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(NH55) GUNS OF THE CIVIL WAR
Dennis Adler, 29cm x 22cm Oblong format, 340 pages on gloss paper, and full of superb colour photographs, excellent value £24.50

(NH52) JOHN WAYNE’S WILD WEST Bruce Wexler, 22cm x 29cm, 192 full of contemporary photographs and colour photographs of the guns and equipment, ‘An illustrated history of cowboys, gunfighters, weapons, and equipment’, £12.50

 

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(H1) SPRINGFIELD SHOULDER ARMS 1795- 1865 Claud E. Fuller, Bannerman 1968, 22cm x 29cm, 176 pages with many photo ills., Flint lock Muskets, Musketoons and carbines, VG, £10.00

(H2) CONFEDERATE ARMS William A. Albaugh111 and Edward N. Simmons, Stackpole1960. 29cm x 23cm, 278 pages with 201 black and white plates, includes edged weapons. Book Good + in worn D.J.£12.00

(H4) SPRINGFIELD SHOULDER ARMS 1795- 1865 Claud E. Fuller, Bannerman 1931, 22cm x 29cm, 176 pages with many photo ills., Flint lock Muskets, Musketoons and carbines, Book Good + with Howard L.Blackmore’s book plate, £12.00

(H6) ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF MILITARY GOODS - SCHUYLER, HARTLEY & GRAHAMS Folio, 1972 reprint of this classic 1864 catalogue, weapons, uniforms and equipment, Book VG in Dj, £8.00

(H7) THE BEDFORD COUNTY RIFLE AND ITS MAKERS Calvin Hetrick, Geo. Shumway 1975, 28cm x 22cm, 41 pages, with 22 plates, a study of the graceful and distinctive muzzle-loading rifles made in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, Book Good in card covers, £5.50

(H26) CONFEDERATE CARBINES & MUSKETOONS John M. Murphy, Taylor Publishing 1986, 22cm x 29cm, 248 pages, coloured frontice, and many excellent photo illustrations, book VG, £19.50

(H30) FIREARMS IN AMERICAN HISTORY 1600 TO 1800 Charles Winthrop Sawyer, Published by the author 1910, 237 pages with 28 photo plates mostly depicting examples from the authors collection, book good +, £9.00

(H34) WEAPONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND ACCOUTREMENTS Warren Moore, Promontory Press, quarto, 222 pages with photo many ills., long arms and pistols, swords, powder horns, and many other items, VG+ in DW. £24.50, £3.00

(H35) SMALL ARMS AND AMMUNITION IN THE UNITED STATES SERVICE Berkeley R.Lewis, Smithsonian Ins. 1956, 24cm x 16cm, 338 pages plus 52 plates at the rear, Smithsonian miscellaneous collections . Volume 129 ( whole volume ) Ex library. Book Good + £8.00

(H37) NOTES ON ORDNANCE OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861 - 1865 Harold l. Peterson, The American Ordnance Association 1959, quarto, 20 pages in card covers, line drawings, VG, £2.50

(H42) ARMS AND EQUIPMENT OF THE CIVIL WAR Jack Coggins, Doudleday & Co., 1962, folio, 160 pages with drawn plates covering small arms and artillery, Book Good+, £4.00

(H50) CALIFORNIA GUNSMITHS 1846 - 1900 Lawrence P. Shelton, Far Far West first edition 1977, Numbered limited edition of which this is 1135 of 1500, Folio, 289 pages, with many illustrations, line drawings and 2 maps, covering Biographical Data A through to Z. trap shooting, California Rifle Clubs, Bibliographies, Book Good + . £12.00

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(NH1) ARMING THE GLORIOUS CAUSE - CONFEDERATE ARMS Whisker, Hartzler and Yantz, Quarto, 176 pages, A photographic study of Confederate weapons plus a list of suppliers and makers, £28.50

(NH2) WARNER CIVIL WAR CAVALRY CARBINES Col. J. Alan Hassell, quarto, 84 pages in soft covers, many detailed photographs, £17.50

(NH3) ETHAN ALLEN AND ALLEN & WHEELOCK – THEIR GUNS AND THEIR LEGACY Paul Henry, 22.5cm x 29cm, 230 pages, full of colour photographs, their single shot pistols, pepperboxes and revolvers, Rifles, ammunition , sights etc, £38.50

(NH5) U.S. CIVIL WAR CARBINES james Whisker, Larry Yantz & Daniel Hartzler, folio, 176 pages, full of detail photographs, production figures etc., £32.00

(NH11) THE BUFFALO HARVEST Frank H. Mayer & Charles B. Roth, 96 pages in card wraps, photo ills., £5.50

(NH13) GETTING A STAND Miles Gilbert, 204 pages, inc. photo ills., an anthology of the writings of Buffalo hunters who were engaged in the hide business between 1870 and 1882, card wraps, £7.50

(NH14) PACKING IRON : GUNLEATHER OF THE FRONTIER WEST Richard C. Rattenbury, 23..5cm x 29.5cm, 216 pages with many excellent photo ills in colour, 300 plus over 100 historic images, £32.50

(NH15) FIREPOWER FROM ABROAD – THE CONFEDERATE ENFIELD AND THE LE MAT REVOLVER Wiley Sword, 119 pages with photo illustrations, line drawings, tables etc., £14.50

(NH16) GUNS OF THE NEW WEST – A CLOSE-UP LOOK AT MODERN REPLICA FIREARMS David R. Chicoine, 21.5cm x 28cm, 264 pages in soft covers, many photographs, some in colour, history, shooting and exploded part views of both pistols and rifles, £17.50

(NH17) AN INTRODUCTION TO CIVIL WAR SMALL ARMS Earl J. Coates & Dean S. Thomas, 22cm x 28cm, 96 pages in card covers, Muskets, Rifle Muskets, rifles, carbines & pistols, many photographs, £7.50

(NH18) C.S. ARMORY RICHMOND Paul J. Davies, 22cm x 29cm, 368 pages, on glossy paper, many detailed photographs, line drawings, machinery, guns etc, ‘A History of the Confederate States Armory, Richmond, Virginia , and the Stock Shop at the C.S. Armory, Macon, Georgia, £49.50

(NH22) 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

(NH26) THE PEACEMAKERS – ARMS AND ADVENTURE IN THE AMERICAN WEST R. L. Wilson, Oblong Quarto, 392 pages, the story of American weapons from long rifles on the frontier on wards, superb colour photographs, £29.50

(NH27) GUNS OF THE WESTERN INDIAN WAR Stephen R. Dorsey, 220 pages in soft covers, firearms of the Indians, U.S. Army, ammunition etc., photo illustrations, £19.95

(NH30) ARMING & EQUIPPING THE UNITED STATES CAVALRY 1865 - 1902 Dusan P. Farrington, 22cm x 29cm, 598 pages with many photo illustrations, a hugely detailed study covering the rifles, pistols, edged weapons, holsters, belts and cartridge boxes, £47.00

(NH33) FIREARMS OF THE AMERICAN WEST VOLUME 2 1866 - 1894 Louis A. Garavaglia & Charles G. Worman, Large quarto, 413 pages with many intext photographs, thankfully now back in print this book and volume one have proved to be classic works, £44.50

(NH35) GUNSMOKE AND SADDLE LEATHER – FIREARMS IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY AMERICAN WEST Charles G. Worman, 23.5cm x 31cm, 522 pages, many photographs, huge collection of the guns and the people who used them, £42.50

(NH38) STANDARD CATALOG OF CIVIL WAR FIREARMS John F. Graf, 22cm x 29cm, 256 pages in card covers with 700 colour photographs, superb reference, £18.95

(NH39) GUNS OF THE AMERICAN WEST Dennis Adler, 29cm x 22cm, oblong quarto 334 pages, full of superb colour photographs, with history and descriptions, excellent value, £29.50

(NH40) THE MUZZLE-LOADING CAP LOCK RIFLE Ned H. Roberts, 22cm x 29cm, reprint of this classic work from 1940, 308 pages with many photographs, list of makers etc. £22.95

(NH41) GUNS AND GUNMAKING TOOLS OF SOUTHERN APPALACIA John Rice Irwin, 28cm x 22cm, 118 pages in soft covers, many photo illustrations, excellent coverage of the gunmaking tools, also includes loading tools and powder horns, £10.50

(NH42) FOLLOWING THE TRADITION – CELEBRATING THE ARTISANS OF THE CONTEMPORARY LONGRIFLE ASSOCIATION Gordon Barlow, 22cm x 29cm, 230 pages mostly containing superb colour photographs of long rifles, powder horns and other hunting accessories, made by contemporary makers from the Longrifle Association, £67.50

(NH43) GUNSMITHS OF MARYLAND Daiel D. Hartzler & James B. Whisker, 23.5cm x 31.5cm, 208 pages comprising 86 page list of makers with brief history, and 122 pages of detail photographs of their work, £35.00

(NH44) GUNSMITHS OF YORK COUNTY James Biser Whisker, 20cm x 27.5cm, 160 pages, comprising 33 page list of makers with brief history, and 127 pages of detail photographs of their work, £30.00

(NH45) ARMS MAKERS OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA James Biser Whisker, 20cm x 28cm, 176 pages, 75 pages of maker details and 101 pages of photographs of the guns, £29.95

(NH48) GUNSMITHS OF WEST VIRGINIAJames Biser Whisker & Fred R. Lambert, 20cm x 28cm, 160 pages, 56 pages of maker details and 104 pages of photographs of the guns, £29.95

(NH49) THE SOUTHERN ARSENAL : A STUDY OF THE UNITED STATES ARSENAL AT HARPER’S FERRY Daniel D. Hartzler & James B. Whisker, 22cm x 29cm, 208 pages, with many photographs of the guns, a history, and a comprehensive list of armorers, £32.25

(NH51) GUNSMITHS AND TRADESMEN OF TENNESSEE James B. Whisker, 22cm x 29cm, 96 pages in card covers, 86 page list of Tennessee gunworkers and their history, plus 9 pages of photo illustrations, £16.50

(NH52) JOHN WAYNE’S WILD WEST Bruce Wexler, 22cm x 29cm, 192 full of contemporary photographs and colour photographs of the guns and equipment, ‘An illustrated history of cowboys, gunfighters, weapons, and equipment’, £12.50

(NH55) GUNS OF THE CIVIL WAR Dennis Adler, 29cm x 22cm Oblong format, 340 pages on gloss paper, and full of superb colour photographs, excellent value at £24.50

(NH56) GUNSMITHS & ALLIED TRADESMEN OF VIRGINIA James B. Whisker, 22cm x 29cm, 144 pages in card covers, 105 pages of gunsmith records, and 38 pages of photo illustrations, £19.50

(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

(NES58) SHARPSHOOTING IN THE CIVIL WAR Major John L. Plaster, 22cm x 29cm, 157 pages in card covers, photos and contemporary illustrations, the equipment and techniques used in the American Civil War, £12.50