(D1) RUGER & HIS GUNS. A HISTORY OF THE MAN, THE COMPANY AND THEIR FIREARMS R.L Wilson, Chartwell, 1996, Oblong Quarto, 358 pages, with more than 185 colour and 100 black and white illustration, appendixes, index and serial – number tables for all models by years of manufacture, Book Fine.. £29.50
(D2) MINIATURE ARMS Merrill Lindsay, Winchester Press, 1970, 22cm x 15cm, 111 pages with coloured and mono photographs, covers small arms, cannon and edged weapons, Good only, Grubby covers, hence £3.00
(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, VERY SCARCE £85.00
(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) THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF GUNMAKERS A HISTORY Edit Derek Stimpson, London 2008, 27cm x 23cm, 96 pages, with colour and black and white photographs, lists of Masters of the company, Proof Masters and the documents kept at the Guildhall comprise the Appendices, Book Good + in D.J. £30.00
(D10) BISLEY - THE NATIONAL SHOOTING CENTRE 21cm x 30cm, 113 pages full of the history and current information about our national shooting centre, soft covers, colour and mono photo ills., £9.00
(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
(D11) LUCIAN CARY ON GUNS Fawcett, 1959, 144 pages, illustrated, Book Good in card wraps, £4.50
(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
(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, BARGAIN AT £95.00
(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
(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
(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
(D27) GUN ENGRAVING REVIEW E.C. Prudhomme, Gun Engraving Review Publishing 1961, 22cm x 29cm, 145 pages full of photographs of gun engraving, plus 3 full colour plates , Good+, £38.00
(D28) THE AMERICAN GUN ( Winter 1961) Hard Bound Magazine published by Herb Glass, folio, 104 pages, colour & Mono Ills, damped and G only, £5.00
(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, £4.00
(D33) THE JOURNAL OF THE ARMS & ARMOUR SOCIETY 22cm x 14cm, vol. V111. No. 1. ( part 2) June 1974, 44 pages of text and plates, Good in card covers. £1.50
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(D64) HISTORICAL TARGETS Anne Braun, Roydon, 1983, 20cm x 23cm, 144 pages, colour and black and white illustrations, painted targets from Europe, England and U.S.A. VG in DJ in slip case. £12.00
(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
(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
(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
(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+, £220.00
(D96) GUN DIGEST 1968 John T. Amber, DBI Books, 400 pages, hard bound in quality half red leather with original covers bounds in, Good+, £22.00
(D97) GUN DIGEST 1969 John T. Amber, DBI Books, 416 pages, hard bound in quality half red leather with original covers bounds in, Good+, £22.00
(D98) GUN DIGEST 1970 John T. Amber, DBI Books, 416 pages, hard bound in quality half red leather with original covers bounds in, Good+, £22.00
(D99) GUN DIGEST 1971 John T. Amber, DBI Books, 480 pages, hard bound in quality half red leather with original covers bounds in, Good+, £22.00
(D100) GUN DIGEST 1972 John T. Amber, DBI Books, 480 pages, hard bound in quality half red leather with original covers bounds in, Good+, £22.00
(D101) STUDII SI MATERIALE DE MUZEOGRAFIE SI ISTORIE MILITARA Numbers 2-3 1969 –1970, 383 pages with intext photographs, card covers, good +, £6.00
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(D219) THE LYLE OFFICIAL ARMS AND ARMOUR REVIEW 1976 347 pages, full of photographs of arms sold at auction and the prices achieved, excellent reference works, G+ in DJ, £12.00
(D220) THE LYLE OFFICIAL ARMS AND ARMOUR REVIEW 1977 348 pages, full of photographs of arms sold at auction and the prices achieved, excellent reference works, G+ in DJ, £12.00
(D221) THE LYLE OFFICIAL ARMS AND ARMOUR REVIEW 1978 350 pages, full of photographs of arms sold at auction and the prices achieved, excellent reference works, G+ in DJ, £12.00
NEW BOOKS ON COLLECTING
(ND3) COLT AN AMERICAN LEGEND R.L.Wilson, Oblong quarto, 406 pages, superb 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
(ND6) THE MODERN SPORTSMAN’S GUN AND RIFLE - 2 VOLUMES 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, £49.50
(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
(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 LIMITED NUMBER AT A SPECIAL PRICE - £125.00
(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
(ND17) COLT'S DATES OF MANUFACTURE 1837 – 1978 R.L.Wilson, 61 pages in card wraps, pocket reference, numbers & dates, £6.50
(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
(ND21) THE HISTORY OF REMINGTON FIREARMS Roy Marcot, 22cm x 30.5cm, 128 pages, illustrated on art paper with excellent colour photographs of all the firearms, and company history, £19.95
(ND22) WEAPONS OF THE HIGHLAND REGIMENTS 1740 - 1780 Anthony D. Darling, 32 pages in paper wraps, many photographs of swords, dirks and firearms, £8.50
(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
(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, £19.95
(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, £59.50
(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
(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, £8.50
(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
(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
(ND60) KUCER MINIATURES 22cm x 15cm, 64 pages with colour photographs on the miniature firearms of David Kucer, text in French & English, £17.50
(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) BRITISH GUNMAKERS VOLUME 3 – INDEX, APPENDICES & ADDITIONAL RECORDS Nigel Brown, 23cm x 31cm, 299 pages superbly produced list of gunmakers with addresses, and some serial numbers where available, also includes some colour plates of the guns, £59.95
(ND67) 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, £130.00
(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, £35.95
(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
(ND78) J.P. SAUER & SOHN, SUHL – WAFFENSTADT : A HISTORICAL STUDY OF THE HUNTING AND SPORTING GUNS MADE BY THE ORIGINAL COMPANY 1751 – 1945 Jim Cate, 22cm x 29cm, 333 pages full of excellent colour photographs of mostly double rifles and shotguns made by the company, list of gun numbers etc., signed copy, £65.00
(ND79) THE BRITISH SPORTING GUN AND RIFLE – PURSUIT OF PERFECTION 1850 – 1900 Donald Dallas, 24cm x 31cm, 423 pages, full of colour photographs of the guns, mono historical photos, and colour reproductions of bill heads etc, plus much more, £59.50
(ND81) ENEMIES FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC Matthew Bracken, 569 pages in card covers, a novel, ‘a stadium massacreleads to the banning of all semi-automatic rifles. But who really fired the fatal shots, and why?, £9.99
(ND84) NRA FIREARMS SOURCEBOOK Michael E.Bussard and Stanton L. Wormley, 23cm x 15cm, 516 pages, illustrated with line drawings, ultimate guide to guns, ballistics and shooting, £25.00
(ND85) THE BOOK OF COLT FIREARMS . THIRD EDITION R.L.Wilson, 31cm x 24cm, 632 pages, full of colour and black and white photographs and illustrations, this edition tells the Colt story from 1832 through to the present, a comprehensive study of Colonel Colt and his company, all Colt revolvers, pistols, longarms, automatic weapons, and countless items of memorabilia are described and reviewed in detail, beautifully done, £128.00
(ND86) BLUE BOOK POCKET GUIDE FOR COLT DATES OF MANUFACTURE R.L.Wilson, 14cm x 11cm, 124 pages, most recent Colt serialization, providing dates of manufacture on most Colt firearms, £15.95
(ND87) THE SHOOTERS GUIDE TO CLASSIC FIREARMS Guns & Ammo, 21cm x 27cm, 160 pages, all colour on the classic pistols and rifles, £15.95
(ND88) STANDARD CATALOG OF REMINGTON FIREARMS Dan Shideler, 22cm x 29cm, 288 pages with over 700 colour photographs, pistols, rifles & shotguns, value guide, £18.99
(ND89) STANDARD CATALOG OF BROWNING FIREARMS Dan Shideler, 22cm x 29cm, 288 pages with 375 colour photographs, pistols, rifles & shotguns, value guide, £18.99
(ND90) WINCHESTER SPORTING FIREARMS : DATES OF MANUFACTURE Pocket book 2.5in x 5in, 46 pages, description of models with dates, £4.50
(ND92) THE PALADIN BOOK OF DANGEROUSLY FUN STUFF FOR BOYS WHO NEVER REALLY GREW UP 29cm x 22cm, 310 pages in soft covers, 71 articles on important subjects from ‘Dealing with Potentially Violent Coworkers’ to ‘’How to Land an Airplane – If you Must’, ‘How to Disable a Tank’, and many more, £25.00
(ND95) MAUSER, WALTHER AND MANNLICHER FIREARMS W.H.B. Smith, Stackpole classic reprint series, 239 pages with many intext photographs and line drawings, covering the rifles and the pistols, £26.50
SALE SELECTION OF TITLES WITH REDUCED PRICES SALE
All sale titles plus postage at cost
(AR7) SPORTING GUNS Richard Akehurst, Octopus 1972, 96 pages with coloured photographs and many other illustrations, Good in DJ, £1.50
(AR9) ENGLISH GUNS & RIFLES J.N. George, Samworth 1947 first edition, 345 pages, 23 photo plates, a classic work on long guns, Good+, £15.00
(AR51) EUROPEAN FIREARMS J.F. Hayward, Victoria & Albert Museum 1955, card covers, 54 pages of text + 34 photo plts. , GOOD, £2.50
(AR124) 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, £5.00
(BR118) REDUCED PRICE.OUR RIFLES Charles Winthrop Sawyer, William’s Book Store, 412 pages inc. many photo ills of the history of U.S. Rifles, Good , £7.00
(CR159) U.S.MARTIAL AND SEMI-MARTIAL SINGLE-SHOT PISTOLS Charles Edward Chapel, Coward-McCann, 22cm x 16cm, 386 pages with diagrams and line drawings of pistols and ammunition, Book Good £5.00
(CR160) UNITED STATES MARTIAL PISTOLS & REVOLVERS Major Arcadi Gluckman, 25cm x 17cm, 284 pages of text plus 29 plates at rear, Book Good +. £8.00
(DR20) MODERN FIREARMS Yves Cadiou and Alphonce Richard, Routledge, 1977, Trans from the French by Simon Pleasance, Folio, 224 pages, full of colour and black and white photographs, Book Good in D.J., £3.00
(DR34) 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., £1.50
(DR63) FIREARMS Frederick Wilkinson, Camden House, 22cm x 30cm, 80 pages with many coloured photographs, Book Good+ in DJ, £1.50
(DR85) ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MODERN SMALL ARMS Ian V. Hogg, hamlyn 1983, 32cm x 23cm, 224 pages, illustrated encyclopedia of famous firearms to the present day Book VG in D. J, £.3.00
(DR108) 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,. Good in DJ, £4.00
(DR139) 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, £6.00
(DR148) THE AMERICAN GUN VOL 1 No 3 Folio, hardbound magazine, Summer 1961 96 pages with colour & mono ills., G+ in glassine, £2.00
(DR168) FIREARMS Howard Ricketts, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1962. 128 pages, full of illustrations, pleasures and treasures, Book Good in D. J. £1.50
(DR184) 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, £5.00
(ER8) ARMS & ARMAMENT Charles Ffoulkes, Harrap 1945, quarto, 158 pages inc. many photo and intext line ills., ‘An historical survey of the weapons of the British Army’, G+, £2.50
(ER11) SCHOOL OF INFANTRY MUSEUM CATALOGUE !967, 104 pages in card covers, Photographs of 76 weapons, VG, £2.00
(ER20) BRASSEY’S INFANTRY WEAPONS OF THE WORLD 1975 Editor J.I.H. Owen, 24cm x 32cm, 323 pages with many photographs, covering infantry weapons and combat aids in current use by all nations (1975), Book Good, £4.00
(ER24) MILITARY SMALL ARMS OF THE 20TH CENTURY Ian Hogg and John Weeks,Arms & Armour Press 1985, 21cm x 28cm, 303 pages, full of photo illustrations, Book Good+, £5.00
(ER42) GUNS IN COMBAT Chris Bishop (Editor), Grange Books 1998, 23cm x 30.5cm, 192 pages full of colour and mono photographs, chapters on individual guns and their use, VG in DJ, £3.50
(ER49) THE ILLUSTRATED DIRECTORY OF MODERN WEAPONS Ray Bonds (editor), large format, colour, 240 pages covering aircraft, tanks, small arms, artillery etc, ex library, very worn, £1.00
(ER230) 9 MILITARY UNIFORM BOOKS FLAK JACKETS. SIMON DUNSTAN, UNIFORMS OF THE ELITE FORCES. LEROY THOMPSON. DRESS REGULATIONS 1900. W.Y.CARMAN. BATTLEDRESS. I.T.SCHICK. ARMY,NAVY & AIR FORCE UNIFORMS OF THE WARSAW PACT. FRIEDRICH WIENER. EUROPEAN MILITARY UNIFORMS . PAUL MARTIN. COMBAT UNIFORMS OF THE CIVIL WAR. MARK LLOYD. HANDBUCH DER UNIFORMKUNDE. KNOTEL SIEG. THE ARMED FORCES OF WORLD WAR 11 UNIFORMS, INSIGNIA AND ORGANIZATION. ANDREW MOLLO. all books good+ .£19.00
(ER231) 9 MILITARY UNIFORM BOOKS. BRITISH MILITARY UNIFORMS. JAMES LAVER. BRITISH MILITARY UNIFORMS FROM CONTEMPORARY PICTURES. W.Y.CARMAN. THE ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA. PHILIT R.N.KATCHER. DRESS REGULATIONS FOR THE ARMY . 1911. THARSTON PRESS 1986. MODERN FIGHTING MEN UNIFORMS AND EQUIPMENT SINCE WORLD WAR 11. JOHN PIMLOTT. BATTLEDRESS THE UNIFORMS OF THE WORLDS GREAT ARMIES 1700 TO THE PRESENT. I.T.SCHICK. THE ARMED FORCES OF WORLD WAR 11. UNIFORMS, INSIGNIA AND ORGANISATION. ANDREW MOLLO. HANDBUCH DER UNIFORMKUNDE. KNOTEL SIEG. DRESS REGULATIONS 1900. W.Y.CARMAN. all books good +. .£19.00
(KR13) ARMS AND ARMOUR Vesey Norman, Weidenfield & Nicholson 1969, 128 pages illustrated in colour and black & white, G+. £1.50
(CATR4) ANTON SODIA (FRERLACH) GUN CATALOGUE Circa 1930, 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 , £7.00
(CATR9) MANUFACTURE LIEGEOISE D’ARMES 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+, £7.00
(CATR19) AN EXHIBITION OF FIREARMS 16 page descriptive leaflet by Keith Neal, for the game fair 1962, 95Pence
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
(SP4) GUN DIGEST 1964 384 pages, back strip painted black like you do. Book Good only £7.00
(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
(SP1) GUN DIGEST 1962384 pages, Book Good only. £10.00
(SP9) GUN DIGEST 1992 512 pages, Book Good
£6.00
(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
(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
(SP26)THE GUN DIGEST BOOK OF MODERN GUN VALUES 8TH EDITION DBI 1985, 528 pages , VG, £8.00
(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
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 1951
544 pages, Good £15.00
(SP59) SHOOTERS BIBLE 1977
574 pages, very good, £10.00