(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, £25.00
(H2) CIVIL WAR COLLECTORS ENCYCLOPEDIA F.A. Lord, Castle books 1965, quarto,360 pages, many photo ills., of guns and other American civil war collectables, G+, £20.00
(H3) GUNS OF THE EARLY FRONTIERS Carl P.Russell, University of California 1962, 20cm x 13cm, 395 pages, with line drawings and diagrams, a history of firearms from Colonial times through the years of the Western fur trade, Book Good, Ex Library, £8.00
(H4) OUR RIFLES Charles Winthrop Sawyer, Williams Book Store 1946, 411 pages, reprint of the 1921 edition of this, the 3rd in the trilogy. This wartime edition had the poorest of the illustrations but a very useful book, VG in DW. £29.00
(H5) THE HISTORY OF WEAPONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION George C. Neumann, Harper & Row, first edition 1967, 373 pages, with 1,200 illustrations, pike to the pistol, sword to the rifle, tracing the history of weapons of the Revolutionary War period, Book Good + in D.J. £38.00
(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, £30.00
(H7) THE BUCKSKIN REPORT Volume 5 Number 10, July 1978, 64 pages, Quarto, card covers, photographs, illustrations and diagrams, Good, £2.00
(H8) HARPERS FERRY ARMORY AND THE NEW TECHNOLOGY – THE CHALLENGE OF CHANGE Merritt Roe Smith, Cornell University 1986, 23cm x 15cm, 365 pages in card covers, some intext photographs, a study of firearm production and change to mass production methods, Book Good+, Ex Library with 1 stamp, £10.00
(H9) THE BURNSIDE BREECH LOADING CARBINES 1853 - 1866 Edward A. Hull, Mowbray 1986, 95 pages with photo ills and line drawings, book VG in DJ, £10.00
(H10) SMALL ARMS AND AMMUNITION IN THE UNITED STATES SERVICE Berkeley R. Lewis, Smithsonian Institution 1st edition 1956, 337 pages with many intext line drawings, plus 52 photo plates, mostly of early ammunition, boxes etc, an invaluable work on early U.S. Cartridges, Book VG, £38.00
(H11) CONFEDERATE ARMS William Albaugh, Stackpole 1st edition 1957, Lg Quarto, 278 pages, many photo illustrations, includes edged weapons, book Good + in DJ, £30.00
(H12) ARMING THE UNION – SMALL ARMS IN THE UNION ARMY Carl L. Davis, National University Publications 1973, 207 pages, 39 photo illustrations, the politics and problems of the arms industry of the Union during the American civil war. Ex library with stamps, otherwise good in DJ, £20.00
(H13) CIVIL WAR CARBINES : FROM SERVICE TO SENTIMENT Andrew F. Lustyik, 1976, 63 pages in card covers, 71 photo plates, Good, £7.00
(H14) DANCE & BROTHERS – TEXAS GUNMAKERS OF THE CONFEDERACY Gary Wiggins, Moss Publications 1986, 22cm x 29cm, 151 pages with many photographs of the guns and historical photos of the places and people, VG+ in DJ, £25.00
(H21) SIMEON NORTH : FIRST OFFICIAL PISTOL MAKER – A MEMOIR S.D. North & Ralph North, 1972 reprint of the 1913 edition, 207 pages on the history and contracts of this make, photo illustrations, book Good+, £11.00
(H26) CONFEDERATE CARBINES & MUSKETOONS John M. Murphy, Taylor Publishing 1986, 22cm x 29cm, 248 pages, coloured frontice, and many excellent photo illustrations, book VG, £42.50
(H28) UNITED STATES MARTIAL PISTOLS AND REVOLVERS Major Arcadi Gluckman, Otto Ulbrich Co. 1944, 286 pages plus 28 plates containing many photos. VG in DW. £38.00
(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 +, £25.00
(H32) SMALL ARMS AND AMMUNITION IN THE UNITED STATES SERVICE Berkeley R. Lewis, Smithsonian Institution 1968, 337 pages with many intext line drawings, plus 52 photo plates, mostly of early ammunition, boxes etc, an invaluable work on early U.S. Cartridges, Book VG, £30.00
(H33) ARMS AND ARMOR IN COLONIAL AMERICA 1526 - 1783 Harold L. Peterson, Bramhall house, large quarto, 350 pages photo ills., covering armour, firearms and edged weapons, G+ , £28.00
(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, NEW LOW PRICE - £14.50
(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, £10.00
(H38) FIREARMS IN COLONIAL AMERICA - THE IMPACT ON HISTORY AND TECHNOLOGY 1492 -1792 M.L. Brown, Smithsonian 1980, quarto, 450 pages, many photo ills., Good in DW, ex library, £25.00
(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+, £18.00
(H46) DR. JOSEPHUS REQUA CIVIL WAR DENTIST, AND THE BILLINGHURST-REQUA VOLLEY GUN Hyson & Requa-Defrancisco, 36 pages in paper wraps with 33 photo ills., Book Good £3.00
(H47) UNITED STATES FIREARMS - THE FIRST CENTURY 1776 - 1875 David F. Butler, Winchester Press 1971, quarto, 253 pages, photos, line drawings etc., Good + in DW, ex library, £20.00
(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 + . £29.00
(H51) 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 + ex library, £13.50
(H52) SPRINGFIELD SHOULDER ARMS 1795 - 1865 Claud E. Fuller, Bannerman 1st edition 1930, Quarto, 176 pages, photo ills., G+, £43.00
(H53) THE MEN OF FORT FOSTER, ENLISTED UNIFORMS, EQUIPMENT AND ARTIFACTS OF THE UNTED STATES ARMED FORCES, 1835 - 1842 Alejandro M. de Quesada, Folio, 86 pages in soft covers, many photographs of the weapons and other equipment, VG, £8.50
(H55) IDENTIFYING OLD U.S. MUSKETS, RIFLES AND CARBINES Col. Arcadi Gluckman, Bonanza Books 1965, 487 pages, information on markings etc., photo illustrations, Book Good in DJ, ex library, £10.00
NEW EARLY U.S.
(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
(NH6) THE STORY OF ALLEN AND WHEELOCK FIREARMS H.H.Thomas, 125 pages in card wraps, many photo ills., £8.50
(NH7) THE FRONTIER RIFLEMAN Richard B. Lacrosse, quarto, 184 pages in card covers, line drawings and Photo ills., Arms Clothing Equipment etc., £10.00
(NH10) FIREARMS IN THE AMERICAN WEST 1700 – 1900 Martin Pegler, 176 pages which include over 150 illustrations, an excellent overview of the firearms and their use, £18.95
(NH11) THE BUFFALO HARVEST Frank H. Mayer & Charles B. Roth, 96 pages in card wraps, photo ills., £5.50
(NH12) THE GUNSMITH’S TRADE James Whisker, 325 pages, this book deals with the early American Gun trade, the apprenticeships, the specialists and the tools, equipment, accessory makers etc., unfortunately due to it’s limited production, this title is incredibly overpriced, for a standard sized book with no illustrations and no dustwrapper, of this quality, a price of £25.00 would seem to be reasonable, unfortunately this is not the case, the almost unbelievable retail price of this has to be £65.00 now reduced to £39.50
(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 £28.00
(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, £15.99
(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, £6.50
(NH21) CARBINES OF THE CIVIL WAR 1861 – 1865 John D. McAulay, 8in x 11in, 123 pages in card covers, many photographs, Spencer, Sharps, Burnside, Smith, Gallager, Starr, etc., £7.50
(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
(NH24) OLD GUNS AND WHISPERING GHOSTS – TALES AND TWISTS OF THE OLD WEST Jesse L. Hardin, 22cm x 29cm, 265 pages full of coloured drawings and photographs, excellent stories of the guns and their users in the American west, £24.50
(NH25) THE MUZZLE – LOADING RIFLE THEN AND NOW Walter M. Cline, 19cm x 28cm, 162 pages, photo illustrations, Facsimile reprint of this longrifle classic from 1942, £20.00
(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 f the Indians, U.S. Army, ammunition etc., photo illustrations, £18.50
(NH28) BUFFALO BILL’S WILD WEST – AN AMERICAN LEGEND R. L. Wilson, Oblong Quarto, 312 pages, the story of buffalo Bill, featuring the Michael Del Castello Collection, superb colour photographs, £29.50
(NH31) FLINTLOCK FOWLERS – THE FIRST GUNS MADE IN AMERICA Tom Grinslade, 22cm x 29cm, 244 pages full of photo illustrations, large colour section, American fowling pieces 1700 – 1820, £49.50
(NH32) FIREARMS OF THE AMERICAN WEST VOLUME 1 1803 - 1865 Louis A. Garavaglia & Charles G. Worman, 24cm x 31cm, 402 pages with many intext photographs, one of the most comprehensive books on this subject, £42.00
(NH34) ARMING THE WEST – A FRESH LOOK AT THE GUNS THAT WERE ACTUALLY CARRIED ON THE FRONTIER Herbert G. Houze, 18cm x 25cm, 190 pages, photographs, myth busting details and shipping records, £18.95