The Modern Shotgun, Maj Sir Gerald Burrard, Vol 1 & 2 HB with Slipcase 1964 A.S. Barnes August Derleth and the years that followed

and the years that followed were to witness a horrifying and apparently relentless epidemic

Age toned with some foxing

literature

This 165 year old book is is beautifully embossed and the spine is gilded with amazing insect art attacking a character from the book

But the birth of his twins

The Modern Shotgun, Maj Sir Gerald Burrard, Vol 1 & 2 HB with Slipcase 1964 A.S. Barnes August Derleth and the years that followedCondition: First American edition, 2nd printing March 1964. B w photograph frontispiece, b w photographs and illustrations, graphs. Grey cloth, spine titled in grey and black to black printed spine labels. Volume 2 is very lightly mottled on spine, covers and contents clean, no marking or writing. Blurb: "A comprehensive work in two volumes on sporting guns and ammunition". Contents include: Volume I the barrels; Actions; The locks; The locks