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All of these titles are related to Colt Firearms and their manufacture

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(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


(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

(NC19) COLT PEACEMAKER BRITISH MODEL Keith Cochran, 21cm x 26cm, 160 pages, many detailed photo illustrations, cartridges, box labels etc., £23.50

(ND85) THE BOOK OF COLT FIREARMS . THIRD EDITION R.L.Wilson, 31cm x 24cm, 632 pages, full of colour and black and white photographs and illustrations, this edition tells the Colt story from 1832 through to the present, a comprehensive study of Colonel Colt and his company, all Colt revolvers, pistols, longarms, automatic weapons, and countless items of memorabilia are described and reviewed in detail, beautifully done, £128.00

(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, £47.95

(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

(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

(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., £24.50

(ND3) COLT AN AMERICAN LEGEND R.L.Wilson, Oblong quarto, 406 pages, superb photo ills in colour, dates, numbers etc., excellent value at £29.50

(ND85) THE BOOK OF COLT FIREARMS . THIRD EDITION R.L.Wilson, 31cm x 24cm, 632 pages, full of colour and black and white photographs and illustrations, this edition tells the Colt story from 1832 through to the present, a comprehensive study of Colonel Colt and his company, all Colt revolvers, pistols, longarms, automatic weapons, and countless items of memorabilia are described and reviewed in detail, beautifully done, £128.00

(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

(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

(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

(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

(NC163) HAND BOOK – COLT’S DOUBLE ACTION REVOLVER CALIBER .45 MODEL 1917 20 pages in card covers, reprint of Colt’s handbook - £3.50

(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

(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

(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

(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

(D42) THE ARMS COLLECTION OF COLONEL COLT R.L. Wilson, Published by Herb Glass for the Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, 1964, 133 pages with many photo illustrations, Book VG in DJ, £28.00

(D38) 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 + in DJ, £35.00

(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

(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. £50.00

(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

(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

(D106) THE COLT ARMORY – A HISTORY OF COLT’S MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. Ellsworth S. Grant, Mowbray 1995, quarto, 232 pages with many photographs, some in colour. Memorabilia section etc., VG, £19.00

(ND44) COLT SPORTING FIREARMS : DATES OF MANUFACTURE Pocket book 2.5in x 5in, 83 pages, description of models with dates, £4.50

(NEA5) M16A1 RIFLE ARMORER/DEPOT MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR MANUAL reprint, Colt manual no.CM102, 65 pages in card covers, many detailed drawings and illustrations, £6.75

(NEA24) THE BLACK RIFLE - M16 RETROSPECTIVE R.Blake Stevens & Edward C. Ezell, Quarto, 400 pages, many photo ills., and line drawings, £42.50

(NEA33) THE M16/AR15 RIFLE : A SHOOTERS AND COLLECTORS GUIDE Joe Poyer, Quarto, 134 pages in soft covers, detail photographs and line drawings of guns and parts, serials etc, £14.50

(NEA54) BLACK RIFLE II – THE M16 INTO THE 21ST CENTURY Christopher R. Bartocci, folio, 375 pages, numerous photo illustrations, the later M16’s and their accessories, scopes etc., £47.50

(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

(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

(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

(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

(NC34) THE COLT MODEL 1905 AUTOMATIC PISTOL John Potocki, 192 pages, many full and detail photo ills., serial numbers, patent details etc., £18.50

(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

(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

(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, £7.90

(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

(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

(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 £24.50

(NC109) COLT SINGLE ACTION – FROM PATERSON TO PEACEMAKERS Denis Adler, 29cm x 22cm, oblong format, 309 pages full of excellent colour photographs, includes a chapter an the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum, £29.50

(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

(NP116) THE COMPLETE RELOADING MANUAL FOR THE .45 A.C.P. 59 pages in card covers, bullets and powder data, £6.25

(NP117) THE COMPLETE RELOADING MANUAL FOR THE .45 COLT 63 pages in card covers, bullets and powder data, £6.25

(ND17) COLT'S DATES OF MANUFACTURE 1837 – 1978 R.L.Wilson, 61 pages in card wraps, pocket reference, numbers & dates, £5.95

TAKEDOWN GUIDES ALL A4 SIZE IN CLEAR PLASTIC COVERS, VERY CLEAR STEP BY STEP PHOTOGRAPHS, ALL APROXIMATELY 6 TO 10 PAGES  £4.50 EACH

 

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