WINANS, Walter (1852-1920). The Sporting Rifle, New York, 1908, 4to, engraved portrait frontispiece, photographed plates, 5 folding diagrams, FINELY BOUND in later full red crushed morocco, slipcase. FIRST EDITION.

WINANS, Walter (1852-1920).  The Sporting Rifle. The Shooting of Big and Little Game together with a Description of the Principal Classes of Sporting Weapons. New York: G. P. Putnam's, 1908. 4to (265 x 198mm). Half title, mounted engraved frontispiece portrait of the author, title printed in red and black, photographed plates [including a number of composites], 5 folding diagrams, illustrations, 2-pages of publisher's advertisements at the end. FINELY BOUND in later full red crushed morocco, the spine gilt in compartments, marbled endpapers, gilt edges, slipcase. Provenance: Wilfrid Ward (armorial bookplate). FIRST EDITION.