1892 Letters to Young Shooters First Series: On the Choice and Use of a Gun. Second Series: On the Production, Preservation and Killing of Game.

Description

Early Edition, First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, Scarce

Payne-Gallwey authored numerous books on sporting history, theory, and practice, including this series 'Letters to Young Shooters', that was first published between 1890 and 1896 in three 'series': 'First Series: On the Choice and Use of a Gun'. 'Second Series: On the Production, Preservation and Killing of Game'. 'Third Series: Comprising a Short Natural History of British Wildfowl and Complete Directions in Shooting Wildfowl on the Coast and Inland'. This set contains the first two series, lacking the third. Copiously illustrated throughout with illustrations by the author, including a portrait frontispiece of Payne-Gallwey to the Second Series, with an accompanying facsimile of his signature. Featuring publisher's advertisements to the front of 'First Series'. This 'First Series' volume is a second edition copy, whilst the 'Second Series' volume is a first edition copy.