Volume 1 1953-1955. Pp. [vi]+230, 34 plates within pagination (2 double page), title page vignette and one text figure, appendices, lists of recent publications, index of names and places; edges of boards lightly flecked and rubbed; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges worn and split, with a couple of closed tears;..... More
A sketch of the leading types of sporting and military small arms, with over 150 illustrations of guns and rifles. Pp. [ii]+xiv+160(last blank), frontispiece and text illustrations (several full page), appendix, index; narrow cr. 4to; corners of boards lightly bumped; price-clipped dust wrapper, faintly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split;..... More
1944. Facsimile of the 1944 Handbook published by The War Office. Pp. [ii]+ii+46+4(Amendments)+[18](Parts list), text illustrations; med 8vo; stiff paper wrappers; Military Library Research Service Ltd, London, n.d.[c.2007]. More
Pp. 54, text illustrations, bibliography, pictorial stiff paper wrappers, a little worn and foxed; endpapers foxed; Museum Restoration Service, Ottawa, 1965. Historical Arms Series No. 4. More
A new printing. A study based on the J. H. Grenville Gilbert Collection. Pp. viii+96, 48 plates (including frontispiece), text illustrations, indices, annotated bibliography; demy 4to; pictorial papered boards, a trifle silverfished and slightly soiled, edges and spine faded; a little light foxing; Ray Riling Arms Books Co., Philadelphia, 1976..... More
from the collection of Clay P. Bedford. Pp. xii+244, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white (many full page), appendix, bibliography, index; oblong 4to; qr. black cloth, spine lettered in silver, dark grey cloth boards, the upper board decorated in silver, fore-corners a trifle rubbed; edges of leaves faintly..... More
Pp. 70+[2](series page, blank), illustrated, text maps printed in blue & black, bibliography, index; med. 4to; dust wrapper; bookplate on upper free endpaper; George Shumway Publisher, York, Pennsylvania, 1978. Longrifle Series. More
A Complete System of Fence for the British Magazine Rifle, Explaining the Use of Point, Edges, and Butt, both in Offence and Defence; comprising also a Glossary of English, French, and Italian terms common to the art of fencing, with a bibliographical list of works affecting the bayonet. Pp. xii+184(last..... More
Pp. 304, 122 plates (within pagination), text figures, appendices, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; red cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, fore-corners of boards faintly bruised; top edges red; dust wrapper, edges slightly rubbed and split, with signs of sticker removal from foot of front flap; free endpapers faintly offset, a...... More
An illustrated history of hand guns from the sixteenth century to the present day. Pp. 208, profusely illustrated in colour and occasional black & white, bibliography, index; narrow med. 4to; a couple of faint bruises to edges of boards; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split, the laminate..... More
Pp. 96, printed in blue & black, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white; small square 4to; pictorial boards, edges a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed; top edges of leaves lightly foxed; Octopus Books, London, 1972. *Originally published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson in 1964. From the library of..... More
Pp. 252, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white (several full or double page), bibliography, index; tall demy 4to; bottom edges of boards a trifle worn; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split, with a large triangular closed tear, slightly creased, in front panel; a little faint soiling; Grosset..... More
Drawings by Max Millar. Pp. 256, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white; large square 4to; boards slightly scuffed, the top fore-corners lightly bruised; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed, edges worn and split, with a few small chips and tears (one of which is tape repaired on reverse); a few..... More
FIREARMS AND ASSOCIATED AMMUNITION AND ACCOUTREMENTS. With alphabetic index. Volume I: 1860-1886. Pp. vi+170, text figures, index; dust wrapper; name in ink on upper free endpaper; the compiler, Margate, 1979. *Signed by the compiler on title page. More
Foreword by Roy T. Huntington. Pp. 48(last blank), text illustrations, bibliography; printed stiff paper wrappers, a trifle worn and foxed; endpapers foxed; Museum Restoration Service, Ottawa, 1964. Historical Arms Series No 3. More
An illustrated history of weapons. Pp. 128, coloured double page title page, coloured and black & white text illustrations and maps (some full page), index; med. 4to; dust wrapper; Rupert Hart-Davis, London, 1973. First edition. More