A first edition of this book in good condition, with wear to the cover. Chapters: The History of the Shotgun; The Selection of a Gun; Game Guns, Wildfowl Guns, and Small Bores; Repeating, Automatic and Miscellaneous Guns; The Shotgun Cartridge; Ballistics; The Gun-Room, Accessories and Dress; Shooting. Appendix with Shotgun Data and Tables. Includes 26 b/w photographic illustrations and a number of gun makers' advertisements. The cover has a range of general soiling marks, including some light spots, small dark ink splatter and scuffing. Corners are bumped and worn with small surface loss; spine ends crushed, with surface wear and splits. All edges and spine hinges are worn; small edge bumps. Endpapers, with advertisements, are browned. Occasional marks on inside pages; margins lightly tanned. Mostly erased child's pencil scribble on pages 72 and 110. Paper-break, approx. 2.5cm, to lower front end paper and but binding sound.