(A1) BRITISH GUNMAKERS 1740 - 1790 - MESSRS GRIFFIN TOW & BAILES W. Keith Neal & D.H.L. Back, Historical Firearms 1st edition 1989, folio, 183 pages, many photo ills., Good+ in DW, £75.00
(A2) PROCEEDINGS IAMAM XIV CONGRESS 1996 21cm x 30cm, 202 pages in soft covers, illustrations, selection of articles on antique weapons, firearms, swords, armour etc, VG, £8.00
(A3) JOHANN MICHAEL PROBST – BUCHSENMACHER IN DARMSTADT Published by Museum Jagdschlob Kranichstein, 20cm x 27cm, 38 pages in card covers,text in German, mostly colour photographs of the double percussion guns made by this maker, VG, £7.00
(A4) PERCUSSION GUNS & RIFLES D.W. Bailey, Arms & armour Press first edition 1972, 79 pages with 94 photo illustrations with description, Book Good+ in DJ, £20.00
(A5) EARLY PERCUSSION FIREARMS - A HISTORY OF EARLY PERCUSSION FIREARMS IGNITION FROM FORSYTH TO WINCHESTER .44/40 Lewis Winant, spring books, 280 pages inc. 224 photo plates, excellent overview of the history of the percussion system, ex library but Good+ in DW, £15.00
(A6) ENGLISH GUNS & RIFLES J.N. George, Stackpole edition of the 1947 first printing, 345 pages, 23 photo plates, a classic work on long guns, VG+ in VG DW, £25.00
(A7) 45/70 TRAPDOOR SPRINGFIELDS IN THE DIXIE COLLECTION List of the serials, and identifying differences of the arms in the collection, some photo illustrations, soft cover, Good+, £3.50
(A8) THE ART OF THE GUNMAKER (2 VOLUMES) J.F. Hayward, Barrie & Rockliff 1965 and 1963, Volume 1 1500 – 1660, 303 pages with 4 colour plates and 64 in mono, Volume 2 1660 – 1830, 379 pages, 5 colour plates and 96 in mono, volume 11 has a line down the inside front board, both volumes Good+, Ex Library copies with 1 stamp in each, £65.00
(A9) ROYAL SPORTING GUNS AT WINDSOR. Howard L.Blackmore, H.M.S.O. first edition 1968, 61 pages of text, plus 52 pages of photographs and many line illustrations, included in the collection are guns fashioned from exotic woods and decorated with gold, silver and precious stones, others are examples of surprising mechanical ingenuity or historical interest, Book Good + in D.J. Ex Library .£17.00
(A10) THE MANUFACTURE OF GUNFLINTS Sydney B.J.Skertchly, with an introduction by Seymour de Lotbiniere, 27cm x 18cm, 110 page reprint of this 1879 work. Tools and techniques illustrated, Book Good + £22.00
(A11) THE ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA OF 19TH CENTURY FIREARMS Major F.Myatt, Tiger 1989, 31cm x 23cm, 216 pages, full of colour and black and white illustrations, an illustrated history of the development of the world’s military firearms during the 19th century, Book Good + in D.J. £12.00
(A12) RUSSIAN PISTOLS IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY Leonid Tarassuk, Arms and Armour, 1968, 34 pages of text plus 39 illustrations in black and white, Book with pages unstuck and loose, in card wraps, hence £2.00
(A13) HET ARSENAAL VAN DE WERELD NEDERLANDSE WAPENHANDEL IN DE GOUDEN EEUW Jan Piet Puype in Marco van der Hoeven, De Bataafsche Leeuw , Amsterdam 1993, 143 pages, with many black and white illustrations and descriptions, text in Dutch, Armour, Rifles, Pistols, Etc,. Book V. G. in card covers, £17.00
(A14) THE RIFLE MUSKET – A TREATISE ON THE ENFIELD- PRITCHETT RIFLE Captain Jervis-White Jervis, Facsimile of the 1854 edition, 70 pages with line drawings, new introduction by W.S. Curtis, this is Number 1 of a numbered limited de luxe edition of 300 copies fine in DJ, £25.50
(A15) FINE ARMS FROM TULA - FIREARMS AND EDGED WEAPONS IN THE HERMITAGE - LENINGRAD Abrams New York 1977, large quarto, contains 137 fine colour photo ills. With descriptions, VG in chipped DJ, £29.00
(A16) DECORATED FIREARMS 1540 – 1870. FROM THE COLLECTION OF CLAY P. BEDFORD Wallace B.Gusler and James D.Lavin, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1977, Oblong Quarto, 242 pages, with 100 full colour and 160 black and white photographs, each entry includes a detailed description of the piece, discussion of the maker, its decoration, design and construction, Book Good + in D.J. with 1 Ex library stamp on the end, £38.00
(A17) ENGLISH GUNS AND RIFLES John Nigel George, Small Arms Technical Publishing Co. 1947, 1st edition, 344 pps., + num. photo ills., a nice clean copy of this important work, VG, £45.00
(A18) PEPPERBOX FIREARMS Lewis Winant, Greenburg 1952, 187 pages with 227 illustrations, includes pepperbox shoulder guns, Book Good+ in DJ, £45.00
(A19) MEHRLAUFIGE FEUERWAFFEN von Hans Gerd Miller1973, 151 pages, 30cm x 21.50cm, text in German, full of illustrations and diagrams, interesting work on Pepperbox Firearms, Book V.G. £30.00
(A24) SUPERIMPOSED LOAD FIREARMS 1360 - 1860 D.R. Baxter, Published by the author 1966, 1st limited edition of 500 numbered copies (437), 536 pages inc. 177 photo plates, nice clean copy in good Dustwrapper, £200.00
(A25) ESPINGARDA PERFEYTA OR THE PERFECT GUN Ed. & translated by R. Daehnhardt & W. Keith Neal, Sotheby Parke Bernet, 466 pages, 443 pages original 1718 text one page & English opposite plus 31 photo plates, VG in worn DW, £25.00
(A26) THE MANTON SUPPLEMENT W. Keith Neal & D.H.L. Back, Compton press 1978, 279 pages, further information to add to 'The Mantons', Fine in DW, £30.00
(A27) MASTERPIECES OF RUSSIAN HUNTING ARMS FROM THE STATE HERMITAGE MUSEUM, ST. PETERSBURG Jurij A. Miller, Danish Arms Society 1996, 144 pages finely illustrated with colour and mono photographs, firearms and edged weapons, VG, £20.00
(A28) THE PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE UNDER-HAMMER GUN Herschel C. Logan, Castle Books, Quarto, 250 pages with 322 illustrations, mostly photographs, Book VG in DW, £37.50
(A29) A HISTORY OF SPANISH FIREARMS James D. Lavin, Herbert Jenkins 1965, 304 pages with 115 photo illustrations, the history, beginning with the recorded appearance of gunpowder in Spain, tracing the development of hand firearms through their golden age, the eighteenth century, Book V.G.in DJ, £60.00
(A30) EUROPEAN HAND FIREARMS OF THE 17TH AND 18TH CENTURY * WITH A TREATISE ON SCOTTISH HAND FIREARMS Jackson & Whitelaw, Bramhall reprint of the 1923 edition of this famous work, quarto, 108 pages, Vg in dw, £30.00
(A32) EUROPEAN HAND FIREARMS OF THE 17TH AND 18TH CENTURY * WITH A TREATISE ON SCOTTISH HAND FIREARMS Jackson & Whitelaw, Holland Press 1959 reprint of the 1923 edition of this famous work, limited to 750 copies, 25.5cm x 33cm, 108 pages, VG in DJ, £55.00
(A33) HENRY DERINGER’S POCKET PISTOL John E. Parsons, William Morrow 1952, 255 pages, with many black and white illustrations, Book Good +, £45.00
(A34) THE PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE UNDER-HAMMER GUN Herschel C. Logan, Castle Books, Quarto, 250 pages with 322 illustrations, mostly photographs, Book G in DW, £34.00
(A35) AMERICAN ENGRAVED POWDER HORNS Stephen V. Grancsay, Ray Riling Arms Books 1965, folio, 96 pages of text plus 47 full page drawn plates, a study based on the J.H. Grenville Gilbert Collection, Book VG, £75.00
(A38) EUROPEAN HAND FIREARMS OF THE SIXTEENTH, SEVENTEENTH & EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES Herbert J. Jackson, Philip Lee Warner at the Chiswick Press, 1st edition 1923, limited to 500 copies only, this being number 89, folio, 49 pages of text plus 63 photo plates, with, A TREATISE ON SCOTTISH HAND FIREARMS OF THE 16TH, 17TH & 18TH CENTURIES, by C.E. Whitelaw, 108 pages with 8 photo plates, generally good+, £150.00
(A39) CATALOGUE - ARMES ANCIENNES – COLLECTION CHARLES DRAEGER 1987, 22cm x 28cm, 213 lots with fine colour photographs, long guns and pistols some cased, makers and dates, good reference book VG in DW, £25.00
(A41) FORSYTH & CO. PATENT GUNMAKERS W. Keith Neal & D.H.L. Back, Bell, 1st edition 1969, 280 pages with 9 colour illustrations and 111 in black & white, Book VG, Ex Library with 1 stamp, £40.00
(A43) FORSYTH & CO. PATENT GUNMAKERS W. Keith Neal & D.H.L. Back, Bell, 1st edition 1969, 280 pages with 9 colour illustrations and 111 in black & white, book VG in DJ, £65.00
(A44) ANTIQUE EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN FIREARMS AT THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM
L. Tarassuk, Quarto, 224 pages with excellent photographs, many in colour,
text in English & Russian, VG in DW, £25.00
(A45) MAGYAR VADASZ LOPORTARTOK Borsos Bela, Corvina Kiado, 1982, 91 pages of text plus 40 colour photographs of Stag Horn Powder Flasks, Book Good + in D.J.Ex Library, £15.00
(A47) FINE ARMS FROM TULA - FIREARMS AND EDGED WEAPONS IN THE HERMITAGE - LENINGRAD Abrams New York 1977, large quarto, contains 137 fine colour photo ills. With descriptions, Ex lib, one stamp to title otherwise G+ in chipped DJ, £14.00
(A50) THE RUDOLPH J. NUNNEMACHER COLLECTION OF PROJECTILE ARMS. 2 VOLUMES. PART ONE. LONG ARMS AND PART TWO SHORT ARMS. John Metschl, 1928, Milwaukee, originally bound in paper covers, This set bound in half tan leather with red boards, only 800 sets were originally printed and no reissues, descriptions of specimens and illustrations, with a section entitled Origin, Purposes and Rise of Projectile Arms by Dr. Paul B. Jenkins, a convenient source of information for identification of collectors firearms, profusely illustrated in both volumes at the rear of the books, Books Good +, £195.00
(A51) EUROPEAN FIREARMS J.F. Hayward, Victoria & Albert Museum 1955, card covers, 54 pages of text + 34 photo plts. , VG, £8.00
(A53) GREAT BRITISH GUNMAKERS 1540 - 1740 W. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back, historical Firearms 1984, folio, 480 pages on glossy paper, a fine and comprehensive work on the early gunmakers, excellent photographs as you would expect from these foremost experts, fine in Dj, £85.00
(A54) ROYAL ARMS AT ROSENBORG – (DELUXE LEATHER BOUND EDITION) Danish Arms and Armour Society 1956, 2 volumes, quarto, Vol. 1, 223 pages of text, Volume 2, 93 photo plates with descriptions, both volumes VG in dustjackets in original slipcase, 44 plates of edged weapons and 48 of firearms, mostly flint, both volumes of this de-luxe edition bound in red calf leather, excellent set, £155.00
(A65) FRENCH PISTOLS AND SPORTING GUNS A.N. Kennard, Country Life Collectors Guides 1972, 64 pages with many photo illustrations, 5in x 6in, Good+ in DJ, £5.00
(A66) THE RUDOLPH J. NUNNEMACHER COLLECTION OF PROJECTILE ARMS ( 2 VOLUMES) Greenwood Press 1970 reprint of the 1928 edition with preface to this edition by Eldon G. Wolff, Volume 1 – Long Arms, 283 pages plus 63 photo plates, Volume 2 – Short Arms, 494 pages plus 49 photo plates, both volumes Good+, £49.00
(A67) THE RUSSIAN COLTS Published on the occasion of a loan exhibition of the presentation Russian Colt Revolvers vy The State Hermitage Museum, 1979, 31 pages, with colour and black and white illustrations, Book Good + in paper covers, £4.00
(A74) A CENTURY OF GUNS - A SKETCH OF THE LEADING SPORTING AND MILITARY SMALL ARMS H.J. Blanch, EP publishing 1976 reprint of the 1909 edition, quarto, 150 ills., 153 pages, Good + in DW ,Ex Library, £15.00
(A78) ANTIQUE EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN FIREARMS AT THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM L. Tarassuk, Quarto, 224 pages with excellent photographs, many in colour, text in English & Russian, Good in DW, Ex Library with usual stamps, £14.00
(A80) UNDERHAMMER GUNS Herschel C.Logan, Stackpole, 1960, 29cm x 22cm, 249 pages, with 322 illustrations, the origin of these guns with the hammer under the barrel dating back into the Flintlock period, Book Good + in D.J.£35.00
(A81) A CENTURY OF GUNS - A SKETCH OF THE LEADING TYPES OF SPORTING AND MILITARY SMALL ARMS H.J. Blanch, Published by Blanch in 1909 1st edition, quarto, 150 ills., mostly breech loading systems, 153 pages, Good + £90.00
(A92) STAGHORN POWDER FLASKS Belia Borsos, Hungary 1982, 16cm x 18cm, 96 pages of text, plus 40 coloured photographs of Hungarian Powder horns, VG in DJ, £15.00
(A93) RIFLES AND PISTOLS Landesmuseum Handbook, 19cm x 21cm, 68 pages in card covers, coloured photo illustrations, Good+, £3.50
(A95) THE REVEREND ALEXANDER JOHN FORSYTH AND HIS INVENTION OF THE
PERCUSSION LOCK
Major General John Forsyth Reid, Aberdeen University, reprinted 1st edition
1909, 32 pages with 6 plates, Good+, Scarce, presentation copy signed by the
author, £65.00
(A117) MASTER FRENCH GUNSMITHS DESIGNS OF THE MID – SEVENTEENTH CENTURY Reproduced in Facsimile with preface & Notes by Stephen V. Grancsay, Greenberg 1950, Oblong Quarto, 21 pages of text and 16 plates, Book Good +. £38.00
(A123) LE GUIDE DES COLLECTIONNEURS D’ARMES DE POING Raymond Caranta and Yves Cadiou, Crepin-Leblond, 1971, 28cm x 21cm, 276 pages, with many black and white illustrations and descriptions, Text in French, Colt, Remington, Smith & Wesson and much more, Book Good + in D.J. Ex Library, £12.00
(A124) ALTE HANDFEUERWAFFEN Jan Durdik, Miroslav Mudra and Miroslav Sada, Dausien, 1982, 29cm x 22cm, 247 pages, with 120 illustrations in colour and black and white, line drawings and makers marks, text in German, Book Good + in D. J. Ex Library, £10.00
(A126) KATALOG DRESDENER BUCHSENMACHER 16 – 18. JH Historisches Museum, 1975, 139 pages, with many colour and black and white photographs and descriptions, with 23 photographs of makers marks at rear, dating from 1544, Text in German, Book Good + in card covers, Ex Library £10.00
(A130) DIE BEWAFFNUNG DER PREUSCHEN FUSRUPPEN B.Menges, 1969 reprint of the 1913 edition, 78 pages, with intext line drawings, mit Gewehren ( Buchfen ) von 1809 bis zur Gegenwart, text in German, Book Good + in D.J. slightly torn, £14.00
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NEW BOOKS ON ANTIQUE FIREARMS
(NA1) .577 PATTERN 1853 RIFLE MUSKET AND SNIDER ENFIELD I. Skennerton, Small Arms Identification series, 48 pages in card covers, £7.00
(NA3) GUNMAKERS OF LONDON 1350 – 1850 PLUS SUPPLEMENT (2 VOLUMES) Howard L. Blackmore, 22cm x 29cm, 222 and 160 pages respectively, alphabetically listed gunmakers and their marks, some photo ills., superb reference, 2 volumes complete in slip case, £89.50
(NA5) BRITISH MILITARY FLINTLOCK RIFLES 1740 – 1840 De Witt Bailey, Folio, 264 pages, with many photographs, issue details etc., Pattern 1776, Ferguson, Baker, Cavalry rifles, Hessian rifles, bayonets & accoutrements, ammunition and much more, £29.50
(NA8) GREAT BRITISH GUNMAKERS - THE MANTONS 1782 - 1878 D.H.L. Back, folio, 144 pages with 150 excellent detail photographs of the guns, locks and accessories, £75.00
(NA9) FOR COMMONWEALTH AND CROWN : ENGLISH GUNMAKERS OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY John S. Cooper, 237 pages, coloured frontice plus 70 intext photographs and line drawings, gunmakers include Parsons, Watsons, and Murdens, extensive historical and technical background, £35.00
(NA10) THE FUSIL DE TULLE IN NEW FRANCE 1691 - 1714 Russell Bouchard, 48 pages in paper wraps, photo ills., recent addition to the excellent 'Historical Arms' series, £6.40
(NA11) THE QUEEN ANNE PISTOL 1660 – 1780 John W. Burgoyne, 114 pages with 183 photo illustrations, covers the pistols, silver decorations, accessories etc., £22.00
(NA12) MUSKETS OF THE REVOLUTION AND THE FRENCH & INDIAN WARS Bill Ahearn, 22cm x 29cm, 248 pages with detail photographs of the guns, markings etc., ‘The Smoothbore Longarm in Early America, including British, Dutch, German Spanish and other Weapons, £29.50
(NA13) RED COAT AND BROWN BESS Anthony Darling, 63 pages in card wraps, good basic work on the Brown Bess, locks etc. 44 photo ills., £5.95
(NA14) ALL ABOUT SOUTHERNERS Lionel Bogut, 114 pages with many photo illustrations, the story of the .41 rimfire calibre derringers of Brown Manufacturing and Merrimack Arms Manufacturing, A signed and numbered limited edition, £17.50
(NA15) THE BLUNDERBUSS 1500 - 1900 James D. Forman, 40 pages in paper wraps with 53 illustrations, £5.95
(NA16) GREAT BRITISH GUNMAKERS - FORSYTH & CO PATENT GUNMAKERS 1806 - 1852 D.H.L. Back, quarto, 252 pages with many colour and mono photo ills., £85.00
(NA17) THE BRITISH DUELLING PISTOL John A. Atkinson, quarto, 108 pages with 88 photo ills., with notes on many famous gunmakers, excellent reference, £19.50
(NA18) LONDON GUNMAKERS AND THE ENGLISH DUELLING PISTOL 1770 - 1830 Keith R. Dill, 36 pages in paper wraps with 40 photo ills., £6.40
(NA19) SCOTTISH FIREARMS Claude Blair & Robert Woosnam- Savage, 52 pages in paper wraps, photo ills., and a register of Scottish long guns, £5.95
(NA20) THE MORTIMER GUNMAKERS 1753 – 1923 H. Lee Munson, 22cm x 29cm, 313 pages, 477 photo illustrations, definitive work on a classic English maker., £39.50
(NA21) ETHAN ALLEN AND ALLEN & WHEELOCK – THEIR GUNS AND
THEIR LEGACY
Paul Henry, 22.5cm x 29cm, 230 pages, full of colour photographs, their single
shot pistols, pepperboxes and revolvers, Rifles, ammunition , sights etc,
£38.50
(NA22) SOUTHERN DERRINGERS OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY Turner Kirkland, 102 pages in card wraps, many photo ills, makers etc. of percussion models, £3.00
(NA23) BRITISH BOARD OF ORDNANCE SMALL ARMS CONTRACTORS 1689 - 1840 De Witt Bailey, quarto,96 pages in soft covers, as usual by this author, this is an original and comprehensive study of makers in alphabetical order, £12.50
(NA25) THE BELTON SYSTEMS, 1785 AND 1784 – 86 : AMERICA’S FIRST REPEATING FIREARMS Robert Held, large quarto, 94 pages, detailed photographs, many in colour, £12.00
(NA26) GOLD COLTS – A TRIBUTE TO GUSTAVE YOUNG Nelson Perry, oblong quarto, 29cm x 22cm, 206 pages full of colour photographs of the gold engraved and inlaid works of the engraver Gustave Young, who engraved guns for the Colt factory from 1852 to 1869, a numbered limited edition, £35.00
(NA27) 18TH CENTURY WEAPONS OF ROYAL WELSH FUZILIERS FROM FLIXTON HALL Erik Goldstein, 22cm x 28cm, 126 pages in card covers, a history of the collection, many photo illustrations, includes firearms, bayonets and other edged weapons, £13.50
(NA28) THE DARLING PEPPERBOX Stuart C. Mowbray, 104 pages in card covers, many photo illustrations and line drawings, ‘The Story of Samuel Colt’s forgotten Competitors in Bellingham. Mass. And Woonsocket, RI. £11.25
(NA29) ARMES DE POING MILITAIRES FRANCAISES DU XVIe AU XIXe SIECLE ET LEURS INFLUENCES A L’ETRANGER Robert E. Brooker, 22cm x 30.5cm, 296 pages full of photo illustrations of all French military pistols, Descriptions (French), line drawings, marks etc., £32.00
(NA30) POIRES A POUDRE (POWDER FLASKS) Robert Marquiset and Jean Pierre Yven, 21.5cm x 30.5cm, 128 pages, 425 photo illustrations of Flasks and horns,text in French, £15.50
(NA31) THE DERINGER IN AMERICA – VOLUME 1 – THE PERCUSSION PERIOD R.L.Wilson & L.D. Eberhart, quarto, 271 pages illustrated with many fine photographs in colour and mono, £31.00
(NA33) U.S. MILITARY FLINTLOCK MUSKETS AND THEIR BAYONETS : THE EARLY
YEARS 1790 – 1815
Peter A. Schmit, 22.5cm x 29cm, 431 pages, detailed photographs, explanation
of markings, makers, rebuilds etc, £39.50
(NA35) FIREARMS FROM EUROPE – A HISTORY OF FIREARMS IMPORTED DURING THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR BY THE UNITED STATES AND CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA David Noe, Larry W. Yantz and James B. Whisker, quarto,192 pages with many photographs, an excellent reference, not only in its intended context, but also to European shoulder and short arms of the period, £29.50
(NA37) ETHAN ALLEN, GUNMAKER: HIS PARTNERS, PATENTS & FIREARMS Harold R Mouillesseaux, quarto (9in x 11in), 170 pages with 270 illustrations, important work for Pepperbox collectors, £22.50
(NA38) SYSTEME LEFAUCHEUX – CONTINUING THE STUDY OF PINFIRE CARTRIDGE ARMS, INCLUDING THEIR ROLE IN THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR Chris C. Curtis, 22cm x 29cm, 312 pages, beautifully produced with many photographs of pistols, long arms and others, £26.50
(NA40) PETER FINER CATALOGUE 2006 22cm x 31.5cm, 306 pages hardbound, containing details and superb colour photographs of 50 items, armour, firearms, edged weapons and crossbows, an excellent high quality reference, £37.00
(NA41) WILLIAM TRANTER, BIRMINGHAM 1849 – 1890 Wolfgang Berk, 32cm x 22cm x 2.5cm, 280 pages, the first 92 pages are text in English & German, the remainder of the book contains over 500 superb colour photographs, of Tranter’s percussion and cartridge revolvers, rifles, and shotguns, and even a photograph of the recently discovered Tranter machine gun. The text has history, a description of Tranter’s numbering system, and the serial numbers. Patent specifications and much more, taken from the Authors collection this is undoubtedly the most comprehensive work on William Tranter’s achievements. £79.50
(ND76) JAMES DIXON & SONS CATALOGUE 1883 Reprint of the 1883 catalogue of sporting accessories, 60 pages in card covers, reloading equipment, mostly flasks and their accessories, belts, counters etc., £16.50