[Rarebooks] FS - Notes on Rifle-Shooting, 1864

[GREENFIELD BOOKS]

*HEATON, Captain. /NOTES ON RIFLE-SHOOTING./* Bound in original 
"pebbled" olive-green cloth, lettered in gilt. Published by Longman, 
Green, Longman, Roberts & Green, London. 1864. 12mo, pp. viii, 114. Six 
pages of interesting "sporting" advertisements at end of book.

Two editions of this book were published in 1864 and then it made no 
further appearance in print until it was recently snapped up by one of 
the abominable POD
hucksters, who tout paperback copies for widely varying prices. Little 
is known about the author of this very scarce title, although his full 
name is reported elsewhere as Henry William Heaton and, from the 
dedication to this book, it appears he served with the 3rd Manchester 
Rifle Volunteer Corps, "to whose encouragement and
liberality the author's position as a rifle shot is mainly due". The 
Preface indicates the book is intended "for the benefit of Volunteers 
and others, whose time and means do not allow them sufficient 
opportunities to acquire by practice the knowledge so essential to 
success." The book contains twelve chapters, dealing with all aspects of 
rifles and ammunition, including loading, methods of cleaning, 
descriptions of various rifles, conditions when shooting (wind, 
atmosphere, light etc.), and a "Description and Peculiarities of the 
Principal Rifle Ranges in Great Britain".

Our copy is a stated Second Edition, dated 1864, and is in the original 
publisher's binding. The spine is sunned and the corners are a bit 
turned. There are some small spots of rubbing to the rear board, and 
there is fraying to the cloth at the bottom edge of the boards. The 
hinges are a bit stressed, but still tight. The endpapers are 
unmarked,and the contents are clean and tight. Overall, a good plus copy 
of a quite rare book. WorldCat reports only nine copies in institutional 
holdings, and there are no records of this book having come to auction.

Price: $175.00.

Terms of sale - the price is in USD and includes packing, postage, and 
insurance. Payment by check or credit card. Returnable within seven days 
of receipt if not as described.

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