THE WORLD OF SHOOTING.

396 pages, profusely illustrated throughout with colour photographs, half green pig skin with green brushed suede sides with a stainless steel etching set into the upper cover, all edges silvered, a very good copy in the dust jacket and contained in a green cloth slip case. 

Copy number 772 of the Sponsoring Subscribers’ Edition limited to 1000 copies, signed by the author, photographer and publisher. A Standard Edition of 4000 copies was intended but never issued. 

‘The 396 pages comprise one third text, two thirds full colour photographs. This masterwork is the result of a 40-month world tour and collaboration between Peter Johnson and noted author Alf Wannenburgh in which they were the guests of the greatest names in the world of shooting and game preservation. Noble estates, historic preserves, privately-owned retreats, multi-million dollar corporate conservation projects, Alaskan wilderness…. But the book is about far more than shooting and record bags. The authors found throughout the world a growing awareness amongst sportsmen, landowners, the truly concerned and some government bodies, that the only really effective way to preserve any species of wildlife is to first conserve its habitat. Given a chance, nature’s fecundity renews all species so generously that shooting becomes not just a sport, but a necessary and beneficial harvest. And man himself is renewed in the eternal cycle of life.’ Editor’s note.