(F100) THE ARMOURIES OF THE TOWER OF LONDON – THE ORDNANCE H.L Blackmore, Her Majesty’s Stationery Office 1976, Large Quarto, 9 in by 11in, 425 pages with coloured frontice and 80 photo plates, VG+ in Chipped DW, £30.00
(F101) BALLISTICS IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY A.R.Hall, Cambridge University, 1952, 186 pages, with 4 plates, the history of the inception and growth, practical and theoretical, Book Good + in D.J. £39.00
(F102) AN UNIVERSAL MILITARY DICTIONARY - A COPIOUS EXPLANATION OF THE TECHNICAL TERMS , USED IN THE EQUIPMENT, MACHINERY, MOVEMENTS AND MILITARY OPERATIONS OF AN ARMY Capt. George Smith, Inspector Of the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, J. Millan, London 1779, quarto, 9in x 11in, A to Z references, approximately 200 pages, plus 16 large fold out engraved plates of fortifications, cannon, drill etc, contents generally good in modern navy cloth boards, £200.00
(F103) AIDE MEMOIRE PORTATIF DE CAMPAGNE A L’USAGE DES OFFICIERS D’ARTILLERIE 1864, 10cm x 15cm, 335 pages plus 14 plates at rear, tactics, tables etc, Good+, £25.00
(F104) ENGLISH ARTILLERY 1326 – 1716 Brigadier O.F.G.Hogg, Royal Artillery Ins., first edition 1963, 22cm x 14cm, 285 pages plus index, with 8 illustrations, the history of artillery in this country prior to the formation of the Roayal Regiment of Artillery. Ex library Book Good + £22.00
(F109) THE STORY OF THE GUNS Sir J. Emerson Tennent, Longman 1st edition 1864, 364 pages, 33 illustrations, much information on the Whitworth developments in the controversy over the governments adoption of a system for artillery, rebound in modern binding, but contents Very Good +, scarce in first edition, £80.00
(F110) THE GUN FOUNDERS OF ENGLAND - WITH A LIST OF ENGLISH AND CONTINENTALGUN-FOUNDERS FROM THE XIV TO THE XIX CENTURY Charles Ffoulkes, Cambridge 1st edition 1936, large quarto, 134 pages plus 15 plates and 38 intextillustrations, G+ in faded cloth boards, £60.00
(F113) LA POUDRE A CANON ET LES NOUVEAUX CORPS EXPLOSIVES Maxime Helene, Hachette Paris 1886, history and manufacture of gunpowder and fulminates, use of explosives, torpedoes etc. 315 pages with many intext line drawings, G+, £52.50
CIRCA 1870 ONWARDS
(F1) ANTI – AIRCRAFT GUNS Peter Chamberlain & Terry Gander, Jane’s, WW2 fact Files, quarto, 64 pages in soft covers, full of photo illustrations, Book Good, £4.50
(F2) RANGE TABLES (PART 1) FOR Q.F.25-PR. GUNS, MARKS 1 AND 11. 1944 The War Office 1944, 18cm x 14cm, 104 pages, plus fold-out table, D.O.COPY NO. 94, on front of orange covers, Good £20.00
(F3) RANGE TABLES FOR Q.F.3.7-INCH A.A. GUNS, MARKS 1 TO 3, LOW ANGLE FIRE 1949 ( REDUCED CHARGE ), The War Office 1949, 18cm x 14cm, 57 pages, plus 1 fold-out table, RT/71 119 on blue front cover ex library stamp, Book Good £10.00
(F4) MAINTENANCE MANUAL FOR THE ORDNANCE, Q.F. 25-PR., MARKS II AND III ON CARRIAGE, 25-PR., MARK I AND MOUNTING, S.P. 25-PR., C, MARK I AND MOUNTING, VALENTINE, 25-PR GUN, MARK I LAND SERVIICE 1944 The War Office 23rd September 1944, 15cm x 25cm, 98 pages in buff card covers, 2 fold out photographic plates, Good+, £35.00
(F5) SUPPLEMENTARY RANGE TABLES FOR Q.F. 25-PR. GUN MARK 2. CHEMICAL SHELL, B.E. 1945 The War Office 1945, 18cm x 13cm, 24 pages, in dark grey/blue boards, Book Good £7.00
(F6) SUPPLEMENTARY RANGE TABLES FOR Q.F. 25-PR. GUN MARK 1 AND 11 CHEMICAL SHELL, B.E. (STREAMLINE) 1940The War Office 1942, 18cm x 13cm, 14 pages in grey/blue boards, Book Good £7.00
(F7) JANE’S UNDERWATER WARFARE SYSTEMS 1989 – 90 Bernard Blake (Editor), 22cm x 32cm, 207 pages, torpedoes, sonar, submarine equipment, photo illustrations, Good+, £10.00
(F9) FORGING THE THUNDERBOLT Mildred Hanson Gillie, Military Service Pub.1947, 22cm x 14cm, 330 pages, a history of the development of the Armored Force, Book Good ex library, £13.00
(F10) VICKERS ARMSTRONG An extensive scrapbook approx 3cm thick, of newspaper cuttings from 1926 and 1927, compiled by the Swan family, and relating to the takeover and state of the Vickers Armstrong Company, WAS £55.00 REDUCED PRICE OF £15.00
(F11) PROGRAMME OF GUNNERY AND TORPEDO TRIALS OF H.M.S. ‘SWIFTSURE’ Armstrong Whitworth March 1904, 24 pages, line drawing of weapons layout, good, £24.00
(F13) THE JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL ARTILLERY February 1909, 61 pages in wrappers, articles on measurment of velocity, and the use of the aeropl;ane in war, photo illustrations, good+, £12.00
(F14) TEXTBOOK OF ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNNERY. VOLUME 1. 1925. H.M.S.O.1925, 25cm x 15cm, 867 pages, with many fold-out plates and intext illustrations, ex library, Book Good in original boards, backstrip sunned a little worn, £75.00
(F15) ARTILLERY AND EXPLOSIVES – ESSAYS AND LECTURES WRITTEN AND DELIVERED AT VARIOUS TIMES Sir Andrew Noble, Murray 1906, 548 pages, 79 full page tables and illustrations, plus many others intext, overall Good+, £68.00
(F16) THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-1945 ARMY. THE DEVELOPMENT OF ARTILLERY TACTICS AND EQUIPMENT. 1950. The War Office 1951, 25cm x 15cm, 350 pages, plus 21 fold-out maps at rear plus one smaller in text, tables, diagrams and plates, ex library, badly repaired again with selotape in worn original red boards, hence price of £15.00
(F18) JANE’S ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLE SYSTEMS 1988-89 Tony Cullen & Christopher Foss (editors), Janes 1988, 480 pages, full of detail photographs of the armament and the ammunition, ex library but Good+, £22.00
(F19) RANGE TABLE PART 11. 1938 The War Office, 1938, 18.5cm x 13.5cm, 96 pages of tables, with a fold out plate. Stamped with 131st field regiment 29th Dec 1939, Book Good + in grey covers, £8.00
(F20) TANKS Professor A.M.Low, Hutchinson, second impression, 22cm x 14cm, 135 pages, with 12 illustrations, Book Good ex library, £7.50
(F22) THE GUNS 1914-18. BOOK NO 5 Ian V. Hogg, Purnell’s History of the Second World War, 21cm x 14cm, 160 pages, full of illustrations in black and white, ex library Good in card wraps £4.00
(F25) MOVING THE GUNS. Philip Ventham and David Fletcher, 28cm x 22cm, 126 pages, full of black and white photographs, The Mechanisation of the Royal Artillery 1854 – 1939, ex library in card covers, Book Good £8.00
(F26) RANGE TABLE FOR Q.F. 3.7-INCH A.A. GUNS MARKS 1,11 AND 111 (HIGH ANGLE FIRE) 1939 REDUCED PRACTICE CHARGE. The War Office 1941, 15cm x 12cm, 36 pages in yellow boards, ex library, Good £10.00
(F27) RANGE TABLE FOR Q.F. 3.7-INCH A.A. GUNS MARKS V1 (HIGH ANGLE FIRE) 1943 FULL CHARGE. The War Office 1943, 15cm x 12cm, 36 pages in yellow boards, ex library, Good £10.00
(F28) SUPPLEMENTARY BALLISTIC DATA. Q.F. 3.7-INCH GUN, MARK 6. HIGH ANGLE FIRE. FULL CHARGE. M. V. 3425 FS. 1956 The War Office 1956, 19cm x 13cm, 22 pages, in white paper covers, ex library, Good. £4.00
(F29) RANGE TABLE FOR Q.F.3.7-INCH GUN, MARK 6, HIGH ANGLE FIRE. 1956. FULL CHARGE. The War Office 1956, 18cm x 13cm, 10 pages plus 1 fold-out, in yellow card covers, Good £7.00
(F30) GUN DRILL. FOR ORDNANCE 3.7-INCH MARKS 2/3 AND 3/3 ON MOUNTING 3.7-INCH, AA MARK 3A. 1958 The War Office 1958, 16cm x 10cm, 182 pages, with fold-out illustrations and intext diagrams, in buff coloured card covers, Book Good. £20.00
(F31) GUN DRILL. GUN EQUIPMENT 25 PR. MARKS 2/1, 3/1 AND 4 ON CARRIAGE MARK 1. 1986 The Royal School of Artillery 1986, 21cm x 15cm, with intext illustrations and diagrams, in blue card covers, Good £15.00
(F32) PROVISIONAL GUN DRILL FOR EQUIPMENT 3.7-INCH A A NO. 5. 1953 The War Office 1953, 20cm x 17cm, 93 pages, in grey/blue card covers, Book Good £15.00
(F33) PROVISIONAL GUN DRILL FOR EQUIPMENT 3.7-INCH A A NO. 6. 1954 The War Office 1954, 20cm x 17cm, 93 pages, in blue card covers, Book Good £15.00
(F34) PROVISIONAL USER HANDBOOK FOR THE GUN, 120MM TANK L11A2 1965 22cm x 28cm, 44 pages, detailed illustrations, includes 2 separate ammendments, Good, £35.00
(F36) FLASH SPOTTERS AND SOUND RANGERS Compiled by John R. Innes, George Allen & Unwin 1935, this facsimile limited edition privately published in 1997, 22cm x 14cm, 311 pages, illustrated, How they lived, worked and fought in the Great War, ex library Book Good + £22.00
(F37) ARTILLERY THROUGH THE AGES Colonel H.C.B.Rogers, Military Book Society, 22cm x 14cm, 230 pages, with 29 plates and intext illustrations, ex library, Book Good + £8.00
(F38) ARTILLERY THROUGH THE AGES Colonel H.C.B.Rogers, Military Book Society, 22cm x 14cm, 230 pages, with 29 plates and intext illustrations, ex library, Book Good + in D.J.£10.00
(F39) GERMAN ARTILLERY OF WORLD WAR TWO Ian V.Hogg, Greenhill, 1997, Quarto, 304 pages, with 250 photographs and 150 drawings, the complete story of German artillery during World War Two, ex library grubby. Book Good only in D.J. £7.00
(F40) THE 40MM BOFORS GUN Terry J.Gander, Patrick Stephens, first edition 1986, small Quarto, Bofors Ordnance, 128 pages, with scale drawings and dozens of rare photographs, tracing the entire history and service with the armed forces of many nations, plus data tables, ex library, Book good + in D.J. £36.00
(F43) NOTES ON MACHINE GUN .50IN. L6A1 FOR CENTURION TANK – LAND SERVICE 1963 Inspectorate of Armaments woolwich, 20cm x 14cm, 68 pages, with 1 fold out and many intext illustrations, good+, £25.00
(F45) DER ARTILLERIST Gilbert, Berlag, Germany, 1923 ,393 pages, line drawings, charts and diagrams, written in old German, Book Good Ex Library, with usual stamps, £30.00
(F47) MAINTENANCE MANUAL FOR THE ORDNANCE, Q.F.17-PR., MARK 1 ON CARRIAGE, 17-PR., MARKS 1 AND 1W AND ORDNANCE, Q.F. 17 PR., MARK 5 ON 3-INCH GUN MOTOR CARRIAGE, M. 10. LAND SERVICE 1946 The War Office 17th December 1945, code no. 1538. 25cm x 15.5cm, 109 pages of text with intext illustrations plus 6 large fold-out plates, lubrication charts, MK. 5/1 Sight, recoil system etc, Good in Buff coloured card covers, .some notations or stamps, £45.00
(F49) HANDBOOK OF THE 4.5-IN. Q.F. HOWITZER. LAND SERVICE 1914. H.M.S.O.1914, 24cm x 16cm. 51 pages of text, plus plates, in tan cloth covers, unfortunately plate missing, part of another missing and pages have pieces cut out, many notes and additions, at rear of book in pocket extra booklets, on Gun Drill 1912/14/15/ Book Good only with faults price of £30.00
(F50) MAINTENANCE MANUAL FOR THE ORDNANCE, B.L. 7.2-INCH HOWITZER MARKS 5.5*, 6 AND 6/1 ON CARRIAGE, 155-MM/8-INCH HOWITZER, M1. LAND SERVICE 1945 The War Office 20th July 1945, 25cm x 15.5cm, 76 pages of text with many intext illustrations, plus 2 fold-out plates, Good in Buff coloured card covers, .some notations or stamps, £55.00
(F51) MAINTENANCE MANUAL FOR THE ORDNANCE, B.L. 7.2-INCH HOWITZER MARKS 5.5*, 6 AND 6/1 ON CARRIAGE, 155-MM/8-INCH HOWITZER, M1. LAND SERVICE 1945 The War Office 20th July 1945, 25cm x 15.5cm, 76 pages of text with many intext illustrations, plus 2 fold-out plates, Good only very worn, in Buff coloured card covers, .many notations or stamps, £35.00
(F52) THE WAR OFFICE HANDBOOK FOR THE B.L. 6-INCH MARK X1X GUN ON MARKS V111 AND V111A TRAVELLING CARRIAGES. LAND SERVICE 1931 H.M.S.O.1931, 25cm x 15.5cm, 231 pages of text with many intext illustrations, Plus 7 plates at rear with 2 in colour, plate 7 loose, plus 6 booklets of amendments, backstrip torn, Good in Buff coloured card covers,.some notations or stamps, £65.00
(F53) HANDBOOK FOR THE ORDNANCE, B.L. 9.2-INCH, MARK X111 ON MOUNTING, RAILWAY TRUCK, 9.2-INCH, MARK 1V. LAND SERVICE 1940. The War Office 31st July 1940, 25cm x 15.5cm, 166 pages of text with many intext illustrations, plus 25 large fold-out plates 3 in colour at rear, plus 2 pages of amendments.Back strip torn, Good in Buff coloured card covers, .some notations or stamps, £130.00
(F54) THE WAR OFFICE HANDBOOK FOR THE MARK 1 B.L. 6-IN. 26-CWT. HOWITZER ON MARKS 1 & 1R TRAVELLING CARRIAGES. LAND SERVICE 1931 The War Office 31st January 1931, 25cm x 15.5cm, 225 pages of text with many intext illustrations, plus 17 large fold-out plates 7 in colour, Good in Buff coloured card covers,.some notations or stamps, £79.00
(F55) HANDBOOK OF THE B.L. 60-PR. MARKS 1 TO 1** GUNS ON MARKS 1 AND 111 FIELD CARRIAGES. LAND SERVICE 1921. H.M.S.O. December 1921, 25cm x 15.5cm, 64 pages of text, plus 2 booklets of amendments, Good in Buff coloured card covers, .some notations or stamps, £35.00
(F56) 4.5-INCH Q.F. HOWITZER. GUN DRILL. 1914 H.M.S.O. 1914, 22cm x 15cm, 20 pages of text, in buff paper cover, Book Good. £5.00
(F57) USER HANDBOOK FOR THE ORDNANCE, B.L. 5.5-INCH, MARKS 3 AND 4 ON CARRIAGE 5.5-INCH, OR 4.5-INCH GUN. MARKS 1/1 AND 1/1. LAND SERVICE 1956 The War Office July 1956, 29cm x 23cm, 86 pages of text plus many fold out plates and intext illustrations in black and white, Book Good in worn buff coloured card covers, £60.00
(F58) HANDBOOK OF THE Q.F. 4.7-INCH “B” GUNS ON TRAVELLING
CARRIAGES. LAND SERVICE 1917.
H.M.S.O. 25cm x 15.5cm, 57 pages of text, Plus 35 plates at rear some fold-out,
Good in Buff coloured card covers, .some notations or stamps, £70.00
(F59) USER HANDBOOK FOR THE ORDNANCE, B.L. 5.5-INCH, MARKS 3 AND 4 ON CARRIAGE 5.5-INCH, OR 4.5-INCH GUN. MARKS 1/1 AND 1/1. LAND SERVICE 1956 The War Office July 1956, 29cm x 23cm, 86 pages of text plus many fold out plates and intext illustrations in black and white,,as above but with added amendments, Book Good in buff coloured card covers, £60.00
(F60) HANDBOOK FOR THE ORDNANCE, Q.F. 75-MM. MARK 1 ON CARRIAGE, 75-MM. MARK 1PA AND ORDNANCE, Q.F. 75-MM. CONVTD,. MARK 1 ON CARRIAGE, 75-MM./18PR. MARK 1PA. LAND SERVICE 1942. The War Office 16th December 1942. 25cm x 15.5cm, 180 pages of text with intext illustrations, Plus 14 large fold-out plates, at rear, plus 2 booklet of amendments, first page missing, Good in Buff coloured card covers, .some notations or stamps, £50.00
(F61) HANDBOOK FOR THE ORDNANCE, B.L. 4.5-INCH, MARK 11 ON CARRIAGE, 4.5-INCH GUN, MARK 1. LAND SERVICE 1941. PROVISIONAL. The War Office 28th May 1941, 25cm x 15.5cm, 157 pages of text with intext illustrations, Plus 4 booklet of amendments, Good in Buff coloured card covers, .some notations or stamps, £53.00
(F62) HANDBOOK FOR THE ORDNANCE,B.L. 15-INCH, MARK I ON MOUNTING, 15-INCH, MARK II PART II (PLATES) LAND SERVICE 1939 War Office Aug 1939, 16cm x 25cm x 4cm, 75 fold out photographs and drawn plates with description and numbered parts where applicable, VG, extremely interesting and rare, even without the text, £75.00
(F63) HANDBOOK FOR THE ORDNANCE, B.L. 9.2-INCH MARKS XV, X, Xv, & X* ON MOUNTING, 9.2-INCH MARK IX LAND SERVICE 1944 War Office May 1944, 15cm x 25cm, 289 pages of text with intext illustrations plus 20 fold out photographs and drawn plates, worn but sound, £70.00
(F64) HANDBOOK FOR THE ORDNANCE, Q.F. 3.7-INCH, MARK II ON MOUNTING, 3.7-INCH A.A., MARK II LAND SERVICE 1940 War Office May 1940, 15cm x 25cm, 188 pages of text with intext illustrations plus 28 fold out photographs and drawn plates, VG, £80.00
(F65) HANDBOOK FOR THE ORDNANCE, B.L. 4.5-INCH MARK II ON CARRIAGE, 4.5-INCH GUN, MARK 1 LAND SERVICE 1941 PROVISIONAL War Office May 1941, 15cm x 25cm, 157 pages in soft covers, with many intext illustrations, this copy worn and much amended with pated in alterationa and additions, some dampstaining, hence £35.00
(F66) MAINTENANCE MANUAL FOR THE ORDNANCE, Q.F. 5.25-INCH, MARK II ON MOUNTING, 5.25-INCH, MARK IA LAND SERVICE 1944 War Office May 1944, 15cm x 25cm, 85 pages in soft covers, phot frontice of gun pls many intext line drawings, cover worn but overall G+, £30.00
(F67) PROVISIONAL GUN DRILL FOR EQUIPMENT 5.25 INCH AA NO.6 1952 War Office March 1952, 17cm x 20cm, 130 pages in soft covers, cover worn otherwise G+, £25.00
(F68) USER HANDBOOK ORDNANCE, Q.F., 5.25IN, MK.2 ON MOUNTING, A.A., 5.25IN., MK1A LAND SERVICE 1949 The War Office may 1949, 22cm x 28cm, 134 pages in stiff covers, many detailed itext diagrwms and fold out plates, G+, £79.00
(F69) USER HANDBOOK FOR THE EQUIPMENT 5.25IN. A.A. NO.5 LAND SERVICE 1953 The War Office September 1953, 22cm x 28cm, 155 pages in card covers, many intext drawings and fold out plates, G+, £60.00
(F70) USER HANDBOOK FOR THE GUN, EQUIPMENT, 40/70 A.A., L2 CONSISTING
OF ORDNANCE, Q.F. 40/70, MARK 1
ON MOUNTING, 40/70 A.A., MARK 1 LAND SERVICE 1955 The War Office
August 1955, 21cm x 28cm in card covers, 90 pages with many intext illustrations
on the ‘BOFORS’, tape repair to one foldout plate, generally G+,
£55.00
(F71) USER HANDBOOK FOR THE GUN EQUIPMENT, 40/70 A.A., L3 CONSISTING OF ORDNANCE Q.F. 40/70. MARK 2/1 ON MOUNTING, 40/70 A.A., MARKS 2, 2/1, 2/2, AND 2/3 LAND SERVICE 1960 The War Office 1960, 21cm x 28cm in card covers, 140 pages with many intext illustrations and many fold out plates on the ‘BOFORS’, tape repair to the cover (loose), generally G+, £45.00
(F72) USER HANDBOOK (PROVISIONAL) FOR THE HOWITZER, PACK, 105MM., L10A1 ON CARRIAGE, 105MM., HOWITZER, L3A1 LAND SERVICE 1961 Director Royal Artillery War Office 1961, 21cm x 28cm, 72 pages with many intext illustrations and one fold out plate, VG, £35.00
THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE DISBOUND FROM GOVERNMENT REPORTS. THE ARE ALL FOOLSCAP (12.5IN X 8IN) AND ARE COMPLETE
(F79) ANNUAL ACCOUNTS OF THE ORDNANCE FACTORIES FOR THE YEAR 1905– 1906 WITH THE REPORT OF THE COMPTROLLER AND AUDITOR GENERAL THEREON 1st March 1906, 466 pages, foolscap, no covers, accounts of ‘The Royal Carriage Department, Woolwich’, ‘The Royal Gun Factory, Woolwich’, ‘The Royal Laboratory, Woolwich’, ‘The Royal Gunpowder Factory, Waltham Abbey’, ‘The Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield Lock’, ‘The Royal Small Arms Factory, Birmingham’, and The Building Works Department, Gas Factory, detailed costings of parts all separately listed., £70.00
(F82) ORDNANCE FACTORY ESTIMATES 1906 - 1907 8 page table of figures, £6.00
NEW BOOKS ON ARTILLERY
(NF1) GUN CARRIAGES - AN AIDE MEMOIRE TO THE MILITARY SCIENCES 1846 R.J.Nelson, 64 pages in paper wraps, mostly detailed drawings of the carriages, £8.50
(NF2) GRASSHOPPERS AND BUTTERFLIES : THE LIGHT 3 POUNDERS OF PATTISON AND TOWNSHEND Ardian B. Caruana, 32 pages in paper wraps, 30 photo ills. And line drawings, £4.25
(NF5) CANNONS – AN INTRODUCTION TO CIVIL WAR ARTILLERY Dean S. Thomas, 22cm x 28cm, 72 pages in soft covers, many photo illustrations including the projectiles, £4.95
(NF6) DR. JOSEPHUS REQUA CIVIL WAR DENTIST, AND THE BILLINGHURST-REQUA VOLLEY GUN Hyson & Requa-Defrancisco, 36 pages in paper wraps with 33 photo ills., £4.25
(NF) THE BIG GUNS – CIVIL WAR SEIGE, SEACOAST AND NAVAL CANNON Olmstead, Stark and Tucker, 22cm x 29cm, 360 pages, photographs and line drawing with dimensions, in depth study of the artillery, with quantities, makers etc., £49.50
(NF16) SIR WILLIAM CONGREVE AND THE ROCKET'S RED GLARE Donald E. Graves, 32 pages in paper wraps, photo ills etc., £5.00