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Auction #120 begins on 16 Jan 2025

Caswell, John

Sporting Rifles and Rifle Shooting (in dust jacket)

Published: Appleton, New York, 1920

Edition: First Edition

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Caswell provides chapters on bullet choice, rifles, sights, elevation, windage and all

manner of items interesting to hunters and target shooters. Of African interest are several

vignettes in which he describes his hunting lion, rhino, and eland in British East Africa in

1910, highlighted by a battery of plates depicting shot location on African big game. He also includes big game shooting in North America. Original blue cloth with bright gilt spine titles. Original endpapers, inner hinges just starting. Scattered foxing to contents. Well illustrated with photo plates and text illustrations. In the scarce dust jacket with a small corner missing from the top front panel, and general light chipping.

  • Jacket Condition: Good+
  • Binding Condition: Very Good
  • Overall Condition: Very Good, tight and firm
  • Size: Octavo
  • Sold By: Classic Arms Books
  • Contact Person: Ken Czech
  • Country: United States
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Telephone: 320-255-1870
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