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Provisional Small Arms Firing Manual, 1909

By: N/A

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Washington, Government Printing Office: 1909

Seller ID: 2306598

Binding: Small Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Sticker on front board, bookplate on front paste-down endpaper, front hinge broken, title page loose but included, pencil notes on a few pages. 1909 Small Hard Cover. 263 pp. For the United States Army and for the Organized Militia of the United States. Includes fold-out elevational map. CONTENTS: Definitions; General Scheme; Preliminary Instruction and Drills for Rifle; Known-Distance Practice; Field Practice; Revolver Practice; Targets and Ranges; Competitions; Miscellaneous.
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The Confederate Brass-Framed Colt & Whitney

By: Albaugh, William A.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: William A. Albaugh and Edward N. Simmons: 1955

Seller ID: 2271018

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

First edition. Rebound as a hardcover with original front wrapper bound in. Three Confederate bills mounted on front endpaper and wrapper, small Georgia gun repair shop sticker on front wrapper corner, map of downtown Atlanta mounted on front endpaper, owner bookplate on front endpaper, call numbers on spine but no other library marks. 1955 Hard Cover. [vii], 105 pp. A history of a famous and collectible revolver that was manufactured in Georgia and used by the Confederacy during the American Civil War. Illustrated with photographs of surviving examples, parts, a drawing of a Confederate sword...
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Arms and Armour, in Antiquity and the Middle Ages: Also a Descriptive Notice of Modern Weapons

By: Boutell, Charles

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Reeves and Turner: 1874

Seller ID: 2300638

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Hinges starting. 1874 Hard Cover. xvi, 296 pp. Brown boards with gilt title and decoration on spine and front board. Top page ridge gilt. Translated from the French of M. P. Lacombe, and with a preface, notes, and one additional chapter on arms and armour in England. CONTENTS: List of Illustrations; Preface; The Weapons of the Stone Age; The Arms and Armour of the Bronze Age: Arms and Armour of the Assyrians - Arms and Armour of the Gauls - Arms and Armour of the Greeks of the Heroic Ages; Arms and Armour of the Greeks and Persians; Arms and Armour of the Etruscans; Arms and Arm...
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ROTCM 145-30 Individual Weapons and Marksmanship (Department of the Army ROTC Manual)

By: Department of the Army

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Military Service Publishing Co.: 1954

Seller ID: 2297390

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good

A few light stains on front wrapper, burn mark on front wrapper, pencil notes and ink marginalia throughout. 1954 Soft Cover. 147 pp. CONTENTS: Part One. U.S. Rifle, Caliber .30, M1: Introduction - Disassembly and Assembly - Functioning - Operation, Immediate Action and Stoppages - Spare Parts, Appendages, and Accessories - Ammunition -Care and Cleaning; Part Two. U.S. Rifles, Caliber .22, M1 and M2. Part Three. Rifle Marksmanship: Historical Notes on Marksmanship - Introduction to Marksmanship - Preparatory Marksmanship, U.S. Rifle Caliber .30 M1 - Instruction and Record Practice, U.S. Rifle ...
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The Manipulation Manual for the Balisong Knife

By: Ding, Tom Wei; Toi, Tom Wei

Price: $25.00

Publisher: N.Y., Sunrider Corp.: 1983

Seller ID: 2306702

Binding: Spiral-Bound Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

Near fine. 1983 Spiral-Bound Softcover. 73 pp. CONTENTS: Foreword; Knife History; Grips; Manipulation of the Balisong Knife; Sheaths; Knife Maintenance; Self-Defense. Includes black-and-white illustrations.
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Weapons of the Lewis and Clark Expedition

By: Garry, Jim

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Oklahoma, The Arthur H. Clark Company: 2012

Seller ID: 2306031

ISBN: 0870624121

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Jacket edges lightly bumped. Ink name on front free endpaper, ink underlining and marginalia. 2012 Hard Cover. 208 pp. When Meriwether Lewis began shopping for supplies and firearms to take on the Corps of Discoverys journey west, his first stop was a federal arsenal. For the following twenty-nine months, from the time the Lewis and Clark expedition left Camp Dubois with a cannon salute in 1804 until it announced its return from the West Coast to St. Louis with a volley in 1806, weapons were a crucial component of the participants tool kit. In Weapons of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, histori...
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United States Martial Pistols and Revolvers

By: Gluckman, Arcadi

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Otto Ulbrich Co.: 1939

Seller ID: 2289094

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

No jacket, spine faintly toned. 1939 Hard Cover. United States Martial Pistols and Revolvers, first published in 1939, provides firearm collectors and enthusiasts with a single authoritative volume containing information on the development and description of martial short arms, from the flintlock pistol that was available at the birth of the nation to the latest available handguns during the World War I. This book is particularly useful to collectors as an important reference source, offering a listing of single-shot pistols, revolvers, and semiautomatic pistols, over the period of 1799–1917...
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The Colt Armory: A History of Colt's Manufacturing Company, Inc.

By: Grant, Ellsworth S.

Price: $65.00

Publisher: Mowbray Publishing: 1995

Seller ID: 2297795

ISBN: 0917218698

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. No jacket. A nice copy. 1995 Large Hardcover. We have more books available by this author!. xiv, 232 pp. A completely new edition, featuring new chapters, lots of added information and an all-new color section. This affordable, updated version, complete with details of Colt's triumphant escape from bankruptcy, deserves a cherished place in the library of every arms collector and historian. 199 photos.
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Notes on French Ordnance, 1717 to 1936

By: Hicks, James E.; Jandot, Andre

Price: $75.00

Publisher: James E. Hicks: 1938

Seller ID: 2205382

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

First edition. Edges stained, spine faded, bookplate with name excised on front endpaper. 1938 Hard Cover. 287 pp. A detailed examination of the weaponry and artillery used by French armed forces, covering a period of over two centuries, and illustrated with numerous line drawings. A brief bibliography follows the text. The author was a lifelong member of Societe des Amis du Musee de l'Armee and the American Military History Foundation.
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Armies of the American Revolution

By: Hogg, Ian; Batchelor, John

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Englewood Cliffs, Prentice-Hall, Inc.: 1975

Seller ID: 2304065

ISBN: 0130465739

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Good

Lacks jacket. Edges and front and end matter lightly foxed. 1975 Large Hardcover. 160 pp. A profusely illustrated account of the soldiers, muskets and rifles, pistols, edges weapons, artillery, and ammunition of the American Revolution. Color and black-and-white illustrations throughout.
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Samuel Colt: Arms, Art, and Invention

By: Houze, Herbert G.; Kornhauser, Elizabeth Mankin (Editor)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Yale University Press / Wadsworth Antheneum Museum of Art: 2006

Seller ID: 2195320

ISBN: 0300111339

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. 2006 Large Hardcover. ix, 260 pp. Samuel Colt (1814–1862) first patented his “Colt” revolver in 1835 and thereby redefined the architecture of handguns. This stunning book is the first to present in detail the evolution of his most famous invention and to document the unsurpassed Colt firearms collections held by the Wadsworth Atheneum. Colt designed his revolvers with an artistic sensibility––paying particular attention to form and beauty and juxtaposing colors and finishes to heighten the visual effects. He was also one of the first American manufacturers to secure c...
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Collector's Illustrated Encyclopedia of the American Revolution

By: Neumann, George C.; Kravic, Frank J.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Texarkana, Rebel Publishing, Co., Inc.: 1992

Seller ID: 2304010

ISBN: 0960566686

Binding: Large Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Light crease on front wrapper along spine, edges a bit foxed. 1992 Large Softcover. 286 pp. Black-and-white photographs, illustrations, and reproductions of historical documents throughout. A showcase of more than 2,300 artifacts made, worn, and used by those who fought in the War for Independence.
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Navies of the American Revolution

By: Preston, Antony; Lyon, David; Batchelor, John

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Englewood Cliffs, Prentice-Hall, Inc.: 1975

Seller ID: 2304066

ISBN: 0136107745

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Good

Lacks jacket. Edges and front and end matter lightly foxed. 1975 Large Hardcover. 160 pp. A profusely illustrated account of the maritime war, the ships, the weapons, the men, and the navies of the American Revolution. Color and black-and-white illustrations throughout.
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American Gun Makers

By: Satterlee, L. D.; Gluckman, Arcadi

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Otto Ulbrich Co., Inc.: 1940

Seller ID: 2291952

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. No jacket. A few faint smudges on front board, page ridge faintly foxed. 1940 Hard Cover. 186 pp. An A-Z guide to American gun makers. While it has been our purpose to include only the known producers of complete American small arms, or of their major parts, it is quite likely that many firearms makers of old, their names garnered from ancient directories and documents are included, though no arms have been met with bearing their name. Mere repairs and maintenance would have yielded a precarious living in those days, and proud of their craft, practically all the old gunsmiths we...
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Compend of Instructions in Military Tactics, and the Manual of Percussion Arms, with Extracts from the U.S. Army Regulations.

By: Stone, Ebenezer W. [Whitten]

Price: $250.00

Publisher: William White, Printer to the State: 1857

Seller ID: 2292003

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

First edition (Sabin 92037). Light stain on base of rear board, small spot on front corner. 1857 Hard Cover. 139, [3] pp. 12mo. A standard issue military reference issued to Massachusetts militia members, written by the Adjutant General of Massachusetts.
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Automatic Pistols

By: Swanson, Elmer

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Wesmore Book Company: 1955

Seller ID: 2259843

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Stain along length of jacket spine, jacket edges rubbed with a few small chips. Light stain across length of spine of front board, stain to top page ridge and rear endpapers. 1955 Hard Cover. xiv, 210 pp. Includes 420 pistols from around the world, each with black-and-white illustrations and detailed descriptions. Original and contemporary prices listed.
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Illustrated Catalogue of United States Cartridge Company's Collection of Firearms

By: United States Cartridge Company

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Lowell, Mass., United States Cartridge Company: 1903

Seller ID: 2304500

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Price list circa 1910 laid in. 1903 Soft Cover. 140 pp. Black-and-white photographs throughout. The most complete collection in the United States, embracing crossbow guns, match-locks, wheel-locks, snaphaunce locks, flint-locks and percussion-locks; specimens of the different muskets, rifles, carbines, revolvers and pistols used by the United States government and its opponents during the French, Indian, Revolutionary, Civil and Spanish-American Wars. The latest types of military arms of the different countires, including the new U. S. model of 1903 magazine rifle, and a few rar...
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The Hall Carbine Affair: A Study in Contemporary Folklore

By: Wasson, R. Gordon

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Pandick Press: 1948

Seller ID: 2272432

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Revised edition, one of 750 copies. Faint water spots on jacket spine, jacket edges lightly rubbed. Ink gift note on front endpaper, magazine clippings laid in. 1948 Hard Cover. x, 190 pp. During the American Civil War, John Pierpoint Morgan financed the purchase of 5,000 surplus rifles at $3.50 each, which were then sold back to the government for $22 each. The incident became renowned as a scandalous example of wartime profiteering. Interest in the incident was revived in 1910 as an indictment of Morgan. The weapons, known as Hall's Carbines, were purchased by arms dealer Arthur M. Eastman i...
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The History of Winchester Firearms, 1866-1975 (Fourth Edition)

By: Watrous, George R.; Rikhoff, James C.; Hall, Thomas H.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Winchester Press: 1975

Seller ID: 2300438

ISBN: 0876912080

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Fourth edition. Includes publisher slipcase. Boards lightly smudged. A near fine copy in a near fine slipcase. 1975 Large Hardcover. vii, 229 pp. Includes publisher slipcase. CONTENTS: Thomas Gray Bennett; Civil War (1861-1865); Henry Repeating Arms Company; Nelson King; New Haven Arms Company; Olin Industries, Inc.; Olin Corporation; Pistol, Volcanic; Proofmark, Winchester; Rifles, indexed by Models; Shotguns, indexed by Models; Smith and Wesson Company; Volcanic Repeating Arms Company; Oliver Fisher Winchester; Winchester Repeating Arms Company.
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A Collector's Guide to Swords, Daggers & Cutlasses

By: Weland, Gerald

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Edison, Chartwell Books, Inc.: 2001

Seller ID: 2304034

ISBN: 1555217265

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Reissue. 2001 Large Hardcover. 128 pp. Color photographs and illustrations throughout text. A lively, fact-filled text and hundreds of full-color illustrations highlight a comprehensive collector's guide to edged weapons, from Turkish scimitars to SS daggers.
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