The Shooting Field: One Hundred and Fifty Years with Holland & Holland - Hardcover
Physical description: 176 p. : ill. (some col.), facsims., ports. ; 30 cm. Notes: Bibliography: p175-176. Subject: Holland & Holland - History. Firearms industry and trade - Great Britain - History. Shooting. Gunsmiths - England - London - History. Bond Street. Firearms. Business. Retail. Blood sports. Biographies. Other names: Holland and Holland. Genre: Bibliography, Illustrated.
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- PublisherQuiller Publishing Ltd
- Publication date1985
- ISBN 10 0907621627
- ISBN 13 9780907621621
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages144
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Book Description Condition: new. (Hardcover, 1985). 1985 1st edition. 4to (200 x 293mm). Pp176. Colour and b/w photographs and illustrations. Maroon boards, spine titled in gilt, top- and fore-edge silver-gilt. Some foxing and browning. Good-plus in frayed dust-wrapper. "This book tells the story of the London gun trade from the earliest days, and particularly from 1835 through the eyes of the most famous maker, Holland & Holland, and of their customers, their rivals, and their craftsmen." Chapters include: Holland & Holland 1835-1905; The London and Birminghan guntrade; The Field Trials of 1883; Two wars, two depressions, Holland & Holland 1905-1959; The events of 1959, 1960-1985; At the factory; The Proof House; The School; A diversion on clothing; Great guns, some Edwardians at sport, and royalty; The days of the Raj; Big game hunting; Punt guns; The anatomy of elegance - 'No harm in a new pair of guns each season.' Appendices give, a curious use for punt guns, gun numbers, records relating to weapons made prior to 1893, extracts from the notebook 'Experimental'. A fascinating and highly readable book. . Seller Inventory # 30810
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THE SHOOTING FIELD: ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS WITH HOLLAND & HOLLAND. By Peter King.
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