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Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1998). (1880) 1998 14th edition. Small 8vo (133 x 192mm). Ppx,246. B/w illustrations, zebra-patterned end-papers. Pictorial green bonded-leather gilt, spine titled in gilt. Fine new copy. ".and containing methods of measurement and other valuable information pertaining to trophy hunting". Contains articles on big-game rifles by Malcolm Lyell and Jack O'Connor, tracks and tracking, notes on skinning, methods of measurement, etc. "The 14th edition is published in response to the continued demand and success of the 13th edition published in 1990. A new edition has become essential because certain sectors of the Handbook are over due for revision. .particularly .the List of Official Measurers, plus a vital change in the measurement of the Black Wildebeest and alterations to the chapter on 'Records of Big Game.' This was the first recent edition of the Handbook to return to the original, small format of the early editions. Chapters include: Big game rifles - The British double rifle, by Malcolm Lyell - American weapons, by Jack O'Connor; The sighting-in of rifles, ranges and bullet performance; The placement of shots, shooting, and related observations; The judgement of trophies in the field; Tracks and tracking; Notes on skinning and preparation of big game trophies in the field; Equipment for a safari; A glossary of hunting terms; The game fields of the world and illustrative plates of some typical game trophies; Records of big game; General instructions for taking and recording measurements; Official Measurement Form; Measuring materials; Methods of measurement for recording trophies; List of Official Measurers; Index to Records of Big Game; Publications for sportsmen by Rowland Ward. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1988). (1880) 1988 12th edition. Small 8vo (149 x 214mm). Ppviii,132. B/w illustrations, fold-out table to rear. Brown cloth gilt. Very good in torn but clean dust-wrapper. ".and 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; List of official measurers; Illustrative plates of some typical game trophies; Metric conversion table (back page fold-out). .

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Penny Meakin (illustrator). This most long-lasting work by British taxidermist Rowland Ward became a "who's who" of big game hunting among celebrities. This is the 27th edition of 2006, with both volumes numbered out of 1500. 11" x 8 ½". Brown cloth boards with gilt titles to front cover and spine, fun zebra endpapers. Volume I numbered 1254/1500 with 797pp, Volume II numbered 753/1500 with 366pp. Condition: Clean and unmarked inside and out. Just a light smudge to the bottom edge of pages on Volume I.

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 2014). (1892) 2014 29th edition. Large 4to (216 x 286mm). Ppxx,852. Colour photographs, b/w illustrations, maps. Red cloth, upper board and spine titled in gilt. Issued without a dust-wrapper. Edition limited to 1500 copies. A fine un-numbered copy from an edition of 1500. This 29th edition was compiled by Tammy Pereira and edited by Jane Halse. "Rowland Ward's Records of Big Game is known worldwide as the original Record Book. It was first published in 1892, and quickly became the standard among sportsmen and naturalists. It contains detailed descriptions of the various game species and their distributions, habitats, and sizes; it also contains the measurements of the finest specimens taken since the early 18th century, such as the number 1 and 2 elephants with tusks of 226 and 214 lbs. and 198 and 174 lbs., respectively. There are approximately 45,000 records in this Africa volume, many with illustrations of skulls and horns and photos of actual specimens. This new 29th edition contains Rowland Ward's new measuring methods, which are significantly different from those of the past. Trophies will still be ranked by the largest horn or spread, but a new composite measurement will be listed with each entry. The composite record will help give a better picture of the animal's score vis a vis other systems and also will give a much better idea of the trophy's overall dimensions. This edition contains the African species only." This is an out-of-series copy of the cloth-bound edition that states a limitation of only 1500 numbered copies. PREVIOUS PRICE GBP 100.00.