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
Pp. 112, numerous text illustrations (several full page); med. 8vo; boards a trifle soiled edges lightly rubbed; dust wrapper, worn and slightly soiled, edges rubbed and creased, with several closed tears and a few small chips; the free endpapers slightly soiled; Arco Publishers, New York, 1967. First edition. *From the..... 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. xii+348, 12 plates, endpaper map, statistical appendix, index; navy cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, edges a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed, edges rubbed and split, with a short closed tear from top edge of front panel at backstrip fold; outer leaves faintly offset, edges of leaves a...... More
Pp. 186, pictorial title page, text illustrations (some full page), bibliography, index; med. 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, upper board lettered and decorated in blind; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed; text block browned, a little light foxing; Croom Helm Ltd, London, 1975. First edition. *From the library of..... More
With a list of English and Continental gun-founders from the XIV to the XIX centuries. With a Preface by Lord Cottesloe. Pp. 136(last colophon), 15 plates, numerous text figures, bibliography, index; printed glazed paper wrappers, the laminate lifting slightly at foot of lower wrapper; inked gift inscription at head of..... 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
illustrated by Plates taken from the Original Armour in the Tower of London, and other Arsenals, Museums, and Cabinets. Pp. [ii](explanation/errata)+118+xviii (description of plates)+[2](addenda), engraved frontispiece, vignette title page, 48 plates (most with tissue guards), a text illustration (designated plate 59 in the list of plates) and tailpiece decorations; demy..... 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
Victoria and Albert Museum. Pp. vi+54+[36](plates); small cr. 4to; tan buckram, lettered and ruled in gilt, boards a trifle sprung and slightly soiled; His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1958. Second impression (revised). *A guide to the collection of firearms at the Victoria and Albert Museum. From the library of firearms..... 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
A Directory of Cannon Founders from Earliest Times to 1850. Pp. 176, 4 plates, appendices, sources and bibliography; cr. 4to; edges of boards a trifle worn; dust wrapper, lightly rubbed, with two small inked ticks to list of titles on back flap; a couple of spots of foxing and occasional..... 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
Foreword by Andrew Roberts. Pp. 384, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white (several full or double page), endnotes, index; small cr. 4to; a few tiny bruises to edges of boards; dust wrapper, faintly soiled, edges a trifle creased; Osprey, London, 2011. First edition. 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
Technical consultation by Howard L. Blackmore, Claude Blair, William Reid. Pp. 268, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white (several double page), selected bibliography, index; tall demy 4to; bottom edges of boards slightly shelf worn, the top fore-corners bruised; dust wrapper, lightly soiled and worn, edges chipped and split..... 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
Pp. 52(last 2 blank), 12 plates at end (included in pagination), index; demy 8vo; pictorial stiff blue paper wrappers, printed in navy, edges lightly creased and chipped, bookseller's sticker on verso of upper wrapper, ownership name at head of title page, leaves lightly soiled; Pioneer Press, Harriman, Tennessee, 1959. 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
Armaments firms at work. Pp. 48; med. 8vo; printed paper wrappers, stapled, lightly browned, edges lightly split and worn, paper starting at staples; leaves browned, some foxing; The Union of Democratic Control, London, n.d.[1932?]. First edition. *From the library of Sydney bibliophile David Levine, with his bookplate on verso of..... More