Harriman Tn. Pioneer Press, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; xiii, (i), 160; illustrated with numerous black and white plates; green cloth lettered in black;. Includes Century of Guns Published by H. J. Blanch in 1909, Being a History of English Sporting & Military Small Arms and Complete Compilation of..... More
Manchester: Amoskeag Auction Company, Inc., 2012. Stiff wraps. Quarto, glossy pictorial wraps. 288pp. with index. Profusely illustrated with color photography. With a 4 page notice of a future sale, March 29, 2014, laid in. More
Manchester: Amoskeag Auction Company, Inc., 2013. Stiff wraps. Quarto, glossy pictorial wraps. 292pp. with index. Profusely illustrated with color photography. With a 4 page notice of a future sale, August 3, 2013, laid in. More
(Los Altos Ca. H. J. Dunlap, 1964). First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto; pp; (vi), 276; illustrated with black and white plates; decorated pictorial gray cloth lettered in black;. A classic piece of scholarship on this genre of firearms. Contents include: Flintlock pepperbox, Darling pepperbox, Budding pepperbox, Rigby-type pepperboxes, British shotgun hammer..... More
Savannah: Review Publishing & Printing Co., 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; vii, (i), 302, 11, index; illustrated with a frontispiece and thirty-six black and white plates; red buckram lettered in gilt; there are a number of typed notes that are bound in that provide additional information regarding the content..... More
Harrisburg: Stackpole Books, (1952). First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; xx, 94; Illustrated with numerous black and white plates; , green cloth lettered in gilt. More
Westport: Greenwood Press, (1970. Second edition but First Greenwood Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; I; vi, 415; II; (iii), 419-1016, index; illustrated with one hundred thirteen, (113), black and white plates; terra-cotta cloth lettered in gilt;. Two volume set cataloguing this major collection of unrestored firearms, an important reference first published..... More
Highland Park, N.J: The Gun Room Press, 1972. Reprint edition. cloth. Octavo (5.5" x 8.25"), Black cloth with gilt titles. 207pp. Illustrated with frontispiece portrait and black and white photographs of guns. A facsimile reprint of the Concord 19913 edition written by the subject's grandsons. North manufactured firearms in Connecticut..... More
Harrisburg: Stackpole Company, 1958. First edition. Hardcover. (1958). Quarto, green cloth, gilt. (xii), 250pp. with index. Illustrated with black and white plates. Light moderate wear. More
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1967. Later printing. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; (viii), 352, index; Illustrated with two hundred black and white, photographs and line drawings; terra-cotta cloth lettered in gilt in a dust jacket;. Interesting, factual well written vignette histories of weaponry. From flintlocks to Colts to Hawkens and beyond..... More
Iola: Gun Digest Books, 2010. First edition. Hardcover. (Iola: Gun Digest Books, 2010). Quarto, glossy pictorial boards. 296, (2)pp. with publisher's ads. Profusely illustrated with color photography. A well-written book about the history of the gun in the military, law enforcement and personal protection use. Very detailed, and historically interesting..... More
Ft. Benning Ga. U.S. Army Infantry School, 1965. Wraps. Quarto; pp; 86; illustrated with black and white photographs; original printed stapled blue paper wrappers lettered in black;. Four Sections, Rifle Marksmanship; Special Purpose Weapons; Machineguns; Rifle Squad Technique Of Fire;. More