...there are few books that are able to transport one to another time, to another place...terry wieland's "Spanish Best, The Fine Shotguns of Spain" (2nd ed.) is one such book...

...like the traditional tapas appetizers that are served to whet the appetite for an anticipated evening meal, but that, ultimately, serve as the meal itself, terry's book touches on all facets which, ultimately, conspire to produce the foundations for a 'spanish best': historical, geographical, cultural and political...and, of course, the gleaming basque edifices themselves, the houses of the master gunmakers: sarasqueta (the late), aya, arrieta, arrizabalaga, garbi, grulla, kemen and ugartecha...

...spanish best guns, as memorialized visually and literarily, in a spanish best book...and, especially, for those who need not travel to liege, suhl, brescia - or eibar - to celebrate in the sport of kings...5 stars...