AMAZING NEW LOW PRICES ON OUR USED BOOK SECTION
AMAZING NEW LOW PRICES ON OUR USED BOOK SECTION
AMAZING NEW LOW PRICES ON OUR USED BOOK SECTION
(A1) OBSERVATIONS UPON THE HISTORY OF HAND FIRE-ARMS S.R.Meyrick, 1971 reprint, 22cm x 15cm, 46 pages, and their Appurtenances, Book Good + in card covers. £1.00
(A2) DESCRIPTION AND RULES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF THE SPRINGFIELD BREECH-LOADING RIFLE MUSKET MODEL 1868 Reprint, 20 pages in paper wraps, drawings of parts and trapdoor system, G+, £1.00
(A3) AN OUTLINE OF THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF HAND FIREARMS, FROM THE EARLIEST PEIOD TO ABOUT THE END OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY Robert Coltman Clephank Walter Scott, 1906, 66 pages, with numerous illustrations, Book Good , Ex Library, £4.00
(A9) ENGLISH GUNS & RIFLES J.N. George, Samworth 1947 first edition, 345 pages, 23 photo plates, a classic work on long guns, Good+, £15.00
(A14) DANISCHE ORGELSPINGOLEN MIT EINHEITSPATRONEN 1850 – 1877 Egon Eriksen, Copenhagen 1945, 19cm x 27cm, zwei danische erfindungeon von N.J.Lobnitz, 1848 – 1877, intext photographs, 59 pages in card covers, Good +, £3.50
(A16) A GUINESS SIGNATURE. ANTIQUE FIREARMS. NO. 1. MATCHES AND POWDER. Frederick Wilkinson, 16 pages with colour and black and white illustrations, in paper covers, Good ..50p
(A17) A GUINESS SIGNATURE. ANTIQUE FIREARMS. NO. 3.FLINT AND STEEL Frederick Wilkinson, 16 pages with colour and black and white illustrations, in paper covers, Good ..50p
(A19) 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, 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+, £9.00
(A35) DIE HANDFEUERWAFFEN Rudolf Schmidt, Akademische Druck 1968, 25cm x 18cm, 4 pages of text and 76 pages of colour illustrations, ex library, Book Good + in D.J.£5.00
(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 + £30.00
(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, £5.50
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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
(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, £37.50
(NA7) TRADE GUNS OF THE HUDSON’S BAY COMPANY 167 – 1970 S. James Gooding, 158 pages, detail photographs, numbers and letters from company records etc., £28.95
(NA8) GREAT BRITISH GUNMAKERS - THE MANTONS 1782 - 1878 D.H.L.Back, 22cm x 30cm, 144 pages plus pages section with 150 photographs., £79.95
(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, £8.50
(NA11) THE QUEEN ANNE PISTOL 1660 – 1780 John W. Burgoyne, 114 pages with 183 photo illustrations, covers the pistols, silver decorations, accessories etc., £25.50
(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, £39.50
(NA13) RED COAT AND BROWN BESS Anthony Darling, 63 pages in paper wraps, good basic work on the Brown Bess, locks etc. 44 photo ills., £8.50
(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, £22.50
(NA15) THE BLUNDERBUSS 1500 - 1900 James D. Forman, 40 pages in paper wraps with 53 illustrations, £8.50
(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, £23.50
(NA18) LONDON GUNMAKERS AND THE ENGLISH DUELLING PISTOL 1770 - 1830 Keith R. Dill, 36 pages in paper wraps with 40 photo ills., £8.50
(NA20) THE MORTIMER GUNMAKERS 1753 – 1923 H. Lee Munson, 22cm x 29cm, 313 pages, 477 photo illustrations, definitive work on a classic English maker., £44.50
(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, £44.95
(NA22) SOUTHERN DERRINGERS OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY Turner Kirkland, 102 pages in card wraps, many photo ills, makers etc. of percussion models, £4.00
(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
(NA24) THE SUMPTUOUS FLASKE Herbert G. Houze, quarto, 158 pages in card covers, many excellent colour and mono photo ills., European an American decorated powder flasks of the 16th to 19th century, £23.50
(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. £14.95
(NA32) 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, £37.50
(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
(NA34) U.S. MILITARY FLINTLOCK MUSKETS AND THEIR BAYONETS : THE LATER YEARS 1816 THROUGH THE CIVIL WAR Peter A. Schmit, 22.5cm x 29cm, 373 pages, detailed photographs, explanation of markings, makers, rebuilds etc, £45.50
(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, £34.50
(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, £30.95
(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, £25.00
(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, (FREE POSTAGE ON THIS BOOK IN THE UK WORTH £6.95). £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
(NA77) THE FLINTLOCK – ITS ORIGIN, DEVELOPMENT, AND USE Torsten Lenk, 22cm x 28cm, 188 pages in soft covers, English reprint of this classic work from 1939, many photo illustrations, engraving etc., £15.95
(NA78) SMALL ARMS OF THE BRITISH FORCES IN AMERICA 1664 – 1815 De Witt Bailey, 22cm x 29cm, 375 pages, photographs, The arms used, the artillery, the regiments that employed them and their issue, the ammunition and much more. £45.00
(NA80) AIR GUNS Eldon G. Wolff, 226 pages in soft covers, enlarged 1997 edition, many photographs, list of makers etc, classic work on antique reservoir airguns, £24.95
(NA82) THE BROWN BESS Eric Goldstein & Stuart Mowbray, Oblong format 28cm x 22cm, 160 pages in card covers, An identification guide and illustrated study of Britain’s most famous musket, full of close up detailed coloured photographs on art paper, £28.75
(NA83) EARLY AMERICAN UNDERHAMMER FIREARMS Nicholas L. Chandler, 29cm x 22cm ( oblong format), 191 pages with all photographs in colour, A collector’s guide to the pistols and longarms made between 1826 and 1840, £38.50
(NA85) THE FRENCH TRADE GUN IN NORTH AMERICA 1662 – 1759 Kevin Gladysz, 22cm x 29cm, 184 pages in card covers, detailed photographs of the guns, the locks and the engraving, £24.75
(NA86) PATTERN DATES FOR BRITISH ORDNANCE SMALL ARMS 1718 - 1783 De Witt Bailey, 22cm x 29cm, 116 pages in soft covers, lock designs, superb reference for British military flintlocks, many full and detail photo ills. Of long and short arms, £14.50
(NA87) RULES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF SPRINGFIELD BREECH LOADING RIFLE MUSKET * MODEL 1866 11 pages in card wraps, £1.50
(NA88) BATTLE WEAPONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION George C. Neumann, 22cm x 29cm, 393 pages in card covers, covers flintlock pistols, rifles, bayonets, swords and long edged weapons, from the U.S. England and France, many photo illustrations, excellent reference, for Flintlocks, £25.50
(NH57) GUNSMITHS AND ALLIED TRADESMEN OF GEORGIA Wayne Elliott & James Whisker, 22cm x 29cm, 80 pages in card covers, list of gunsmiths and makers plus 30 pages of photo illustrations, £19.95
(NH58) GUNSMITHS AND ALLIED TRADESMEN OF MISSOURI Wayne Elliott & James Whisker, 22cm x 29cm, 128 pages in card covers, list of gunsmiths and makers plus 30 pages of photo illustrations, £19.95
(NA90) 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
(NA91) 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
(NA92) 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
(NA93) VOLCANIC FIREARMS – PREDECESSOR TO THE WINCHESTER RIFLe Edmund E. Lewis & Stephen W. Rutter, Oblong 29cm x 22cm, 158 pages full of superb colour photographs, and history, £36.00
(NA94) THE COLLECTING OF DERINGERS MANUFACTURED BY MOORE, NATIONAL AND COLT L. D. Eberhart, Oblong 34cm x 29cm, 107 pages showing the guns, cases and cartridge boxes in colour photographs, £57.50
(NA200) THE EAGLE ON U.S. FIREARMS John W. Jordan, quarto, 140 pages in soft covers, with many photo ills of the mark in use, £11.50