(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
(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) 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
(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
(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. 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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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 longrifles, powder horns and other hunting accessories, £67.50