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Zustand: Very Good. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket; Hardcover; Dust jacket is clean and intact with no tears, and has not been price-clipped (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Light wear to the boards; The textblock edges are unblemished; The endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Medium Format (8.5" - 9.75" tall); 1.5 lbs; Dust jacket illustration with a flag and rifle, and title in black lettering; 1994, R & R Books; 332 pages; "The British Soldier's Firearm: From Smoothbore to Smallbore 1850-1864," by C. H. Roads.

Leather. Zustand: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. Two very scarce, privately printed volumes, regarding the oldest long-range shooting competition in the world. Very scarce works. Comprising: 'The Elcho Shield Records 1862-1926' (1926) and 'The Elcho Shield Records 1862-1966' (1968)With blank leaves to the rear of both volumes. The first volume is in a charming half morocco binding.The second volume is numbered 98 of 100 copies printed.Gift inscription to the recto of front endpaper 'with numerous good wishes'.Loosely inserted to the first volume is the Elcho Shield results for 1959 and 'List of Queens 100 and Butts on Which Shooting' for 1959.The Elcho Shield is an annual Match Rifle competition between national teams of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. The first volume is in a half morocco binding, with cloth covered boards. The second volume is in a full cloth binding. Externally, both volumes are smart. Light rubbing to the head and tail of spine to volume I. Volume II has damp staining to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright. Offsetting to the endpapers. Occasional light spots to pages. Very Good. book.

1st Edn,. 332 pages, well-illustrated with 360 photographs of the guns. parts and equipment, + text drawings Personal birthday inscription to the front end paper otherwise a very good copy in DJ. A major work on the development of the British soldier's forearms from smooth-bore to small-bore.