOOTING TIMES. Selected and edited by James Irvine Robertson.

1990 1st edition. Large 8vo (174 x 241mm). Pp224. B/w photographs and illustrations. Grey cloth, spine titled in gilt.

Stories, articles and anecdotes from the Shooting Times between 1884 and 1938. "How do you shoot a lion? And how do you avoid being eaten when you miss? What is the best rifle for shooting down Zeppelins? Who holds the world bat shooting record? What was the cost of the jewelled collar belonging to Fantine, the Duchess of Marlborough's lapdog? And what does the King have for lunch when out shooting? For the answers to such questions of perennial interest to the Sportsman, you need look no further."