THE MUZZLELOADING HUNTER: BEING A COMPLETE GUIDE FOR THE BLACK POWDER SPORTSMAN. By Rick Hacker.

1981 1st edition. Pp283. Sepia photographs, illustrations. Decorative silver gilt brown cloth.

"Many a book-loving hunter dreams of owning one of those rare old volumes known as handbooks for the blackpowder sportsman. Classics such as Frank Forester's Field Sports were acclaimed in mid-nineteenth century newspaper reviews as "indispensable" to every hunter - necessary reading for all who "shoulder a fowling piece or rifle". The Muzzleloading Hunter is today's equivalent of such indispensable black powder handbooks. We are proud to present the first complete treatise on this time-honored hunting sport to be written in recent history for the twentieth century sportsman. This is the most up-to-date treatment of the subject. And it is also a salute to our historic past, designed in the tradition of antique hunting books. Even the illustrations blend the old with the new, for the pages are embellished with rare nineteenth century engravings and woodcuts as well as photographs showing the latest gear, guns, techniques and activities".