(C1) CONFEDERATE REVOLVERS William A. Gary, 22cm x 29cm, 177 pages with many photographs, covers Confederate built and European imported firearms, VG, £28.00
(C2) DIE FAUSTFERERWAFFEN VON 1850 BIS ZUR GEGENWART Eugen Heer, Akademische Druck u. Verlagsanstalt, 1971, 29cm x 20cm, 460 pages, with many illustrations and Exploded line drawings, with descriptions, Makes, Text in German, Geschichte und Entwicklung der militarhandfeuerwaffen in der Schweiz, Book Good + in slightly torn D.J.Ex Library, £25.00
(C3) PISTOLS. THEIR HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT Comp. James Frith, Lantern 1946, 24 pages, with intext illustrations, proof and makers marks, Book Good in paper covers, £1.00
(C4) BEWAFFNUNG UND AUSRUSTUNG DER SCHWEIZER ARMEE SEIT 1817, FAUSTFEUERWAFFEN 1. VORDERLADERPISTOLEN REVOLVER Christian Reinhart and Michael am Rhyn, Verlag Stocker-Schmid, 1974, 30cm x 24cm, 143 pages, full of very clear black and white and colour photographs, Bewaffnung und Ausrustung der Schweizer Armee seit 1817, pistols, holsters, tools, ammunition, Book Good + in D.J. 1 library stamp, £45.00
(C5) BEWAFFNUNG UND AUSRUSTUNG DER SCHWEIZER ARMEE SEIT 1817. FAUSTFEUERWAFFEN 1 – VORDERLADERPISTOLEN REVOLVER Christian Reinhart and Michael am Rhyn, Verlag Stocker-Schmid, Dietikon-Zurich,1974, 30cm x 24cm, muzzle loading pistols to revolvers, tools, marks etc. 143 pages in German, with black and white photographs and descriptions, line drawings and diagrams, some photographs of ammunition in colour, Book Good + in Good D.J.£35.00
(C6) CONFEDERATE HANDGUNS – CONCERNING THE GUNS, THE MEN WHO MADE THEM AND THE TIMES OF THEIR USE William A. Albaugh, Hugh Benet & Edward N. Simons, Shumway 1967, 22cm x 29cm 250 pages many intext photo illustrations, Good + in DJ, £25.00
(C7) THE BOOK OF COLT ENGRAVING R.L. Wilson, Wallace Beinfield Publications, first edition 1974, 24cm x 31cm, 422 pages, 54 colour plates and many mono photographs, slight spotting to fly leaf otherwise generally very tight and VG in DJ, £140.00
(C8) FAUSTFEUERWAFFEN AUS 5 FAHRHUNDERIEN Major Frederick Myatt, Verlag Stocker-Schmid, Motorbuch, 1985, 31cm x 22cm, 208 pages, full of colour photographs, Eine zusammenstellung der wichtigsten Pistolen und Revolver der Waffengeschichte, farbig illustriert, Text in German,Book Good + in D.J. ex library, £8.00
(C9) CONSUMER’S GUIDE TO HANDGUNS Aaron S.Zelman and Lt. Michael L. Neuens, Stackpole, 1986, Quarto, 197 pages, with illustrations throughout, tough, unbiased test reports show you which guns are reliable and your best value, Book Good ex Library, £7.50
(C10) MODERN PISTOL SHOOTING P.C. Freeman, Faber & Faber 1968, 176 pages with 49 photographs, training and techniques, coaching etc., Book G+ in DJ, £9.00
(C11) FAMOUS PISTOLS AND HAND GUNS A.J.R. Cormack, Barrie & Jenkins 1977, quarto, 160 pages, a compilation of the profile series on classic handguns, coloured and mono photo illustrations, book good only in DJ, £11.00
(C12) THE IDENTIFICATION AND REGISTRATION OF FIREARMS Vaclav “Jack” Krcma, Charles C.Thomas first edition 1971, 29cm x 22cm, 173 pages with many black and white illustrations, detailed information on serial numbering systems and codes, tables and photos showing the location of hidden serial numbers and part numbers, Book Good + in D.J. £23.00
(C13) U.S. SINGLE ACTION HANDGUN HOLSTERS 1870-1910 Philips & Vervloet, Museum, 1987, Historical Arms Series, 26cm x 18cm, 52 pages, inc. many photo ills., paper wraps, Book Good. £3.50
(C14) TEXTBOOK OF AUTOMATIC PISTOLS R.K.Wilson, Small-Arms Technical, 1943, Quarto, 349 pages of text plus 55 plates, history, development and functioning of the modern military selfloading pistol, its special ammunition ,and their evolvement into the sub-machine gun, 1884-1935, Book WORN, Ex library stamps, £10.00
(C15) WALTHER PISTOLS W.H.B. Smith, Miltary Service Publishing 1st edition 1946, , 94 pages with 51 illustrations, G+ in worn DJ,, £15.00
(C16) THE GOVERNMENT MODELS- THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COLT MODEL OF 1911 William H.D. Goddard, Andrew Mowbray 1998, 29cm x 22cm, , 292 pages with colour and mono photo ills., extensive list of serial numbers and customers, £32.00
(C17) HANDBUCH DER FAUSTFEUERWAFFEN G.Bock-W.Weigel, Verlag J.Neumann-Neudamm, 1964, 568 pages, full of intext illustrations in black and white, Breakdowns, equipment etc., Book Good + in slightly torn D.J. £12.00
(C18) STANDARD CATALOG OF SMITH & WESSON – 2ND EDITION Jim Supica & Richard Nahas, 22cm x 29cm, 320 pages fully illustrated in colour and covering over 770 models in 6 condition grades, superb S & W reference, signed by Jim Supica, £22.00
(C19) STANDARD CATALOG OF SMITH & WESSON – 1st EDITION Jim Supica & Richard Nahas, 22cm x 29cm, 320 pages fully illustrated in colour and covering over 752 models in 6 condition grades, superb S & W reference, £15.00
(C22) THE STORY OF COLT’S REVOLVER – THE BIOGRAPHY OF COL. SAMUEL COLT William B. Edwards, Stackpole 1957, 21cm x 28cm, 470 pages, many photographs, an in depth study of the man and the evolution and design of the Colt percussion revolversVG in DJ, 1 library stamp, £39.00
(C23) THE HANDGUN Geoffrey Boothroyd, Cassell first edition 1970, 29cm x 23cm, 564 pages plus index, full of black and white illustrations and diagrams, a comprehensive and detailed study , Book Good only what would be classed as a good working copy in D.J £30.00
(C24) THE HANDGUN Geoffrey Boothroyd, Sportsman 1988, 29cm x 23cm, 564 pages plus index, full of black and white illustrations and diagrams, a comprehensive and detailed study , Book Good + in D.J £42.00
C37) COLT AUTOMATIC PISTOLS 1896 - 1955 Donald B. Bady, Borden first edition 1956, 281 pages with many intext photo illustrations on art paper, book Good+ in DJ, £30.00
(C39) PISZTOLYOK Lugosi Jozsef and Temesvary Ferenc, Zrinyi Katonai Kiado Budapest, 1989,29cm x 20cm, 289 descriptions and photographs, in colour and black and white, Book V.G.in V.G.D.J. £7.50
(C41) 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 1036 ,Book Good + in DJ, Ex Library with usual stamps, £55.00
(C43) COLT FIREARMS FROM 1836 - 1958 James E. Serven, Pub. By the Author,1959, 30cm x 23cm, 387 pages with many photographs, mostly pistols, but also covers revolving rifles and other long guns, Book Good + in D.J. £50.000
(C44) CHRONICA NR. 56 – SELBSTLADEPISTOLE SYSTEM SAVAGE Facsimile of the 1910 report on the Browning self loader, Text in German, 4 pages, photo ill., Good, £1.50
(C45) CHRONICA NR.73 – DIE BROWNINGPISTOLE KALIBER 6.35MM Facsimile of the 1912 report on the Savage self loader, Text in German, 4 pages, photo ills, Good, £1.50
(C46) SMALL ARMS PROFILE NO.9 – THE BERETTA 20 pages in card covers, Beretta self loading pistols from 1915 to the model 951, many photos, some in colour, good, £2.00
(C72) AUTOMATIC PISTOL MARKSMANSHIP William Reichenbach, Small Arms Technical, 2nd edition 1943, 140 pages plus ads., G only in stained DW, £22.00
(C81) THE SNUBBY REVOLVER Ed. Lovette, 109 pages in card covers, choice of gun for concealed carry, holsters etc., photographs, £11.00
(C91) PISTOLEN UND REVOLVER DER SCHWIEZ SEIT 1720 Kriss Reinhart and Jurg A.Meier, Verlag Stocker-Schmid 1998, 30cm x 224cm, 264 pages, text in German, with many black and white photographs and descriptions, holsters and tools at the rear of the book, Book Good + in D.J. £35.00
(C92) PISTOLEN UND REVOLVER DER SCHWIEZ Christian Reinhart, Michael am Rhyn and Jurg A. Meier, Verlag Stocker-Schmid, 1988, 30cm x 24cm, 188 pages, text in German with very clear black and white photographs and descriptions,Holsters and tools at the rear of the book, Book V.G.in D.J. £40.00
(C98) 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 only ex library, loose, Hence £28.00
(C142) MODERN AMERICAN CENTERFIRE HANDGUNS Stanley W.Trzoniec, Winchester, 1981, Quarto, 260 pages, with over 250 photographs, dimensional diagrams and 8 page colour portfolio, Book Good + in D.J. ex library, £12.00
NEW BOOKS ON PISTOLS
(NC2) RUSSELL M. CATRON AND HIS PISTOLS Warren H. Buxton, 210 pages in soft covers, 22cm x 29cm, many photographs, patent drawings etc., ‘The Story of an unknown American firearm inventor and manufacturer of self loading pistols in the mid 20th century, was £35.00 – SPECIAL PRICE - £18.95
(NC3) THE BRITISH BULLDOG REVOLVER George Layman, 192 pages, many intext photographs, subtitled, ‘The Forgotten Gun That Really Won The West’, this will be of great interest to British Collectors, for whom this information is scarce, marks, ammunition etc., £26.00
(NC4) MAKAROV PISTOL OPERATORS MANUAL Morse, 40 pages in card covers, Based upon the original Russian issue technical manual, £3.95
(NC5) BERETTA PISTOLE ANNI 1950 - 1970 Adriano Simoni, Folio, 8in x 11in, 207 pages in soft covers, full of colour photographs, history, parts lists etc. text in English and Italian, £25.00
(NC6) STAR FIREARMS Leonardo M. Antaris, folio, 632 pages with 47 pages of colour and over 1100 mono photographs, Magnificent book production, which will prove to be the definitive work on this subject, not only the pistols, but Star’s .22 rifles and submachine guns, £97.50
(NC7) THE GOVERNMENT MODELS- THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COLT MODEL OF 1911 William H.D. Goddard, quarto, 292 pages with colour and mono photo ills., extensive list of serial numbers and customers, £44.50
(NC8) IVER JOHNSON ARMS & CYCLE WORKS – FIREARMS 1871 – 1993 W.E. Goforth, 22cm x 29cm, 224 pages in soft covers, full of photo illustrations, the history of the companies pistols, exploded part diagrams etc., £23.50
(NC9) REVOLVERS OF THE BRITISH SERVICES 1854 - 1954 Chamberlain & Taylerson, Quarto (9in x 11in), purchase details, ammunition etc., 80 pages with many photo ills., £24.95
(NC10) DIE SELBSTLADE – PISTOLE ‘PARABELLUM’ Reprint of the commercial handbook for the PO8 Luger, 54 pages in soft covers, 10cm x 15cm, use, takedown, cleaning etc. many excellent drawings of parts, cutaway details etc., £4.50
(NC11) CIVIL WAR PISTOLS OF THE UNION John D. McAulay, quarto, 166 pages in card covers with many photographs, includes details of their service with the Confederacy, £19.95
(NC12) COLT’S SUPER .38 – THE PRODUCTION HISTORY FROM 1929 THROUGH 1971 Douglas G. Sheldon, 228 pages, 8.5in x 11.5in, superb photo illustrations including some full page in colour, £45.50
(NC13) GEBRAUCHSANWEISUNG FUR MAUSER SELBSTLADE – PISTOLEN KAL. 7.65MM UND 6.35MM Reprint of the commercial handbook for the .32 and .25 Mauser Model 1910, 35 pages in soft covers, 10cm x 15cm, use, takedown, cleaning etc. many photographs of parts, cutaway details etc., £4.50
(NC14) SMITH & WESSON AMERICAN MODEL Charles W. Pate, 22cm x 28.5cm, 408 pages, the history and use of the No3, many detailed photographs, nicely produced and a major addition the S& W collectors library. £49.95
(NC15) THE STEYR AUTOMATIC POCKET PISTOL Reprint of the original handbook for the Steyr Model 1909 pistol, 12cm x 17cm, card covers, 27 pages with photographs and parts drawings, £2.95
(NC16) U.S. MILITARY MATCH AND MARKSMANSHIP AUTOMATIC PISTOLS Bill Jenkins, 22cm x 28.5cm, 176 pages, many photographs, Colt’s, Ruger’s, Hi-Standards Etc., £30.00
(NC17) AMERICAN BEAUTY – THE PREWAR COLT NATIONAL MATCH GOVERNMENT MODEL PISTOL Timothy J. Mullin, quarto, 59 pages with many photographs, some in colour, £25.50
(NC18) KNOW YOUR BROOMHANDLE MAUSERS – OWNERS MANUAL R.J.Berger, 96 pages in soft covers, many photo ills., take down technique, £10.50
(NC19) COLT PEACEMAKER BRITISH MODEL Keith Cochran, 21cm x 26cm, 160 pages, many detailed photo illustrations, cartridges, box labels etc., £23.50
(NC20) .22 CALIBER HANDGUNS – A SHOOTERS GUIDE D.F. Geiger, 128 pages in soft covers, many photographs, comparison charts, etc., £16.50
(NC22) THE COMPLETE GLOCK REFERENCE GUIDE Large soft covered book of 298 pages covering the history, maintenance, sights, shooting assembly, holsters and much more, many excellent detail photographs, some in colour, a comprehensive work, £23.50
(NC23) ED MCGIVERNS’S FAST AND FANCY REVOLVER SHOOTING Ed McGivern, 484 pages in card covers, many photographs, a classic on combat and trick shooting with the pistol, £13.50
(NC24) NO SECOND PLACE WINNER Bill Jordan, 114 pages, many photographs, one of the all time classic works on combat pistol shooting, £12.95
(NC26) LUGERS AT RANDOM Charles Kenyon Jr., 29cm x 22.5cm, 420 pages, full of full page individual model photographs with descriptions and accessories, £47.50
(NC30) COLT PEACEMAKER REVOLVER CALIBER .476 ELEY Keith Cochran, 55 pages in card covers, photographs, gun numbers etc., £10.50
(NC31) CZ-52 PISTOL MANUAL D.R. Morse, 16 pages in soft covers, photo illustrations, disassembly etc., £4.20
(NC32) THE P-08 PARABELLUM LUGER AUTOMATIC PISTOL Edit, David McFarland, 53 pages in card covers, photo ills, parts view, £7.95
(NC34) THE COLT MODEL 1905 AUTOMATIC PISTOL John Potocki, 192 pages, many full and detail photo ills., serial numbers, patent details etc., £18.50
(NC35) THE CONFEDERATE LEMAT REVOLVER Doug Adams, 22cm x 28cm, 112 pages in pictorial card covers, full of colour photo illustrations of the guns in detail and the history of this fascinating weapon, £23.95
(NC36) THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF IMPERIAL AND SOVIET MILITARY SMALL ARMS AND AMMUNITION 1700 – 1986 : VOLUME 16 – SOVIET RUSSIAN POSTWAR MILITARY PISTOLS AND CARTRIDGES 1945 – 1986 Fred A. Datig, 22.5cm x 29cm, 152 pages, many photographs of the pistols, Cartridges and clandestine weapons, £24.50
(NC37) SHOOTING SIXGUNS OF THE OLD WEST Mike Venturino, 22cm x 29cm, 222 pages in card covers, art paper, many photo ills., loadings etc., inc. black powder, £20.50
(NC40) THE RADOM VIS PISTOL Robert J. Berger, 100 pages in card covers, photo illustrations, holsters, cutaway drawings etc., £13.95
(NC42) U.S. SINGLE ACTION HANDGUN HOLSTERS 1870-1910 Philips & Vervloet, 52 pages, inc. many photo ills., paper wraps, £5.95
(NC43) INGLIS DIAMOND – THE CANADIAN HIGH POWER PISTOL Clive Law, folio, 288 pages, collector grade, many photographs, includes presentation models, holsters etc., £35.50
(NC45) THE BROWNING HIGH POWER AUTOMATIC PISTOL R.Blake Stevens, 23cm x 29cm, Collectors Grade, 306 pages with 313 illustrations, photographs and breakdowns, history and developments, £39.50
(NC46) COLT CAVALRY, ARTILLERY AND MILITIA REVOLVERS 1873 – 1903 Keith Cochran, 21cm x 26cm, 288 pages with many detailed photographs of the guns, ammunition and accessories, £24.95
(NC47) SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVERS U.S. ALTERATIONS C. Kenneth Moore, 22cm x 29cm,110 pages, many photographs, a detailed study of an aspect of colt’s that has perplexed many collectors, £24.50
(NC48) SIG SAUER AUTO-LOADING PISTOL – INSTRUCTIONS FOR ARMOURERS quarto, 52 pages in soft covers, line drawings, takedown, operation details, £7.25
(NC49) JAPANESE MILITARY CARTRIDGE HANDGUNS 1893 – 1945 Harry L. Derby & James D. Brown, 23cm x 29cm, 384 pages on gloss paper, loads of photographs many of which are in colour, excellent production including all pistols and flare guns, £54.00
(NC54) PISTOLS OF WORLD WAR I Robert J. Adamek, 21.5cm x 28cm, 298 pages in soft covers, numbered and signed edition, country by country listing and illustration of over 90 pistols, serial number ranges, technical data etc., £32.50
(NC55) .455 PISTOL REVOLVER NO.1 MK VI Ian Skennerton, Quarto, 48 pages in card wraps, photo ills and line drawings, breakdown, parts etc., £7.00
(NC56) THE P.38 PISTOL – THE WALTHER PISTOLS 1930 – 1945 (VOLUME 1) Warren H. Buxton, 22cm x 29cm, 328 pages, many excellent photographs, the ultimate work on this pistol, £59.95
(NC58) THE P.38 PISTOL , DISTRIBUTION 1945 - 1990 ADDENDUM VOLS 1 & 2 (VOLUME 3) Warren H. Buxton, 8.5 x 11 in, 270 pages, many full pages photographs, uniform with volume 1, £49.50
(NC59) GOLD COLTS – A TRIBUTE TO GUSTAVE YOUNG Nelson Perry, oblong quarto, 29cm x 22cm, 206 pages full of colour photographs of the gold engraved and inlaid works of the engraver Gustave Young, who engraved guns for the Colt factory from 1852 to 1869, a numbered limited edition, £35.00
(NC60) THE FRENCH 1935 PISTOLS - A CONCISE HISTORY Eugene Medlin & Colin Doane, 22cm x 28, 143 pages in soft covers, many photographs, production history, serials etc., £22.50
(NC64) BURNING POWDER Major D.B. Wesson, 15cm x 20.5cm, 121 pages in card covers, photo ills and other illustrations, reprint of this book, issued in 1932 By Smith & Wesson, the techniques of Revolver shooting, £7.50
(NC66) LUGER : THE MULTI – NATIONAL PISTOL Charles Kenyon, 22cm x 29cm, 187 pages, with many superb full page colour photographs, covering many models from Germany and other countries, £110.00
(NC67) MAUSER MODEL 1896 PISTOL – HANDBOOK Skennerton, 34 pages in card covers, Identification, Stripping, maintenance, operation etc., £3.95
(NC69) CANADIAN MILITARY HANDGUNS 1855 – 1985 Clive M. Law, folio, 123 pages, many photographs, colt Percussion and model 1911’s, hi – powers, holsters etc., £25.00
(NC70) COLT SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVERS AND THE LONDON AGENCY C. Kenneth Moore, 22cm x 29cm, photographs, 144 pages, includes sales to other countries from London, ammunition etc., £25.00
(NC71) .45 PISTOL M1911A1 – HANDBOOK Skennerton, 34 pages in card covers, Identification, Stripping, maintenance, operation etc., £3.95
(NC72) COLT SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVER STUDY – NEW DISCOVERIES C. Kenneth Moore, Folio, 199 pages, photographs, automatic ejector models, low serial numbers, section on cartridges, etc., £29.50
(NC73) THE MAUSER SELF – LOADING PISTOL James Belford & Jack Dunlap, 21.5cm x 28cm, 208 pages with 266 photo ills., a good reference for model 1896, plus model 1910/34 soft cover, £21.95
(NC74) SMITH & WESSON 1857 - 1945 - A HANDBOOK FOR COLLECTORS Robert J. Neal & Roy G. Jinks, 434 pages with photo ills., the classic identification work for Smith & Wessons, £39.50
(NC75) THE COLT .45 AUTO PISTOL 98 pages in card covers, with photo ills., on the use, stripping, parts etc. of the Model 1911 and A1, £9.50
(NC76) VARIATIONS OF COLT’S NEW MODEL POLICE & POCKET BREECH LOADING PISTOLS Breslin, Pirie & Price, 22cm x 29cm, 159 pages with many photographs, line drawings, cases, cartridges, records of Gun numbers etc., £29.50
(NC78) 9MM LUGER P’08 PISTOL – HANDBOOK Skennerton, 34 pages in card covers, Identification, Stripping, maintenance, operation etc., £3.95
(NC79) REMINGTON’S VEST POCKET PISTOLS Robert E. Hatfield, quarto, 117 pages with many photo illustrations and history of these distinctive firearms, £23.50
(NC82) ARMAX – JOURNAL OF THE WINCHESTER ARMS MUSEUM Volume 1 – Number 1 Summer 1987, 95 pages in stiff covers, part 1, the inventory of the arms and miscellaneous material in the office of Colonel Samuel Colt, Part 2, Further notes on the Forsyth material in the arms collection of Colonel Colt, £14.50
(NC83) COLT AUTOMATIC PISTOLS Donald B.Bady, 354 pages in soft covers, covering all colt autos, the original 45 auto reference with many photo ills., £19.00
(NC84) THE COLT WHITNEYVILLE – WALKER PISTOL Lt. Col. Robert D. Whittington III, 96 pages on the history and manufacture of this famous pistol, and the characters involved, £20.00
(NC85) STANDARD CATALOG OF SMITH & WESSON – 3RD EDITION Jim Supica & Richard Nahas, 22cm x 29cm, 432 pages fully illustrated in colour and covering over 770 models in 6 condition grades, superb S & W reference, £28.50
(NC88) LUGER TIPs Michael Reese, 21.5cm x 28cm, , 120 pages, many photo illustrations, excellent Luger reference, £10.95
(NC92) .380 ENFIELD NO.2 REVOLVER Mark Stamps & Ian Skennerton, 126 pages in card covers, many photo ills. And line drawings, holsters etc., exploded diagrams, section on other revolvers in British service, £14.50
(NC93) THE CUSTOM REVOLVER Hamilton S. Bowen (Bowen Revolver Makers), 22.5 x 29cm, 304 pages with many photographs, some plates in colour, From The founder of The company, an in depth look at the various merits of available revolvers and the suitable modifications to them, including ammunition, £37.50
(NC94) THE HISTORY AND IDENTIFICATION OF COLT ACCOUTREMENTS 1834 – 1911 PATERSON TO AUTOMATIC Robin J. Rapley, 21.5cm x 31cm, 253 pages, full of superb colour photographs, including many full cased items, signed by the author, £79.50
(NC95) U.S. HANDGUNS OF WORLD WAR II – THE SECONDARY PISTOLS AND REVOLVERS Charles W. Pate, Quarto, 368 pages with full and detail photographs, colt, S & W, Hi Standard, Harrington Etc., line drawings, £32.00
(NC97) MILITARY HOLSTERS OF WORLD WAR II Eugene J. Bender, quarto, 201 pages plus price guide, many photographs with marking details etc., £32.50
(NC98) SHOOTING COLT SINGLE ACTIONS IN ALL STYLES CALIBERS, & GENERATIONS Mike Venturino, Quarto, 205 pages, art paper, many photo ills., loadings etc., inc. black powder £22.50
(NC99) THE P08 LUGER PISTOL G. de Vries & B.J. Martin, oblong quarto, 152 pages, mostly excellently reproduced photographs of the guns, accessories, markings, and many original photos of the guns in use, £27.00
(NC102) 9MM PARABELLUM, A HISTORY OF THE WORLD’S 9MM PISTOLS & AMMUNITION Klaus Peter Konig and Martin Hugo, 28cm x 22cm, 301 pages, with over 525 photographs, detailed interior shots, and many line drawings, Mauser, Walther, Llama, Beretaas, UZI, Colt and Smith & Wesson, £29.95
(NC103) SMITH & WESSON SIXGUNS OF THE OLD WEST David R. Chicoine, Folio, 478 pages, full of detailed photographs and drawings of parts, ammunition etc., covers the Schofields, The Americans, The Russians, The New Models No. 3 and more, great addition to the Smith & Wesson Collector, £53.50
(NC104) THE SOVIET RUSSIAN TOKAREV 'TT' PISTOLS AND CARTRIDGES 1929 - 1953 Fred A. Datig, 22cm x 29cm, 168 pages, photo ills & Line drawings, holsters etc., £19.95
(NC105) ENGRAVED HANDGUNS OF .22 CALIBRE. 1855 – 1885 John S.Laidacker, 28cm x 22cm, 168 pages, full of colour photographs, a system of identification, the motifs and engraving characteristics of various arms producing companies, £45.00
(NC107) HANDBOOK FOR 9MM BROWNING HI-POWER 34 pages in card covers, photo ills., stripping parts list historical data etc., £3.95
(NC108) HANDBOOK FOR 9MM WALTHER P-38 34 pages in card covers, photo ills., stripping parts list historical data etc., £3.95
(NC110) THE NAVY LUGER – THE 9MM PISTOLE 1904 AND THE IMPERIAL GERMAN NAVY Joachim Gorz and John Walter, 19cm x 25.5cm, 128 pages in card covers with over 120 illustrations, chronology listing deliveries, £19.95
(NC111) DEVELOPMENTAL CARTRIDGE HANDGUNS IN .22 CALIBRE – AS PRODUCED IN THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE FROM 1855 – 1875 John S. Laidacker, 23cm x 29cm, 597 pages on glossy paper, with photographs, a monumental work on the subject, £60.00
(NC112) THE HAYES HANDGUN OMNIBUS – A CATALOGUED ENCYCLOPEDIA OF COLLECTIVE PISTOLS & REVOLVERS Ronald D. Hayes and Ian D. Skennerton, 22cm x 30.5cm, 592 pages, alphabetic categories from Austalasia to Zuid Afrik Republic, more than 1000 colour photographs, monumental identification work on the pistol. £59.95
(NC113) REMINGTON’S FIRST REVOLVER – THE REMINGTON BEALS .31 CALIBER REVOLVERS Charles Schif, 23cm x 29cm, 110 pages full of excellent coloured photo illustrations, details, pistols and cased sets, £29.95
(NC114) A STUDY OF REMINGTON’S SMOOT PATENT & NUMBER FOUR REVOLVERS Parker, Parker & Reisch, Forewoed by Roy Marcot, 120 pages in soft covers, nicely produced on gloss paper with many photographs, some in colour, £11.49
(NC115) SIMSON LUGERS – SIMSON & CO. SUHL, THE WEIMAR YEARS Edward Tinker & Graham Johnson, 29cm x 22cm, 203pages full of superb colour photographs, includes known serials and markings, £52.50
(NC116) ASTRA AUTOMATIC PISTOLS Leonardo M. Antaris, 29cm x 22cm, 248 pages with excellent photographs in colour and mono, definitive work on this make, £37.50
(NC117) TEXTBOOK OF AUTOMATIC PISTOLS Limited edition reprint of the 1934 edition of this famous book, limited to 1500 copies and individually numbered, bound in quarter brown leather, 349 pages, £33.20
(NC119) STANDARD CATALOG OF COLT FIREARMS Rick Sapp, 21cm x 28cm, 288 pages with 450 colour photographs, covers 500 models, great value for money at £18.99
(NC120) OPERATOR’S MANUAL FOR THE MAUSER AUTOMATIC PISTOL MODEL 1930 21cm x 14cm, 30 pages in paper covers, history, cutaway drawings assemble etc., £4.75
(NC121) THE INGLIS BROWNING HI POWER PISTOL R.Blake Stevens, 28 pages, photo ills., markings, accessories, holsters etc., paper wraps, £7.95
(NC124) THE OFFICIAL MAKAROV PISTOL MANUAL James F. Gebhardt (Trans.), 86 pages in soft covers, many line drawn illustrations, £10.50
(NC125) MAUSER PISTOLEN - DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION 1877 – 1946 Darrin Weaver, Jon Speed & Walter Schmid, Collector Grade Publications, 23cm x 29cm, 339 pages, covers all models from the C78 revolvers to the HSC, including 1896’s and much more, many photographs, £47.50
(NC126) COLT CAVALRY & ARTILLERY REVOLVERS – A CONTINUING STUDY John A. Kopec & H. Sterling Fenn, 29cm x 22cm, 304 pages,full of detail photographs, some in colour, part 1 in 18 chapters covers various issues, and part 2 in 14 chapters covers ‘Custers 7th Cavalry Colts, £57.50
(NC160) ‘51 COLT NAVIES Nathan J. Swayze, Quarto, 243 pages, art paper, many detailed photo ills., patent drawings etc.,The definitive work on this model, £52.50
(NC161) THE MODEL 1911 AND MODEL 1911A1 MILITARY AND COMMERCIAL PISTOLS Joe Poyer, 522 pages in card covers, latest offering from North Cape Publications, many excellent photographs with great detail, all models and accessories, £22.50
(NC162) COLT .45 GOVERNMENT MODELS (COMMERCIAL SERIES) 1912 THROUGH 1970 – SECOND EDITION Charles W. Clawson, 230 pages, many detailed photographs of complete guns and parts, production figures etc., £79.50
(NC164) COLT AND ITS COLLECTORS Colt Collectors association, Exhibition catalog for COLT: THE LEGACY OF A LEGEND, at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center, 400 pages of superb colour photographs, from the earliest to later colt’s £84.00
(NC165) COLLECTORS’S GUIDE TO IMPERIAL JAPANESE HANDGUNS 1893 – 1945 James D. Brown, 22cm x 29cm, 64 pages in card covers, gloss paper, many photographs, £15.50
(NC166) HIGH STANDARD – A COLLECTOR’S GUIDE Tom Dance, Mowbray 1991, 27cm x 20cm, 191 pages in card covers, full of illustrations and line drawings and breakdowns, a collector’s guide to the Hamden & Hartford target pistols, £17.50
(NC167) SAVAGE PISTOLS Bailey Brower, 22cm x 29cm, 268 pages, all colour photographs on gloss paper, history, all models, advertising etc., £37.50
(NC168) DESCRIPTION OF THE COLT’S DOUBLE-ACTION REVOLVER CALIBER .38 Reprint of the 1912 government handbook , 15 pages of text plus 4 plates, card covers, £3.95
(NC169) REMINGTON ARMY AND NAVY REVOLVERS 1861 – 1888 Donald L. Ware, 21cm x 26cm, 434 pages, University of New Mexico Press, many photographs, history, government contract details etc., £49.95
(NC171) MANHATTAN FIREARMS Waldo E. Nutter, 22.5cm x 28.5cm, 250 pages, many photo illustrations, reprint of the only book printed solely on this make, £24.50
(NC172) WEBLEY SOLID FRAME REVOLVERS NOS. 1,11/2, 2, BULL DOGS AND PUGS Joal Black, Homer Ficken & Frank Michaels, 24cm x 32cm, 288 pages, mostly full page colour photographs on art paper, sections on cartridge boxes and tools, £74.50
(NC174) BLACK POWDER REVOLVERS – REPRODUCTIONS & REPLICAS Dennis Adler, 31cm x 24cm, 252 pages full of superb colour photographs, section on the manufacturers, £29.50
(NC175) THE COLT ENGRAVING BOOK – VOLUME ONE C1832 – 1921 & THE COLT ENGRAVING BOOK – VOLUME TWO C1919 - 2000 R.L. Wilson, 24cm x 31cm, 2 volumes containing 883 pages full of colour photographs, the majority of engraved guns are pistols, but Colt’s other guns are also shown, £355.00
(NC176) AUTOMATIC PISTOLS OF J.P. SAUER & SOHN – VOLUME II Jim Cate & Martin Krause, 22cm x 29cm, 440 pages, many photographs, factory records etc., £54.50
(NC177) FN BROWNING PISTOLS – SIDE-ARMS THAT SHAPED WORLD HISTORY Anthony Vanderlinden, 22cm x 29cm, 334 page hardback, art paper full of superb mono photographs covering the 1899, 1900, 1903, 1905, 1910, 1922, baby, Hi-Power etc., £48.50
(NC179) SHOOTING J. Henry Fitzgerald, 421 pages with many illustrations, reprint of this classic on pistols and pistol shooting, Fitzgerald worked for Colt, for 26 years and tested their firearms (1000 shots a day), then became their demonstrator and salesman. £23.50
(NC181) SIXGUNS BY KEITH Elmer Keith, folio,22cm x 29cm, 335 pages in, many photographs, a standard reference work for choosing and shooting sixguns, as ever entertaining reading from Keith, £39.95
(NC184) TECHNICAL MANUAL & ARMORERS COURSE – LUGER PISTOL DVD, 94 minutes, applicable to all manufacturers, models & calibres, complete assembly and disassembly, £27.95
(NC185) THE P38 PISTOL – SPREEWERK PRODUCTION Jan Balcar & Ron Clarin, 22cm x 29cm, 291 pages in soft covers, the history of P38 production in occupied Czechoslovakia during the second World War, nicely produced with many photographs in Mono and colour, £36.50
(NC186) COLD WAR PISTOLS OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA James D. Brown, 22cm x 29cm, 150 pages full of excellent colour photographs, showing the guns, details of the guns, holsters, magazines etc., £42.50
(NC187) HISTORY WRIT IN STEEL – GERMAN POLICE MARKINGS 1900 – 1936 L. Donald Maus, Foreword by Joe Wotka, 22cm x 31cm, 361 pages, definitive work superbly produced on art paper, with many colour photographs, covers all arms, but mostly pistols and bayonets, £57.50
(NC188) COLT’S NEW SERVICE REVOLVER – ‘A PARTICULARLY STRONG, HEAVY WEAPON’ Timothy J. Mullin, Collector Grade, 22cm x 29cm, 272 pages, full of excellent mono and coloured photographs, £47.50
(NC189) THE OFFICIAL RECORD OF THE COLT SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVER 1873 – 1895 Don & Carol Wilkerson & Kathleen Hoyt (Colt Historian), 29cm x 22 cm, 464 pages with many colour photographs, in depth study, including all calibres, alterations factory records Etc., £110.00
(NC191) DR. WILLIAM H. ELLIOT’S REMINGTON DOUBLE DERINGER Drummond Johnson, Williams & Barnard, 22cm x 29cm, 207 pages, full of close up colour and mono photographs, £42.50
(NC192) CENTRAL POWERS PISTOLS – THE GREAT WAR PISTOLS OF GERMANY, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY, TURKEY AND BULGARIA Jasn C. Still, 22cm x 29cm, 462 pages full of superb colour photographs, Lugers, Mausers, Sauers, Frommers, brownings, revolvers etc., details and some serial numbers, by this acknowledged expert, £77.50
(NC193) HANDBOOK FOR JAPANESE SERVICE PISTOLS I. Skennerton, 34 pages in card covers, Nambu self loading models and type 26 revolvers, photo illustrations cutaway drawings etc., £4.50
(NC194) THE LUGER SNAIL DRUM AND OTHER ACCESSORIES FOR THE ARTILLERY MODEL LUGER Edward C. Sayre, 16cm x 24cm, 144 pages with many photographs, some in colour, magazine, holsters, cleaning and loading tools, serial numbers, £18.50
(NC195) HK’S HANDGUNS Duncan Long, 142 pages in soft covers, many photographs, the pistols, accessories, exploded drawings etc., £13.50
(NC196) 1900 LUGER U.S. TEST TRIALS Michael Reese, 111 pages, soft covers, photo ills of the guns, penetration tests etc., test fire results, letters Etc., £6.95
(NC197) COMPLETE GLOCK DISASSEMBLY, ASSEMBLY DVD Lenny Maghill, DVD 40 minutes, step by step instruction of all glock models, and how they work, £17.58
(NC198) HOWDAH TO HIGH POWER – A CENTURY OF BRITISH BREECHLOADING SERVICE PISTOLS (1867 – 1967) Robert J. Maze, quarto, 132 pages in soft covers, photo illustrations, markings , holsters and accessories, £19.50
(NC200) SYSTEM MAUSER – A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE MODEL 1896 SELF-LOADING PISTOL John W. Breathed & Joseph J. Schroeder, 19cm x 26cm, 273 pages, a welcome return of this classic on broomhandle pistols, £46.75
(NC201) FRENCH SERVICE HANDGUNS 1858 – 2004 Eugene Medlin & Jean Huon, 22cm x 29cm, 196 pages, many photo illustrations, all models 11mm pinfire to 9mm parabellum, £27.50
(NC202) THE DUTCH LUGER (PARABELLUM) A COMPLETE HISTORY Bas J. Martens & Guus de Vries, 22cm x 29cm, 269 pages with many photographs and parts drawings , magazines, holsters etc., £36.50
(NC203) SMITH & WESSON REVOLVER HANDBOOK Ian Skennerton, 34 pages in card covers, parts, stripping, cleaning, history, £3.95
(NC204) SHOOTING TO LIVE WITH THE ONE HAND GUN Capt.W.E. Fairbairn, & Capt. E.A. Sykes, reprint of this pistol shooting classic, 96 pages in soft covers, £9.99
(NC205) U.S. MILITARY AUTOMATIC PISTOLS VOLUME II : 1920 – 1945 Edward Scott Meadows, 22cm x 29cm, 456 pages, colt and Hi-Standard pistols, developments and experiments, excellent photographs on art paper, some in colour, £64.50
(NC206) TOKAROV PISTOL MANUAL TT-30/TT-33 D.R.Morse, 14 pages in soft covers, photo illustrations, £4.20
SEE ALSO TAKEDOWN GUIDES IN THE GUNSMITHING SECTION