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JACKSON Herbert J. |
European Hand Firearms Of The Sixteenth, Seventeenth And Eighteenth Centuries. With A Treatise On Scottish Hand Firearms By Charles E Whitelaw
1923.
1st Edn.
Philip Lea Warner With tipped in slip "Publication of the work taken over by "Martin Hopkinson & Company ltd".
xvi ? 108 pages, Small folio, T.E.G, errata slip, frontis illustration 63 + 8 full page plates with 111 + 30 figures of guns etc. Armorial bookplate to front paste. Presentation inscription on ? title "To Freda with the authors best love Herbert J Jackson " Freda is the authors wife and the book is dedicated to her. Number 44 of a limited edition of 550 copies. The first edition of a much-reprinted book the reprints are inferior to the first edition, with excellent provenance. Riling 1946
[22814] |
£120.00 |
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JACKSON Herbert J. |
European Hand Firearms Of The Sixteenth, Seventeenth And Eighteenth Centuries. With A Treatise On Scottish Hand Firearms By Charles E Whitelaw
1959.
2nd Edn,.
Holland Press.
XVI 108 pages, lge 4to, illus throughout, this edition limited to 750 copies, publishers blue cloth, vg in dj.
[14137] |
£50.00 |
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JACKSON Herbert J. |
European Hand Firearms Of The Sixteenth, Seventeenth And Eighteenth Centuries. With A Treatise On Scottish Hand Firearms By Charles E Whitelaw
1959.
2nd Edn,.
Holland Press.
xvi 108 pages, lge 4to, illus throughout, this edition limited to 750 copies, browning to end papers, publishers blue cloth, vg.
[21265] |
£35.00 |
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JAMES PURDEY & SONS LTD |
Guns And Rifles
.nd Circa 1994.
35 pages, oblong 4to., illus in colour of the gun factory etc with loose price list for 1994, blue card covers, title in silver in Purdey envelope, a fine copy.
[18205] |
£25.00 |
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JAMES PURDEY AND SONS LTD |
Guns And Rifles
nd circa 1975.
36 pages, oblong 4to., illus in colour and b/w, shows the manufacturing process of the guns including over and under guns and rifles.
[20644] |
£25.00 |
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JAMES PURDEY AND SONS LTD |
Purdey Game Guns
nd Circa 1950.
unpagination (8 pages). the 2 guns illus in colour + b/w illus, pictorial covers printed in colour, light wear to lower outer back cover also folding card for the over and under guns, colour illus to upper cover + loose price list.
[20643] |
£40.00 |
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JARRAD Captain V.E.D. |
Lectures On Musketry
1919.
1st Edn,.
Lal Chand and Sons.
82 pages, occasional text diagrams, original printed paper covers chipped at head of spine and 1 outer edge. Jarrad prepared the lectures for the benefits of NCO's of the 2/36th B.N.R. Bn (I.D.F), the lectures are based on his notes taken at the Central School of Musketry and his actual experiences which he thinks especially apply to the unit of the Indian Defence Force, includes 20 lectures on aiming, firing, range, theory, ammunition supply, battle defence, sniping etc. A scarce pamphlet not recorder in Riling or held in any UK library.
[14235] |
£140.00 |
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JERVIS Captain Jervis-White |
The Rifle Musket A Practical Treatise On The Enfield-Pritchett Rifle, Recently Adopted in the British Service
1854.
1st Edn,.
70 pages, Text. Illus. original blind stamped cloth, dust soiled, spine chipped and rubbed on edges, g+.
[2795] |
£135.00 |
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JEWITT Llewellyn |
Rifles And Volunteer Rifle Corps, Their Constitution Arms, Drills And Laws And Uniform With Descriptions Of Rifles, Revolvers etc
1860.
1st Edn,.
Ward and Lock.
VII 97 pages, 5pp adverts, text illus, bound in later brown cloth with the original pictorial card covers, which show a ferociously moustatached rifleman, rear cover is a list of Colt rifles and pistols, repair to upper corner of last page, name written on blank of frontis with ownership stamp for Walter A Burke, vg. Covers various guns including Colt, Adams, daws, Deane-Harding Revolvers, Enfield, Needham, Pritchett, Whitworth, Westley Richards etc., Rifles, ammunition, equipment, telescopic sighting etc., Riling 738.
[18190] |
£240.00 |
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JINKS Roy G. |
Artistry In Arms the Guns Of Smith & Wesson
1992.
1st Edn,.
Smith & Wesson.
MA, USA.
84 pages, 4to., fine colour illus, personal presentation inscription from Jinks to Henk Visser to FEP with Visser's bookplate, vg+ in dj. Small chips to top of spine of dj. Limited to 500 copies, this copy un-numbered.
[15204] |
£120.00 |
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JINKS Roy G. |
History Of Smith & Wesson
nd circa 1991.
Revised 10 th Anniversary.
Beinfield Publishing Inc.
North Hollywood, Ca, USA.
xiii - 290 pages, illustrated throughout from photographs and line drawings, vg in dj. Publishers binding titled in silver in DJ. The DJ some chipping to edges now in clear removable cover.
[22148] |
£35.00 |
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JINKS Roy G. |
History Of Smith & Wesson
nd circa 1991.
Revised 10 th Anniversary.
Beinfield Publishing Inc.
North Hollywood, Ca, USA.
290 pages, Illustrated throughout from photographs and drawings, fine in DJ.vg in dj, some light marking to dj.
[23312] |
£25.00 |
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JOHNSON Curtis L |
Gunmakers Of Illinois 1683-1900 Volume I A to F
1997.
1st Edn.
George Shumway Publisher.
York, USA.
200 pages, 364 illus in b/w, a fine copy in dj. lists some 456 Illinois gunsmiths.
[20200] |
£30.00 |
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JOHNSON George B & LOCKHOVEN Hans Bert |
International Armament With History, Data, Technical Information And Photographs Of Over 400 Weapons
1965.
1st Edn.
International Small Arms Publishers.
Cologne Germany.
2 volumes, vii +(4) 471 + (8) 483, loose errata, Vol 1, 4to., illus throughout with b/w photographs, diagrams etc., bookplate to front paste down, publishers black cloth, vignette to upper board, vg. A comprehensive guide.
[19268] |
£35.00 |
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JOHNSON Harold |
Small Arms Identification And Operation Guide - Eurasian Communist Countries
1970.
FSTC-CW-07-03-70.
218 pages, illus in b/w from photographs, drawings etc., printed card covers some dust soiling, includes weapons used by the Viet Cong.
[19804] |
£20.00 |
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JOHNSON Harold |
Small Arms Identification And Operation Guide-Eurasian Communist Countries
1973.
3rd Edn.
Dept of Defence.
USA.
378 pages, illustrated in b/w from photographs and drawings etc. very occasional number in ink written beside a description, Blank corner cut from FEP, publishers limp covers, title in silver, small staple mark to upper cover blank margin. The guide covers pistols, sub machine guns, assault rifle, rifles and machine guns
[19894] |
£25.00 |
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JOHNSON Jr M.M. |
Practical Marksmanship, The Technique Of Field Firing
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1st Edn.
William Morrow and Company.
New York.
xviii 183 pages, full page plates from photographs + text drawings, publishers cloth title in blue, light fading to edges, vg in dj. How to improve marksmanship in the field, the range or in battle
[21395] |
£30.00 |
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Johnson, Melvin M ; Haven, Charles T |
Automatic Weapons Of The World
1945.
New York.
xi-644 illustrated in b/w from photographs, diagrams etc. Also, a section of "Drawings and Ballistics of Military Ammunition from .30 Caliber to 40mm Prepared by Johnson Automatic Incorporated" includes 5 folding plates of gun breakdowns. Bound in the publisher's cream cloth titled on the spine in white and black. A very good clean copy. A greatly revised edition of the 1941 1st covering the history, development, how automatic arms operate, how to keep them firing their use in combat. Riling 2360
[21950] |
£45.00 |
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JOLY Henri L & HOGITARO Inada |
Arai Hakuseki The Sword Book In Honcho Gunkiko And The Book Of Same Ko Hi Sei Gi Of Inaba Tsurio
1913.
1st Edn.
privately printed for Henri L Joly, xv 176 33 pages, xxx index, TEG, full page illustrations from photographs, drawings etc + numerous text illus, folding table. Original black cloth, letters in gilt to spine, rubbing to head and tail of spine and corners, limited to 200 copies. A translation of the 18th century treatise, with additional information on the Japanese sword.
[19776] |
£400.00 |
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Jones E (manuscript) |
Manuscript of Royal Artillery Notes
Cirac 1818.
Paper watermarked 1811. A manuscript in ink and pencil in a clear legible hand. Divided into sections as follows. 1/ pp12 General Maxims relative to Artillery when employed on actual service in the field. 2/pp8 Remarks made during a course on Repository Instructions May 8th, 1818 3/pp13 Method of forming a pontoon bridge 4/pp3 Recipes for Smoke Balls 5/pp 24 Observations made during a course of Laboratory instructions commenced July 7th, 1818 (Marks on Rockets, Blue Lights and their composition, Portfires and Fuzes, pulverizing Salt Petre, different shots, their composition, ammunition and weight of powder for different weapons "Wallpiece Musquet, Carbines etc). In a rear pocket are 6 cards approximately 7.5 cm x 11.3 cm closely written on both sides in ink and ruled in red in chart format with the following headings. 1/Observations on Colonel Shrapnel's Shells, giving a list of different ordnance, Carronades, Howitzers, Guns, Heavy Guns, with their charge, weight empty and filled. 2/Ranges with Battery Guns Iron and Brass and on the obverse, Length, weight, and Charge of Field Guns. 3/ Medium Range at 45 degrees for 8, 10, 13 1nch mortars 4/ Weights, Dimensions & of Shells, Mortars, Carronades showing diameter of bore, proportion of Gun to Shot, Powder for bursting, etc 5/ Calculations (?) to fire spherical case shot with Service Charge 6/ Range with Undermentioned Ordnance (Carronades Light 51/2inch Howitzer etc) Bound in a full contemporary velum wallet style binding with central clasp with inner pocket to front and rear. The whole in a very good clean condition.
[22553] |
£680.00 |
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