BOOK: The British Sniper : British & Commonwealth Sniping and Equipments 1915 – 1983

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The British Sniper : British and Commonwealth Sniping and Equipments 1915 – 1983

Skennerton, Ian. Author/publisher. Margate, Queensland, Australia. 1984. First Edition; hardcover, green cloth binding with white lettering; dustjacket, 8.5x11 sized, b/w photographs and illustrations, 266 pages. Index, select bibliography, glossary. ISBN 10 0949749036.

The first in-depth study of British & Commonwealth sniping with a broad view of different models of rifles and telescopes, training and tactics. Separate sections on Canadian, Anzac, South African and Indian sniping; detailed listing of ownership and manufacturing markings.

Very good condition. Price: $95 PRICE INCLUDES Sniping in France book. (See below)

Sniping in France 1914-18: With Notes on the Scientific Training of Scouts, Observers, and Snipers
How the British Army won the Sniping War in the Trenches
Major Hesketh-Prichard, DSO, MC.

This is a 1993 reprint of the 1920 classic work on sniping and counter-sniping during the Great War (1914-1919). Hesketh-Prichard was a big-game hunter and adventurer who revolutionized the selection and training of British Army snipers, which resulted in the establishment of the Army School of Scouting, Observation and Sniping. Hardcover, 210 pages, with several appendices and a glossary. Illustrated. Includes a short section on use and sight adjustments to the Pattern of 1914 rifle.

Published 1993 by Lancer Militaria, Sims, Arkansas, USA. Very good condition, with dust cover. ISBN 0-935856-09-9