THE COMPLETE SHOT: A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR THE FIELD SPORTSMAN. By James Douglas. Illustrations by Alan Hayman.

1991 1st edition. 4to (195 x 252mm). Pp192. Colour and b/w photographs, excellent colour plates and b/w line drawings by Alan Hayman, brief bibliography. Dark red boards, spine titled in gilt.

Fairly comprehensive examination of all aspects of shooting: pheasants and other gamebirds, wildfowling and deerstalking as well as the pursuit of mouflon, chamois, wild boar and other quarry in continental Europe. Chapters include: Types of shotgun; Cartridges; Shotgun safety; Shooting technique; Development of the rifle; Types of rifle; Sighting and telescopic sight; Firing a rifle; The rifle cartridge; Knives; Binoculars; Deer; European game; Types of shoot; Game birds; Foreshore shooting; Inland goose shooting; Geese; Dabbling duck; Diving duck; Other waterfowl; Small game; large game; Game birds; Game and wildfowl. James Douglas was the pseudonym of Douglas Mitchell, a well-known archer who died in 2002 following a freak accident with a bow.