Catalogue
"NAVAL SWORDS AND FIREARMS"
Illustr: Publ: HMSO
Where: When: 1962
Condition - book: Good
- jacket: No D/W. 22
pages. Binding: SOFT COVERS
, Type: . ISBN: . Edition: . Inscription: . INSERT VERY GOOD. THE CARD COVERS ARE RUBBED DOWN SPINE WITH SOME SURFACE SCRATCHES ON FRONT AND REAR. SOME EDGE AND CORNER WEAR TO COVERS. LIGHT STAINS ON REAR COVER.
Book no: 11295
Price: £ 5.99
"THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EUROPEAN HISTORICAL WEAPONS"
Illustr: Publ: HAMLYN
Where: When: 1993
Condition - book: Very Good
- jacket: VERY GOOD. 351
pages. Binding: Hardback
, Type: . ISBN: 0 600 57538 1
. Edition: . Inscription: . HEAVY. 1 KG UNWRAPPED. PLEASE CHECK POSTAGE WITH US.
Book no: 11304
Price: £ 11.50
"THE RECORD BOOKFOR TABLE "B" ( RIFLE AND LIGHT AUTOMATIC) AND TABLE "A" EMPIRE TEST FOR CERTAIN UNITS. ARMY BOOK 142B"
Illustr: Publ: War OFFICE
Where: When: 1928
Condition - book: Fair
- jacket: No D/W. 96
pages. Binding: SOFT COVERS
, Type: STAPLED BOOKLET
. ISBN: . Edition: . Inscription: . QUARTERLY JUDGING TESTS, TESTS OF ELEMENTARY TRAINING FOR TRAINED SOLDIERS, ALL ARMS, REGULAR ARMY. THIS NEAT LITTLE BOOKLET HAS THE FIRST PAGE WITH NAME, ARMY NUMBER AND RANK FILLED IN. THERE ARE ALSO SOME TEST RESULTS FILLED IN THROUGH THE BOOK. OWNER'S NAME IN INK ON FRONT COVER. STAPLES RUSTED AND COVER LOOSE IN AREA OF STAPLES. SOME PENCILLED NOTES HALF RUBBED OUT ON REAR COVER.
Book no: 12664
Price: £ 25.00
"THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MILLS WOVEN CARTRIDGE BELT 1877-1956"
Illustr: Publ: MILLS EQUIPMENT COMPANY
Where: When: 0
Condition - book: GOOD TO VERY GOOD.
- jacket: No D/W. 70
pages. Binding: SOFT COVERS
, Type: STAPLED BOOKLET
. ISBN: . Edition: . Inscription: . NO DATE OF PUBLICATION. INSERT VERY GOOD. YELLOW COVERS ARE BROWNED NEAR THE SPINE. ILLUSTRATED WITH BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS. STAMPED ON THE REAR COVER IS " THE ORDNANCE CHEST, MADISON".
Book no: 12706
Price: £ 44.00
A MARKSMAN "THE DEAD SHOT.THE SPORTSMAN'S COMPLETE GUIDE BEING A TREATISE ON THE USE OF THE GUN WITH RUDIMENTARY AND FINISHING LESSONS IN THE ART OF SHOOTING GAME OF ALL KINDS"
Illustr: Publ: LONGMANS GREEN AND CO.
Where: When: 1892
Condition - book: READING COPY.
- jacket: No D/W.. 463
pages. Binding: Hardback
, Type: . ISBN: . Edition: SIXTH EDITION
. Inscription: . PAGES VERY BROWNED ON EDGES AND A FEW HAVE BEEN TURNED OVER ON THE TOP CORNER TO MARK A PLACE, BUT THEY ARE FAIRLY GOOD FOR AGE. THE COVERS ARE BLEACHED ON THE BOTTOM FRONT AND BOTTOM REAR CORNERS. CLOTH BUBBLED IN PLACES. CORNERS VERY WORN. SOME EDGEWEAR ESPECIALLY AT TOP AND BOTTOM OF SPINE. FRONT HINGE CRACKING- NETTING VISIBLE. SCANS AVAILABLE.
Book no: 13004
Price: £ 25.00
BARLOW. J. A. "SMALL ARMS MANUAL. RIFLES, MACHINE GUNS, MACHINE CARBINES, REVOLVERS, PISTOLS"
Illustr: Publ: John MURRAY
Where: When: 1942
Condition - book: FAIR TO GOOD
- jacket: No D/W. 216
pages. Binding: SOFT COVERS
, Type: . ISBN: . Edition: First Edition
. Inscription: . INSERT GOOD FOR AGE. COVERS A BIT WORN ON EDGES.
Book no: 12689
Price: £ 9.99
BIRD. N. DU QUESNE "THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF FIREARMS"
Illustr: Publ: BLOOMSBURY
Where: When: 1992
Condition - book: Fine
- jacket: No D/W. 192
pages. Binding: LAMINATED ILLUSTRATED BOARDS
, Type: HARDBACK
. ISBN: 1 85 471034 6
. Edition: . Inscription: .
Book no: 3088
Price: £ 6.50
BIRMINGHAM SMALL ARMS "HANDBOOK OF THE LEWIS AUTOMATIC MACHINE GUN MODEL 1915. EDITION NUMBER 4."
Illustr: Publ: ARMES AUTOMATIQUES LEWIS
Where: When: 0
Condition - book: READING COPY
- jacket: No D/W. 48
pages. Binding: SOFT COVERS
, Type: STAPLED BOOKLET
. ISBN: . Edition: . Inscription: . NO DATE OF PUBLICATION. THE PAGES ARE GRUBBY AND THERE ARE SOME SMALL TEARS IN THE EDGES OF PAGES. PREVIOUS OWNER'S NAMES IN INK ON FRONT END PAPER. THIS HAS OBVIOUSLY SEEN A LOT OF USE IN A WORKSHOP. THE COVERS ARE VERY DIRTY AND HAVE BECOME SEPARATED FROM THE INSERT, BUT THE INSERT ITSELF IS STILL STAPLED TOGETHER APART FROM PAGES 21-28. STAPLES RUSTED. A VERY SCARCE TITLE, BUT SADLY ONLY A READING COPY.
Book no: 12661
Price: £ 65.00
BISHOP. C. ( EDITOR) "FIREPOWER. INFANTRY WEAPONS. "
Illustr: Publ: GRANGE BOOKS
Where: When: 2002
Condition - book: VERY GOOD
- jacket: GOOD. 176
pages. Binding: Hardback
, Type: LAMINATED BOARDS
. ISBN: 1840134372
. Edition: . Inscription: . TACTICAL ILLUSTRATIONS. PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS. FIRST HAND MISSION REPORTS. THE BOOK ITSELF IS VG TO FINE. THE D/W HAS LIGHT CREASING ON TOP EDGE AND A SMALL TEAR ( ONE CM ) AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SPINE.
Book no: 10916
Price: £ 45.00
CHANT. C. "ARTILLERY. OVER 300 OF THE WORLD'S FINEST ARTILLERY PICES FROM 1914 TO THE PRESENT DAY"
Illustr: Publ: SILVERDALE
Where: When: 2005
Condition - book: NEAR FINE
- jacket: NEAR FINE. 256
pages. Binding: Hardback
, Type: LAMINATED BOARDS
. ISBN: 1 84509 248 1
. Edition: . Inscription: . WELL ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA TYPE PRESENTATION. HIGH QUALITY PAPER. SMALL DENT IN BOTTOM OF FRONT BOARD. HEAVY BOOK- OVER 1KG WHEN PACKED.
Book no: 11505
Price: £ 25.00
CHIEF OF ORDNANCE "SMALL ARMS ACCIDENTS, MALFUNCTIONS, AND THEIR CAUSES"
Illustr: Publ: WAR DEPARTMENT
Where: WASHINGTON
When: 1942
Condition - book: - jacket: No D/W. 46
pages. Binding: SOFT COVERS
, Type: STAPLED BOOKLET
. ISBN: . Edition: . Inscription: . INSERT FAIR. COVERS VERY GRUBBY AND WORN. CREASED ON REAR. TEARS AND SCUFFS ON SPINE. STAPLES RUSTED.
Book no: 12680
Price: £ 23.00
CURTIS. T "LYLE PRICE GUIDE. MILITARIA, ARMS AND ARMOUR"
Illustr: Publ: LYLE
Where: When: 1993
Condition - book: GOOD
- jacket: No D/W. 448
pages. Binding: LAMINATED ILLUSTRATED BOARDS
, Type: HARDBACK
. ISBN: 0 86248 148 1
. Edition: . Inscription: . MORE THAN JUST A PRICE GUIDE- A REALLY WELL ILLUSTRATED RECORD OF KNIVES AND DAGGERS, OTHER EDGED WEAPONS, FIREARMS,ARMOUR AND ACCESSORIES. SOME EDFGEWEAR TO THE LAMINATED BOARDS. INTERNALLY VERY GOOD. HEAVY. PLEASE CHECK POSTAGE WITH US.
Book no: 3337
Price: £ 10.99
DE GHEYN. J. "THE RENAISSANCE DRILL BOOK"
Illustr: Publ: GREENHILL
Where: When: 2003
Condition - book: NEW
- jacket: NEW. 247
pages. Binding: Hardback
, Type: . ISBN: 1 85367 561 X
. Edition: . Inscription: . EDITED BY DAVID BLACKMORE. IN 3 PARTS:- CALIVER DRILL, MUSKET DRILL, PKE DRILL.
Book no: 12915
Price: £ 7.60
GEORGE. J. N. "ENGLISH GUNS AND RIFLES"
Illustr: Publ: SMALL ARMS TECHNICAL PUBL
Where: South CAROLINA
When: 1947
Condition - book: - jacket: No D/W. 344
pages. Binding: Hardback
, Type: . ISBN: . Edition: FIRST
. Inscription: . FIREARMS FROM TUDOR TO BREECH LOADER. EX LIBRARY COPY. USUAL STAMPS. REFERENCE LIBRARY PLATE INSIDE FRONT COVER. FRONT END PAPER INTACT. A LITTLE LIGHT FOXING ON THE EDGES OF A FEW PAGES BUT PAGES GENERALLY GOOD OR BETTER. SECURITY TAG INSIDE REAR COVER. HARD BROWN COVERS HAVE A LITTLE WEAR AND ARE A BIT GRUBBY. LIBRARY NUMBER ON SPINE. NO D/W. JUST OVER 1KG UNWRAPPED. WILL INCUR EXCESS POSTAGE.
Book no: 10146
Price: £ 22.00
GORE. G "HANDGUNS FOR SELF DEFENCE. A SOUTH AFRICAN GUIDE"
Illustr: Publ: MacMILLAN
Where: JOHANNESBURG
When: 1979
Condition - book: - jacket: No D/W. 164
pages. Binding: SOFT COVERS
, Type: . ISBN: 0 86954 079 3
. Edition: . Inscription: . A FAIRLY TATTY LOOKING COPY. PAGES GENERALLY GOOD BUT COVERS WORN AND RUBBED. SCARCE TITLE.
Book no: 8669
Price: £ 7.50
HARDING. C. W "ELEY CARTRIDGES. A HISTORY OF THE SILVERSMITHS AND AMMUNITION MANUFACTURERS"
Illustr: Publ: QUILLER PRESS
Where: When: 2006
Condition - book: NEAR FINE
- jacket: Good++. 192
pages. Binding: Hardback
, Type: . ISBN: 1 904057 91 8
. Edition: . Inscription: . VERY LIGHT MARKS ON EDGE OF BLOCK. D/W HAS LIGHT CREASE WITH SMALL SCUFF AT TOP OF SPINE AND A SLIGHT SCUFF ON REAR EDGE OF SPINE. HEAVY BOOK. PLEASE CHECK POSTAGE WITH US.
Book no: 10216
Price: £ 22.00
HAVEN. C. T. AND BELDEN. F. A. "A HISTORY OF THE COLT REVOLVER FROM 1836 TO 1940"
Illustr: Publ: BONANZA BOOKS
Where: USA
When: 1940
Condition - book: - jacket: . 711
pages. Binding: Hardback
, Type: Ex LIBRARY
. ISBN: . Edition: . Inscription: . THIS IS A VERY TIDY EX REFERENCE LIBRARY COPY. USUAL STAMPS. LIBRARY PLATE INSIDE FRONT COVER. FRONT END PAPER HAS GRUBBY FINGERMARKS. THE PAGES THEMSELVES ARE GOOD TO VG. HARD GREEN COVERS ARE WORN ON EDGES AND CORNERS COMMENSURATE WITH AGE OF THE BOOK. SOME SURFACE SCRATCHES ON THE CLOTH. BINDIGN TIGHT AND SPIEN UPRIGHT. SOME REMAINS OF THE D/W - JUST THE FRONT COVER AND SPINE TUCKED INTO THE BOOK. THIS ONE IS VERY HEAVY- 2.3 KG UNWRAPPED. PLEASE EXPECT EXCESS POSTAGE.
Book no: 9775
Price: £ 35.00
HOBART. F.W. A "PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE MACHINE GUN"
Illustr: Publ: IAN ALLAN
Where: When: 1971
Condition - book: FAIR
- jacket: FAIR. 256
pages. Binding: Hardback
, Type: . ISBN: 0 7110 0223 1
. Edition: . Inscription: . A SUPER STUDY WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS. END PAPERS AND HALF TITLE PAGE FOXED. PAGES OTHERWISE CLEAN APART FROM LIGHT SPOTTING ON THE EDGES AND A LITTLE SOILING ON EDGES THROUGH USE. INSIDE FRONT AND REAR COVERS THE PASTEDOWN HAS BEEN SCUFFED AND AT THE FRONT, COVERED WITH CLEAR TAPE- IT LOOKS AS THOUGH THE D/W HAS BEEN TAPED TO THE BOOK AT SOME STAGE AND ITS REMOVAL HAS DAMAGED THE PASTEDOWNS. D/W IN CLEAR ADHESIVE PROTECTIVE LAYER. PRICE CLIPPED AND SMALL OBLONG ( 2 CM x HALF CM) MISSING FROM BOTTOM OF FRONT COVER NEAR SPINE.
Book no: 640
Price: £ 5.99
HOUZE. H. G. "THE SUMPTUOUS FLASKE"
Illustr: Publ: BUFFALO BILL HISTORICAL C
Where: WYOMING
When: 1989
Condition - book: Good+
- jacket: No D/W. 156
pages. Binding: CARD COVERS
, Type: . ISBN: 0 917218 38 8
. Edition: . Inscription: . EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN DECORATED POWDER FLASKS OF THE SIXTEENTH TO NINETEENTH CENTURIES. A CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION ORGANISED BY THE WINCHESTER ARMS MUSEUM. INSERT VG. CARD COVER CREASED ACROSS TOP FROTN CORNER. A LITTLE CORNER WEAR AND SLIGHT SCUFF AT TOP/ BOTTOM OF SPINE
Book no: 9654
Price: £ 25.00
LACK. D "Discovering Antique Firearms"
Illustr: Publ: SHIRE
Where: When: 1971
Condition - book: Good
- jacket: No D/W. 64
pages. Binding: Card CoverS
, Type: . ISBN: 0 85263108 1
. Edition: . Inscription: . LIGHT BOOKLET. REDUCED POSTAGE IN UK.
Book no: 8012
Price: £ 3.00
LEONARD . G "ACHIEVEMENT IN ARMING THE ARMY"
Illustr: Publ: PILOT PRESS
Where: When: 0
Condition - book: - jacket: No D/W. 38
pages. Binding: , Type: Ex LIBRARY
. ISBN: . Edition: . Inscription: . THIS IS A LARGE FORMAT SOFT COVER THAT HAS BEEN BOUND INTO A HARDBACK PLAIN LIBRARY BINDING. NO DATE OF PUBLICATION BUT WW2 VINTAGE. THE BROWN PAPER THAT FORMED THE NEW ENDPAPER HAS BEEN TORN OUT. LIBRARY RULES AND LENDING POCKET INSIDE FRONT COVER. PAGES FAIR +. ORIGINAL SOFT FRONT COVER CREASED. MANY BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS. THE LIBRARY BOARDS ARE SPLATTERED WITH WHITE (PAINT?) ON THE FRONT. A FEW SPOTS ON REAR CVOER. WORN ON EDGES. LIBRARY NUMBER ON SPINE.
Book no: 8788
Price: £ 6.00
MANN. J. "WALLACE COLLECTION CATALOGUES. EUROPEAN ARMS AND ARMOUR. TWO VOLUMES"
Illustr: Publ: Where: When: 1962
Condition - book: Very Good
- jacket: No D/W. 2
pages. Binding: Hardback
, Type: . ISBN: . Edition: . Inscription: . VOLUME ONE-. ARMOUR. 239 PAGES. 104 PLATES. VOLUME 2. ARMS. PAGES 240 TO 714. PLATES 105 TO 208. BOUND IN GREEN HARD COVERS. LIGHT DUST SPOTTTING TO TOP OF BLOCK, BUT OTHERWISE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. NO D/W. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE TWO VOLUMES ARE HEAVY AND WILL INCUR EXCESS POSTAGE.
Book no: 11402
Price: £ 69.99
Oakeshott E "EUROPEAN WEAPONS AND ARMOUR FROM THE RENAISSANCE TO THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION"
Illustr: Publ: LUTTERWORTH
Where: UK
When: 1980
Condition - book: - jacket: . 288
pages. Binding: Hard Back
, Type: Ex LIBRARY
. ISBN: 0 7188 2126 2
. Edition: . Inscription: . THIS IS AN EX LIBRARY COPY. USUAL STAMPS. REMAINS OF LENDING RECORD AND BAR CODE ON FRONT END PAPER. REMAINS OF LENDING POCKET INSIDE FRONT COVER. THE INSERT IS GOOD. THE D/W IS GOOD IN A CLEAR PROTECTIVE WRAP- REAR FLAP IS SELLOTAPED TO BOOK.
Book no: 12242
Price: £ 30.00
Oakeshott E "EUROPEAN WEAPONS AND ARMOUR FROM THE RENAISSANCE TO THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION"
Illustr: Publ: LUTTERWORTH
Where: UK
When: 1980
Condition - book: VERY GOOD
- jacket: Very Good. 288
pages. Binding: Hard Back
, Type: . ISBN: 0 7188 2126 2
. Edition: . Inscription: .
Book no: 2943
Price: £ 38.50
POTTER. L "THE ART OF GUNSMITHING- THE SHOTGUN"
Illustr: Publ: CROWOOD
Where: When: 2006
Condition - book: FINE
- jacket: GOOD++. 176
pages. Binding: Hardback
, Type: . ISBN: 1 86126 815 7
. Edition: . Inscription: . BOOK IS FINE. D/W IS VERY GOOD EXCEPT FOR SMALL SCUFFED TEAR ( HALF CM) AT BOTTOM OF SPINE.
Book no: 12043
Price: £ 10.00
SHAND. A. I. "SHOOTING. (THE HADDON HALL LIBRARY)"
Illustr: Publ: J. M. DENT & CO
Where: When: 1902
Condition - book: GOOD
- jacket: NO D/W. 352
pages. Binding: Hardback
, Type: . ISBN: . Edition: . Inscription: . THE DECORATIVE BLUE BOARDS HAVE LOVELY GILT ILLUSTRATION AND " HADDON HALL LIBRARY" ON FRONT BOARD AND SPINE. INSIDE THERE IS A PAGE WITH THE RED LIBRARY CREST AND "EDITED BY THE MARQUESS OF GRANBY AND GEORGE DEWAR". ON THIS PAGE THE CENTRE PORTION IS BROWNED- POSSIBLY HAD A NEWSPAPER CUTTING OR SIMILAR KEPT IN HERE. TOP OF BLOCK GILT. PAGES ROUGH CUT ON EDGES. LIGHT SPOTTING ON EDGE OF BLOCK. LAST PAGE OF INDEX BROWNED. LAST TWO PAGES UNCUT. THERE IS A LITTLE WEAR TO TOP AND BOTTOM OF SPINE AND A LITTLE ON CORNERS , BUT THE BOARDS ARE VERY ATTRACTIVE. BINDING TIGHT. SPINE UPRIGHT.
Book no: 12948
Price: £ 14.50
TAYLERSON. A. W . F. "THE REVOLVER 1889-1914"
Illustr: Publ: BARRIE AND JENKINS
Where: When: 1970
Condition - book: - jacket: . 324
pages. Binding: Hardback
, Type: Ex LIBRARY
. ISBN: 0 257 65116 0
. Edition: . Inscription: . EX LIBRARY COPY. USUAL STAMPS. FRONT END PAPER INTACT. LIBRARY PLATE INSIDE FRONT COVER. TOP OF BLOCK A LITTLE DUSTY BUT OTHERWISE PAGES IN GOOD+ CONDITION. WEAR TO EDGES OF HARD COVERS. D/W FAIR TO GOOD. YELLOWED ON REAR COVER. A BIT GRUBBY. CREASED AT TOP OF SPINE. A LITTLE EDGE AND CORNERWEAR.
Book no: 10638
Price: £ 49.99
WAR OFFICE "Infantry Training, Volume I, Infantry Platoon Weapons, Pamphlet No. 3, No. 4, Rifle and Bayonet (All Arms), 1955 "
Illustr: Publ: HMSO
Where: When: 1955
Condition - book: Fair
- jacket: No D/W. 88
pages. Binding: SOFT COVERS
, Type: . ISBN: . Edition: . Inscription: . STAPLED BOOKLET. STAPLES RUSTED. HOLES PUNCHED NEAR SPINE READY FOR INSERTION INTO A FOLDER. COVERS BROWNED AND GRUBBY . SCUFF ON TOP OF FRONT COVER WHERE A STICKER HAS BEEN REMOVED. COFFEE CUP RING ON REAR COVER. PAGES HAVE A LIGHT CREASE ACROSS TOP CORNER. OTHERWISE PAGES ARE GOOD FOR AGE. .
Book no: 12827
Price: £ 10.00
WAR OFFICE "Infantry Training, Volume I, Infantry Platoon Weapons, Pamphlet No. 6. The Light Machine Gun ( All Arms) 1948, Reprinted with Amendments 1953"
Illustr: Publ: HMSO
Where: When: 1953
Condition - book: - jacket: No D/W. 84
pages. Binding: SOFT COVERS
, Type: STAPLED BOOKLET
. ISBN: . Edition: . Inscription: . STAPLED BOOKLET. STAPLES RUSTED. HOLES PUNCHED NEAR SPINE READY FOR INSERTION INTO A FOLDER. COVERS FADED AND GRUBBY . SOME CREASING ON THE FRONT AND REAR COVERS. INSERT GOOD.
Book no: 12828
Price: £ 6.99
WEEKS. J "WORLD WAR II SMALL ARMS"
Illustr: Publ: BLACK CAT
Where: When: 1988
Condition - book: Very Good
- jacket: No dj/laminated Boards. 144
pages. Binding: LAMIMATED BOARDS
, Type: HARDBACK
. ISBN: 0-7481-0111-X
. Edition: . Inscription: . a good illustrated study . a few small marks on front cover otherwise very good
Book no: 1810
Price: £ 5.50