8vo. xvii, [1], 544, 32pp. With a photographic frontispiece, a further 54 photographic plates, numerous illustrations in the text, and a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's green cloth, ruled and lettered in gilt. Rubbed and marked, cocked. Contemporary inked ownership inscription to recto of front blank fly-leave, very occasional light spotting.

The first edition of British Army officer and Olympian Thomas Francis Fremantle's (1862-1956) authoritative and highly regarded treatise on the evolution and employment of the rifle in regard to both military and sporting application.