(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) UNITED STATES MUSKETS, RIFLES AND CARBINES Arcadi Gluckman, Otto Ulbrich 1948, 447 uncut pages of text and illustrations, plus appendix and 20 plates at rear, work on military shoulder arms, a companion volume to United States Martial Pistols and Revolvers, Book Good , £35.00
(H3) ARMS MAKERS OF PENNSYLVANIA James B. Whisker, Associated University Presses, 1990, 31cm x 23cm, 218 pages with many intext illustrations in colour and black and white, Ex library, Book Good + £25.00
(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, £35.00
(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 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, £15.00
(H8) READY, AIM, FIRE, SMALL ARMS AMMUNITION IN THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG. Dean S.Thomas, Thomas Pub., 1990, 28cm x 22cm, 76 pages, full of intext illustrations, projectiles and boxes, line drawings with descriptions, Book Good + in card covers. £5.00
(H9) CIVIL WAR PROJECTILES 11. SMALL ARMS & FIELD ARTILLERY. WITH SUPPLEMENT W.Reid McKee and M.E.Mason, Rapidan 1980, 29cm x 22cm, 192 pages plus 11 pages of suppliment and rear, full of black and white illustrations and descriptions, with Bullet index by name, very informative, Book Good +. £29.50
(H10) HALL'S BREECHLOADERS R.T. Huntington, Shumway 1972, 369 pages inc. many intext photos and line ills, includes rifles and pistols, Ex library Book Good in DW. £28.00
(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) ANDY PALMER’S FAVORITE TALES OF THE OLD WEST AND OTHER STORIES Second Edition, Andy Palmer’s Military Inn, 48 pages, 23cm x 16cm, intext illustrations Texas Law, Bad Man Jesse, Indian Vengeance, etc, Book Good in card covers. £8.50
(H13) AMERICAN ANTIQUE GUNS AND THEIR CURRENT PRICES Martin Rywell, Pioneer, 1952, 23cm x 15cm, 58 pages, over 2000 firearms, with illustrations, make, model, and type, Book Good in card covers, £3.00
(H14) THE GUNSMITH’S TRADE James Whisker, Edwin Mellen 1992, 24cm x 16cm, 325 pages, this book deals with the early American Gun trade, the apprenticeships, the specialists and the tools, equipment, accessory makers etc., Book Good +. £38.00
(H15) 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+, £7.50
(H16) THE STORY OF ALLEN AND WHEELOCK FIREARMS H.H.Thomas, 125 pages in card wraps, many photo ills., VG, £7.50
(H17) PLOUGSHARES INTO SWORDS. JOSIAH GORGAS AND CONFEDERATE RDNANCE. Frank E.Vandiver, 1994, 22cm x 15cm, 349 pages, study of the Gorgas’s life and Civil War records, Book Good + in card covers. £6.00
(H18) PHOTOCOPY OF IRONMAKER TO THE CONFEDERACY. JOSEPH R. ANDERSON AND THE TREDEGAR IRON WORKS. Charles B. Dew. 26cm x 21cm, illustrated, Bound in Libriary Binding, Good £6.00
(H19) FIREARMS OF THE CONFEDERACY Fuller & Steuart, Standard Pub. 1944, 25cm x 17cm, 333 pages, with line drawn illustrations, the shoulder arms, pistols and revolvers of the cofederate soldier, including the regular United States models the imported arms and those manufactured within the Confederacy. Book Good but with adverts stuck in the first 3 pages, ex library, £19.50
(H20) FIREPOWER FROM ABROAD – THE CONFEDERATE ENFIELD AND THE LE MAT REVOLVER Wiley Sword, Man at Arms Monograph series No. 2. 25cm x 18cm, 119 pages with photo illustrations, line drawings, tables etc., Book Good + in D.J. £9.50
(H21) ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF CIVIL WAR MILITARY GOODS - SCHUYLER, HARTLEY & GRAHAMS Norm Flayderman 1961 Reprint, 23cm x 31cm,, reprint of this classic 1864 catalogue, weapons, uniforms and equipment, Book Good + in D.J, £15.00
(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. 1939 1st edition signed by the author, 286 pages plus 28 plates containing many photos. ex lib, but G+ 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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(NH36) FAMOUS FIREARMS OF THE OLD WEST Hal Herring, 20cm x 24cm, 190 pages, intext mono, plus colour section of photographs, from Hickok to Geronimo, 12 guns that shaped American history, £17.50
(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
(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
(NH46) GUNSMITHS OF BEDFORD, FULTON, HUNTINGDON, & SOMERSET COUNTIES James B. Whisker & Larry W. Yantz, 23cm x 31cm, 192 pages, 43 pages of makers details and 149 pages of photographs of the guns, £29.95
(NH47) GUNSMITHS OF VIRGINIA James Biser Whisker, 20cm x 28cm, 206 pages, 80 pages of maker details and 126 pages of photographs of the guns, £29.95
(NH48) GUNSMITHS OF WEST VIRGINIA James 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
(NH50) BLACK POWDER LONG ARMS & PISTOLS REPRODUCTIONS & REPLICAS
Dennis Adler, 32 cm x 24cm, oblong format, 208 pages full of superb colour
photographs muzzle loading pistols & long arms, breech loading single
shot rifles, modern designs, powder horns etc., £25.95
(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