(D2) GUNS REVIEW – 25 BOUND VOLUMES FROM NUMBER 1 Bound in black cloth, this set starts from volume 1 number 1 (July 1960) and goes through to volume 25 (December 1985), it lacks 4 editions, otherwise complete bound with covers intact, all VG, £165.00
(D3) ANTON SODIA (FERLACH) GUN CATALOGUE Circa 1910, 9inches by 12 inches, containing Shotguns, Double rifles, Drillings, Bolt action rifles and ammunition, well illustrated catalogue from this famous Austrian gunmaker, 16 pages in soft covers, in original mailing slip with reply envelope, Very Good +, £12.00
(D4) ABRIDGEMENTS OF THE SPECIFICATIONS RELATING TO FIRE – ARMS AND OTHER WEAPONS, AMMUNITION , AND ACCOUTREMENTS Commissioners of Patents, Eyre & Spottiswoode 1859, 324 pages, inc 18 page historical preface, recent binding in brown half leather by Bayntun, gilt edge, book plate signed by Tony Taylerson, £160.00
(D5) AUGUSTE FRANCOTTE & CIE - SHARE CERTIFICATE Share certificate for one of the most famous Liege Gun makers, 1929, 47 centimetres by 35 centimetres, numbered and with coupons intact, Very good condition, £10.00
(D6) THE ART OF WAR Christian Feest, Thames & Hudson, 1980, quarto, 96 pages in soft covers, many colour and mono photo ills., useful introduction to ethnology, G+, £12.00
(D7) FN – BROWNING 100 ANS D’ARMES DE CHASSE ET DE GUERRE Auguste Francotte , Claude Gaier, Didier Hatier, 1989, Large Quarto, 198 pages full of colour and black and white photographs, history and manufacture, Book Good + in D.J.£25.00
(D8) HANDGUNS & RIFLES – THE FINEST WEAPONS FROM AROUND THE WORLD Ian Hogg, Lyons Press 1999, 24.5 x 29cm, 128 pages, many colour and mono photographs, covering 20th century guns, ex lib. But VG in DJ, £8.00
(D9) DE WAPEN VERZAMELAAR – VOLUME 1 bound copy of the the first 10 editions of the Dutch arms magazine, approx. 250 pages, articles on antique firearms, edged weapons, ammunition etc,. VG, £25.00
(D10) GUNDRISS DER WAFFENLEHRE J. Schott, Verlagsanstalt 1971 reprint of the 2 volume 1876 edition in one binding, oblong, 29cm x 21.5cm, 396 pages of text plus the drawn plates (24), showing the history and development of artillery, small arms and ammunition, Text in German, VG in DJ, £35.00
(D11) LUCIAN CARY ON GUNS Fawcett, 1959, 144 pages, illustrated, Book Good in card wraps, £4.50
(D12) THE REV. ALEXANDER JOHN FORSYTH – INVENTOR OF THE PERCUSSION
LOCK
Major General John Forsyth Reid, Aberdeen University, reprinted 1957, 35 pages
with 6 plates, Good+, £25.00
(D13) 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
(D14) NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION , BISLEY COMMON. 1905 Waterloo and Sons, 253 pages, plus scores and adverts at rear, Book Good in slightly faded hard covers, nice and tight , small piece at the bottom of back strip torn but still attached, £35.00
(D15) GUNS & AMMO MAGAZINE 20 volumes, January 1965 to June 1975, 2 volumes per year, (Jul-Dec1974 missing) all volumes uniformly bound in quality half red leather, all very good condition, a handsome and distinctive set of a very interesting magazine, £195.00
(D16) DE WAPEN VERZAMELAAR 14 copies of the Dutch arms magazine, ranging from 1964 to 1995, articles on antique firearms, edged weapons, ammunition etc,. VG, £15.00
(D17) PROOF HOUSE LABORATORY 12cm x 19cm, 16 pages, illustrated, Holden Chronograph, Instrument Board, Pendulum Gun, Velocity of Recoil Recorder, Pendulum Carriage, Radial Pressure Gun, Dissected Barrel 12 bore, and more, last page torn, covers grubby staples rusted, £45.00
(D18) NOTES ON THE PROOF OF GUN BARRELS. JANUARY 1952. 20 cm x 12cm, 20 pages, English, Belgian, French, Proof House of The Saint Etienne, Italian, Spanish, Pre-War Austrianand Pre-War German Proof Marks, first page has been damped, But Good, £15.00
(D19) NOTES ON THE PROOF OF GUNS. TOGETHER WITH THE NEW RULES AND SCALES OF PROOF PASSED BY THE SECRETARY FOR WAR AND COMMENTS THEREON. 1888. Horace Cox. The Field Office. 21cm x 14cm, in stiff beige boards, 54 pages plus adverts, proof marks, illustrations of rifle barrel burst after passing the Proof test, 12 Bore gun burst after passing the proof test, scales, Book Good in slightly worn covers. £85.00
(D20) BYE-LAWS RELATING TO THE SHOOTING RANGES, AT SMALL HEATH, BELONGING TO THE GUARDIANS OF THE BIRMINGHAM PROOF HOUSE. 1900. Joseph Rowlands. Birmingham, Moody Bros,. 18cm x 12cm, 14 pages, listing the Bye-Laws 1 – 30, in card covers, damped but does not interfere with text, covers worn but complete, splashed with paint and oil, £30.00
(D21) AMERICAN FIREARMS – AN HISTOLOGY OF AMERICAN GUNSMITHS, ARMS MANUFACTURERS & PATENTEES WITH DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THEIR ARMS Stephen Van Renssalaer, Century House 1947, 288 pages, photo illustrations, Bookplate of Howard Blackmore, Good+, £25.00
(D22) FIVE CENTURIES OF GUNSMITHS, SWORDSMITHS AND ARMOURIES 1400 – 1900 Robert Edward Gardner, 1948, Quarto, 244 pages, plus 29 plates, with Marks at rear, Book Good + , £33.00
(D23) VISIT OF THE GUNMAKER’S ASSOCIATION TO THE KYNOCH FACTORY, AT WITTON, BIRMINGHAM, ON THE 24TH FEBUARY, 1898. Lion Works, Witton, Birmingham, 29cm x 27cm, 27 pages, with 9 black and white photographs, Small Arms Cartridge Factory, Shooting Range, The Rifle Butt, Portion of the Sporting Department, Cap Priming, Q.F. Cartridge Drawing Machine, Blank Cutting Machine, also including 7 various bits of advertising and letters, staples rusted, otherwise for the age in Good condition, £190.00
(D24) FAMOUS GUNS FROM THE WINCHESTER COLLECTION Hank Wieand Bowman, Fawcett 1964, 144 pages in card wraps, photo ills., Winchesters plus many other repeating arms, book Good+ in DJ, £8.00
(D25) ARSENAL OF FREEDOM – THE SPRINGFIELD ARMORY 1890 – 1948 William S. Brophy, Mowbray 1991, 29cm x 22cm, 400 pages with patent drawings, annual reports, production statistics and factory photographs, Book V.G. with 1 Ex Library stamp, £15.00
(D26) DIE ARMBRUST EINE SPORTWAFFE 1976, 23cm x 23cm, 100 pages well illustrated, german Text, historical crossbow, technical details and modern German festival and competition, G+, £9.00
(D27) WESTLEY RICHARDS & COMPANY. LTD,. GUN AND RIFLE MANUFACTURERS.RECORD OF WORK DURING THE WAR 1914-1919 May 1st 1919, 23 Conduit Street, London. W. 24 Bennett’s Hill, Birmingham, 18cm x 12cm, 8 pages, stating what Westley Richards & Co., was doing through-out the First World War, and why they were unable to deal with the orders placed with them in the said years, interesting, Book has been damped, but does not interfere with the text. Good in slightly grubby covers. £25.00
(D28) THE AMERICAN GUN ( Winter 1961) Hard Bound Magazine published by Herb Glass, folio, 104 pages, colour & Mono Ills, damped and G only, £9.00
(D29) A HISTORY OF MARKSMANSHIP Charles Chenevix Trench, Ferndale 1972, Quarto, 128 pages, with many colour and mono photographs, Book Good+ in DJ, £10.00
(D30) WISCONSIN GUN COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION MEMORIAL TO SAMUEL E. SMITH Quarto, card wraps, many photo ills., VG, £14.00
(D31) THE :FIELD: TRIAL OF EXPLOSIVES, GUNS &C,. 1878 The Field, Office 346, Strand W.C. 1878, 28cm x 22cm, 20 pages plus adverts, Compiled from Reports published in The Field, from April 29 to May 18, inclusive, lovely illustration of The New Machine Rest and description, end view of the new machine rest, Tables of Powders fired from Choke-Bore Guns with 11/8 oz. Of Chilled Shot, Powders fired from Cylinder Guns with 11/8oz of Chilled Shot, with more tables, Book Good, £150.00
(D32) THE SHOOTING FIELD – ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS WITH HOLLAND & HOLLAND Peter King, Quiller Press 1985, 20cm x 30cm, 176 pages with many coloured and mono photographs, book is Good+ in DJ, £15.00
(D33) AN INTRODUCTION TO ISLAMIC ARMS Anthony North for The Victoria & Albert Museum, 1985, quarto, 48 pages with many coloured and mono photo illustrations, book Good+, £12.00
(D34) THE PLEASURE OF GUNS Joseph G. Rosa and Robin May, Octopus 1974, 33cm x 24cm, 96 pages, with 135 colour illustrations, Book Good +, in D.J. ex library, £3.00
(D35) THE NEW ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HANDGUNS & SMALL ARMS Christopher Chant, Prion 1995, 32cm x 27cm, 216 pages, full of colour and black and white illustrations, exploring the development of the hand weapon, Book V.G in V.G.D.J. £6.00
(D36) THE ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF GUNS Edit David Miller, Salamander 2000, 34cm x 26cm, 304 pages, an illustrated directory in colour of over 1000, military, sporting and antique firearms, Book V.G.in V.G.D.J. £7.00
(D37) MUZZLE FLASHES - FIVE CENTURIES OF FIREARMS AND MEN Ellis Christian Lenz, Standard Publications 1944, 813 pages, line drawings, a selection of topics from western gunfighters to gunsmithing, good+ in DJ, £29.50
(D38) COLT James L.Mitchell, Stackpole, 1959, 29cm x 22cm, 269 pages, with many illustrations, a collection of letters and photographs about the man, the arms and the company, Book Good + in DJ, £35.00
(D39) RIFLES AND PISTOLS Jeremy Flack, Sunburst Military Series, 25cm x 31cm, 96 pages with all photographs in colour, antique to modern, VG iin DJ, £5.00
(D40) KUHLHOFF ON GUNS Pete Kuhlhoff, Winchester Press, 186 pages inc. many photo ills, the best of the authors articles on all aspects of shooting, G+ in DW, £9.95
(D41) DEANES’ MANUAL OF THE HISTORY AND SCIENCE OF FIREARMS Standard Publications reprint of this 1858 classic, 291 pages with fold out plates, VG, £20.00
(D42) THE ARMS COLLECTION OF COLONEL COLT R.L. Wilson, Published by Herb Glass for the Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, 1964, 133 pages with many photo illustrations, Book VG in DJ, £28.00
(D43) CZECH FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION – HISTORY AND PRESENT Vladimir Dolinek, Vladimir Karlicky & Pavel Vacha,1995, 22cm x 28cm, 192 pages, full of colour photographs, military and sporting, Book V.G.in Good +.D.J. £25.00
(D44) A TREASURY OF MODERN SMALL ARMS Jacob Burk (Editor), Bison 1988, 27cm x 37cm, 192 pages, many coloured and mono photographs, Book Good+ in DJ, £4.00
(D45) LES PLUS BELLES ARMES DE CHASSE DU MONDE Text by Howard Blackmore, Solar 1983, folio, 88 pages of colour photographs of the finest sporting guns from the Wheel-locks onward, Text in French, book Good+ in DJ, £10.00
(D46) MODERN SPORTING GUNS Con. Jan Stevenson, Salamander 1988, 31cm x 23cm, 192 pages, full of colour photographs, encyclopedia of modern target and hunting weapons, Book Good + in D.J.£5.00
(D47) FIREFIGHT - THE HISTORY OF PERSONAL FIREPOWER Peter Newark, Guild, 1989, 27cm x 20cm, 190 pages, colour and mono photo ills., VG in DW, £6.00
(D48) 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, VG in DW, £24.00
(D49) WEAPONS The Diagram Group, Book Club1984, 29cm x 22cm, 320 pages, 2.500 line drawings and diagrams, an International encyclopedia from 5000 B.C.to 2000 A.D. Book Good + in D.J.Ex Library, £4.00
(D50) JOHAN F. STOCKEL HAANDSKYDEVAABENS BEDOMMELSE. VOLUME 1. Johan F.Stockel, Udgivet Af Tojhismuseet , 1938, makers marks and text, printed in Dutch, Book Good only Ex Library with stamps in Library binding, £30.00
(D51) AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF GUNS AND SMALL ARMS Rosa & May, Cathay Books 1974, 96 pages with 135 colour photo illustrations, 24cm x 32cm, Book Good+ in DJ, £3.00
(D52) THE ILLUSTRATED DIRECTORY OF 20TH CENTURY GUNS David Miller, Salamander 2001, 21cm x 11.5cm, 480 pages, full of colour illustrations with descriptions, Book Good + in card covers, £4.00
(D53) CIA John Minnery, Paladin 1990, 21cm x 14cm, 116 pages, catalog of clandestine weapons, tools and gadgets, Book Good + in card covers, £5.00
(D54) HIDDEN THREAT Mark Smith, Paladin 1989, 21cm x 13cm, 162 pages, a guide to covert weapons, Book Good in card covers, £6.00
(D55) FEUERWAFFEN 1300 BIS 1967 Hans-Bert Lockhoven, International small arms 1972, 21.5cm x 30cm, 96 pages on the history of firearms, many photographs, includes section on ammunition, Text in German, Book Good+ in DJ, £5.00
(D56) ARSENAL OF IMPROVISED WEAPONS, ZIPS, PIPES AND PENS J.David Truby, Paladin 1993, 21cm x 13cm, 154 pages, Book Good in card covers, £4.00
(D57) GOODBYE TO GUNPOWDER Donald Barr Chidsey, Alvin Redman 1964, 224 pages, intext illustrations, Book Good Ex Library £7.00
(D58) LONDON’S ARMED POLICE Robert W.Gould and Michael J. Waldren, Arms and Armour 1986, 24cm x 16cm, 222 pages, with black and white photographic illustrations, 1829 to the present, Book Good + in D.J.with 1 Ex Library stamp, £12.00
(D59) GUN TALK - PRACTICAL ADVICE FROM AMERICA'S GREATEST GUN WRITERS Dave Moreton, (Editor), advice on guns and hunting including big game, Book Ex library, but Good in DJ, £4.00
(D60) EXPERTS ON GUNS AND SHOOTING G.T. Teesdale – Buckell, Ashford Press 1986 reprint of the 1900 edition, 590 pages with notes on most of the famous British gunmakers, their guns and ammunition, photo illustrations and line drawings, book Good+, £40.00
(D61) BERETTA – THE WORLD’S OLDEST INDUSTRIAL DYNASTY Marco Morin & Robert Held, Switzerland 1980, 26cm x 29cm, 284 pages, a comprehensive history of the company and the guns, many illustrations, some in colour, text in English and Italian, VG in DJ, £42.00
(D62) ARMES ANCIENNES DES MUSEES DE BELGIQUE – COLLECTION SOLVAY Catalogue of the exhibition staged in Brussells 1972, 51 pages with 34 photo illustrations of ancient arms, card covers, text in French, G+, £5.00
(D63) FIREARMS Frederick Wilkinson, Camden House, 22cm x 30cm, 80 pages with many coloured photographs, Book Good+ in DJ, £3.00
(D64) THE MODERN SPORTSMAN’S GUN AND RIFLE - 2 VOLUMES J.H.Walsh, Reprint of this classic work firearms from 1884, volume 1 – GAME AND WILDFOWL GUNS, 501 pages with many plates and intext illustrations, volume 2 – THE SPORTING RIFLE, MATCH RIFLE AND REVOLVER, 582 pages with many plates and intext illustrations, Books Good + in D.J. £35.00
(D65) COMPETITIVE SHOOTING A.A. Yur’ Yev, Translation published by the N.R.A. of America, 1988, 23cm x 15cm, 399 pages covering most disciplines including Pistol shooting, Rifle,Running Game Target Shooting, many photo illustrations and line drawings, Book Good +, £10.00
(D66) RIFLEMAN AND PISTOLMAN L.B. Escritt, First edition 1955, 156 pages, photo ills, general work on pistols and rifles, G in torn DW, £12.00
(D67) A DISTINGUISHED COLLECTION OF ARMS AND ARMOR ON PERMANENT DISPLAY AT THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY Edit. By Russell E. Belous, 1968, quarto, 128 pages in card covers, many photo ills of arms armour and militaria, many in colour, Good +, £15.00
(D68) W.H.B.SMITH MAUSER, WALTHER & MANNLICHER FIREARMS Intro, John T.Amber, Stackpole1971, 23cm x 16cm, 236, 198, 239 pages, all three books in one volume, illustrated through-out, three classic books about German weapons put into one, Book Good + in D.J. Ex Library, £28.00
(D69) MANUFACTURE LIEGEOISE DARMES A FEU , GUN CATALOGUE 48 pages in card covers, Circa 1930, 24 pages of shotguns, 16 pages of pistols, etc., 2 photographs of the factory, 9.5 inches by 6..5 inches Good+, £18.00
(D70) ARMS AND ARMOR IN COLONIAL AMERICA 1526 - 1783 Harold l. Peterson, Bramhall house 1956, folio, 350 pages covering the armour, edged weapons and firearms of the period, many photo illustrations, Book Good+ j, £28.00
(D71) MAUSER RIFLES AND PISTOLS W.H.B. Smith, Stackpole, 1958, 236 pages with many photographs, cover all classic Mausers from the 1871 to the 08’s plus pistols designed and manufactured by Mauser, Good+ in DJ, £30.00
(D72) THE GUN Christopher Roads, BBC 1978, 24cm x 19cm, 144 pages, illustrated through-out in colour and black and white, classic look at the history of firearms, taken from the BBC series, Book Good + in D.J. Ex Library, £10.00
(D80) THE COLT LEGACY – THE STORY OF THE COLT ARMORY IN HARTFORD 1855 – 1980 Ellsworth S. Grant, Mowbray 1982, 233 pages in soft covers, the history of the Colt Company, many photo illustrations some in colour, Book Good+, £13.00
(D81) RHODE ISLAND ARMS MAKERS & GUNSMITHS 1643 – 1883 William O. Achtermier, Man at Arms, 1980, 28cm x 21cm, 108 pages, with centre section of black and white photographs and descriptions, Alphabetical, well known makers and those who are known only to the collectors who possess their works, Book Good + £13.50
(D87) THE BOOK OF THE GUN Harold L. Peterson, Hamlyn, 1969. Folio, 265 pages, illustrations in colour and black and white, A good history of firearms. Book G+ in DJ, £5.00
(D89) THE WORLD OF GUNS Richard Akehurst, Hamlyn 1972, 22cm x 29.5cm, 127 pages many photo illustrations, Book Ex library but Good+ in DJ, £5.00
(D90) FIREARMS – THE HISTORY OF GUNS Introduction by F. Wilkinson, Orbis 1973, 23.5cm x 30.5cm, 64 pages with 106 colour photographs, Good in DJ, £4.00
(D92) THE ROMANCE OF DUELLING IN ALL TIMES AND COUNTRIES Andrew Steinmetz, Chapman and Hall, London 1868 first edition, 2 volumes 336 and 384 pages, carefully rebacked using original spines, Good+, £270.00
(D93) GUN DIGEST 1965 John T. Amber, DBI Books, 384 pages, hard bound in beige cloth boards with original covers bounds in, Good+, £22.00
(D94) GUN DIGEST 1966 John T. Amber, DBI Books, 416 pages, hard bound in beige cloth boards with original covers bounds in, Good+, £22.00
(D95) GUN DIGEST 1967 John T. Amber, DBI Books, 400 pages, hard bound in beige cloth boards with original covers bounds in, Good+, £22.00
(D96) GUN DIGEST 1968 John T. Amber, DBI Books, 400 pages, hard bound in quality half red leather with original covers bounds in, Good+, £32.00
(D97) GUN DIGEST 1969 John T. Amber, DBI Books, 416 pages, hard bound in quality half red leather with original covers bounds in, Good+, £32.00
(D98) GUN DIGEST 1970 John T. Amber, DBI Books, 416 pages, hard bound in quality half red leather with original covers bounds in, Good+, £32.00
(D99) GUN DIGEST 1971 John T. Amber, DBI Books, 480 pages, hard bound in quality half red leather with original covers bounds in, Good+, £32.00
(D100) GUN DIGEST 1972 John T. Amber, DBI Books, 480 pages, hard bound in quality half red leather with original covers bounds in, Good+, £32.00
(D101) STUDII SI MATERIALE DE MUZEOGRAFIE SI ISTORIE MILITARA Numbers 2-3 1969 –1970, 383 pages with intext photographs, card covers, good +, £6.00
(D102) MINIATURE ARMS Merrill Lindsay, Winchester Press, 1970, 22cm x 15cm, 111 pages with coloured and mono phortographs, covers small arms, cannon and edged weapons, Good+, library stamp, £9.00
(D106) THE COLT ARMORY – A HISTORY OF COLT’S MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. Ellsworth S. Grant, Mowbray 1995, quarto, 232 pages with many photographs, some in colour. Memorabilia section etc., VG, £19.00
(D107) U.S. CARTRIDGE CO. COLLECTION OF FIREARMS111 pages inc. 400 photo ills., description & photos of 713 assorted arms G+ in DW, £22.00
(D108) THE AGE OF FIREARMS – A PICTORIAL HISTORY Robert Held, Harper 1957, 24cm x 31.5, 192 pages, the early development of firearms to the self contained cartridge, Ex Lib. But Good in DJ, £8.00
(D115) KUCER MINIATURES Museum Restoration, 1993, 22cm x 15cm, 64 pages with colour photographs on the miniature firearms of David Kucer, text in French & English, Ex Library with usual stamps, £9.00
(D116) FRA VABNENES SKATKAMMER Harold Peterson, Skandinavisk Bogforlag, 30cm x 21cm, 262 pages, full of colour illustrations, Book Good + in D.J. £5.00
(D119) FIREARMS ENGRAVING AS DECORATIVE ART Dr. Fredric A. Harris, Andrew Mowbray 1989, 28cm x 22cm, 156 pages, with many colour photographic illustrations and descriptions, The origins of American Firearms Engraving Motifs in the Decorative Art of the Middle East, Book Good + in illustrated boards, £39.00
(D124) ARMSMEAR. THE HOME, THE ARM, AND THE ARMORY OF SAMUEL COLT Editor Henry Barnard, Beinfeld first printing 1976, 19cm x 27cm, 399 pages, with 83 illustrations, limited edition of which this is 1103 Book Good +, Ex Library with usual stamps, £25.00
(D125) THE CRONIC INVENTOR. THE LIFE AND WORK OF HIRAM STEVENS MAXIM James E. Hamilton, Bexley Libraries and Museums, 1991, 84 pages, intext black and white illustrations, his Maxim Gun and his Flying Machines, Book Good + in Card Covers, £4.50
(D130) MONOGRAPHIE DER K.U.K. OSTERR,- UNG. BLANKEN UND HANDFEUER – WAFFEN Anton Dolleczek, Akademische Druck, Austria, 1970, 172 pages of text plus 20 plates at rear, Book Good + in D. J. £17.50
(D133) OLSON’S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SMALL ARMS John Olson, Winchester, 1985, Quarto, 262 pages, with many intext illustrations A.to Z. Book Good in D.J.ex lib., £8.00
(D138) FIREARMS AND THEIR USE W.T. Castles & V.F. Kimball, Chemical publishing 1942, 1st edition, 231 pages, photo ills., General work covering rifles, pistols, shotguns Etc., (Riling 2403) signed by Kimball, G+, £20.00
(D139) THE BOOK OF GUNS & GUNSMITHS Anthony North and Ian V. Hogg, New Burlington, 1987, Folio, with over 70 colour illustrations, a comprehensive guide to small arms , Book Good + in D. W. £10.00
(D147) A HISTORY OF FIREARMS FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO 1914 W.Y. Carman, Routledge & Kegan Paul 1955, 207 pages, intext illustrations, Good + , £2.50
(D148) THE AMERICAN GUN VOL 1 No 3 Folio, hardbound magazine, Summer 1961 96 pages with colour & mono ills., G+ in glassine, £8.00
(D149) THE HISTORY OF WINCHESTER FIREARMS 1866 – 1975 George R. Watrous, James C.Rikhoff and Thomas H.Hall, fourth edition 1975, Quarto, 229 pages, with many intext illustrations and descriptions, including the Winchester Commemoratives, Book Good +in slip case, ex library, £18.00
(D152) U.S.MILITARY FIREARMS. 1776 - 1956 Major James E.Hicks, Borden, 1962, 29cm x 22cm, 127 pages of text plus 88 plates, light weapons adopted and used by the U.S.Military Forces, from the Revolutionary War to the Korean Police Action, Book Good + in D.J.£18.00
(D161) FIREARMS Walter Buehr, Thomas Y.Crowell, 1967, 186 pages, with line drawn illustrations, from the evolution to firearms oddities, Book G in D.J.ex lib. £4.50
(D165) GUNS Frederick Wilkinson, 195 pages in card wraps, colour ills., G+, £1.00
(D167) FIREARMS Howard L. Blackmore, Dutton Vista, 1964, 160 pages, full of illustrations, Book Good in card covers, £1.00
(D168) FIREARMS Howard Ricketts, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1962. 128 pages, full of illustrations, pleasures and treasures, Book Good in D. J. £2.00
(D170 THE OBSERVER’S BOOK OF FIREARMS Nicholas Du Quesne-Bird, Frederick Warne, 1978, 192 pages, with 119 black and white photographs and 9 line drawings, Book Good in D.J.£4.00
(D183) THE CANNON HALL Guide to the Royal Danish Arsenal Museum, Copenhagen 1948, 91 pages, with illustrations, Book Good in card wraps, ex library, £4.00
(D184) PAGEANT OF THE GUN Harold L.Peterson, Doubleday 1967, 352 pages, with 200 photographs, treasury of stories of firearms, their romance and lore development and use through 10 centuries, Book Good in D.J.ex library, £9.00
(D187) THE PHILOSOPHICAL MAGAZINE APRIL 1828 including 5 pages brief description of a percussion rifle igniting by a spring instead of a lock, Lt. Col. Miller £12.00
(D188) THE PHILOSOPHICAL MAGAZINE MARCH 1862 including 5 pages On the composition of the Great Bhurtpoor Gun, Stationed on the Parade ground Woolwich,£8.00
(D204) ARMENS ELDHANDVAPEN FORR OCH NU Josef Alm, Horsta Forlag 1953, Quarto, 388 pages, intext line drawings and black and white photographs, Book Good + ex library, £10.00
(D207) EUROPEAN MILITARY MUSEUMS J.Lee Westrate, Smithsonian 1961, 206 pages, black and white photographs, a survey of their philosophy, facilities, programs and management, Book good ex library, £8.00
(D208) DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTION OF FIREARMS IN THE MUSEUM OF APPLIED SCIENCE OF VICTORIA Edgar Howard Penrose, National Museums of Victoria 1949, 161 pages, with 14 plates, Book Good ex library £8.00
(D209) ARMES & INTERVENTIONS Quarto, 1987, full of illustrations and articles, text in French, Book Good +,£10.00
(D212) MUSEO DE ARMAS Escuela de Armeria de Eibar 1964, 29cm x 21cm, 117 pages, with colour and black and white illustrations, with descriptions, Book Good in black and gold soft covers, ex library, £15.00
(D214) MODERN FIREARMS Yves Cadiou and Alphonce Richard, William Morrow, 1977, Trans from the French by Simon Pleasance, Folio, 224 pages, full of colour and black and white photographs, Book Good in D.J.ex library, £4.00
NEW BOOKS ON COLLECTING
(ND3) COLT AN AMERICAN LEGEND R.L.Wilson, Oblong quarto, 406 pages, excellent photo ills in colour, dates, numbers etc., excellent value at £29.50
(ND5) REPORT ON THE ARMS INDUSTRY OF LIEGE – DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR REPORT : MAY 1906 Reprint of a diplomatic investigation into the workings and organisation of the Liege arms industry, with particular reference to the methods of proof and the Liege Proof House, tables of arms produced, tables of proof charges, proof marks etc., 55 pages in soft covers, £8.50
(ND7) LE ‘QUI EST QUI’ DE L’ARME EN FRANCE DE 1350 – 1970 Jean Jaques Buine and Pierre Jarlier, Volume 1 – 400 pages, makers listed alphabetically with their known address, this volume cover firearms and edged weapons, an important reference regarding French manufacturers, text in French, £28.00
(ND8) FINE EUROPEAN GUNMAKERS – BEST CONTINENTAL EUROPEAN GUNMAKERS & ENGRAVERS Marco E. Nobili, 28cm x 22cm, 301 pages, mostly fine coloured detail photographs, with profile of the makers, £39.50
(ND9) WALTHER - A GERMAN LEGEND Manfred Kersten, large, 11in x 11in, 400 pages packed with exceptional coloured photographs, the history and products of this famous maker, £49.50
(ND10) PATENTS FOR SMALL ARMS 1855 – 1930 – 7 VOLUMES Quarto, seven uniform hardback volumes plus an index containing 7980 of the World’s small arms patents, a great many with illustrations, unbeatable reference work, includes an index for the seven volumes, £199.00
(ND11) DAMASCUS BARRELS N.J. Higny – Liege. Circa 1900, Advertising leaflet sized A3, showing 20 styles of Damascus barrel patterns, £3.50
(ND12) HOLLAND & HOLLAND – ‘THE ROYAL’ GUNMAKER : THE COMPLETE HISTORY Donald Dallas, 23cm x 30cm, 301 pages, beautifully illustrated with colour photographs, mono photographs and line drawings, the guns, the history, the trade labels, the ammunition and the patent specifications, £50.00
(ND13) THE WORLD OF BERETTA – AN INTERNATIONAL LEGEND R.L.Wilson, oblong folio, 372 pages on the history and guns of Beretta, packed with the usual super quality photographs associated with this author, £39.50
(ND14) THE GREENER STORY – THE HISTORY OF THE GREENER GUNMAKERS AND THEIR GUNS Graham Greener, 21cm x 29cm, 231 pages full of excellent photographs including line illustrations with large section in colour, £50.00
(ND15) OBSERVATIONS UPON THE HISTORY OF HAND FIRE-ARMS Samuel Rush Meyrick, reprinted from the 1829 text, interesting reading, 45 pages in card wraps, £2.50
(ND17) COLT'S DATES OF MANUFACTURE 1837 – 1978 R.L.Wilson, 61 pages in card wraps, pocket reference, numbers & dates, £5.95
(ND18) WINCHESTER SALESMAN’S CATALOGUE FOR 1928 – 29 excellent reprint, 22cm x 30cm, 233 pages, Tools. Knives, Guns & Ammunition, De luxe edition, hard bound with gilt lettering and logo in slip case, £34.00
(ND19) U.S. MILITARY ARMS DATES OF MANUFACTURE FROM 1795 George Madis, pocket edition 3in x 5in, 62 pages, models and numbers, £6.60
(ND20) STEEL CANVAS : THE ART OF AMERICAN ARMS R. L. Wilson, Oblong Quarto, 384 pages, the story of American weapons in superb colour photographs, pistols, rifles and edged weapons, £29.50
(ND22) WEAPONS OF THE HIGHLAND REGIMENTS 1740 - 1780 Anthony D. Darling, 32 pages in paper wraps, many photographs of swords, dirks and firearms, £6.40
(ND23) THE GUNSMITHS OF MANHATTAN 1625 - 1900 : A CHECKLIST OF TRADESMEN Michael H. Lewis, 40 pages in paper wraps, illustrations of bill headings £6.20
(ND24) 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
(ND25) THE COMPLETE BLACKPOWDER HANDBOOK – 4TH EDITION Sam Fadala, folio, 8in x 11in, 413 pages in soft covers, many photographs, all the latest guns and gear, £15.99
(ND26) CUSTOM FIREARMS ENGRAVING : THE TECHNIQUES AND TREASURES OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST MASTERS Tom Turpin, quarto, 208 pages of fine colour photographs of pistols rifles and shotguns, from engravers throughout the world, £35.50
(ND27) NEW PRINCIPLES OF GUNNERY * CONTAINING THE DETERMINATION OF THE FORCE OF GUN POWDER, AN INVESTIGATION OF THE DIFFERENCE IN THE RESISTING POWER OF THE AIR TO SWIFT AND SLOW MOTIONS Benjamin Robins, 171 pages, reprint of the 1742 edition, This text was a major influence on all future gunnery, £14.00
(ND28) THE COMPLETE BLACKPOWDER HANDBOOK 5TH EDITION Sam Fadala, 22cm x 28cm, 446 pages in soft covers, the very latest in blackpowder guns and gear, £18.50
(ND29) THE COLT ARMORY : A HISTORY OF COLT'S MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. Ellsworth S. Grant, quarto, 232 pages with many photographs, some in colour. Memorabilia section etc., £28.00
(ND30) COLT PRESENTATIONS FROM THE FACTORY LEDGERS 1856 - 1869 Herbert G. Houze, 107 pages in card covers, photographs, description of firearms and recipient, £13.50
(ND31) GERMAN AND AUSTRIAN GUNMAKER’S TRADE CATALOGUES Compiled by Hans E. Pfingsten & George A. Hoyem, Oblong Quarto, 253 pages, Colour and mono illustrations, catalogues from Schmidt & Habermann, Greifelt, Simpson Etc., German – English Glossary at rear, £39.50
(ND32) BROWNING SPORTING ARMS OF DISTINCTION 1903 – 1992 Matt Eastman, 22cm x 29cm, 428 pages with photographs and illustrations of shotguns, rifles and pistols, £29.50
(ND37) ALTE SCHEIBENWAFFEN – OLD GERMAN TARGET ARMS – VOLUME 3 – 1860 – 1940 J. Thompson, C. Ron Dillon, Allen Hallock, & Bill Loos, Compiled by Tom Rowe, Oblong quarto, 388 pages profusely illustrated with exceptional colour photo illustrations on art paper, volume 3 concentrates more heavily on the pistols and accessories, £55.00
(ND39) COGSWELL & HARRISON : TWO CENTURIES OF GUNMAKING Graham Cooley & John Newton, quarto, 128 pages, fine colour photographs, the history, the guns, patents, trade labels, advertising etc., £35.00
(ND40) PURDEY GUN & RIFLE MAKERS – THE DEFINITIVE HISTORY Donald Dallas, folio, 245 pages profusely illustrated with 130 colour plates and over 300 other illustrations, signed by the author, serial numbers listed from 1816, £50.00
(ND41) THE LONDON GUN TRADE 1850 – 1920 : A CHECKLIST OF TRADESMEN Joyce Gooding & P.A. Scott-Edenson, 48 pages in paper covers, gun makers, barrel makers, engravers, ammunition makers, case makers etc., absolutely invaluable reference, £6.40
(ND42) WINCHESTER DATES OF MANUFACTURE 1849 - 1984 George Madis, 59 pages in card wraps, pocket reference, numbers & dates, £5.50
(ND43) A REBOUNDING LOCK FOR THE SIDE-HAMMER GUN 1866 – 1910 Louis S. Cherepy, Quarto (8.5in x 11in), 116 pages, with all British & American patents shown, many photographs, £25.00
(ND44) COLT SPORTING FIREARMS : DATES OF MANUFACTURE Pocket book 2.5in x 5in, 83 pages, description of models with dates, £4.50
(ND45) SMITH & WESSON SPORTING FIREARMS : DATES OF MANUFACTURE Pocket book 2.5in x 5in, 76 pages, description of models with dates, £4.50
(ND46) REMINGTON SPORTING FIREARMS : DATES OF MANUFACTURE Pocket book 2.5in x 5in, 42 pages, description of models with dates, £4.50
(ND47) HI-STANDARD SPORTING FIREARMS : DATES OF MANUFACTURE Pocket book 2.5in x 5in, 22 pages, description of models with dates, £4.50
(ND48) HARRINGTON & RICHARDSON SPORTING FIREARMS : DATES OF MANUFACTURE Pocket book 2.5in x 5in, 14 pages, description of models with dates, £4.50
(ND49) SAVAGE SPORTING FIREARMS : DATES OF MANUFACTURE Pocket book 2.5in x 5in, 22 pages, description of models with dates, £4.50
(ND50) MOSSBERG SPORTING FIREARMS : DATES OF MANUFACTURE Pocket book 2.5in x 5in, 19 pages, description of models with dates, £4.50
(ND51) STURM, RUGER SPORTING FIREARMS : DATES OF MANUFACTURE Pocket book 2.5in x 5in, 16 pages, description of models with dates, £4.50
(ND53) J.P. SAUER & SON – THE STORY OF THE OLDEST WEAPONS FACTORY IN GERMANY Arfmann & Kallmeyer, 24cm x 31cm, 184 pages full of excellent photographs in colour and mono, £45.00
(ND55) FLAYDERMAN’S GUIDE TO ANTIQUE AMERICAN FIREARMS AND THEIR VALUES 9TH EDITION Norm flayderman, 21cm x 28cm, 800 pages, some colour illustrations, the latest edition of this classic reference, £27.50
(ND57) THE BEST OF HOLLAND & HOLLAND – ENGLAND’S PREMIER GUNMAKER Michael McIntosh & Jan Roosenburg, oblong folio, 29cm x 22cm, 298 pages, mostly exceptional colour detail photographs, £39.50
(ND60) KUCER MINIATURES 22cm x 15cm, 64 pages with colour photographs on the miniature firearms of David Kucer, text in French & English, £17.50
(ND62) BLUE BOOK OF GUN VALUES – TWENTY SIXTH EDITION S.P. Fjestad, 1936 pages in card covers, Latest edition of the most comprehensive guide to firearms prices (in Dollars U.S.) with variations, £25.50
(ND64) BRITISH GUNMAKERS VOLUME 1 – LONDON Nigel Brown, 23cm x 31cm, 280 pages superbly produced list of gunmakers with addresses, and some serial numbers where available, plus proof marks, also includes some colour plates of the guns, £60.00
(ND65) BRITISH GUNMAKERS VOLUME 2 – BIRMINGHAM, SCOTLAND AND THE REGIONS Nigel Brown, 23cm x 31cm, 459 pages superbly produced list of gunmakers with addresses, and some serial numbers where available, plus proof marks, also includes some colour plates of the guns, £60.00
(ND66) THE HOUSE OF CHURCHILL Don Masters, 23cm x 29cm, 531 pages profusely illustrated history of the company, with 32 page colour photograph section, glossy art paper, £65.00
(ND68) BOSS & CO – BEST GUNMAKERS Donald Dallas, 2nd edition, 24cm x 31cm, 352 pages beautifully produced wit many photo plates in colour and mono, Company history, the guns, gun numbers etc., £50.00
(ND69) ISLAMIC AND NATIVE WEAPONS OF COLONIAL AFRICA 1800 – 1960 Anthony C. Tirri, 29cm x 29cm x 5cm, 682 pages full of superb colour photographs, alphabetically listed by country, this huge work covers knives, clubs, spears and shields, printed on glossy art paper and weighing in at 4.5 kilos, £105.00
(ND71) IRISH GUNMAKERS Richard J. Garrett, 65 pages, gunmaking in Ireland, with colour photographs, marks. And list of Irish gunsmiths, index etc., very useful reference for early Irish makers, £12.00
(ND72) ISLAMIC WEAPONS MAGHRIB TO MOGHUL Anthony C. Tirri, 29cm x 29cm, 483 pages, excellent colour photographs on gloss paper, firearms, edged weapons, armour etc., £79.00
(ND73) ARS MECHANICA – THE ULTIMATE FN BOOK Auguste Francotte, Claude Gaier, Robert Karlshausen, 26cm x 35cm x 5cm, 576 pages, this massive work on the production of the FN factories, covers not only the guns, but the other products, including cars, motorcycles and much more, profusely illustrated throughout with colour photographs, and laid out in chronological order, this is a truly comprehensive record. £62.00
(ND75) THE DRILLING GUN – HISTORY, USE, AND TECHNOLOGY OF A UNIVERSAL HUNTING WEAPON Norbert Klups, 22cm x 29cm, 230 pages full of colour photographs, the history, the makers, the ammunition and it’s use, £35.00
(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
SOFT COVERED BOOKS
GUN DIGESTS
Probably the best known gun annuals in the World, every issue will have articles
to suit all shooters and collectors.
All 21.5cm x 28cm
(SP48) GUN DIGEST 1965
384 pages, Book VG, £15.00
(SP41) GUN DIGEST 1966
416 pages, Book Good +, £15.00
(SP42) GUN DIGEST 1967
400 pages, Book Good +, £15.00
(SP43) GUN DIGEST 1968
400 pages, Book Good +, £15.00
(SP9) GUN DIGEST 1971
480 pages, Book VG, £10.50
(SP12) GUN DIGEST 1976
448 pages, Book VG, £12.00
(SP28) GUN DIGEST 1979
448 pages, Book VG, £11.00
(SP5) GUN DIGEST 1981
448 pages, Book Good only, £9.00
(SP14) GUN DIGEST 1986
480 pages, Book good+, £12.00
(SP21) GUN DIGEST 1989
480 pages, Book VG, £11.00
(SP22) GUN DIGEST 1990
496 pages, Book VG, £11.00
(SP2) GUNS ILLUSTRATED 1971 224 pages, G+, £7.50
(SP3) HANDGUNS 94 336 pages, G+. £.8.50
(SP5)THE GUN DIGEST BOOK OF MODERN GUN VALUES 5TH EDITION DBI 1985, 432 pages , VG, £5.00
(SP7) GUNS : THIRD EDITION 1956 288 pages, antique and modern firearms, G+, £7.50
(SP8) THE GUNNERS BIBLE 3RD EDITION Bill Riviere, 189 pages covers all aspects of shooting, Good +, £7.50
(SP11) GUNS ILLUSTRATED 1993 quarto, 320 pages, G+, £8.00
(SP12) GUN COLLECTOR’S DIGEST. VOLUME 11 DBI, 1977, 288 Pages, book Good. £5.00
(SP13) MODERN GUNS IDENTIFICATION & VALUES 448 pages, Book V.G. £8.00
(SP15) GUNS ILLUSTRATED 1980 288 pages, G+, £9.00
(SP17) GUNS ILLUSTRATED 1981 288 pages, G+, £9.00
(SP25) MODERN GUN VALUES 7TH EDITION DBI 1989, 496 pages , VG, £7.50
(SP31) GUN DIGEST BOOK OF GUN ACCESSORIES & SERVICES 1079, 320 pages, book good+, £9.50
(SP61) GUN TRADERS GUIDE – 5TH EDITION Wahl, 1968,100’s photo ills, 220 pages, Book Good +, £9.50
(SP62) GOLDEN STATE ARMS WORLD’S GUNS AND OTHER WEAPONS 1958, 288 pages, Good. £4.00
SP64) GUNS THIRD EDITION 1956 288 pages, good only, damped, £3.00
SP66) GUNS ILLUSTRATED 1969 Deluxe first edition, 192 pages, plus 14 colour pages at rear, Book V.G. £7.50
SHOOTERS BIBLES
Stoeger Arms famous catalogue, Guns, Ammo, Leather, accessories Etc.,
21cm x 25.5cm
(SP53) SHOOTERS BIBLE 1965
576 pages, good, £10.00
(SP54) SHOOTERS BIBLE 1966
576 pages, good + , £10.00
(SP55) SHOOTERS BIBLE 1967
576 pages, good, £10.00
(SP56) SHOOTERS BIBLE 1968
576 pages, good, £10.00
(SP57) SHOOTERS BIBLE 1969
576 pages, very good, £11.00
(SP59) SHOOTERS BIBLE 1977
574 pages, very good, £10.00