Essay Shooting Containing Methods Forging by Acton John (6 results)

Morocco. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. 313 pages inc addendum leaf & 32 pages of introductions inc a 2nd intro for this 2nd revised edition of 18 pages (longer than the original of 8 pages)., uncut edges and printed on hand-made rag paper, light dustline along the bottom of the title, 20th century rebinding in full black morocco with 2 gilt morocco labels, contents very good and clean. Octavo. 1791 2nd edition revised. (1st edition was 1789).…

hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. hardback, first English edition, octavo, modern rebind in quarter green morocco and cloth boards, later endpapers. Tightly bound, small plate of the Bibliotheca Tiliana collection of Kurt Lindner, together with a small unobtrusive oval stamp of the same to the title page verso and foot of the final leaf. Text largely taken from Magne de Marolles' La Chasse au Fusil. xiii + 303pp.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Published anonymously. 8vo. xiii, 303 pages. Half calf, marbled boards. Corners rubbed and a small chip missing from top of spine. Prelims. a little foxed and a small abrasion on title page above publisher's imprint - text unaffected. A sound, tight, clean copy. Attractive. …

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. xiii, 303pp. Contemprary calf, rebacked c19th century with a lighter coloured leather but very well done. Tape stains to endpapers (from well meant plastic covering since removed), prev owner name dated 1790 on half-title page. Very slight occasional foxing. Overall a very pleasing, wide-margined copy of this early treatis on guns, gunsmithing and shooting. The title continues (at length): with Remarks- An Investigation of the causes of recoil and of bursting, with proposals for preventing or remedying them- An inquiry into the effects of length, bore and charge, upon the range, &c of the piece - And remarks upon the articles of powder, shot, wadding &c &c. Also instructions for attaining the art of shooting- the methods of training pointers- and a short description of the game of this country, as connected with the amusement of shooting. The whole interspersed with summary observations on the various subjects of the sport. Size: 8vo.…

Full Leather. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. CLEAN Very good+ 1789 first edition older full leather. 303 pages. Raised bands, marbled endpages. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

FIRST EDITION. AN ESSAY ON SHOOTING Containing The various Methods of forging, boring, and dressing Gun Barrels, practised in France, Spain, and England, and the different Proofs of Barrels empolyed in those Countries; with Remarks -An Investigation of the Causes of Recoil, and of Bursting, with Proposals for preventing or remedying them -An Inquiry into the Effects of the Length, Bore, and Charge, upon the Range, &c. of the Piece -And Remarks upon the Articles of Powder, Shot, Wadding, &c. &c. Also Instructions for attaining the Art of Shooting -The Methods of training Pointers -And a short Description of the Game of this Country, as connected with the Amusement of Shooting. The whole Interspersed with summary Observations on the various Subjects of THE Sport, T. Cadell in the Strand, 1789, first English edition mostly translated from the French edition of Gervaise Francois Magne de Marolles, bound along with CAUTIONS TO YOUNG SPORTSMEN by Thomas Frankland, James Robson, 1801, second edition with additions, rebound with a new leather spine; now in quarter leather and older marbled boards and leather corner tips with new end-papers. Wear to the board edges and 3 of the 4 corner tips, else a good to very good copy with vg+/near fine contents.…