George Markham GUNS OF THE EMPIRE Firearms of the British Soldier 1837-1987
Arms and Armour Press, 1990 First Edition. Book Condition: Near Fine Condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Size: 11.5" x 9" approx. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1.25 kilos. Category: Military & Warfare; ISBN: 1854090720. ISBN/EAN: 9781854090720. Inventory No: 0037090. (Book ref. 0037090) £35.00
Joseph G. Bilby CIVIL WAR FIREARMS Their Historical Background, Tactical Use and Modern Collecting and Shooting
Combined Publishing , 2000 First Edition. Later reprint. Book Condition: Near Fine Condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Later reprint. Size: 10.5" x 7.5" approx. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1.25 kilos. Category: Antiques & Collectibles; United States; 19th century; Military & Warfare. ISBN: 0938289799. Inventory No: 0033906. (Book ref. 0033906) £20.00
Held, Robert 70 Interessanti Armi Da Fuoco / 70 Interesting Firearms in the Arms and Armour Museum of the Republic of San Marino
Avon & Arno , 1989 First Edition. Binding: Softcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Size: 9" x 10" Approx. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 750 grams. Category: Sports & Pastimes; Inventory No: 0029647. (Book ref. 0029647) £14.00
Walter, John The World's Elite Forces : Small Arms and Accessories
Greenhill , 2002 First Edition. Book Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" Tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 750 grams. Category: Military ; ISBN: 1853674966. Inventory No: 0028653. (Book ref. 0028653) £4.75
George J N English Pistols and Revolvers An Historical Outline of the Development and Design of English Hand Firearms from the Seventeenth Century to the Present Day
Small-Arms Technical Publishing Company, 1938. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 257pp, illus, plates, corners sharp, no foxing, firmly bound, text bright and clean (Book ref. 005906) £20.00
NEWARK Peter: FIREFIGHT! The History of Personal Firepower.
Newton Abbot. David & Charles. 1989. lst edn. HEAVY large format hardback which will require extra postage. Before ordering please contact us direct for a postage quote. 191 pages. B.w. and colour illustrations. Fine in blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, in a fine d.w. Unread book from new stock. From cowboys in a Western-style shoot-out to Moslem terrorists in action in the 1980s, guns and gunfighters have determined the course of history the world over. With this book you can relive the great story of firefighting and look forward to the Scicon soldier of the 21st century. ISBN: 0-7153-9176-3. (Book ref. 4396) £7.95
Foss, Christopher & Hogg, Ian Battlefield: The Weapons of Modern Land Warfare
London: Guild Publishing, 1986. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Bright condition, 256 pages, well-illustrated with over 500 colour & b/w photographs, pictorial dustjacket. Sections on Modern Armoured Fighting Vehicles, Modern Support Weapons, Modern Infantry Weapons. Appendices on electronic systems, tank & small arms ammunition. (Book ref. 4460) £4.00
Stephens, Wilson The Guinness Guide to Field Sports
Enfield: Guinness Superlatives Ltd, 1978. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 0900424478 Bright unclipped pictorial dustjacket, brown leatherette boards, no previous owner name, 240 pages, colour & b/w illustrations. Foreword by the Duke of Wellington. "I hope the book will help those who, in the course of generations have become divorced from their rural heritage, to a better understanding of the lore of the countryside and its pursuits." Ideal present. (Book ref. 4264) £6.00
du Quesne-Bird, Nicholas The Observer's Book of Firearms
Frederick Warne & Co Ltd., 1978 Hardback, Very Good/Very Good. First edition, green cloth, 24mo, b&w photographs and line drawings in the text, clean and sound in lightly browned pictorial dust jacket. Print no: 2701-278.. (Book ref. 19940) £9.50
Ricketts, Howard: Firearms;
London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1965; reprint; Hardback; Pleasures and Treasures series.10" x 8"; Good+/ No dj; 128pp profusely illustrated & with decorated endpapers; Purple pictorial covers. (Book ref. 9365) £8.00
J N George, R Chapman Cleaning Repairing and Restoring Antique Firearms Limited Edition
Dorset: Cooper and Westwood, 1990. First Edition, First Printing. Boards. Very Good/Good Plus. 8 ½ x 6 Inches Hardcover Limited edition of 300 copies this is number 200. Two previously unpublished manuscripts, 70 pages in very bright, clean condition with many illustrations. Dustwrapper is a little browned on edges with light wear on edges and very slight fade to spine. A nice copy SEE IMAGE DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST (Book ref. 005610) £30.00
Gavin Gardiner Limited Fine Modern and Vintage Sporting Guns. Tuesday 15 April 2008
Pulborough, West Sussex: Gavin Gardiner Limited in association with Sotheby's, 2008. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo Catalogue slim 8vo, soft cover, small blemish to first page else Fine. pp 120; fully illustrated in colour. (Book ref. 14734) £8.00
Gavin Gardiner Limited Fine Modern and Vintage Sporting Guns. Tuesday 17 April 2007
Pulborough, West Sussex: Gavin Gardiner Limited in association with Sotheby's, 2007. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo Catalogue slim 8vo, soft cover, Fine. pp 104; fully illustrated in colour. (Book ref. 14733) £8.00
O'NEIL, B.H. St.: Castles. An introduction to the castles of England and Wales.
London: Her Majesty's stationery Office, 1954. Good green h/b with gilt lettering to cover & spine; No d/w. 12.5cms x 19cms, 64pp inc glossary. 28 figures. Faded spine; some small stains to covers. Faded & sl foxed page edges. Sound binding; clean within. Weight 163g. (Book ref. 3006) £4.00
MARKHAM, George: Guns of the elite: special forces firearms, 1940 to the present.
London: BCA.1987. (Guild Publishing) VG+ black cloth h/b with gilt lettering on spine; VG col illus d/w, not pc. 23cms x 29.5cms, 184pp. Glossary, prologue, 11 chaps, appendices, bib, index. 250+ b/w photos, line drawings & diagrams, 14 colour photos. Account of weapon special forces such as SAS, Delta Force & GSG-9 use. Weight 939g. (Book ref. 533) £9.50
ARMS. VISSER (H). VISSER COLLECTION.: [Sale Catalogue of] The Visser Collection of Fine, Rare and Important Arms. The Property of a Visser Family Trust. 3rd July 1990. [Part I only. With portrait and biographical introduction]. WITH LIST OF ESTIMATES
Sotheby, 1990 Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous fine coloured photographs throughout; green cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in unclipped dust wrapper. With the printed list of estimates loosely inserted. First of two parts of the celebrated Visser collection, arguably the finest private assembly of arms to come to auction in the twentieth century. The catalogue lists 208 lots. (Book ref. 18656) £110.00
Butler David F. United States Firearms The First Century 1776 - 1875
New York: Winchester Press, 1971. Illustrated by Butler David F.. 1st. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to 08769103004 An authoritative work - copiously illustrated with 134 photographs, cross section drawings, line illustrations, and graphs - tells the complete story of this period of American firearms development. 254 clean pages including the index firmly bound in red covers a little over 11" tall. The intact dust wrapper has internal repairs to close some short edge tears, & is faded on the spine. (Book ref. 040519) £14.00
Webster Donald B. American Socket Bayonets, 1717 - 1873
Ottawa: Museum Restoration Service, 1964. Paperback. Very Good/No Dustwrapper. 4to 47 clean pages with a bibliography illustrated with line drawings stapled in thick paper covers 10" tall. (Book ref. 040390) £5.00
The Canadian Journal of Arms Collecting. Vol. 10 No. 4 Nov. 1972
Ottawa: Museum Restoration Service, 1972. Paperback. Very Good/No Dustwrapper. 8vo A 32 paged magazine stapled in thick paper covers 10 1/4" tall. Articles include; Joseph Manton Montreal gunmaker; The plug bayonet; & Committee of safety muskets. (Book ref. 040389) £5.00
The Canadian Journal of Arms Collecting. Vol. 10 No. 3 Aug. 1972
Ottawa: Museum Restoration Service, 1972. Paperback. Very Good/No Dustwrapper. 8vo A 32 paged magazine stapled in thick paper covers 10 1/4" tall. Articles include; Henry Ellis of Doncaster an English Provincial Gunmaker, Goldberg, Smith, Wesson & Deringer; & A slaesman's sample case. (Book ref. 040388) £5.00