this little book is to be recommended from amazon.
by sir henry halford, written in 1888, its contents exceed it small size.
it is the distilled essence of halfords experience until writing the book, and as such is heavy going as it offers so much.
halford worked a lot with william metford, another great of the era.
he covers basics, a thing we all need to focus on .
keep safe,
bruce.

chris,
it is you i have to thank for recommending this book.
a must have .
keep safe,
bruce.

Here is a first edition, 1 st printing.  Shipping is only $4.95

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Jack

Bill Lawrence wrote on Jul 17^th, 2018 at 7:50pm:


In other words, garbage. At one time, must have been 3 or 4 publishers churning out these "genuine leather" eds., though Wolfe is the only one I remember.  More often than not, the titles selected for re-printing weren't the very rare ones, but the well-known "crowd pleasers," that could be bought in 1st eds. for less than these cheezy reprints.

Sir Henry Halford (1828-1897) - "The country owes to him the debt which is due to a man who made the science of rifles, as well as the practice of rifle-shooting, the main pursuit of his life, who without thought of pecuniary advantage, laboured without ceasing to discover all that could be discovered about the infantry weapon and to bring that weapon to a state of perfection." The Times, 5 January 1897

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First edition, published 1888.

David