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Wheat Peter |
ANGLING DOWN THE YEARS: SCENES OF FISHING, FUN AND FRIENDSHIP.
2004.
1st.
The Little Egret Press..
St. Germans, Cornwall.
xii,190 pages., Illustrated with b/w photographs, and drawings by Tom O'Reilly, LIMITED EDTION of 25 copies this being number 7, signed by Peter Wheat and Tom O'Reilly, bound in full dark blue leather with gilt title to the upper cover all edges gilt. In slipcase, a fine copy. . Selected pieces by the author "gathered .to form a book of favourite scenes of fishing, fun and friendship down the years".
[23643] |
£220.00 |
|
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WHEAT Peter |
The Fighting Barbel
1967.
1st Edn,.
Ernest Benn.
115 pages, advs, illus with photos and drawings, vg in dj, light rubbing to head and tail of spine of dj, surface rubbing to rear flap. Includes distributions by Peter Stone, Richard Walker, Tag Barnes, Carl Forbes etc., a very difficult title to find.
[20799] |
£90.00 |
|
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WHEAT Peter |
The Fighting Barbel
1967.
1st Edn,.
Ernest Benn.
115 pages, advs, illus with photos and drawings, vg in dj, light surface rubbing to rear flap of dj. Includes distributions by Peter Stone, Richard Walker, Tag Barnes, Carl Forbes etc., a very difficult title to find.
[5674] |
£90.00 |
|
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WHEAT Peter (compiler) |
The Fighting Barbel
2000.
2nd Edn.
The Medlar Press.
Ellesmere, Shrops.
131 pages, text illustrations from photographs and drawings. Publishers' cloth with gilt title and barbel vignette to upper board A fine copy number 165 of a limited edition of 800 copies. First published in 1967 with chapters contributed by Peter Stone, Dick Walker, Fred Russell, John Ginifer, S.Donald Stone, John Mitchell, Ian R. Howcroft, Alan Barker and Tag Barnes.
[22194] |
£85.00 |
|
 |
WHEATLEY Hewitt |
The Rod And Line, Or Practical Hints And Dainty Devices For The Sure Taking Of Trout Grayling etc In Five Parts.
2002.
reprint.
Fly Fisher''s Classic Library.
Moreton Hampstead, Devon.
AEG, 9 plates in colour of baits, flies etc. This is one of the de-luxe edition of 25 numbered copies, this being No 6 bound in full dark green morroco with a salmon fly The Captain tied by Bo Nielsen of Denmark and mounted within in the upper board. The book contained in a silk lined dark green drop over box. A fine copy, this edition has a new introduction by David Beazley, first published in 1849. Thomas Westwood noted tyhe book as "Characterised by a mixture of caustic humour and sound practical knowledge"
[19117] |
£300.00 |
|
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WHEELDON J.P. |
Sporting Facts And Fancies
1894.
1st Edn,.
Edgar S Shrubsole.
261 pages, advs with advert for Kynoch cartridges to rear board, publishers light blue cloth titled in black, vg, articles on fishing and shooting including roach, carp, pike fishing. Wheeldon was the author of Angling Resorts Near London
[12869] |
£40.00 |
|
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WHEELDON J.P. |
Sporting Facts And Fancies
1894.
1st Edn,.
261 pages + adverts, publishers light blue cloth, vg, articles on fishing and shooting including roach, carp, pike fishing.
[9204] |
£40.00 |
|
 |
WHEELEY C.H. |
Coarse Fish With Notes On Taxidermy Fishing In The Lower Thames, etc
1897.
1st Edn,.
VIII 268 pages, adv, full page and text illus, bookplate of the Manchester Anglers Assoc. to front paste down, green cloth binding, gilt title to upper board, vg, published in The Anglers Library, and edited by Sir Herbert Maxwell, and F G Aflalo. A practical account of modern methods of taking coarse fish with special regards to the Thames.
[12544] |
£50.00 |
|
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WHEELEY C.H. |
Coarse Fish With Notes On Taxidermy Fishing In The Lower Thames, etc
nd circa 1900.
reprint Edn,.
VIII 268 pages, full page and text illus, green decorated covers, vg, published in The Anglers Library, and edited by Sir Herbert Maxwell, and F G Aflalo. A practical account of modern methods of taking coarse fish with special regards to the Thames.
[14342] |
£25.00 |
|
 |
WHELEN Colonel Townsend |
Small Arms And Design Ballistics. Vol 1, Design. Vol 2, Ballistics
1945/46.
1st Edn,.
Small Arms Technical Publishing Company.
Plantsville, USA.
2 Vols, 352 + 314 pages, b/w illus from photographs, 5 folding plates 10 tables in rear pocket of Vol. 2, stamp for Parker Hale to front end papers, and bookplates to paste down, publishers blue cloth,vg in dj. dj has some occasional chipping to edge of dj and 1 closed tear.
[19573] |
£80.00 |
|
 |
WHISKER James |
Arms Makers Of Pennsyvania
.
1st Edn.
Assoc. University Press.
218 pages, 4to., illus in colour and b/w from photographs, drawings etc, fine copy in dj. From the early years of gunmaking to the 1900's.
[20212] |
£36.00 |
|
 |
WHISKER James B |
Guinsmith Of West Virginia
1987.
2nd Edn.
Bedford, PA, USA.
128 pages, 4to., b/w illus from photographs, publishers pictorial binding, personal presentation inscription to FEP signed by James Whisker, vg.
[20199] |
£35.00 |
|
 |
WHITE BROS |
Fishing Tackle And Fly Tying Materials
1937.
Omagh, N.Ireland.
24 pages, text illus, some pencil underling to text, printed paper covers some dust soiling, creasing to corners.
[16463] |
£40.00 |
|
 |
WHITING William |
Sweet Obsessions Carp And Willowdown
nd Circa 1990.
1st Edn.
The author.
56 pages, illus in b/w from photographs, pictorial card cover, a fine copy. Angling for carp over 20 years at a lake in Suffolk named by the author as Willowdown Pool also includes a collection of the author's poems.
[21540] |
£80.00 |
|
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WHITTINGTON I.I.I.Lt Col Robert D. |
The Colt Whitneyville-Walker Pistol, A Study Of The Pistol And Associated Characters 1846 - 1851
1984.
1st Edn,.
Hooks Texas.
Brownlee, USA.
95 pages, Full page b/w illustrations, vg+ in DJ 3 l closed tears to DJ. Copy No. 1516 no limitation stated.
[23759] |
£46.00 |
|
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WHITWORTH Sir Joseph |
Appendix To Miscellaneous Papers On Mechanical Subjects: Guns And Steel
nd 1873.
1st Edn,.
43 pages, 3pp index, text illus, vg in the original blind stamped cloth, gilt title to upper board. Privately printed for "Private Circulation", Whitworth published in the same year Miscellaneous Papers On Mechanical Subjects Guns And Steel, An article covering the rifle, small arms as well as an account of Whitworth's discovery of fluid compressed ductile steel for big guns. The appendix is a doleful collection of complaints on the unfair treatment accorded to the Whitworth Gun in official trials, Riling 953. Neatly written on rear paste down "What superiority the British land and sea forces would have had in fire power, range, accuracy, destructiveness and mobility had Whitworth's capabilities been put to earlier use. Even in the present day the British are reluctant to change from the conventional sphere". No copy in the British Library.
[11189] |
£220.00 |
|
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WILCOCKS J.C. |
The Sea Fisherman, Comprising the Chief Methods Of Hook and Line Fishing In The British And Other Seas, And Remarks On Nets, Boats, And Boating
nd 1865.
1st Edn,.
Stephen Barbet, Guernsey for the author..
196 pages, 12 pages related advs. upwards of 100 illustrations, bound in contemporary plain 1/2 leather, cloth sides generally darkened and rubbed to edges, g+. Privately printed and published by the author. "The first text book of sea angling and notable as the only early angling book I know to be published in the Channel Islands" rare, David Beazley Bloomsbury Sale 2003
[12715] |
£75.00 |
|
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WILCOCKS J.C. |
The Sea Fisherman, Comprising the Chief Methods Of Hook and Line Fishing In The British And Other Seas, And Remarks On Nets, Boats, And Boating
1875.
3rd new enlarged and almost entirely rewritten Edn,.
XVI 298 pages, 12 pages advs. illus throughout, some spotting to prelims, original blue cloth with gilt eel basket to upper board, light rubbing to corners of covers, vg-. Describes the fish, tackle, baits etc.
[12718] |
£25.00 |
|
 |
WILKERSON Don |
The Post War Colt Sigle Action Revolver
1978.
1st Edn,.
Taylor Publishing Company.
Dallas, USA.
151 pages, 4to illustrated with full page colour plates of the guns + b/w text illustrations from photographs. Signed by Dan Wilkerson on the title page. Publishers simulated brown leather binding with gilt title and gun vignette to the upper cover. A fine copy of the 1st printing limited to 3000 copies. The contents in 3 parts: I Colt post-war single-action army revolver; II Colt new frontier army revolver; III Colt post-war single-action army new mod. Information on individual characteristics, serial number ammunition, production tables.
[22585] |
£50.00 |
|
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WILKERSON Don & Carol, HOYT Kathleen |
The Official Record Colt Single Action Army Revolver 1873-1895
.
Carol K Wilkerson.
xvii 464 pages, 4to., illus in colour and b/w from photos + drawings etc., A fine copy in dj. An extremely detailed book on the guns with production figures etc, some fine photographs of the guns and some early period photographs have been used.
[21335] |
£220.00 |
|
 |
WILKINSON Frederick |
Those Entrusted With Arms A History Of The Police, Post, Customs And Private Use Of Weapons In Britain
2002.
1st Edn,.
Greenhill Books.
x 294 pages, numerous b/w illus in thentext from photographs, fine in dj. A unique study examining the use of arms within British society principally for the protection of life and property from medieval times to the present.
[22064] |
£20.00 |
|
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WILKINSON Frederick |
Those Entrusted With Arms A History Of The Police, Post, Customs And Private Use Of Weapons In Britain
2002.
1st Edn,.
Greenhill Books.
x 294 pages, numerous b/w illus in thentext from photographs, fine in dj. A unique study examining the use of arms within British society principally for the protection of life and property from medieval times to the present.
[22011] |
£20.00 |
|
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WILKINSON Henry |
Engines Of War Or Historical And Experimental Observations On Ancient And Modern Warlike Machines And Implements Including The Manufacture Of Guns, Gunpowder, And Swords With Remarks On Bronze, Iron Steel etc
1841.
1st Edn,.
Longman, Orme, Brown, Green and Longman.
VIII 268 pages, 32 pages advs, light dust soiling to contents, small ink drawing of crest to blank opposite title initials CH. Armorial bookplate for Sir J J Hamilton to front paste down, presentation inscription on FEP from the publishers, recased in the original black cloth, vg-. Wilkinson an eminent London gun and swordsmith, Greener in his 1841 Science Of Gunnery exposes an error in Wilkinson's Observation On The Composition Of Gunpowder. Wilkinson accuses Greener that his "Science Of Gunnery" was plagiarism on his work, which Greener then denies stating that "he had nothing to lend and nothing worth borrowing" Riling 517, Scarce
[11673] |
£200.00 |
|
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WILKINSON LATHAM J. |
Pictorial History Of Swords And Bayonets Including Dirks And Daggers
1973.
1st Edn,.
viii 88 pages, 300 illus, vg
[21077] |
£20.00 |
|
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William o'' ye west (William Forsyth) |
Lay of Lochleven
1887.
1st Edn.
Robert Forrester.
Glasgow.
108 pp, Top edge gilt 25 plates from line drawings 19 are portraits 6 are of views of anglers etc. Publishers blue cloth gilt vignette of the Saint Mungo Angling Club to upper board repeated in blind stamp to rear cover slight crease mark to spine cloth. A very good copy, a long descriptive poem relating to the loch and the club and members.
[22127] |
£32.00 |
|
 |
WILLIAM POWELL & SONS GUNMAKERS LTD |
Hammerless Ejector Guns
1937.
Birmingham.
12 pages, including pictorial paper covers, some wear to spine edges, illus from photographs includes a cross eye gun, the new self opening guns, prices have been inked out and adjusted.
[20784] |
£30.00 |
|
 |
Williams David |
The Birmingham Gun Trade
2004.
1st Edn.
Tempus Publishinh.
Stroud.
191 pages, Large 8vo illustrated throughout in B/W from photographs drawings old adverts maps etc. Pictorial card covers. The book explores the relationship between technology and history of gun making.
[22317] |
£20.00 |
|
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WILLIAMS FRED K |
Specialists in English Hand- Made Shot Guns
nd circa 1915.
Birmingham.
20 pages, landscape 8vo., illus, card covers, staple rust to inner margin. Printed blue card covers Good +copy. The first 17 pages list one gun per page including hammer guns the last 3 pages are gun cases, belts, bags etc. o/w vg.
[22451] |
£85.00 |
|
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WILLIAMS FREDK GUN WORKS |
Imported Guns
nd Circa 1910.
8 pages, illus with prices, 4pp shotguns, 3pp air rifles and equipment, page 1 as the title page, limp paper old fold mark, staples rusted.
[15694] |
£30.00 |
|
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WILLIAMS F.T. |
The Anglers Pocket Diary And Monthly Guide
1867.
1st Edn,.
unpaginated, publishers limp brown patterned covers, gilt title to upper board, vg. The last few pages show details of fishing stations with cost of return tickets and distances form London issued by a Long Acre tacklemaker. W/S 240
[15398] |
£180.00 |
|
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WILLIAMS Russ, CADIEUX Charles L. |
The Ways Of Game Fish
1972.
1st Edn,.
Chicago.
326 pages, large 4to., illus with colour plates and drawings and etchings by Bob Hines, Fred Sweny and R.H.Palenski, pictorial end papers, presentation inscription on FEP margins to Rex Wood and signed by both authors, original blue cloth with coloured insert of a fisherman to upper board in worn dj, this edition is published as a collector's edition.
[12170] |
£35.00 |
|
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WILLIAMSON Captain T. |
The Complete Angler's Vade-Mecum; Being A Perfect Code of Instruction on the Above Pleasing Science: Wherein are detailed, A Great Variety of Original Practices and Inventions; Together with all that can contribute to the Sportsman's Amusement and Success
1808.
1st Edn,.
Printed for Payne and Mackinlay, in the Strand; and Cuthell and Martin, Middle Row, Holborn.
xi, [i], 316 pp, Pages uncut. illustrated with 10 engraved plates 7 of which show various tackle the other 3 plates show various fish. Inserted between the front-end papers a 12pp catalogue of new works by Longmans, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green dated 1830. Bound in the original blue paper covered boards with brown paper spine with the printed title label (priced 8s in Boards, light rubbing to head of spine, a very good clean copy in the original state. A comprehensive work on angling with details on tackle baits, flies, the fish coarse and sea fish, Westwood & Satchell, pp. 241-242.
[23875] |
£260.00 |
|
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WILLIAMSON Harold |
Winchester The Gun That Won The West
1952.
1st Edn,.
Combat Forces, Washington, USA.
494 pages, 4to., illus, 2 tone cloth, head of spine pulled, vg in similar dj. 1st edition of a classic work.
[10286] |
£45.00 |
|
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WILLIS BUND J. |
Salmon Problems
1885.
1st Edn,.
VI 215 pages, bookplate of the Manchester Anglers Assoc, a vg copy, the author was chairman of the Severn Fishing Board.
[12581] |
£35.00 |
|
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WILSON James |
The Rod And The Gun Being Two Treatises On Angling And Shooting
1840.
1st Edn,.
Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh.
XII 10 439 pages, advert leaf, frontis foxed + 8 other engraved plates and text illus, publishers cloth darkened with gilt title and sporting vignette to spine, head and tail of spine rubbed. Between the two treatises is a 10 page list of angling books, "The treatise is much above the ordinary level as a manual" WS 242.
[14648] |
£30.00 |
|
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WILSON James |
The Rod And The Gun Being Two Treatises On Angling And Shooting
1841.
reprint Edn,.
Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh.
VII 468 pages, TEG, engraved frontis, full page engraved plates and text illus, bound by J Larkins in 1/2 tan morroco, sporting motifs to spine, some darkening to the leather, original cloth covers bound in at rear, the fishing extends to 276 pages with a 10 page list of books on angling, the remaining pages cover shooting, and is based on the Oakleigh Shooting Code by the author but with large additions, both treatises appeared in a lesser form in the Encyclopedia Britannica Riling 508 "The treatise of angling is much above the ordinary level as a manual" W.S. 242
[14265] |
£45.00 |
|
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WILSON John |
Fifty Years A Fisherman, The Autobiography Of John Wilson
1999.
Boxtree.
256 pages, 4to, illus in colour and b/w from photographs and drawings, fine in dj, personal inscription to Len signed by John Wilson, Len is Len Head author of "Tench" and other angling books and articles.
[21249] |
£25.00 |
|
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WILSON John |
A Specimen Fishing Year, John Wilson's Fishing Year
1977.
1st Edn,.
A & C Black.
159 pages, illus, a vg clean copy in similar price clipped dj, no other defects. John Wilson's first book. A year fishing for specimen fish in Norfolk
[15996] |
£40.00 |
|
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Wilson, R. L. |
THE BOOK OF COLT ENGRAVING
1974.
1st Edn.
Wallace Beinfeld Publications.
Los Angeles,.
viii - 422pp. 4to illustrated with full page and text illustrations from photographs, ownership name to the front-end paper. Publishers dark blue faux leather with title to upper cover and spine in silver, one inch split to lower front edge of the spine, in worn DJ.
[23752] |
£35.00 |
|
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WILSON R.K. |
Textbook Of Automatic Pistols Beings A Treatise On The History Development And Functioning Of The Modern Military Self Loading Pistol - Its Special Ammunition - And Their Evolvement Into The Sub-Machine Gun - Together With A Supplementing Chapter On The Light Machine Gun 1884-1935
1944.
1st Edn,.
Small Arms Technical Publishing Company.
Plantsville, USA.
XI 349 pages, illus, vg in worn but presentable dj, dj now in clear removable sleeve.
[22006] |
£30.00 |
|
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WILSON R.K. |
Textbook Of Automatic Pistols Beings A Treatise On The History Development And Functioning Of The Modern Military Self Loading Pistol - Its Special Ammunition - And Their Evolvement Into The Sub-Machine Gun - Together With A Supplementing Chapter On The Light Machine Gun 1884-1935
1944.
1st Edn,.
Small Arms Technical Publishing Company.
Plantsville, USA.
XI 349 pages, illus, covers beginning to fade, vg-.
[2892] |
£20.00 |
|
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WILSON R.L. |
Colt Commemorative Firearms From The G.M.Bartelmay Collection
1973.
1st Edn,.
Robert E.P. Cherry.
Geneseo, Illinois, USA.
126 pages, large 8vo, illus in colour and b/w. Publishers cloth with gilt title and vignette to upper board, a vg copy. The various Colt commemorative models from 1961 through to 1973 are listed, described and photographed in colour.
[22566] |
£25.00 |
|
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WILSON R.L. |
The Colt Engraving Book Volume One 1832-1921 Volume Two 1919-2000
.
Bannermans Inc.
New York.
xvii 525 pages and xlix 883 pages, continuous pagination, 4to., illus with over 1350 photographs, drawings, old engravings etc, many in colour. Limited to 3000 signed copies bound in the publisher's blue cloth, gilt title to upper cover. A fine set in fine price clipped dj. A finely produced and definitive book on the subject.
[21330] |
£250.00 |
|
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WILSON R.L. |
Ruger & His Guns: A History of the Man, the Company and Their firearmsge The Official History Of Colt Firearms, From 1836 To The Present
1996.
1st Edn,.
Simon & Schuster,.
New York.
viii -358, Landscape 4to illustrated throughout in colour from photographs and in b/w with line drawings. A fine copy in DJ. Special edition of 250 copies this being number 170 inscribed to Rob Adams and signed by R Wilson.
[22158] |
£35.00 |
|
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WILSON R.L. |
Silk And Steel, Women and Arms
2003.
1st Edn,.
Random House.
New York.
318 pages, oblong 4to., finely illus in colour, personal presentation inscription to Henk Visser on verso of FEP, signed and dated by Wilson with Visser's bookplate, a fine copy in dj. A comprehensive presentation on the subject of women and firearms. The photographs are by Peter Beard, G Allen Brown and Douglas Sandbere.
[15923] |
£30.00 |
|
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WILSON T.K. |
The Trout Spinners Companion
1952.
1st Edn,.
The Skipton Printers Ltd.
Skipton.
88 pages, advs, illus, pictorial card covers, some soiling to covers, g+.
[15669] |
£15.00 |
|
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WINANT Lewis |
Early Percussion Firearms. A History of Early Percussion Firearms Ignition - From Forsyth to Winchester .44/40
1959.
1st Edn,.
William Morrow and Company.
New York.
292 pages, illustrated in b/w from photographs vg in chipped dj. In the American edition the quality of the photographs and book are far superior to the English and later editions.
[23293] |
£25.00 |
|
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WINANT Lewis |
Firearms Curiosa
1961.
reprint Edn,.
Ray Riling.
New York.
281 pages, over 320 illus from photographs drawings pictorial end papers. limited to 1500 copies, a VG copy in dj. Unusual guns include walking sticks, combination knives, multi shot etc.
[23757] |
£28.00 |
|
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WINCHESTER |
Catalogue and Price Lists of Winchester Repeating Rifles, Carbines and Muskets, Repeating Shotguns, Single Shot Rifles. Metallic Cartridges, Paper and Brass Shot Shells, Gun Wads, Primers, Percussion caps, Loaded Shot Shells, etc.,
March 1908.
Catalogue No 74 Edn,.
180 pages, illustrated throughout showing the guns, components, bullets, cartridges etc., original card covers printed in red and black, a vg copy of an early catalogue by the famous markers.
[12801] |
£200.00 |
|
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WINCHESTER |
Guns and Ammunition
1925.
Winchester Repeating Arms Co.
New Haven, USA.
88 pages, illus of the cartridge bullets, guns etc., with accompanying text, contents lightly dust soiled recently restitched retaining the original card covers, covers dust soiled.
[14864] |
£45.00 |
|
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WINCHESTER |
Price List of Arms, Ammunition & Accesories
July 1938.
small 4to., including paper covers illus, the rim fire rifles, repeating rifles, repeating shotguns, bullets, cartridges, revolvers and automatic pistols.
[20707] |
£40.00 |
|
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WINCHESTER |
Winchester Repeating And Single Shot Rifles And Shotguns, Metallic Cartridges, Loads and Empty Shells, Brass Shot Shells, Percussion Caps, Primers Shot, Gun Wads
nd circa 1923.
208 pages, 4to., well illustrated showing cartridges, bullets, guns, components, original grey card covers title printed in red to upper board, later not recent brown paper spine pasted neatly over the original, 2 1/2 split to lower edge, a tight copy.
[12153] |
£135.00 |
|
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WINCHESTER |
Winchester Shells and Cartridges, Your Ammunition For Every Kind Of Shooting With Shotguns, Rifles, Revolvers and Pistols
nd circa 1938.
43 pages, illus, ballistic tables, range tables etc. card covers printed in red and black, covers dust soiled.
[12800] |
£30.00 |
|
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WINFER Wal |
British Single Shot Rifles Volume 2 George Gibbs Farquharson
2000.
1st Edn,.
R&R Books.
Maynardville, USA.
ix ? 177 pages, + 2pp adverts 4 to coloured frontis, illustrated throughout in black and white from photographs line drawings old adverts etc. Publishers green faux leather binding with gilt title to upper cover, fine in dj. . A detailed work on the gun used by many big game hunters including Selous in his hunting trips in Africa.
[22797] |
£130.00 |
|
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WINFER Wal & ROWE Tom |
British Single Shot Rifles Rook, Rabbit & Miniature Rifles. Volume 7
2009.
1st Edn.
Rowe Publications.
Rochester, USA.
404 pages, 4to., illustrated throughout in colour and b/w from photographs and line drawings gun breakdowns etc. Bound in the publisher's green faux leather binding, with gilt title to upper cover. As new still in the publisher's box. Includes later Types & Hammerless Models
[22036] |
£100.00 |
|
 |
Wingate, George W. (Gen.) |
Manual for rifle practice Including suggestions for practice at long range and for the formation and management of rifle associations
1878.
Sixth Revised Edition.
W.C. & F.P. Church, Army and Navy Journal.
New York U.S.A.
xviii ? 303 pages, + (14) pages of sporting adverts, with numerous full page and illustrations, small section of blank top margin removed on 1 plate. Ownership pencil inscription dated 1878 with later stamp below to front end paper. Original brown cloth binding titled in black, rubbing to head and tail of the spine cloth a little discoloured. A tight Good +. copy. A comprehensive book on marksmanship and rifle training, the guns, army training etc. Riling 929
[22838] |
£50.00 |
|
 |
Wolfe, David (Editor) |
Yours Truly Harvey Donaldson
1980.
1st Edn.
USA.
xiii -271 pages, ?illustrated in B & W from photograph. Publisher binding with the original clear mylar DJ a fine copy. A series of letters by Harvey Donaldson which started in 1966, by one of the fathers of modern handloading and benchrest shooting
[22882] |
£38.00 |
|
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WOLFF Eldon G. |
Air Gun Batteries
1963.
1st.
Public Museum.
Milwaukee,USA.
28 pages, Illustrated throughout from photographs, drawings diagrams etc. Publishers staple bound card covers vg. A guide to organize a workable and understandable taxonomic system of the battery or discharge mechanisms associated with reservoir air guns.
[22517] |
£25.00 |
|
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WOLFF Eldon G. |
Air Gun Batteries
1963.
1st.
Public Museum.
Milwaukee,USA.
28 pages, Illustrated throughout from photographs, drawings diagrams etc. Publishers staple bound card covers vg. A guide to organize a workable and understandable taxonomic system of the battery or discharge mechanisms associated with reservoir air guns.
[22518] |
£25.00 |
|
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WOLFF Eldon G. |
Air Guns
1968.
rep Edn,.
Milwaukee Museum.
Milwaukee, S?.
Vi -198 pages, lge 8vo, illustrated in b/w from photographs and line drawings, pictorial card covers, a fine copy. A comprehensive work on the history and development of the air gun, and the Milwaukee Museum collection of guns with the much-needed index which did not appear in the first edition. ?30
[23777] |
£30.00 |
|
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WOLFF Eldon G. |
Air Guns
1996.
rep Edn,.
Michael R Parks.
Benton Arkansas.
x-166 pp, lge 8vo, illustrated in b/w from photographs and line drawings, pictorial card covers, a fine copy. A comprehensive work on the history and development of the air gun, and the Milwaukee Museum collection of guns with the much-needed index which did not appear in the first edition.
[23779] |
£26.00 |
|
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WOLFF Eldon G. |
Air Guns
1996.
rep Edn,.
Milwaukee Museum.
Milwaukee, S?.
lge 8vo, 166 pages, illus in b/w from photographs and drawings, pictorial card covers, a fine copy. A comprehensive work on the collection at the museum, the 3rd printing has a much needed index.
[21635] |
£35.00 |
|
 |
Wood J B |
Beretta Automatic Pistols The Collector's and Shooter's Comprehensive Guide
1985.
1st Edn.
Stackpole Books.
Harrisburg USA.
192 pages, Illustrated in b/w from photographs and line drawings many by the author. A fine copy in price clipped DJ. A comprehensive and detailed work on the pistol, showing individual photos of the guns.
[22975] |
£50.00 |
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Woodend Herbert |
British Rifles A Catalogue Of The Enfield Pattern Room
1981.
1st.
Enfield Pattern Room.
vii 79 pages, 4to., illustrations of the guns from photographs with accompanying text, pictorial card covers, vg. The author was custodian of the pattern room, over 400 guns listed from muzzle loading guns to magazine rifles.
[23763] |
£25.00 |
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WOOLLEY Roger |
The Fly Fisher's Flies
1948.
2nd Edn,.
The Fishing gazette Ltd.
59 pages, 12mo. illus, publishers green rexine binding gilt title to upper board vg. This new edition has been revised by the author and includes illustrations of nearly 200 flies.
[19755] |
£25.00 |
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WOOLLEY Roger |
Modern Trout Fly Dressing
1932.
1st Edn,.
Fishing Gazette.
VIII 224 pages, full page plates + 1 folding, brown rexine binding, vg.
[20067] |
£25.00 |
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WORTHINGTON S.and E.B. |
Inland Waters Of Africa, The Result Of Two Expeditions To The Great Lakes Of Kenya And Uganda, With Accounts Of Their Biology, Native Tribes And Development
1933.
1st Edn,.
Macmillan.
XIX 259 pages, frontis illus of a "monster nile perch" + 39 b/w plates from photographs, large folding map, publishers brown cloth, vg. Includes chapters on fish, flesh and fowl, primitive fishermen, farming the waters, angling for trout etc.,
[16072] |
£55.00 |
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