 |
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART |
Early Firearms Of Great Britain And Ireland From The Collection Of Clay P Bedford
1971.
1st Edn,.
New York.
IX 187 pages, + 1 page list of gunmakers and silversmiths + 2 pages bibliography, 4to., b/w illustrations of the gun + details of locks with accompanying text, vg in dj some 220 items. Presentation inscription on FEP "TO DAVID BACK WITH APOLOGIES TO AN EXPERT IN THE FIELD AND APPRECIATION FOR MANY HELPFUL HINTS, Clay Bedford, also hand written note on top margin asking David for comments.
[18397] |
£45.00 |
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METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART |
Early Firearms Of Great Britain And Ireland From The Collection Of Clay P Bedford
1971.
1st Edn,.
New York.
ix 187 pages, + 1 page list of gunmakers and silversmiths + 2 pages bibliography, 4to., b/w illustrations of the gun + details of locks with accompanying text, vg in dj, rubbing to edge of dj, some 220 items described many with illustrations.
[21233] |
£25.00 |
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MEYRICK Samuel Rush |
A Critical Inquiry Into Ancient Armour As It Existed In Europe But Particularly In England From The Norman Conquest To The Reign Of King Charles II
1842.
Second edition corrected and enlarged..
Henry G Bohn.
lxv, 179, 247, 125 pages, (138pp) glossary, bound with 1/2 titles and title page to each volume 3 Vols, folio, with all edge's gilt. Frontis and 80 etched aquatint plates by Bridges and Maddox, 71 finely hand coloured some heightened with gold and silver, 10 are uncoloured plates of armour and weapons. There are also 27 hand coloured chapter initials also heightened with gold, plate 22 has a small smudge mark to the colouring. Bound in contemporary ? red Morrocco spine in compartments with armorial motifs, some rubbing to the spines, wth later cloth slipcases. The first edition published by Robert Jennings, appeared in 1824 This second and best edition of 1842 the colouring is more brilliant and stronger than that found in the 1st and has been corrected and enlarged the frontis of showing a joust did not appear in the 1st. One of the best colour plate books on Armour. And an important guide to ancient armour Meyrick who was a historian and collector of arms and armour, and he constructed Goodrich Court specifically to display his collection of arms and armour.
[23468] |
£1350.00 |
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MIDDLETON RICHARD |
The Practical Guide To Man-Powered Buullets, Catapults, Crossbows, Blowguns, Bullet-Bows and Airguns
2005.
Stackpole Books.
Mechanicsburg, USA.
xii 212 pages, large 8vo., illus throughout with line drawings , diagrams etc. A fine copy in dj. A practical book on the methods to shoot bullets without the aid of explosion.
[20880] |
£25.00 |
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MILLS Desmond, BARNES Mike |
Amateur Gunsmithing
1986.
rep Edn,.
The Boydell Press..
Woodbridge, Suffolk..
211 pages, Illustrated throughout in b/w from photographs and line drawings. A fine copy in DJ. The complete stripping and reassembly of both sidelock and boxlock shotguns
[23361] |
£25.00 |
|
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MILLS Fred P L |
Colts Double Rifles
1953.
privatly printed.
51 pages, full page illus from photographs, signed on the title page by Fred Mills, pictorial printed cream card covers, vg. An in-depth view on the double rifle produced by Colt.
[21662] |
£40.00 |
|
 |
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE |
Infantry Training Vol 1 Infantry Platoon Weapons Pamphlet No 6A The General Purpose Machine Gun (light Role) (all Arms)
1966.
92 pages, illus in b/w from photographs and drawings including 2 folding plates, printed card covers with punch holes to spine edge, vg.
[21712] |
£25.00 |
|
 |
MOORE C.Kenneth |
Colt Revolvers And The US Navy 1865-1889
1987.
1st Edn,.
Dorrance & Company Inc.
Bryn Mawr, USA.
ix 140 pages, 4to., illus in b/w from photographs, diagrams etc, fine in dj.
[21275] |
£100.00 |
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MOORE Sir Jonas [Translator] |
A General Treatise Of Artillery Or Great Ordanance Writ In Italian by Tomaso Moretti of Brescia, translated into English with notes thereupon, and some additions out of French for sea gunners by Sir Jonas Moore. With an appendix of Artificial Fire-works for War and Delight by Sir Abraham Dager
1683.
1st Edn,.
A.G. and F.P. for Obadian Blagrave.
124 + (4) pages, without 1/2 title, woodcut frontis plate, 7 folding plates + table plates + 4 pages on A Defination Of Gunsmithing showing figures with explanation, the plates show various figures depicting ammunition, carriages, the guns, loads, angles, barrells etc. bookplate of D.G.Mackenzie to front paste down, slip pasted to rear paste down noting the book was re-backed, re-labelled, fly leaves repaired by Sangorski and Sutcliffe in 1954. The treatise is divided into five parts: 1 Of Things General To All Artillery; 2 Of Forming the Bore Or Choke; 3 Of Carriages; 4 Of The Charge Of Powder And Shot; 5 Of Shooting In Great Artillery, a vg clean tight copy. Riling 181.
[18377] |
£1100.00 |
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MORDECAI Major Alfred |
Military Commission To Europe in 1855 and 1856 (bound with) Schon J - Rifled Infantry Arms, a Brief Description Of The Modern System Of Small Arms As Adopted In The Various European Armies
1861.
2nd rev and augmented Edn,.
Washington DC.
VII 232 pages, illus, folding plates, 4to., original black embossed cloth, spine and edges of boards very worn, joints cracked, upper board becoming detached, heavy foxing of some pages of text, g. Riling 744
[8019] |
£95.00 |
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MORIN Marco, HELD Robert |
Beretta The Worlds Oldest Industrial Dynasty
1980.
1st Edn,.
Acquafresca Editrice.
Switzerland.
283 pages, 4to, illus in colour and b/w from photographs, drawings etc., text in English and Italian, fine in dj, dj has small chip to lower part of spine.
[18352] |
£40.00 |
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MOUILLESSEAUX Harold R. |
Ethan Allen, Gunmaker His Partners, Patents & Firearms
1973.
1st Edn,.
Museum Restoration.
Ottawa, Canada.
xiv 170 pages, 4to., illustrated throughout in b/w from photographs. Single ownership stamp to front end papers and title page for Herbie Woodend, vg in dj. . Herbie Woodend MBE was custodian of the Pattern Room Museum
[23328] |
£25.00 |
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Mowbray, S |
BRITISH MILITARY SWORDS 1) 1600-1660 THE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR TO THE BIRTH OF THE STANDING ARMY
2013.
1st.
Andrew Mowbray Publishing.
Woonsocket U.S.A.
302 pages, Landscape 4 illustrated featuring more than a thousand full colour photographs. Publishers pictorial binding in DJ, a fine copy. A very detailed work with excellent illustration of the swords.
[23750] |
£52.00 |
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Mowbray, Stuart C. and Heroux, Jennifer |
Civil War Arms Makers and Their Contracts A Facsimile Reprint of the Report by the Commission on Ordnance and Ordnance Stores, 1862
1989.
reprint.
Andrew Mowbray Publishers.
Lincoln U.S.A.
(6) -595 ? (4) pages, Illustration of two of the factories. Publishers' pictorial laminated binding, a fine copy.
[22810] |
£35.00 |
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Muckel, Gary B |
Early Shotgun Concentrators and Spreaders: The first one hundred years of invention to control the flight of Shot
nd Circa 1990.
the author?.
USA.
Unpaginated ,60 +pages 4to illustrated from colour photographs, line drawings, old adverts, many of the pages are copies of earlier works. Pictorial printed card a fine copy .
[23042] |
£25.00 |
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MULLIN Timothy J |
Colts New Service Revolver "A Particularly Strong, Heavy Weapon"
2009.
Collectors Grade Publications.
Coburg, Ontario.
xxii 272 pages, 4to., illustrated in colour and b/w from photographs, drawings etc., pictorial end papers, publishers faux brown leather binding, fine in likewise dj. A study of the Colts New Service Revolver from 1898-1943.
[23443] |
£100.00 |
|
 |
MUNITION DESIGN COMMITTEE |
Munitions Design Commitee, Small Arms Section December 1915 to August 1917
.
4to., unpaginated 200+ pages, 228 minutes recorded, some just a paragraph others several pages with a 4 page index and 6 page manuscript additions. A variety of weapons are designed and covered including Lewis machine Guns, ammunition, sights mountings, rifles, bayonets, Vickers guns etc., (A digital photograph of the index can be sent on request). The whole is bound in the original cloth binding, paper title label to upper cover, head and tail of spine worn and rubbing to corners. The name Colonel G.H.SD. Brown written on top margin of many of the reports and occasional notes and numbers written to margins. Colonel Browne was chairman of many of the meetings. A rare and important research item of the weapons of WWI
[19873] |
£480.00 |
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MUNSON H.Lee |
The Mortimer Gunmakers 1753 - 1923
1992.
Andrew Mowbray.
Lincoln, Rhode Island, USA.
ix 313 pages, illus from photographs, 4to, bound in black cloth, title in silver with vignette of a sportsman in silver to upper board, fine in dj. Includes a biographical sketch of Henry Mortimer, marking on the guns, fakes and forgeries, trade labels, bill heads and of course the gun.
[21790] |
£200.00 |
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Murray, Douglas |
The 336 A collector's reference on the Model 336 Marlin
1983.
1at.
the author.
Westbury Long Island.
4to illustrated in b/w from photographs old adverts etc. Publishers pictorial card covers VG.
[23318] |
£60.00 |
|
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Murray Douglas. P |
The Ninety-Nine: A History of the Savage Model 99 Rifle
1985.
revised 3rd.
Douglas P Murray.
Westbury Long Island, U.S.A.
Illustrated in b/w from photographs, line drawings old adverts etc. Publishers pictorial printed card covers a fine copy.
[23601] |
£35.00 |
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MUSGRAVE Daniel D., OLIVER Smith Hempstone |
German Machine Guns
1971.
1st Edn,.
Mor Associates.
Washington, USA.
457 pages, 4to., illus from photographs and drawings, bookplate to front paste down, vg in dj, dj has plastic laminted cover.
[19309] |
£30.00 |
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MUSGRAVE Daniel D., OLIVER Smith Hempstone |
German Machine Guns
1971.
1st Edn,.
Washington, USA.
457 pages, 4to., illus from photographs and drawings, couple of offset marks on EP's from sellotape, o/w vg in dj.
[13008] |
£35.00 |
|
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MUSKETRY INSTRUCTIONS |
Extracts From Regulations For Conducting Musketry Instructions Of The Army
1972.
abridged facsimile rep of the 1859 Edn,.
Parker Hale Ltd.
Birmingham.
42 pages, illustrated with line drawings. Publishers decorative red hard covers titled"Instruction Enfield Rifles Of Musketry" vg. Includes a new introduction andAn Historical Survey of Enfield Muzzle Loading Rifles by Dr C.H. Roads.
[22723] |
£22.00 |
|
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MUSKETRY INSTRUCTIONS |
Extracts From Regulations For Conducting Musketry Instructions Of The Army
1972.
abridged facsimile rep of the 1859 Edn,.
Parker Hale Ltd.
Birmingham.
42 pages, illustrated with line drawings. Publishers decorative red hard covers titled"Instruction Enfield Rifles Of Musketry" vg. Includes a new introduction andAn Historical Survey of Enfield Muzzle Loading Rifles by Dr C.H. Roads.
[22724] |
£22.00 |
|
 |
Musson, Jeremy; Allen, Terry photographer |
In Pursuit of the Best Gun: Westley Richards 1812-2012. A Bicentennial History
2012.
1st Edn.
Westley Richards Co.
Birmingham.
335 pages, Large 4to illustrated throughout with colour and b/w photographs by Terry Allen also old photographs documents etc, pictorial end papers. Limited to 200 numbered and signed copies, finely bound ? white cloth over green cloth paper title label to the upper cover. In purpose made white cloth covered drop over box, the title in black to upper cover, a fine copy. A finely produced book, covering the history, the guns, and their production the people. One of the great English gun making companies. which 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.
[23706] |
£235.00 |
|
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NEAL Keith W. |
Spanish Guns And Pistols
1955.
1st Edn,.
G. Bell and Sons.
x 102 pages, 100 illustrations from photographs armourers marks, bookplate to front paste down, the end papers browned from DJ offset , vg in dj,. Includes a list of gunmakers and their marks, from their origin until the present day. And a historical account of the gunmakers of Madrid from their origin until the present day by Isidro Soler.
[22752] |
£30.00 |
|
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NEAL Keith W. |
Spanish Guns And Pistols
1955.
1st Edn,.
G. Bell and Sons.
x 102 pages, 100 illus, bookplate to front paste down, end papers browned, vg in dj, dj chipped at head opf spine, light rubbing to edges. Includes a list of gunmakers and their marks, from their origin until the present day.
[21873] |
£25.00 |
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NEAL Robert J., JINKS Roy G. |
Smith And Wesoon 1857-1945
1966.
1st Edn,.
A S Barnes and Co.
South Brunswick, USA.
360 pages, 4to., illustrated from photographs and drawings, a vg copy in dj.
[14486] |
£30.00 |
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NEAL Robert J., JINKS Roy G. |
Smith And Weston 1857-1945
1966.
1st Edn,.
A S Barnes and Co.
South Brunswick, USA.
360 pages, 4to., illustrated from photographs and drawings, a vg copy in dj.
[15203] |
£30.00 |
|
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NEAL W.Keith, BACK D.H.L. |
British Gunmakers Messrs Griffin & Tow And W. Bailes 1740-1790
1989.
1st Edn,.
Historical Firearms.
Norwich.
183 pages, 4to., Illustrated with colour plates, and b/w photographs throughout. Publishers cloth gilt vignette to upper as new in DJ and the publisher postal box. Chapters include: Introduction; Family trees of Griffin and Tow; Sources of information etc with detailed photos of the guns.
[18966] |
£55.00 |
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NEAL W.Keith, BACK D.H.L. |
British Gunmakers Their Trade Cards, Cases And Equipment 1760 - 1860
1980.
1st Edn,.
The Compton Press, Warminster.
166 pages, Large 8vo with Illustrations of the trade cards, gun cases, tools etc in b/w from photographs, ownership name to verso of the front-end paper. Very good copy in dust jacket. The authors having collected and photographed trade cards for over 40 years, moved inevitably towards a study of the development of the gun case and its equipment. An essential work of reference for the authentication and dating of firearms during the period.
[23592] |
£180.00 |
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NEAL W.Keith, BACK D.H.L. |
Great British Gunmakers 1540-1740
1984.
1st Edn,.
Historical Firearms.
Norwich.
479 pages, limited edition of 750 numbered copies, this copy numbered 116.Sporting bookplate to front paste down of L. P Unsworth (author and gun collector), Large 4to., finely illustrated from photographs in colour and b/w, gilt gunlock vignette to upper board, a fine copy in DJ. A detailed book on the subject by 2 leading experts
[23558] |
£95.00 |
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NEAL W.Keith, BACK D.H.L. |
Great British Gunmakers 1540-1740
1984.
1st Edn,.
Historical Firearms.
Norwich.
479 pages, limited edition of 750 numbered copies, this copy un numbered, large 4to., finely illus from photographs in colour and b/w, gilt gunlock vignette to upper board, a mint copy in dj. A detailed book on the subject by 2 leading experts
[19146] |
£70.00 |
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NEAL W.Keith, BACK D.H.L. |
Great British Gunmakers 1740 - 1790, The History Of John Twigg And The Packington Guns
1975.
1st Edn,.
Sothebys.
196 pages, 4to. illustrated in colour and b/w, sporting bookplate to front paste down of L. P Unsworth (author and gun collector). Signed by KEITH NEAL on front end paper to Pat Unsworth, pencil note below by Unsworth noting when he purchased the book and visit to Keith Neal. Bound in the publisher's emerald, blue cloth with gilt gun lock vignette to the upper cover. DJ present and complete but old offset marking to top and lower edge from a DJ sleave (now removed) A vg copy with good provenance of a detailed work with excellent detailed photographs of the guns and some photographs of the original bills and accounts. With a comprehensive list of all known examples of the works of John Twigg.
[23553] |
£100.00 |
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NEAL W.Keith, BACK D.H.L. |
Great British Gunmakers 1740-1790, The History Of John Twigg and Packington Guns
1975.
1st Edn,.
Sothebys.
196 pages, 4to. illus with 12 colour and 545 mono chrome illus. vg in dj, the dj has small loss and chipping to head of spine and part of rear flap top edge. A vg copy of a detailed work on the family and the works of John Twigg and his guns.
[21944] |
£85.00 |
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NEAL W.Keith, BACK D.H.L. |
The Mantons Gunmakers And The Mantons Supplement
1967,1978.
1st Edn,.
Herbert Jenkins, Compton Press.
London And Tidsbury.
2 Vols, xv 300 + 279 pages, lge 8vo, well illus in colour and black and white, publishers blue cloth vg+ in price clipped dj. The supplement is a fine copy in likewise dj.
[21563] |
£150.00 |
|
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NEAL W.Keith, BACK D.H.L. |
The Mantons Gunmakers And The Mantons Supplement
1967,1978.
1st Edn,.
Herbert Jenkins, Compton Press.
London And Tidsbury.
2 Vols, XV 300 + 279 pages, lge 8vo, well illus in colour and black and white, vg in dj.
[19640] |
£140.00 |
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NEAL W.Keith, BACK D.H.L. |
The Mantons Gunmakers, The Mantons Supplement
1966, 1978.
1st Edn,.
Herbert Jenkins, Compton Press.
2 Vols, xv 300, 279 pages, 4to., b/w and colour illus from photographs, the supplement is a fine copy in similar dj. Vol 1 dj price clipped and small chip to head of spine. The definitive work on the Mantons development with excellent photos of the guns, trade cards etc., .
[21868] |
£130.00 |
|
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NOBEL INDUSTRIES LIMITED |
Clay Target Shooting (Front cover title A Handbook On Clay Target Shooting)
nd Circa 1930.
1st Edn.
Nobel Industries Ltd.
71pages, illustrate with photographs showing the traps including hand held. Shooting competitions, also diagrams in the text Printed card covers, vg. A scarce book, published to help regularise the conduct of clay target shooting, hints to running clubs and how to promote the sport. VG. Quite scarce no copies held in UK holding libraries. ?80
[22458] |
£80.00 |
|
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NOBILI Marco |
Fine European Gunmakers. Best Continental European Gunmakers And Engravers
2002.
1st Edn,.
Safari Press.
Long Beach, CA, USA.
297 (4), Landscape 4to full page and text illustration from colour photographs throughout, Limited to 500 copies numbered an signed by Marco Nobili, this is number 399.Publishers red cloth with gilt title within gilt borders, in slipcase a fine copy. Covers the great European gunmakers with some high-quality photographs of the guns and the engravings.
[23697] |
£90.00 |
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NOEL Capton John |
How To Shoot With A Revolver
1940.
1st thus.
thw author.
24 pages, Small 8vo Staple bound maroon card covers, printed title to upper cover with a revolver vignette, vg. First published in 1918 Noel reprinted this abridged and revised edition in 1940 "to give further impetus to the present military task of making thousands of young soldiers trigger conscious". The Captain Noel was formerly an instructor in revolver shooting, Riling 1865 lists the 1918 edition but not this edition, only 3 copies located in U.K libraries of this edition.
[22903] |
£75.00 |
|
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NORTON Charles B. |
American Inventions And Improvements In Breech-Loading Small Arms, Heavy Ordnance, Machine Guns, Magazine Arms, Fixed Ammunition, Pistols, Projectiles, Explosives And Other Munitions Of War Including A Chapter On Sporting Arms
1880.
Chaplin and Gould.
Springfield, Mass, USA.
407 pages, 4pp adverts, full page + text illus and diagrams, 3 chromo lithograph plates and 3 steel engraving of factories, slight damp mark to lower margin edge of the plates also to previous page not affecting any other page or plate, recased in the publishers red cloth, spine showing loss relayed, cover evenly faded, gilt vignette of cannon to upper board. 2 bookplates for William Courtney Overstreet and Malcolm F Macfarlane to FEP. Much on American breech loading small arms also a sketch on the rise and progress in the manufacture of heavy ordnance and projectiles.
[15409] |
£380.00 |
|
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OAKESHOTT Ewart |
European Weapons And Armour From Renaissance To The Industrial Revolution
1980.
1st Edn,.
Lutterworth Press.
XVIII 288 pages, lge 8vo, illus from photographs and drawings, vg in dj.
[16197] |
£45.00 |
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O''CALLAGHAN Sir Desmond |
Guns, Gunners And Others
1925.
1st Edn,.
Chapman and Hall Ltd.
XI 261 pages, illus, vg+ in dj. dj worn at head of spine. The author was one of the chief reformers of the English artillery services, he was also an accomplished actor and sportsman.
[14054] |
£20.00 |
|
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OCONNOR Jack |
The Big Game Rifle
1952.
1st Edn,.
Alfred A Knopf.
New York.
XIII 370 XI pages, illustration from photographs, bookplate and signature of Henk Visser to FEP, publishers white cloth green lettering, a vg clean copy in dj, dj worn at head of spine, some rubbing and chipping to edges. A definitive work on the subject when published.
[14317] |
£120.00 |
|
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OCONNOR Jack |
The Big Game Rifle
1994.
reprint.
Safari Press.
Long Beach, CA, USA.
xii 370 xi pages, illustrations in b/w from photographs, slight spotting to closed page edge o/w fine in dj. A definitive work on the subject when published.
[19507] |
£26.00 |
|
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OFFICERS OF THE ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT |
Report Of Experiments With Small Arms For The Military Service
1856.
1st Edn,.
Washington,USA.
117 + 35 pages, illus, 2 folding diagrams, original cloth with gilt ordnance dept. crest to upper board, covers faded and marked, g+. Riling 664. Experiments with the rifle A Tige, Th Minie Bullets, barrels etc.,
[10836] |
£90.00 |
|
 |
OLSON Ludwig |
Mauser Bolt Rifles
1957.
1st Edn.
Fadco Publishing Company.
Beverley Hills, California.
xv 296 pages, 4to., illustrated from photographs and drawing, gun breakdowns, Publishers tan cloth titled in brown, vg in worn dj large section missing from upper flap, now in clear removable sleeve. The first edition of what has become a classic title on the Mauser Rifles. Giving details on the history, the guns production, variations in detail.
[23354] |
£40.00 |
|
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OLSON Ludwig |
Mauser Bolt Rifles By Ludwig
2002.
3rd Edn,.
Brownell & Son,.
Montezuma, Iowa, USA.
372 pages, 4to illustrated with colour and b/w photographs gun breakdowns line drawings etc. A fine copy in DJ. This edition updated & expanded and includes Bibliographical References. The classic and definitive study on the Mauser bolt rifle.
[23565] |
£50.00 |
|
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OMMUNDSEN H., ROBINSON E.H. |
Rifles And Ammunition And Rifle Shooting
1915.
1st Edn,.
Cassell and Company Ltd.
xvi -335 pages, TEG, 65 plates and many other illustrations in the text, some occasional spotting to the contents. Publishers' green cloth with gilt title and ruling in gilt to upper board, gun and bullet vignette in black, the cloth clean and bright. Tipped in before the dedication page a printed note on Ommundsen and his death in action in Flanders in 1915. An account of the history, design, manufacture and use of military and sporting weapons, and their ammunition from the earliest time to date with an emphasis on military rifles with excellent illustrations. Riling 1799
[22800] |
£110.00 |
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OMMUNDSEN H., ROBINSON E.H. |
Rifles And Ammunition And Rifle Shooting
nd Circa 1915.
1st Edn,.
Waverley Book Co Ltd.
XVI 335 pages, 63 plates and many other illus, foxing to end papers and occasional foxing through the book, attractive pictorial covers showing a standing rifleman to upper cover within ornate borders including gilt target and bullet vignette, decorative spine with 2 rifles within similar borders. The publishers of the 1st edition were Cassell and the cover design differed. the 2nd edition had added material and a note on Ommundsen who died in 1915.
[18194] |
£120.00 |
|
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OMMUNDSEN H., ROBINSON E.H. |
Rifles And Ammunition And Rifle Shooting
1915.
1st Edn,.
Cassell and Company Ltd.
xvi 335 pages, TEG, 63 plates and many other illus, bookplate to front paste down, some occasional foxing, publishers green cloth, gilt title and ruling in gilt to upper board, gun and bullet vignette in black, slight bumping to corners, cloth clean. Account of the history, design, manufacture and use of military and sporting weapons, and their ammunition from the earliest time to date with an emphasis on military rifles. Riling 1799
[19313] |
£90.00 |
|
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Ordnance Department U.S.A |
Artillery And Small - Arms Targets And Equipment Of Target Ranges
1904.
Government Printing Office.
Washington U.S.A.
22 pages, 12 folding plates, faint tide mark to the title page and lower margin of text pages not affecting plates. Crossing out in black pencil to "Shot Marks" 5 lines of text. Presumably done at publication. Staple bound in the original printed rust brown paper covers. Some faint marking to the upper cover corresponding with the mark on the title page. Quite scarce only one copy located on WorldCat at US Army War College. The plates show line drawings of revolving rolling, static, skirmish, artillery, rapid fire targets.
[23584] |
£95.00 |
|
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ORDNANCE SCHOOL |
Ordnance School Text Ammunition General Volume 1 Parts 1-11, pages 1-79, Military Explosives, Small Arms Ammunition
1942.
3rd Edn..
Ordnance School.
Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, USA.
79 pages, b/w illus from photographs, drawings etc., printed card covers, vg.
[19427] |
£30.00 |
|
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ORDNANCE SCHOOL |
Ordnance School Text Shotguns
1941.
The Ordnance School.
Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, USA.
99 pages, illus in b/w from photographs, drawings etc, printed card covers vg. Covers the Remington and Winchester shotguns.
[19426] |
£30.00 |
|
 |
O.T.C |
Team-Training and Teamcraft. With a chapter on Ashburton Shield teams
Circa 1914.
1st Edn.
W.W.Greener.
102, (4) pages of adverts for Greener Guns, some occasional spotting to contents. Publishers ice blue cloth. Title to upper cover small scratch mark to base of the spine. Quite scarce only 2 copies located in UK libraries giving the date of 1914 not recorded by Riling, VG-. A guide to the forming, selection, team training, methods etc of a rifle shooting team.
[22834] |
£100.00 |
|
 |
PAM David |
The Royal Small Arms Factory Enfield And Its Workers
1998.
1st Edn,.
The author.
Enfield.
213 pages, small 4to., b/w illustrations from photographs, line drawings + maps, crease mark to page 121 otherwise fine in dj.
[22823] |
£22.00 |
|
 |
PARKER Carroll G |
Japanese Arisaka
nd Circa 1970.
privately printed.
unpaginated, (6) 16 pages + (4), 23 pages of b/w illus, diagrams, copies of articles etc. printed yellow card covers, ring bound as issued, some light dust soiling. A description of the guns, types, repairs, ammunition etc + bibliography.
[21621] |
£50.00 |
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PARKER Edna Rosalind |
A Century Of Sights And Sighting Aids
1984.
1st Edn,.
Edna Rosalind Parker.
Birmingham.
46 pages, large 8vo., illus in colour and b/w, showing sighting equipment, old adverts etc. publishers blue faux leather binding, with gilt title to upper board, fine in dj.
[22290] |
£45.00 |
|
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PARKER Edna Rosalind |
A Century Of Sights And Sighting Aids
1984.
1st Edn,.
Edna Rosalind Parker.
Birmingham.
46 pages, large 8vo., illustrated in colour and b/w, showing sighting equipment, old adverts etc. signed by Edna R Parker, on title page, publishers blue faux leather binding, with gilt title to upper board, Vg in dj. Parker managing director of Alfred J. Parker Ltd, she has carefully preserved family records old documents and photographs, related accumulated information, and has built up a rare collection of sights which are illustrated here.
[23583] |
£50.00 |
|
 |
PARKER Eric |
Hesketh Prichard A DSO, MC, Hunter, Explorer, Naturalist, Cricketer, Author, Soldier
1924.
1st UK Edn,.
T Fisher Unwin Ltd.
271 pages, pages uncut, 8 plates, a vg clean copy. Parker notes Prichards great achievement was the setting up of a British Sniping Corps.
[18270] |
£70.00 |
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PARKER Eric |
Hesketh Prichard DSO MC Hunters, Explorer, Naturalist, Cricketer, Author, Soldier
nd circa 1920.
1st Edn,.
271 pages, illus from photographs, some foxing to contents, original red cloth, vg. A memoir of Prichard with much on his sporting activities and his service in the 1st World War where he established a sniper school.
[7359] |
£95.00 |
|
 |
PARSONS John E. |
Smith And Wesson Revolvers, The Pioneer Single Action Models
1957.
1st Edn,.
William Morrow and Company.
New York.
242 pages, illustrated in b/w from photographs, old adverts line drawings etc. contents clean, light blue cloth, slight fading in part along top front edge, VG in DJ some chipping and closed tear to dj.
[23392] |
£25.00 |
|
 |
PATE Charles W |
Smith & Wesson American Model In US And Foreign Service
2006.
1st Edn.
Andrew Mowbray Inc.
Woonsocket, USA.
407 pages + advert leaf, 4to., illus throughout in b/w from photographs, drawings etc., pictorial laminated cover in dj, a fine copy. Includes Foreign Government use, including Russia, a well researched book including factory records filled with excellent and detailed photographs of the guns etc.
[21342] |
£50.00 |
|
 |
PATENT |
Patent For the Invention of "An Improved Breech Loading Canon"
1876.
. Edn,.
Patent Office.
3 pages, 4to., illus, blue printed paper wraps, vg. Patent applied for by William Edward Gedge.
[16539] |
£20.00 |
|
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PATENT |
Patent For The Invention Of "Improvements In the Construction And Mounting Of Ordanance"
1876.
. Edn,.
Patent Office.
11 pages, 4to., large folding plate, original blue printed paper wrap, vg. Patent applied for by Michael Longridge. The patent is to relieve the strain from the recoil and to avoid corrosive wear caused by the gases.
[16540] |
£20.00 |
|
 |
PATENT |
Patents For Inventions Abridgement Of Specifications Class 9 Ammunition Torpedoes, Explosives And Pyrotechnics from 1855-1900 7 volumes
1981.
reprint from the original.
Museum Restoration Services.
Bloomfield, Canada.
xii 127; xi 413; x 117; ix 113; x 79, ix 71, x 105 pages, 7 Volumes. Illustrated throughout with line drawings, diagrams etc, Limitation bookplate to front paste down noting limited edition of 550 copies this being number 110, publishers mustard yellow binding. A fine set of an important insight of the development of the ammunition and weapons over 45 years.
[23334] |
£160.00 |
|
 |
Patents |
A Guide To Specifications of Inventions Relating to Shotshell Loading Tools 1855 ? 1900
ND Circa 1990.
97 pages 4to illustrated with line drawings copied from the patent's old adverts etc, printed card covers a fine copy. There is no indication to the compiler or publisher. A well put together guide beginning with a list of the patents dates applicants etc. Followed by copies of the patents with line drawings breakdowns, followed by pictorial adverts.
[23001] |
£40.00 |
|
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PATENTS |
Patents For Inventions Abridgments Of Specifications. Class 9, Ammunition, Torpedoes, Explosives, And Pyrotechnics Period-A.D. 1855-66; Period-A.D. 1867-76; Period-A.D. 1877-83; Period-A.D. 1844-88
1905, 1904, 1903, 1896.
H M Stationery Office.
Vol. 4, XII+127+IV; XI+143+IV; VI+117+IV; IX+113+IV pages, small 4to., illus with diagrams throughout, bound in the original printed paper covers, some wear to spine, closed tear to one copy. A very good set in the original state, profusely illustrated patents with short description.
[15612] |
£450.00 |
|
 |
PATENTS FOR INVENTIONS |
Abridgements Of Specifications. Class 119, Small Arms. Period A.D. 1855-1930 1993
1993.
facsimile reprint of the 1905-34 HMSO Edition.
Armory Publications.
Oceanside, California.
2000+ pages, 7 Volumes + index booklet, illustrated throughout with line drawings, diagrams etc. The 7 volumes bound in ? black faux leather cloth side, the index has printed card covers. A vg set of the development of small arms over 75 years.
[23333] |
£150.00 |
|
 |
PAUL Henry |
Ethan Allen Anmd Allen & Wheelock Their Guns And Their Legacy
2006.
1st Edn.
Mowbray Publications.
4to., x 230 pages, finely illus in colour and b/w from photographs, drawings etc., a fine copy in likewise dj. A comprehensive guide to the firearms of one of America's most important gunmakers.
[21774] |
£80.00 |
|
 |
PENROSE Edgar Howard |
Descriptive Catalogue Of The Collection Of Firearms In The Museum Of Applied Science Of Victoria
1949.
1st Edn,.
Trustees Antinausea of Victoria.
Victoria, Australia.
161 pages, Illustrated with 14 plates showing 462 guns, with descriptions vg.
[22757] |
£20.00 |
|
 |
PESKETT John E. |
Bicentenary Of A Gunmaker
1970.
1st Edn,.
Cogswell Harrison.
43 pages, lge 8vo, illus, green cloth with gilt title and crest to upper board, small chip to spine edge, o/w vg. A history of Cogswell & Harrison
[13369] |
£25.00 |
|
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PESKETT John E. |
Bicentenary Of A Gunmaker
1970.
1st Edn,.
Cogswell Harrison.
43 pages, lge 8vo, illus, presentation inscription on title page from Dorothy Holden, daughter of the author and a director of Cogswell and Harrison, green cloth with gilt title and crest to upper board, vg. A history of Cogswell & Harrison
[14193] |
£40.00 |
|
 |
P.G. Allday & Co Ltd |
High Class Stand For Sporting Guns And Rifles Etc
1926.
P.G. Allday & Co Ltd.
Single 4to page with illustration of the stands, for single or double barrel guns for single guns, or 2 guns telescopic or fixed in brown bronze. Small puncture hole to one corner. Also typed and signed letter from the company to Charles Hellis & Son, offering terms to sell the stands.
[23168] |
£20.00 |
|
 |
PHILLIPS R |
Remington Large Bore Conversion Revolvers
2005.
1st Edn.
privately printed.
127 pages, large 8vo., coloured frontis + b/w illus from photographs and line drawings, number 132 of a limited edition of 250 copies bound in the publisher's dark red simulated leather binding. A fine copy.
[21281] |
£170.00 |
|
 |
PICTORIAL HANDKERCHIEF |
Deutsches Militaer Instruction No.15
nd Circa 1890.
large approx 55cm x 63cm pictorial handkerchief printed in red and black on a cream background. Large central figure of a mounted soldier within a decorative circular border with numerous drawings of various pistols, artillery pieces, shells with decorative text. Overall in vg condition, small 2cm moth? trail to lower right margin affecting corner only affecting the decorative border, some age browning.
[20172] |
£220.00 |
|
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PITMAN JOHN Bri. Gen. |
The Pitman Notes on U.S. Martial Small Arms and Ammunition, 1776-1933, Vol 1
1987.
1st.
Armory Publications.
Tacoma USA.
94 pages, Landscape 4to facsimile of original Materials Drawn and Collected by Brig. Gen. John Pitman. With a new introduction, illustrated with full page line drawings of gun breakdowns etc = a few photographs. Publishers blue faux leather with gilt title and gun vignette to the upper cover in, Dj, the dj has a few closed tears to edges no loss. Notes and studies compiled by General Pitman are presented exactly as his original notebooks on Breech-loading Carbines of the United States Civil War Period.
[22897] |
£40.00 |
|
 |
Plaster, Major John |
Sharpshooting in the Civil War
2009.
1st.
Paladin Press.
USA.
157 pages, 4to illustrated from photographs line drawings etc ownership name stamp to the ? title page. Pictorial card covers faint crease mark to the rear flap otherwise fine. Includes the weapons sights and equipment.
[22892] |
£25.00 |
|
 |
POATE Charles W |
US Handguns of World War II
1999.
Andrew Mowbray Publishing, Inc.
Lincoln RI U.S.A.
x - 368, 4to illustrated in b/w from photographs, gun breakdowns copies of old documents etc. Bound in the original pictorial laminated covers a fine copy. An in-depth study on the subject, studying national records, manufacture production, shipping records etc.
[22042] |
£50.00 |
|
 |
POLLARD Captain Hugh B.C. |
Shot Guns Their History And Development
1923.
1st Edn,.
Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons Ltd.
XV 121 pages, adverts, full page and text illus, advert end paper, original green cloth, title in gilt to upper board, a vg copy. Chapter on the history of guns i.e., game, automatics, ball guns etc, the cartridge, ballistics, gunroom accessories. Riling 1951
[16186] |
£120.00 |
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 |
POLLARD Hugh |
The Gun Room Guide
1930.
1st Edn,.
Eyre and Spottiswoode.
1X 183 pages, 4to,14 full page colour plates by Phillip Rickman and H. Frank Wallace, apart from browning to front and rear end papers and some light spotting, a vg+ copy in dj. light dust soiling no loss of dj
[18798] |
£85.00 |
|
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POLLARD Hugh B C |
A History Of Firearms
1930.
rep.
Geoffrey Bless.
x 320 pages, 4to., 41 plates, from photographs line drawings etc. Publishers dark maroon buckram binding with gilt title to upper cover .Light even fading to the spine. Lists foreign and British gunmakers. A standard and detailed reference work. Riling 2009
[22012] |
£55.00 |
|
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POLLARD Hugh B.C. |
Automatic Pistols
nd circa 1920.
1st Edn,.
Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons Ltd.
IX 110 pages, 15 full page illus, a vg copy in publisher's green cloth. The development of military and pocket automatics, how to shoot, clean and use, ammunition and ballistics and the future of automatics.
[15994] |
£60.00 |
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POLLARD Hugh B.C. |
Automatic Pistols
nd circa 1920.
1st Edn,.
IX 110 pages, 15 full page illus, a vg copy in publisher's green cloth. The development of military and pocket automatics, how to shoot, clean and use, ammunition and ballistics and the future of automatics.
[11199] |
£60.00 |
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POLLARD Hugh B.C. |
Automatic Pistols
nd circa 1920.
1st Edn,.
IX 110 pages, 15 full page illus, publisher's green cloth splash mark to rear board, rubbing to edges, g+. the development of military and pocket automatics, how to shoot, clean and use ammunition and ballistics and the future of automatics.
[4923] |
£35.00 |
|
|
POLLARD Hugh B.C. |
The Book Of The Pistol And Revolver
1917.
1st Edn,.
VIII, 230 pages, Illus, cloth backed boards beginning to show wear, some marginalia in pencil on a few pages, vg-.
[3502] |
£75.00 |
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 |
PORTLOCK Major General |
Papers On Geometrical Drawings On The Arms In Use And Permanent Fortification, On The Attack And Defence Fortresses, On Military Mining, And On The Defence Of Coasts. Compiled For The Use Of The Gentlemen Cadets At The Royal Military Academy At Woolwich
1858.
1st Edn,.
George Edward Wyre And William Spottiswoode.
liv 168 pages, 4to., 35 manuscript pages to the rear with pen and ink + water colour text illus of fortification + tables etc., executed in a neat and legible hand. there are also numerous blank pages after the manuscript paper, 3 loose 8vo printed question sheets relating to gun powder, application of artillery description and construction of ordnance. Some spotting to first and last printed pages. Insect damage to end papers and title page and the first 80 pages blank margins at worst 2x2cm decreasing to 2 pin hole size. Original 1/2 leather with gilt title to upper cover, "Fortification Notes R.M.A. R Millett". Leather damaged in places with loss again by insect, binding tight presumably the student was R.M.Millett with his pencil signature to top of title page. COPAC locates 1 copy in the UK at the British Library. The author details "On the arms in use, on military explosives, detonating powder etc" The manuscript relates mostly to fortification.
[19144] |
£350.00 |
|
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Potocki, John |
The Colt Model 1905 Automatic Pistol: With Supplemental Coverage of the Colt M1907 Automatic Pistol & A Complete Facsimile of the Thompson-Lagarde Report
1998.
1st.
Andrew Mowbray Publishing.
Lincoln USA.
192 pages, Illustrated throughout in b/w from photographs and line drawings. In the publishers pictorial laminated covers, a fine copy. Covers all aspects on the gun from its invention by John Browning with its numerous production variations.
[23733] |
£75.00 |
|
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POYER Joe |
US Winchester Trench and Riot Guns and other US Combat Shotguns
2002.
Second Edition, revised.
North Cape Publications.
Tustin USA.
vi ? 128 pages, illustrations from photographs drawings diagrams etc. Contents clean and tight with no inscriptions or marks. Pictorial card covers clean and tight no splits or damage. A fine copy. Lists the weapons on a part by part basis by serial number.
[23296] |
£70.00 |
|
 |
PRACITCUS (Moore Denis Times) |
Pyrotechny Or Th Art Of Making Fireworks At Little Cost And With Complete Safety And Cleanliness
nd (1873).
1st Edn,.
Ward Lock And Tyler.
xviii 196+(1) pages, 38 page adverts, illus with 5 folding plates, 6 single pages + text illus + 124 illus of forms and diagrams for manufacture and exhibition. Some spotting to contents with adverts on yellow paper relayed with some restoration, bound in full blue calf, spine in 5 compartments with gilt decorative boards. A scarce title on the making of fireworks, only 1 copy located at the British Library.
[19132] |
£520.00 |
|
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Prescott Charles Edwin |
Practical Hints on Rifle Practice with Military Arms
1883.
1st Edn.
Orang Judd Co.
New York.
36 pages, 12 mo one plate of a prone rifleman. Bookplate of Ray Riling to front paste down, ownership inscription dated 1884 to front end paper, a note below in a later hand that the book belonged to Harry M Pope and any notes in the book are in his hand. There is only one note saying, "the book is the worst treatise on rifle shooting I have ever read". Publishers limp brown cloth with gilt title to the upper cover. Although no author stated Riling 1128 gives it as Charles Prescott,
[22833] |
£60.00 |
|
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PRESCOTT, George |
The English Revolver; A Collectors' Guide To Guns, Their History and Values
2014.
1st Edn.
Schiffer Books.
Arglen, PA, USA.
159pp., 4to illustrated in colour throughout pictorial end papers. Publishers pictorial laminated covers in DJ a fine copy. The book, describing Adams' and Tranter's revolvers, as valued in their day as any of Webley's products, and including guns from the more obscure makers neglected by previous writers. In particular, the chapter on military revolvers.
[22984] |
£40.00 |
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PRIDHAM Maj C.H.B. |
Superiority of Fire. A Short History of Rifles and Machine Guns
1945.
1st Edn,.
Hutchinson, Scientific And Technical Publication.
xv 146 pages, Illus in b/w from photographs, blue cloth, gilt title to upper board, in worn but presentable dj, now in clear removable sleeve. Most of the book covers the development and use of machine guns including a chapter on the machine gun in the Great War also in Manchuria, the Maxim and the Hotchkiss 1904-1905. Riling 2532.
[21860] |
£26.00 |
|
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PUNNETT Chris |
.30-06
1997.
1st Edn.
C.T.G.Publishing.
Chadds. Ford, USA.
382 pages,m 4to, illustrated in b/w from photographs, line drawings of the bullets , head stamps, boxes etc. Publishers' green cloth with gilt title to the upper cover, a vg copy in dj dj has tape repair to verso of head of spine. The book covers the development of the .30-60 in each country with manufacture within the country, identification lists, index to headstamps etc.
[23442] |
£180.00 |
|
 |
Puype, J P & Wiekart, A A |
VAN MAURITS NAAR MUNSTER / FROM PRINCE MAURICE TO THE PEACE OF WESTPHALIA
1998.
1st Edn,.
Legermuseum,.
Delft, Netherlands.
228 pages, 4to. Illustrated with over 150 b/w photographs: with detailed notes. Text in Dutch and English. Publishers pictorial card covers as new. Tactics and Triumphs of the Dutch Army'. Arms & Armour from the seventeenth century. A catalogue of objects in the exhibition of the same name at the Army Museum in Delft, Helmets, armour, swords, muskets, and pole arms.
[22988] |
£20.00 |
|
 |
RANKIN,James L |
Walther - Complete 3 Volume Set: Vol. I - Walther Models PP and PPK, 1929-1945, Walther Vol. II - Engraved, Presentation and Standard Models, Walther Vol. III - 1908-1980
1974 no date - 1981.
1st.
Self-published,.
Coral Gables Florida.
142 ? 136 - 226 pages, Coloured frontis and full-page b/w photograph illustrations of the guns and line drawings by the author. Vol 2 some plates in colour from photographs. A fine set in the publishers binding with gilt titles and gun vignette to upper covers. Volume 3 also deals with holsters grips and magazines.
[23359] |
£220.00 |
|
 |
RAW Steve Raw |
Last Enfield - SA80: The Reluctant Rifle
2003.
1st Edn.
Collectors Grade Publications.
Coburg, Canada.
xxxiv 323, 4to illustrated throughout in b/w from photographs line drawings gun breakdowns. Pictorial coloured end papers. A fine copy in DJ. The SA80 has been the issue small arms system of the British Armed Forces for almost twenty years. A comprehensive and in-depth survey of the gun.
[23259] |
£160.00 |
|
 |
R.B. Rodda & Co |
Roddas Patent Rotax Bullet for Use in Choke or Cylinder bored Guns
No date circa 1910.
R.B. Rodda& Co.
Birmingham.
24cm x 20cm promotional sheet with description and illustrations of the bullet. Address tear of slip still present along the bottom edge. Some light dust soiling small closed tear and chip to the top edge. "powerful enough for any kind of big game".
[23078] |
£30.00 |
|
 |
REAMINGTON ARMS CO |
A New Chapter In An Old Story
1912.
1st Edn,.
Reamington Arms Co.,.
New York.
62 pages, 4to., illus with photographs, bookplate of Henk Visser to front paste down, pictorial boards showing hunters in woodland, some wear to spine and edges but a tight copy of an account of the development of arms and ammunition and the growth of Reamington Arms. Riling 1733
[15113] |
£40.00 |
|
 |
REDGWELL Stephen |
The Accurate Lee Enfield No 1 (SMLES) & No 4 Rifles
2001.
1st Edn.
New Lowell.
Canada.
4to., 103 pages, illus with drawings, diagrams etc. The rifles, cartridges, loads etc., fine copy in pictorial card covers.
[21625] |
£22.00 |
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REICHENBACH William |
Automatic Pistol Marksmanship
1937.
1st Edn,.
Onslow County, N. Carolina.
140 pages, illus, red pebble grain cloth, vg.
[4594] |
£40.00 |
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REICHENBACH William |
Sixguns And Bullseyes
1936.
1st Edn,.
Onslow County, USA.
145 pages, illus, sml 8vo, maroon pebble grain cloth rubbed, vg- in worn dj.
[4683] |
£36.00 |
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REICHENBACH William |
Sixguns And Bullseyes
1936.
2nd Edn,.
Onslow County, USA.
145 pages, advs (August 1936), drawings to text, circular sticker to title page, illus, sml 8vo, maroon pebble grain cloth, a vg+ copy in similar dj. A greatly expanded version of the scarce 1st edition. Smith 32
[13190] |
£40.00 |
|
 |
Remington |
Announcing A New Remington 22 Model 241 Autoloader
No date circa 1920.
Remington Arms Co Inc.
Bridgeport U.S.A.
Promotional folding advert sheet when folder 16 cm x 9 cm when unfolded 27 cm x 16 cm. Printed in colour on both sides inner sheet shows the gun with details of the gun, performance etc. The upper side in 3 sections specifications, Kleanbore .22 cartridges. Upper flap when folded a shooting scene with 2 hunters 1 a boy with surrounding text. A very good example.
[23072] |
£30.00 |
|
 |
RENNEBERG Robert C. |
the Winchester Model 94, The First 100 Years
1991.
2nd Edn,.
Krause Publications,.
Iola, WI, USA.
208 pages, 4to illustrated throughout from photographs drawings etc showing the guns in detail ownership name to the front paste down. Pictorial laminated boards a fine copy. Follow the evolution of the Model 94 and the major changes that led to its perfection.
[23379] |
£60.00 |
|
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REYNOLDS Maj E.G.B. |
The Lee Enfield Rifle, It's History And Development From First Designs To The Present Day
1967.
1st Edn,.
Herbert Jenkins.
224 pages, Illustrated with full page b/w photographs and text drawings. Armorial book plate to the front paste down, the contents clean and tight Very good + in DJ. The history and development from the first designs, noting design changes major and minor modifications, an authoritative work on the gun.
[23137] |
£85.00 |
|
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REYNOLDS Major E.G.B. |
The Lee Enfield Rifle, It's History And Development From First Designs To The Present Day
1967.
1st.
Herbert Jenkins.
224 pages, Illustrated with full page b/w photographs and text drawings. the contents clean and tight Very good in DJ rubbing to the head of the DJ. The history and development from the first designs, noting design changes major and minor modifications, an authoritative work on the gun.
[23756] |
£85.00 |
|
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RICHARDSON Lt Col P.W. |
Exterior Ballistics And Miscellaneous Notes
1918.
1st Edn,.
For use at Bisley and for Private Circulation.
105 pages, tables etc, printed note on title page says 'For Use At Bisley And For Private Circulation, presentation note on FEP initialed PWR, black cloth, gilt title to upper board a vg copy. Not in Riling.
[2880] |
£65.00 |
|
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RICHARDSON Lt Col P.W. |
Exterior Ballistics And Miscellaneous Notes
1918.
1st Edn,.
For Use At Bisley And For Private Circulation.
105 pages, tables etc, printed note on title page says For Use At Bisley And For Private Circulation, bookplate to front paste down from the library of Gale & Polden Limited, black cloth, gilt title to upper board a vg copy. Not in Riling.
[19328] |
£60.00 |
|
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RICHARDSON Lt Col P.W. |
Exterior Ballistics And Miscellaneous Notes
1918.
1st Edn,.
privately printed.
105 pages, tables etc, printed note on title page says 'For Use At Bisley And For Private Circulation, presentation inscription on FEP to Maj E.F. Johnson signed by Richardson, black cloth, gilt title to upper board a vg copy. Not in Riling.
[21062] |
£70.00 |
|
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Richardson, Thom & Rimer, Graeme. |
LITTLECOTE : THE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR ARMOURY
2012.
1st.
Royal Armouries.
Leeds.
xxiv -368 pages, 4to coloured frontis illustrated throughout with b/w photographs, a fine copy in DJ. The background to the seventeenth century armoury and a full catalogue of the contents. Armour, buff coats and cavalry equipment, edged weapons, matchlock muskets, flintlock muskets, carbines, pistols and accessories.
[23758] |
£38.00 |
|
 |
Rigg, Arthur and Garvie James |
Modern Guns and Smokeless Powder
1892.
1st.
E & F. N. Spon.
83 pages, 28 pages of adverts, includes tables, ownership stamp of "Frank H. Butterworth" to free front end paper and occasionally to blank upper margin of a few pages, book plate of Ray Riling to front paste down. Bound in the publishers red cloth gilt title to upper cover, light rubbing to the head and tail of the spine. "On cordite and the use of smokeless explosives in c heavy guns". Riling 1328
[22922] |
£95.00 |
|
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RILING Ray |
Guns and Shooting. A Selected Chronological Bibliography
1951.
1st Edn,.
New York.
XVIII 434 pages, Limited to 1500 copies. Illus, vg in worn dj.
[1244] |
£30.00 |
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RILING Ray |
Guns And Shooting, A Selected Chronological Bibliography
1951.
1st Edn,.
Greenberg.
New York.
XVIII 434 pages, illus, limited to 1500 copies, vg.
[11359] |
£30.00 |
|
 |
RILING Ray |
The Powder Flask Book, Treating Of The History And Use Of The Flask As A Principle Accessory To The Firearm, From Its Inception, Through The Ages, Until The Popular Acceptance Of The Metallic Cartridge, And Giving Emphasis To The Powder Flasks Of The Nineteenth Century, Noting Their Significance And Values For Shooters And Collectors Of Antique Arms And Flasks
nd Circa 1965.
rep.
Bonanza Books.
New York, USA.
xv 495 pages, 4to, illustrated throughout from photographs, drawings, old prints etc showing the guns, the cases, powder flasks etc. Pictorial end papers, publisher's black cloth, titled in gilt to upper cover.VG in the DJ, first published in 1953 and reprinted several times this is one of the early reprints and a far higher standard than many later reprints. Still the best book on the subject.
[22124] |
£75.00 |
|
 |
Riling Ray |
The Powder Flask Book, Treating Of The History And Use Of The Flask As A Principle Accessory To The Firearm, From Its Inception, Through The Ages, Until The Popular Acceptance Of The Metallic Cartridge, And Giving Emphasis To The Powder Flasks Of The Nineteenth Century, Noting Their Significance And Values For Shooters And Collectors Of Antique Arms And Flasks
nd Circa 1970.
reprint.
Bonanza.
New York.
xv 495 pages, 4to illustrated throughout with b/w photographs line drawings. Showing the powder flasks, designs, guns early adverts etc. Publishers' grey cloth binding titled in black vg in dj. The most comprehensive book on the subject.
[22219] |
£85.00 |
|
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RILING Ray |
The Powder Flask Book, Treating Of The History And Use Of The Flask As A Principle Accessory To The Firearm, From Its Inception, Through The Ages, Until The Popular Acceptance Of The Metallic Cartridge, And Giving Emphasis To The Powder Flasks Of The Nineteenth Century, Noting Their Significance And Values For Shooters And Collectors Of Antique Arms And Flasks
nd Circa 1992.
reprint.
R & R Books.
Livonia, NY, USA.
xv 495 pages, 4to. illustrated throughout from photographs, drawings, old prints etc showing the guns, the cases, powder flasks etc Publisher's green faux leather binding, titled in gilt to upper cover in dj, the dj has a 3 cm closed tear, VG. Riling's work still remains the best book on the subject. .
[22721] |
£65.00 |
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ROBERT ARTHUR BALFORD ( LORD RIVERDALE ) |
SQUEEZE THE TRIGGER GENTLY
1991.
1st Edn.
Lord Riverdale.
Sheffield.
125 -viii pp., 4to illustrated throughout in b/w from photographs drawings etc. Presentation inscription from Lord Riverdale on the front blank. A fine copy in DJ. The book could just as well have been "titled 80 years with the Rifle "a great deal of the book is devoted to stalking but also big game hunting in India and Africa in the 1930s, Also notes on rifles Czech 234.
[22470] |
£46.00 |
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Roberts, David |
Military Instructions Including Each Particular Motion of the Manual and Platoon Exercises Elucidated with Very Minute Drawings by Mr R.K. Porter
1798.
1st Edn.
printed for T. Egerton,.
(viii) ? 36 pages, 4to pages uncut, frontis and 23 full-page plates after drawings by Mr R.K. Porter. Some light spotting and age browning. Two marginal repairs to upper blank margin of two pages. Presentation inscription from the author to the half title. Bound in a later sprinkled half calf'. Gives detailed instructions on the loading presenting and firing of the musket, with excellent line drawings showing the preparing loading and firing. The illustrations are by Sir Robert Ker Porter (1777-1842), who became famous for his paintings of historical military scenes. Not recorded in Riling.
[23110] |
£58.00 |
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ROBERTS Major Ned, WATERS Kenneth L. |
The Breech-Loading Single-Shot Rifle
1987.
rep completey rewritten and updated Edn,.
Wolfe Publishing.
Prescott, Arizona, USA.
xxi 333 pages, 4to., illus in b/w from photographs and drawings, vg in g+ dj, dj has some repairs to verso and small chips to edge, now in protective sleeve.
[21007] |
£45.00 |
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ROBERTS Ned H. |
The Muzzle Loading Cap Lock Rifle
1958.
rep. Edn,.
Harrisburg, USA.
308 pages, Illus. 4to. Vg in dj.
[13416] |
£30.00 |
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ROBERTS Ned H. |
The Muzzle-Loading Cap Lock Rifle
1947.
revised and enlarged Edn,.
Harrisburg, USA.
305 pages, 4to, well illus throughout with photographs and drawings, vg in dj. dj has loss to head and tail of spine, chipped to edges, a classic book in its field.
[9216] |
£50.00 |
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ROBERTS Ned H. |
SUPPLEMENT TO THE MUZZLE-LOADING CAP LOCK RIFLE1944
1944.
1st Edn,.
Clarke Press.
Manchester, NH: U.S.A.
433 - 522 (2), Full page and text b/w illustrations from photographs throughout. Presentation inscription to E.M Farris Secretary of The National Muzzle Loading Association SIGNEND and dated 1944 by Ned Roberts, Roberts thanks Farris in the preface for his help. Bound in the publishers red cloth titled in gilt to the upper cover, vg. Published to update Roberts classic work of 1940 on the rifle. Riling 2333
[23589] |
£65.00 |
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ROBINS Benjamin |
New Principles Of Gunnery
1972.
reprint Edn,.
Richmond Publishing Co Ltd.
Richmond.
lvii 95 Pages + (24)pages, text illus, fine in dj. Facsimile reprint of the 1742 edition with new introduction by W S Curtis.
[20130] |
£20.00 |
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ROBINSON Capt E.H. |
The Pistol In War Training With Revolver and Self Loading Pistol
1941.
rep.
Gale and Polder.
Aldershot.
68 pages, 4 pages adverts, 10 plates and diagrams, publishers dark red cloth covered boards, title to upper board printed in black, light rubbing to head and tail of spine. Chapters cover types of pistol, stopping power, the .38 pistol, Webley revolvers .455 inch Mark VI. Riling 2334.
[21412] |
£20.00 |
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ROBINSON Capt E.H. |
The Pistol In War Training With Revolver And Self Loading Pistol
1942.
rep Edn,.
Aldershot.
68 pages, advs, illus, heavy card cover, vg
[86] |
£20.00 |
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ROBINSON Capt E.H. |
The Pistol In War Training With Revolver And Self Loading Pistol
1942.
rep Edn,.
Aldershot.
68 pages, 4 pages adverts, 10 plates and diagrams, original printed cloth covered boards, Chapters cover types of pistol, stopping power, the .38 pistol, webley revolvers .455 inch Mark VI. Riling 2334.
[17132] |
£20.00 |
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ROBINSON Ernest H. |
Rifle & Carton. Some Notes On Target Shooting With The .22 Calibre Rifle, as a sport and in Preparation for War
1914.
3rd Edn.
Edmund Seale.
116 pages, vii sporting advert prelims, full page and text illustrations mostly showing targets. Publishers' grey cloth titled in black, advert for B.S.A rifles to the rear board vg. Covers all aspects the rifles , sighting, ammunition, shooting, rifle clubs etc. Not listed by Riling UK library holdings only hold the 3rd edition.
[22816] |
£75.00 |
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ROSA Joseph G. |
Colonel Colt London The History Of Colt's London Firearms, 1851-1857
1976.
1st English Edn,.
Arms And Armour Press.
215 pages, 4to illustrated with over 300 b/w illustrations from photographs and drawings, a vg copy in dj, a few small chips to head of spine of the dj.. The full story of the Colts London Armory, five years of existence and details the revolvers he produced.
[22746] |
£55.00 |
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ROSA Joseph G. |
Colonel Colt London The History Of Colt's London Firearms, 1851-1857
1997.
1st English Edn,.
Arms And Armour Press.
215 pages, 4to illustrated with over 300 b/w illustrations from photographs and drawings, a vg copy in dj. The full story of the Colts London Armory, five years of existence and details the revolvers he produced.
[22564] |
£55.00 |
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ROSA Joseph G. |
Guns Of The American West
1985.
1st English 1940..
Arms & Armour Press,.
192 opages, 4to illustrated throughout in b/w from photographs of the guns, drawings, gun breakdowns etc. A fine in DJ. The sections include from flint to cap 1776-1846, rim fire centre fire and rapid fire, 1846-1866, the wild west 1840 -1900
[22562] |
£25.00 |
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ROYAL ARTILLERY |
Journal Of The Royal Artillery Vol XXXIV
1907-08.
Royal Artillery.
Woolwich.
572+344 pages, full page illus including folding plates, folding maps, + text illus contemporary patterned violet cloth, faded evenly to covers and spine faded, vg-. Contains numerous articles on military tactics, armament, ammunition, historical accounts including Captain Hardcastle pointed bullets, British artillery, 1st Waterloo Austrian QF Fieldgun, modern QF guns etc.
[15705] |
£85.00 |
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Royal Artillery Institution |
Occasional Papers Royal Artillery Institution
No date circa 1858/9.
Royal Artillery Institution.
i -408 pages, 15 plates some folding. Later 1/2 tan calf rebound retaining original prelims old staining ownership stamp of Major J.H. Leslie faint ink note in below noting this Vol was exchanged ---. I can find no collation or much information on the book, the National Army Museum notes a copy Volume 1 1860, the British library holds 2 monthly parts for February and October 1858 indicating a monthly publication. In the preface its noted that despatches will be printed from Artillery Officers serving in India which appear throughout there are also numerous other references on India and the mutiny, embarkation listing troops regiments vessels etc. The articles published alongside the despatches cover experiments carried out at the Royal Arsenal including guns also foreign affairs etc The pagination lacks all before i possibly printed covers? then runs through to page 409 where the text stops abruptly followed by a plate. Armorial bookplate of William Curtis to the front paste down, military historian. A rare insight into the mutiny and the development of artillery.
[22875] |
£200.00 |
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ROYAL, David |
A Collector's Guide to the Savage 99 Rifle and Its Predecessors, the Model 1895 and 1899
2016.
1st.
Schiffer Military History.
Atglen U.S.A.
160 pages, 4to, Illustrated in colour and b/w from photographs. Pictorial covers a fine copy in dj.
[22167] |
£30.00 |
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RUTTERFORD Ken |
CARTRIDGES OF THE BRITISH ISLES: GREAT GREAT GRANFER'S SHOTGUN FODDER.
2006.
1st Edn,.
Arima Publishing..
Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk.
156 ? xxiv pages, 4to 128 pp of illustrations of head stamps etc, pictorial colured card covers a fine copy. "Alphabetical listing of more than 1,100 firms and their cartridges from the British Isles. These range in time from the first years of breech loaders up until the 1950's. It covers the period when most shotgun cartridges were closed by rolled-turnover and an over-shot wad".
[22999] |
£30.00 |
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RUTTERFORD Ken |
Collecting Cartridges (Section One) + Selection 2
1996/1997.
1st Edn,.
Produced by two members of the UKCC.
55 + 20 pages, 2 volumes 9 pages on early cartriges, adverts, 2 colour plates to section 1, drawings of the head stamps etc. Pictorial card covers, a fine set.
[22998] |
£30.00 |
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RUTTERFORD Ken |
Collecting Shotgun Cartridges
1987.
1st Edn,.
Stanley Paul.
139 pages, Illustrated in colour and b/w from photographs and line drawings of head stamps labels etc. VG in DJ, the DJ small chips at head and tail of the spine and corners. Still one of the best books on the subject.
[23026] |
£30.00 |
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RUTTERFORD Ken |
Collecting Shotgun Cartridges
1987.
1st Edn,.
Stanley Paul.
139 pages, Illustrated in colour and b/w from photographs and line drawings of head stamps labels etc. VG in DJ, Neatly stapled to the front end paper a typed letter signed by Ken {Rutterford). The letter notes this is the first book he has signed outside his family, and goes on to discuss cartridges etc. Also tipped onto the end paper a review of the book. There is also a small collection of handwritten notes by the books owner, mostly relating to East Anglia Gunmakers. small chips at head and tail of the spine and corners. Still one of the best books on the subject.
[23055] |
£45.00 |
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RUTTERFORD Ken |
Collecting Shotgun Cartridges
1987.
1st Edn,.
Stanley Paul.
139 pages, Illustrated in colour and b/w from photographs and b/w drawings of head stamps labels etc. A few small marks to the front-end paper otherwise a fine copy in fine DJ. Still one of the best books on the subject.
[22479] |
£35.00 |
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RUTTERFORD Ken J |
Cartridge Brands of the British Isles
2016.
1st Edn,.
Arima Publishing..
Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk.
249 pages, Colour illustrations of the cartridges and line drawings of the stamping on the shot shells. Pictorial green card covers, a fine copy.
[23223] |
£25.00 |
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RUTTERFORD Ken J |
CARTRIDGES OF THE BRITISH ISLES
2016.
1st Edn,.
Arima Publishing..
Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk.
249 pages, Illustrated in colour from photographs, b/w line drawings of head stamps. Pictorial card covers as new.
[23043] |
£25.00 |
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Rutterford Ken J |
Stampings On Shotshells
2011.
Arima Publishing.
Bury St Edmunds.
375 pages, 4to illustrated with over 6,000 drawings of shotgun cartridge head-stampings. A fine copy in the publisher's pictorial coloured card covers.
[23013] |
£28.00 |
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SAWYER Charles Winthrop |
US Single Shot Martial Pistols 1776-1945
1971.
1st Edn,.
Grenwich,USA.
X 99 pages, illus, vg in dj.
[9808] |
£20.00 |
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Sayre Edward C. |
The Luger Snail Drum and Other Accessories for the Artillery Model Luger
2010.
1st.
Mowbray Incorporated Publishers.
USA.
144 pages, Illustrated with colour and b/w photographs line drawings early catalogue's etc. Publishers printed pictorial card covers. A fine copy
[23572] |
£25.00 |
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SCARLATA Paul S. |
Collecting Classic Bolt Action Military Rifles
2012.
1st Edn.
Andrew Mowbray Publisher.
Lincoln, USA.
278 pages, 4to illustrated throughout in b/w from photographs line drawings. Publishers pictorial laminated covers, a fine copy. Includes some excellent photos of the guns a well-researched book.
[22120] |
£30.00 |
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SCARLATA Paul S. |
Collecting Classic Bolt Action Military Rifles
2012.
1st Edn.
Andrew Mowbray Publisher.
Lincoln, USA.
278 pages 4to illustrated throughout in b/w from photographs line drawings. Publishers pictorial laminated covers, a fine copy. Includes some excellent photos of the guns a well-researched book.
[22092] |
£30.00 |
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SCARLATA Paul S. |
Mannlicher Military Rifles Straight Pull And Turn Bolt Designs
2004.
1st Edn.
Andrew Mowbray Publisher.
USA.
167 pages, 4to Illustrated with b/w photographs, drawings diagrams of the guns bullets etc. publishers pictorial coloured laminated board, a fine copy A detailed study and examination of Mannlicher military rifles.
[22291] |
£45.00 |
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SCHREIER Jr Konrad F |
Remington Rolling Block Firearms
2000.
reprint.
Pioneer Press.
Union City USA.
61 pages, 4to, 80 illustrations from photographs drawings old prints gun break downs etc. Pictorial card covers. A fine copy. .
[22334] |
£20.00 |
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Schwartz, Wayne & Dell, Charles |
The Modern Schuetzen Rifle
1999.
2nd Edn.
Chuckan Industries,.
Christianburg U.S.A.
xxxvi ? 410 pages, 4to illustrated in b/w from photographs, line drawings etc. Publishers green cloth with gilt title to upper cover, there was no DJ produced. An authoritative guide to the building of a modern Schuetzen rifle.
[22848] |
£80.00 |
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