Rowland Ward’s Sportsman’s Handbook to Collecting and Preserving Trophies & Specimens and containing Methods of Measurement. – S J Smith (edited)

B/w illustrations, metric conversion fold-out table to rear. Containing methods of measurement & other valuable information pertaining to trophy hunting & Rowland Ward’s ‘Records of Big Game’.” Chapters include; big game rifles; The British double rifle, by Malcolm Lyell; American weapons, by Jack O’Connor; The placement of shots, shooting and related observations. Notes on the skinning and preparation of big game trophies in the field; Records of Big Game; General instructions for taking and recording measurements; Official measurement form; Measuring materials; Methods of measurement for recording trophies; Illustrative plates of some typical game trophies.

Publisher: Rowland Ward Publications
Date Published: 1988
Publication Place: San Antonio

Condition: Good. Light stain on page 75.
Binding: Hardcover. Light edge-wear. Brown linen covered boards with gilt lettering.

Jacket Condition: Good to fair. Small area of loss on front panel. Some wear to front fold with two small stains and one large stain on the panels. Foxing to the verso.
Dimensions: 8vo. 132pp