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DAEHNHARDT Rainer |
The Bewitched Gun The Introduction Of The Firearm In The Far East By The Portuguese
1994.
1994 Edn,.
Texto Editora.
Portugal.
139 pages, 4to., illustrated in colour from photographs and drawings pictorial end papers, the text in Portuguese and English, a fine copy in dj. Bewitched Gun" was the first name that the Japanese gave to the gun introduced into their country by the Portuguese. A narrative the way in which the Portuguese introduced in the Far East a weapon which was unknown.
[23962] |
£80.00 |
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DALLAS Donald |
Boss & Co. Builders Of Best Guns Only
1995.
1st Edn,.
Quiller Press ltd.
262 pages, 4to., illus in colour and black and white, a fine copy in dj.
[21617] |
£30.00 |
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DALLAS Donald |
Boss & Co. Builders Of Best Guns Only
1995.
1st Edn,.
Quiller Press ltd.
262 pages, 4to., illus in colour and black and white, a fine copy in dj.
[21763] |
£30.00 |
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DALLAS Donald |
The British Sporting Gun And Rifle Pursuit Of Perfection 1850-1900
2008.
1st Edn.
Quiller.
Shrewsbury.
423 pages, 4to., illus in colour and b/w from photographs, drawings etc., a fine copy in dj. The book covers the changes that occurred over 50 years in the British Gun Trade.
[22309] |
£30.00 |
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DALLAS Donald |
David McKay Brown: Scotland's Gun and Rifle Manufacturer
2011.
1st Edn,.
Quiller Press ltd.
Shrewsbury.
232 pages, 4to illustrated in colour and b/w from photographs and old adverts. A fine copy in DJ. A definitive history of the company the guns and their construction.
[23689] |
£250.00 |
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DALLAS Donald |
Holland & Holland The Royal Gunmaker The Complete History
2003.
1st Edn.
Quiller Press.
xv 301 pages, 4to., finely illustrated with 112 colour and 355 b/w from photographs, drawings etc fine in dj. A detailed history of the firm from the early beginnings in the 1830's, listing the patents, serial numbers, trade labels, manufacture etc.
[23972] |
£80.00 |
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DALLAS Donald |
Holland & Holland The Royal Gunmaker The Complete History
2014.
2nd revised.
Quiller Publishing Ltd.
Shrewsbury.
440 pages, large 4to., finely illustrated in colour and b/w from photographs, gun labels old documents adverts etc, and numerous line drawings of the guns etc, pictorial end papers. A fine copy in dj. First published in 2003, now fully revised and updated. A major work and well researched on one of England's leading gunmakers.
[23288] |
£280.00 |
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DALLAS Donald |
Purdey Gun & Rifle Makers, the Definitive History
2000.
1st Edn.
Quiller Press.
vii 245 pages, large 4to, finely illustrated with over 130 colour plates and more than 300 and black and white plates and line drawings, old adverts documents etc. A fine in dj. Includes much information on the guns with appendices including serial numbers, production figures, patents etc. The first edition of a major work detailing the history etc.
[23695] |
£125.00 |
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DALLAS Donald |
Purdey Gun & Rifle Makers, the Definitive History
2004.
reprint.
Quiller Press.
248 pages, large 4to, finely illus with over 130 colour plates and more than 300 and black and white plates and drawings, fine in dj. Includes much information on the guns with appendices including serial numbers, production figures, patents etc. A major work detailing the history etc.
[22729] |
£80.00 |
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Dallas, Donald |
Vintage British Shotguns: A Shooting Sportsman Guide
2008.
1st.
Countrysport Press.
Maine, U.S.A.
310 pages, Illustrated in colour and B/W from photographs. A fine copy. The purpose of the book is to provide some guidance to prospective buyers of British side beside guns.
[23680] |
£25.00 |
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DATIG Fred A. |
Cartridges For Collectors, Volume I Centerfire, Volume II Centerfire, Rimfire, Patent Ignition, Volume III Centerfire Rimfire Plastics
1963,Circa 1963, 1967.
rep rep 1st.
Borden Publishing Co.
Beverley Hills, Los Angeles.
3 Vols illus throughout with line drawings of the bullets etc. cg in likewise djs, Actual size illus with accurate dimension measurements, index, and bibliography.
[23208] |
£75.00 |
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DATIG Fred A. |
Cartridges For Collectors, Volume II (Centerfire-Rimfire-Patent Ignition)
nd circa 1963.
rep.
Alabama, USA.
Border Publishing, Alabama.
176 pages, illus throughout with line drawings, publishers green faux leather vg in dj.
[22855] |
£25.00 |
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DATIG Fred A.editor |
DWM Cartridges 1896-1956
1962.
1st Edn,.
Fadco Publishing.
Beverley Hills, California.
unpaginated, 4to., illustrated by Eugene L Scranton, loose 19 page typed index list, limited to 1000 copies this being numbered 45 signed by Datig, personal presentation inscription to Henk Visser signed April 1962, bookplate of Visser to FEP with his signature. Original blue simulated leather binding, title in silver.
[19681] |
£120.00 |
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Daubresse Alain |
LIEGE GUNMAKERS THROUGH THEIR WORK. 1800 - 1950. 4 Volumes
2014-2015 ? 2015 ? 2016.
1st.
Alain Daubresse.
232- 250 ? 251 ? 334 pages, 4 to each volume with fine colour illustrations from photographs showing the guns etc, the text is in French and English. Bound in matching pictorial bindings. The first 4 volumes. of an alphabetical listing of all Belgian Gunmakers from 1800 - 1950 with makers history and examples of their work., Vol; 1 A-C /vol 2 D ? F/ Vol 3 G- K/ vol 4 L ? N
[23999] |
£130.00 |
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Daubresse Alain |
LIEGE GUNMAKERS THROUGH THEIR WORK. 1800 ? 1950 VOLUME 6
2018.
1st Edn.
Alain Daubresse.
228 pages, 4to illustrated with fine colour illustrations from photographs showing the guns etc, the text is in French and English. Bound in the publishers pictorial binding. An alphabetical listing of all Belgian Gunmakers from 1800 - 1950 with makers history and examples of their work., this volume S to Z.
[23993] |
£40.00 |
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DE GHEYN Jacob |
The Exercise Of Armes
1971.
1st thus Edn,.
McGraw Hill.
New York.
folio, 117 full page illustrations, a vg copy in dj. A facsimile edition of the 1607 1st Dutch edition with a 46 page English commentary by J B Kist, separately bound, and loosely inserted at rear, one of the earliest and most famous manuals of Armes.
[15172] |
£60.00 |
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de Vries, G,; Martens, B. J. |
GERMAN ANTI-TANK WEAPONS: PANZERB?CHSE, PANZERFAUST AND PANZERSCHRECK : (The Propaganda Photo Series)
2005.
1st Edn,.
Special Interest Publications BV.
netherlands.
152 pages, Illustrated throughout in b/w from photographs, line drawing gun break downs, showing the guns, ammunition, the guns in use etc. Pictorial laminated covers in DJ a fine copy.
[23305] |
£30.00 |
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de Vries, G,; Martens, B. J. |
The K98k Rifle (The Propaganda Photo Series)
2000.
1st Edn,.
Special Interest Publications BV.
netherlands.
152 pages, Illustrated throughout in b/w from photographs, showing the guns and variations, markings and codes, the guns in use etc. Pictorial laminated covers in DJ a fine copy.
[23303] |
£24.00 |
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de Vries, G,; Martens, B. J. |
THE MKB 42, MP43, MP44 AND THE STURMGEWEHR 44 (The Propaganda Photo Series)
2003.
1st Edn,.
Special Interest Publications BV.
netherlands.
152 pages, Illustrated throughout in b/w from photographs, line drawing gun break downs, showing the guns and variations, production codes and markings, ammunition, the guns in use etc. Pictorial laminated covers in DJ a fine copy.
[23306] |
£55.00 |
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de Vries, G,; Martens, B. J. |
(THE P08 LUGER PISTOL The Propaganda Photo Series)
2002.
1st Edn,.
Special Interest Publications BV.
netherlands.
152 pages, Illustrated throughout in b/w from photographs, line drawing gun break downs, showing the guns and variations, markings, ammunition, the guns in use etc. Pictorial laminated covers in DJ a fine copy.
[23304] |
£55.00 |
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DEANE |
Deanes' Manual Of The History And Science Of Fire-Arms
1858.
1st Edn,.
Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans & Roberts.
Huntingdon USA.
VIII 291 pages, 3 folding plates, errata slip, even browning to contents, recased in the original blind stamped cloth, spine relayed, gilt title to upper board, the covers are darkened and soiled, a g+ copy of a difficult title to find giving a history of firearms, a background of gunpowder and "modern" explosives. Riling 694.
[13580] |
£65.00 |
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DEANE |
Deanes' Manual Of The History And Science Of Fire-Arms
nd circa 1946.
facsimile reprint of the 1858 1st Edn,.
Huntingdon USA.
viii 291 pages, 3 folding plates, vg+.
[21795] |
£25.00 |
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DENZIG Edgar F. |
In Defence Of Lives And Property, the Weapons Used In Australia In The Wild Colonial Days
1981.
. Edn,.
Kangaroo Press.
Kenthurst Australia.
96 pages, 4to., illus in b/w from photographs. 1 of a special edition of 100 signed and numbered copies by the author bound in 1/4 leather, gilt title to upper cover in slipcase. A fine copy. The weapon was used in the period 1850 to 1880 by settlers, police, bushrangers etc.
[18581] |
£140.00 |
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DICKENS Bernard |
"M.B" - The Gunmakers Silversmith, A Question Of Attribution
1998.
1st Edn,.
privately published.
27 pages, 4to., b/w illus including marks etc. A fine copy bound in 1/4 dark red morroco, gilt title to upper board, printed limitation to verso of title page, "No 11 of 30 copies produced privately by the author and presented to Major David H.L.Back, M.A. whose work in conjunction with the late W.Keith Neale and alone, has imparted much knowledge and pleasure over the years, with thanks for assistance and encouragement generously given" signed in ink "with best wishes Bernard Dickens". Also a loose typed letter from Dickens to David noting his thanks to David and asking him to accept the book as the article will appear later in the spring of next year in The Journal Of The Arms And Armour Society. The article addressed the identity of MB. A scarce item with excellent association from the library of David Back.
[18416] |
£280.00 |
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DILL Keith R. |
London Gunmakers And The English Dueling Pistol 1770-1830
1995.
Museum Restoration Service.
New York.
36 pages, b/w illus, pictorial colour paper card covers.
[20885] |
£25.00 |
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DILLIN Capt John G.W. |
The Kentucky Rifle: 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
1924.
1st Edn,.
National Rifle Association of America,.
Washington, USA.
viii - 124 ? (6) 4to portrait frontis and 126 full page plates. Publishers dark red cloth gilt title to the upper cover, with title and rifle vignette to the spine, light surface rubbing to the head and tail of the spine a very good clean tight copy. Riling notes 2 types of bindings one in buckram and " a scarce deluxe edition bound in red fabricated binding with rifle in gilt to back"." Riling 1959: "A standard reference work on the subject, not surpassed to date."
[7847] |
£95.00 |
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DILLIN John G W |
The Kentucky Rifle
1967.
5th Edn.
George Shumway Publishers.
York, PA, USA.
xx 202 pages, 4to., b/w illus from photographs, publishers pictorial gilt cover, vg in dj. This new edition uses all the information of the previous editions and now has supplementary footnotes added by George Shumway.
[21614] |
£38.00 |
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Dince Hill (Holdings)Limited |
The .30-IN Browning Machine Gun M1919A4 - L3A3 -L3A4 Manual And Spare Parts List
No date circa 1980.
1st EDN.
Dince Hill (Holdings)Limited.
59 pages, 4to illustrated with drawings of the gun breakdowns, parts etc. Publishers black laminated binding very good copy. The manual produced to accompany weapons supplied by Dince Hill for the convenience of their clients and to facilitate the ordering of spares.
[24049] |
£40.00 |
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DOBSON William |
Kunopaedia A Practical Essay On Breaking Or Training The English Spaniel Or Pointer With Instructions For Attaining The Art Of Shooting Flying
1817.
2nd Edn,.
Sherwood, Neely and Jones.
xiiv 235 pages,vignette frontis of a sportsman and dog. pages uncut, 8 pages of publisher's adverts, the last page of adverts has 3cm x 2cm loss to inner blank margin just touching the text. Recased using the original paper covered boards with paper spine in the style of the original. The first part is on breaking the spaniel and the second deals with shooting flying. Both are as letterb to a friend, and although in a humorous vein gives sound advice. Chute 177
[20053] |
£185.00 |
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DOLINEK Vladimir, KARLICKY Vladimir, VACHA Pavel |
Czech Firearms And Ammunition
1995.
1st English Edn,.
Prague.
190 pages, oblong 4to., illustrated throughout in colour, a fine copy in dj. An authorative work on the subject.
[14973] |
£100.00 |
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DOLINEK Vladimir, KARLICKY Vladimir, VACHA Pavel |
Czech Firearms And Ammunition
1995.
1st English Edn,.
Prague.
190 pages, oblong 4to., illustrated throughout in colour, bookplate of Henk Visser to front paste down, a fine copy in dj. An authorative work on the subject.
[15379] |
£90.00 |
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Douglas, Howard Major Gen Sir |
A Treatise on Naval Gunnery
1829.
2nd edn.
John Murray.
xxiv-319 pages, includes 23 tables in the text single page and 5 folding 5 folding plates at end text illustrations, bound without ? title. Bookplate to front paste down of Graham Kinnard with his signature top end paper. Some browning and spotting to end papers and prelims, tide mark to part upper blank margins of 10 pages at end. Bound in a near contemporary ? tan calf over marbled paper boards surface rubbing. Spine ornate gilt tooling rubbing to the head of the spine. The first edition appeared in 1820, contents covers organization and training of naval gunners, theory and practice, equipment etc.
[23282] |
£200.00 |
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DOUGLAS Sir Howard |
A Treatise On Naval Gunnery
1851.
3rd rev and enlarged Edn,.
John Murray.
XXXV 638 pages, 32pp advs, frontis illus + 2 other full page plates + 2 folding plates at end, also text illus, some light dust soiling to contents. Original blue blind stamped blue cloth, 2 small chips to spine edge. A vg copy, first published in 1819 or 1820, 2nd in 1829, the third bringing the book up to date with recent developments. This edition in five parts covering the theory and practice of gunnery, ordnance, from heavy to guns to shells and rifle muskets, service of guns, drill, gunpowder and gun cotton, tactics etc. Riling 385
[15905] |
£350.00 |
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DOWELL William Chipchase |
The Webley Story, A History of Webley Pistols And Revolvers And The Development of The Pistol Cartridge
1962.
1st Edn,.
The Skyrac Press.
Leeds.
xii - 337 pages, 4to loose errata page, and presentation slip from the publishers, 81 plates showing the guns bullets + text illustrations of the gun and bullet breakdowns etc, Bookplate of William Reid to the front paste down. Publishers cream cloth, gilt title on blue background, to upper the cover DJ worn with loss now in clear removable sleeve. Webley pistols and revolvers and the development of the pistol cartridge.
[23951] |
£100.00 |
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DOWELL William Chipchase |
The Webley Story, A History of Webley Pistols And Revolvers And The Development of The Pistol Cartridge
1987.
rep.
Heritage Foundation.
Kirkland WA, USA Commonwealth.
337 pages, 4to, 81 plates + text illustration from photographs, line drawings etc, publishers small blue stamp with serial number to verso of title, Publishers grey cloth, title in gilt with blue background to upper cover, a fine copy. A reprint of the 1962 first edition of Dowell history of Webley pistols and revolvers and the development of the pistol cartridge. ?65
[23994] |
£65.00 |
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DRAIN James A. |
Stories Of Some Shoots Or the Chronicles Of A Gratified Gunner
1919.
1st Edn,.
Arms and the Man Publishing Co.
114 publishers' green cloth with maroon and gilt lettering and vignette of a stag and 3 pheasants on upper cover vg. Beside chapter 1 heading "The Chiff Tempts Me" a handwritten name Sir Charles Ross. The tale of an Americans shooting trip to Scotland and Norfolk in 1910. The author spends the winter stalking, partridge, pheasant, and finally duck shooting. Chute 181.
[22896] |
£150.00 |
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DUFFY Arthur Richard |
European Swords And Daggers In The Tower Of London
1974.
HMSO.
157 pages, 4to., includes some excellent illus in b/w from photographs + armourers marks, vg in worn dj in protective removable sleeve.
[21088] |
£25.00 |
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DUGELBY T.B. |
Modern Military Bullpup Rifles, The EM-2 Concept Comes Of Age
1984.
1st UK.
Arms & Armour.
97 pages, 4to illustrated with photographs and line drawings, showing the guns gun components breakdowns etc. Publishers' pictorial covers VG.
[22977] |
£110.00 |
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DUGELBY T.B. |
Modern Military Bullpup Rifles, The EM-2 Concept Comes Of Age
1984.
1st UK.
Arms & Armour.
97 pages, 4to illustrated with photographs and line drawings, showing the guns gun components breakdowns etc. Publishers' pictorial covers some light dust soiling in places to the binding
[24052] |
£85.00 |
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DUGELBY Thomas B. |
EM-2 Concept & Design, A Rifle Ahead Of Its Time
1980.
Collector Grade Publications.
Toronto, Ontario.
Xi 292 pages, 4to illustrated throughout in b/w from photographs, line drawings, gun breakdowns etc. Publishers' maroon cloth binding with gilt title to the upper cover VG, A technical treatise on the British EM2 self-loading rifle.
[23345] |
£100.00 |
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DUNLOP John |
Anti-Duel Or A Plan For The Abrogation Of Duelling Which Has Been Tried And Found Successful
1843.
1st Edn,.
Holston Stoneman.
IV 88 pages, neat inscription to foot of title page in ink J Lee Hartwell Library, occasional pencil marking to margins, recased in the original 1/2 black leather board with matching spine and title label. Dunlop (1789 1868) founder of the Scottish Temperance Movement, recounts the history and consequences of duelling in history and modern times and its effects on society and its need to be stopped. "crape and cocked pistols are in the 19th century out of fashion even on Hounslow Heath. The duel exposed class should take a hint from the noticeable advance in civilisation and make a corresponding onward movement" Thimm 86, COPAC list 2 copies, the British Library and Oxford.
[18554] |
£340.00 |
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DUTCHER John T |
Ballard The Great American Single Shot Rifle
2002.
John T Dutcher.
USA.
landscape 4to, xx 380 pages, illus throughout in colour and b/w from photographs to pictorial end papers. Gilt stamped brown faux leather binding. A fine copy in dj. The models and specification, ammunition etc.
[21056] |
£230.00 |
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DYKE S.E. |
Thoughts On The American Flintlock Pistol
1974.
Geo Shumway Publisher.
York, USA.
61 pages, illus, pictorial yellow card covers, a fine copy. Originally published in 1959 as a supplement of Dillin's Kentucky Rifle
[20214] |
£30.00 |
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