IN PURSUIT OF THE BEST GUN A BICENTENNIAL HISTORY OF WESTLEY RICHARDS & CO. Add to Watch List Watching View Watchlist >

Number 125 Of The Limited Edition By Jeremy Musson

OF A LIMITED FIRST EDITION OF ONLY 200 COPIES HAND NUMBERED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.

BOUND IN BLUE AND WHITE CLOTH. HOUSED IN A CLOTH BOUND CLAMSHELL CASE. 335 pages.

Huge volume. Case dimensions are 11" x 14".

Over 400 stunning color images and previously unseen archival material.

In Pursuit of The Best Gun: A Bicentennial History of westley Richards & Co. 1812-2012 written by Jeremy Musson is a wide ranging and richly illustrated history of the oldest of the prestigious English gun making companies.

It has been based in Birmingham since it was founded and has played an important role in the development of the shotgun and the sporting and military rifle, and is especially famous for such features as the Monkey Tail carbine, an early breechloader, the Anson and Deeley box lock which marked the transition to the effective hammerless bun, and the hand detachable lock (droplock).

Guns of Westley Richards & Co. have been owned and used by some of the most famous sporting shots from Frederick Selous to Count Alfred Potocki and from the Maharaja of Patiala to Ernest Hemingway.

Still patronized by clients from around the world today, including royalty, Westley Richards & Co. has had a remarkable resurgence in the past few decades which has helped retain a worldwide reputation, 200 years after its founding.

A truly beautiful and outstanding reference book.

Especially rare in this wonderful deluxe first edition.

Both the Book and the Clamshell Box are in Very Fine As New condition.