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Price: $50.00
Publisher: William A. Albaugh and Edward N. Simmons: 1955
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2271018
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... View more info
By: Boutell, Charles
Price: $35.00
Publisher: Reeves and Turner: 1874
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2300638
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... View more info
Price: $60.00
Publisher: New York, Bonanza Books: 1964
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2303551
Condition: Very Good
No jacket. Faint stain on front board, a few light smudges to page ridges. 1964 Large Hardcover. xii, 561 pp. Mr. Kindig's thoughts concern American flintlock rifles as works of art. Many separate schools of gunsmithing from early Pennsylvania and Maryland are treated here. View more info
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Military Service Publishing Co.: 1954
Seller ID: 2297390
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 ... View more info
Price: $35.00
Publisher: Ludlum and Beebe: 1946
Edition: Third Edition
Seller ID: 2289208
Condition: Very Good
Third edition. Includes publisher's slipcase. A few minor spots on top page ridge. Slipcase lightly toned, title plate missing from slipcase. A near fine copy in a very good slipcase. 1946 Large Hardcover. 136 pp. Includes slipcase. A study of the origin and development of a purely American type of firearm, together with accurate historical data concerning early Colonial gunsmiths, and profusely illustrated with photographic reproduction of their finest work. View more info
By: Fuller, Claud E.; Steuart, Richard D.
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Standard Publications, Inc.: 1944
Seller ID: 2289096
Condition: Very Good
Two inch tear along jacket spine head, a few small chips and small tears to jacket. 1944 Hard Cover. 333 pp. The shoulder arms, pistols and revolvers of the Confederate Soldier, including the regular United States models, the imported arms and those manufactured within the Confederacy. View more info
By: George, J.N.
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Small-Arms Technical Publishing Company: 1938
Seller ID: 2289095
Condition: Very Good
Jacket edges rubbed with a few minor chips. 1938 Hard Cover. 256 pp. 26 special plates and many sketches. An historical outline of the development and design of English hand firearms from the seventeenth century to the present day. View more info
By: Gluckman, Arcadi
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Otto Ulbrich Co.: 1939
Seller ID: 2289094
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... View more info
Price: $65.00
Publisher: Mowbray Publishing: 1995
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2297795
ISBN: 0917218698
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. View more info
Price: $40.00
Publisher: The Connecticut Historical Society: 1993
Seller ID: 2293151
ISBN: 188126405X
Condition: Near Fine
Lacks jacket. 1993 Large Hardcover. We have more books available by this author!. 232 pp. A study of 18th century American powder horns, with a section on American forts. Illustrated with color plates and black-and-white photographs. View more info
By: Heston, Charlton; LaPierre, Wayne
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Saudade Press: 2000
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by author
Seller ID: 2294356
ISBN: 0970368801
Condition: Near Fine
First edition. Signed by author with inscription, To Opa. Happy birthday. Love, Chris. A nice copy. 2000 Hard Cover. xvi, 286 pp. Charlton Heston is widely regarded as one of the most politically influential Americans never elected to public office. Since he's not a professional politician, he can't be unseated from the debate. But like a politician, he gets the airtime and ink and coverage personal freedoms depend on. ...he tells the hard truths of an America vanishing into the mist of memory--and how we must muster the individual courage to bring her back. His challenge his based on a simple... View more info
By: Hicks, James E.; Jandot, Andre
Price: $75.00
Publisher: James E. Hicks: 1938
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2205382
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. View more info
By: Houze, Herbert G.; Kornhauser, Elizabeth Mankin (Editor)
Price: $50.00
Publisher: Yale University Press / Wadsworth Antheneum Museum of Art: 2006
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2195320
ISBN: 0300111339
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... View more info
By: Rattenbury, Richard C.; Flayderman, Norm
Price: $50.00
Publisher: Zon International Publishing Company: 1993
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2297789
ISBN: 0939549085
Condition: Very Good
First edition. Jacket edges rubbed with multiple small chips and small tears. Ink name and address on front free endpaper verso. 1993 Large Hardcover. 216 pp. Western gunleather is an icon of American frontier lore. Packing Iron celebrates the artistry and innovation of the craftsmen who designed the gun rigs of the old time cowboys, troopers, lawmen, and Hollywood heroes. This unique art form is fully described and richly illuatrated with more than 300 exciting color photographs and nearly 100 rare historic images. In the pages of Packing Iron you will discover gunleather produced by historic... View more info
By: Reichenbach, William; Casada, Jim
Price: $25.00
Publisher: The Firearms Classics Library / The National Rifle Association / Odysseus Editions, Inc.: 1996
Seller ID: 2290970
Condition: Near Fine
Edges of endpapers a bit faded. 1996 Full-Leather. 145, [9], viii, 140, [2] pp. Turquoise full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Two classic works on guns and shooting, originally published in the 1930s, here re-released as part of the NRA's Firearms Classics Library. View more info
By: Roberts, Ned H.
Price: $15.00
Publisher: New York, Bonanza Books: 1952
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2303599
Condition: Good
A bit musty, jacket rubbed with a few chips, front jacket flap clipped. 1952 Large Hardcover. [14], 308 pp. Revised and enlarged from the Privately Printed edition. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. The old time gunsmiths and shooters are analyzed with a keen eye for the essential information about them. Old time shoots and matches are described and recreated with gusto. Famous weapons are discussed point by point. All the accessories are pictured and their use exhaustively described. Ammunition, loads and equipment are discussed in detail. One whole chapter is devoted to the manufact... View more info
By: Sargent, Jim
Price: $35.00
Publisher: KP Books: 2004
Seller ID: 2274334
ISBN: 0873498259
Condition: Good
Former library copy - usual marks. 2004 Large Softcover. 504 pp. Lists updated values for thousands of knives and razors, features new coverage of W.R. Case, Crandall, Queen, Remington and more, and includes a 32-page color section for easy identification. View more info
By: Satterlee, L. D.; Gluckman, Arcadi
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Otto Ulbrich Co., Inc.: 1940
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2291952
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... View more info
By: Smith, Ray M.
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, The Stackpole Company: 1993
Seller ID: 2303587
Condition: Good
Reissue of revised edition. A bit musty, jacket reverse lightly foxed. 1993 Large Hardcover. Here is the true, comprehensive saga of the king of riflesmiths, whose barrels achieved national and international fame. ...Harry M. Pope was a rare mechanical genius, and as an artist in his chosen field he was second to none. View more info
Price: $12.00
Publisher: Big Byte Books: 2014
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2300219
ISBN: 1519038739
Condition: Near Fine
2014 reissue of 1892 original. Spine faintly creased. 477 pp. Dispensing 52-caliber death at long distance was their specialty and it made them a favorite target. With their Colts, Sharps, and Whitworth globe rifles, led by one of the world's premier marksmen, Berdan's sharpshooters played an important role at Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, the Wilderness, Brandy Station, and many other battles. Here is the complete history of this unique cadre of men and how they prosecuted their unique brand of warfare from 1861 to 1865. Engineer, inventor, military officer, world-renowned marksman, and comma... View more info
By: Stone, Ebenezer W. [Whitten]
Price: $250.00
Publisher: William White, Printer to the State: 1857
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2292003
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. View more info
By: Swanson, Elmer
Price: $35.00
Publisher: Wesmore Book Company: 1955
Seller ID: 2259843
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. View more info
By: Urban, Mark
Price: $8.00
Publisher: Walker & Company: 2004
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2197832
ISBN: 0802714374
Condition: Near Fine
First edition. 2004 Hard Cover. xiv, 351 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm. 8vo. The 95th Rifles was one of history's great fighting units, and Mark Urban brings them and the Napoleonic War gloriously to life in this unique chronicle. Focusing especially on six soldiers in the first battalion, Urban tells the Rifles' story from May 25, 1809, when they shipped out to join Wellington's army in Spain, through the battle of Waterloo in June 1815. Drawing on diaries, letters, and other personal accounts, Urban has fashioned a vivid narrative that allows readers to feel the thr... View more info
Price: $75.00
Publisher: Pandick Press: 1948
Edition: Revised Edition
Seller ID: 2272432
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... View more info
By: Watrous, George R.; Rikhoff, James C.; Hall, Thomas H.
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Winchester Press: 1975
Edition: Fourth Edition
Seller ID: 2300438
ISBN: 0876912080
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. View more info
