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MACHINE GUN AND CARRIAGES AND MOUNTINGS PATENTS |
4 volumes Patents For Inventions Abridgements Of Specifications Class 92 Ordnance And Machine Guns Period A.D. 1901-4 Class (92 (i) Ordnance And Machine-Gun Carriages And Mountings Period A.D. 1909-1915 Class 92 (ii] Ordnance And Machine Guns Period A.D. 1916-20 (100,001 ? 155,800) Class 92(i) Ordnance And Machine-Gun Carriages And Mountings Period A.D. 1916-20 (100,001-155,800)
1907/1922/1926/1926.
Her Majesty''s Stationary Office.
1x-183 -iv index +xi- 277- iv index + xii-327 - iv index +1x-181-4 index pp. Small 4to illustrated with line drawings showing detailed breakdowns , parts etc 1901- 1904 original grey printed card cover lacking the rear flap rubbing to the spine edge. 1909 ? 15 original grey printed card cover chipping to head and tail of the spine 1916 -20 original blue printed card cover rubbing to the head of the spine. 1916-20 original blue printed card covers the front cover soiled chipping to the corners and head tail of the spine. The contents clean ant tight in each volume. A detailed look at the development of machine guns, their carriages and mountings in the first 20 years of the 20th century.
[23821] |
£180.00 |
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MACHINE GUN SCHOOL GHQ |
Methods Of Instruction In The Lewis Gun
nd Circa 1914.
Army Printing & Stationery Services.
28 pages, pamphlet, printed paper covers, dust soiling to contents and covers, corner margin crease also centre fold mark, details, description, mechanism, stripping, cleaning, range work etc.,
[15153] |
£25.00 |
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Mackenzie Ross |
Culloden the Swords And The Sorrows, An Exhibition To Commemorate The Jacobite Rising Of 1745 And The Battle Of Culloden
1996.
1st.
The National Trust.
96 pages, 4to, finely illustrated in colour form photographs showing the swords, weapons and battle related objects. Pictorial card covers. items from the exhibition which took place from 16 April to 20 September 1996 at Drumossie Moor Visitors Centre. A fine copy.
[23764] |
£26.00 |
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Mackinlay, Captain G.(R.A) |
Text Book of Gunnery 1887
1887.
2nd.
HMSO.
342 pages, Advert end papers, 5 folding plates 1 with repair to verso of a closed tear, numerous text drawings, graphs etc. Publishers red blind stamped cloth with some light dust soiling. First published in 1883 with 192 pages this second edition with considerable revisions and new material. Includes ballistics gun construction, armour penetration, gunnery instruments, the strength of guns, Gunnery and ballistics tables range tables, British and foreign ordnance etc.
[22944] |
£95.00 |
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MADIS George |
The Winchester Book
1971.
1st Edn,.
Art and Reference House.
Brownsboro, Texas, USA.
542 pages, 4to, numerous illustrations from photographs drawings gun breakdowns old adverts etc. pictorial endpapers. Signed on the title page by George Madiis, copyright page states first edition, some spotting to the blank end papers. Bound in brown faux leather, raised illustration of cowboy to upper cover with the title in gilt. A well-researched book on the history of Winchester firearms.
[23772] |
£80.00 |
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MADIS George |
The Winchester Handbook
1981.
1st Edn,.
Edwards Brothers.
USA.
287 pages, Illustrated in b/w from photographs, signed by Madis on the title page. limited to 1000 copies bound in brown faux leather with gilt title and design to upper board, a fine copy.
[22338] |
£40.00 |
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MADSEN |
The Madsen Standard Machine Gun Model 1950, Trials At Mosede (Near Copenhagen) On The 6th and 7th November 1950.
nd 1950.
Dansk Industri Syndikat.
Copenhagen.
26 pages, 4to., b/w illus from photographs, drawings + diagrams, printed card covers, vg.
[19308] |
£20.00 |
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Majendie, Capt Vivian Dering; Browne, Capt Charles Orde |
Military Breech-Loading Rifles: With Detailed Notes On The Snider And Martini-Henry Rifles And Boxer Ammunition
1869.
1st.
The Royal Artillery Institution, by Boddy And Co.
Woolwich.
iii ? 129 pages, errata slip 9 full page plates of the guns, parts, targets, bullets etc, and numerous text illustration. Publishers blind stamped cloth gilt title and crest to the upper cover. Old stain marking (ink) in places. The book in 4 parts 1/The history of military breech loaders and account of the introduction of the Snider Rifle 2/ The Henry Martini Rifle with an account of the steps which led to its provisional adoption by Majendie. 3/ Service Arms and Ammunition The Snider conversion. /4 Shooting, by Browne. Includes line drawings of the bullets gun parts etc. A scarce title only, 3 copies located on Worldcat. Riling 877
[23710] |
£235.00 |
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MALLORY Franklin B., Olson Ludwig |
The Krag Rifle Story
1979.
Springfield research Services.
Silver Spring, Maryland.
224 pages, 4to., illustrated in b/w from photographs ,line drawings, gun breakdowns etc. Publishers' blue cloth with title to the upper cover, very good in DJ.
[23792] |
£175.00 |
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MANN Franklin W. |
The Bullet's Flight From Powder To Target, the Internal Ballistics Of Small Arms, A Study Of Rifle Shooting With The Personal Element Excluded, Disclosing The Cause Of The Error At Target
1909.
1st Edn.
Munn & Co.
New York.
viii 384 pages, large 8vo., 40 full page plates and 158 figures from photographs and drawings. Sml ink splash mark to the closed front edge of the text block. Publishers green cloth gilt vignette of bullets and target to the upper board, head and tail of the spine rubbed. "Among the foremost of scholarly works in the field of pracrical ballistics". The results of over three hundred rifle experiments performed and chronologically arranged. Riling 1676
[22766] |
£120.00 |
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MANN Sir James |
Wallace Collection Catalogue European Arms And Armour
1962.
1st thus Edn,.
William Clowes And Son Ltd.
2 Vols, liii + iii + 714 pages, large 8vo., 208 plates from photographs + drawings, armour marks etc., publishers green simulated leather binding. Mann has re-written the text and brought the catalogue up to date in "The Light of Modern Knowledge"
[15680] |
£85.00 |
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MANN Sir James |
Wallace Collection Catalogue European Arms And Armour
1962.
1st thus Edn,.
William Clowes And Son Ltd.
2 Vols, liii + iii + 714 pages, large 8vo., 208 plates from photographs + drawings, armour marks etc., publishers thick card covers, printed in red, a vg set. Mann has re-written the text and brought the catalogue up to date in "The Light of Modern Knowledge"
[21796] |
£30.00 |
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Manual of Rifles |
Manual of Rifles S.M.L.E, Mauser, Ross, Garard-Automatic etc Springfield Sniping P14 Mannlicher ? Carcano etc
.
Bernards(Publishers) Ltd.
nd circa 1943.
(16) Text also to the inner card covers 15 cm x 8.5 cm illustrated with line drawings of the guns. Yellow card covers printed in white and black staple bound. VG loading, firing, stoppages, immediate action, stripping, cleaning, assembling etc. ?30
[23464] |
£30.00 |
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MARCELLO Gerald F |
30-06 We Have Seen Vol. II
1971.
The author.
San Diego, California, USA.
b/w illus form photographs and drawings of the boxs, head stamps etc. note in ink to one page of index updating text?, publishers dark red cloth.
[19865] |
£30.00 |
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MARCOT Roy M, |
Spencer Repeating Firearms
1983.
1st.
Northwood Heritage Press.
Irvine California.
316 pages,4to., illustrated in b/w from photographs showing the guns, bullets boxes + gun breakdowns, line drawings etc, pictorial end papers showing the factory's, bound in brown faux leather title to the upper cover and spine A fine copy.
[22927] |
£120.00 |
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MARCOT Roy M |
Spencer Repeating Firearms
1983.
1st Edn.
Northwood Heritage Press.
Irvine, USA.
316 pages, 4to., illus in b/w from photographs, line drawings etc. pictorial end papers, ownership name to verso of frontis, bound in burgundy leatherette.
[23787] |
£120.00 |
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MARKS Edward C.R. |
The Evolution Of Small Arms And Ammunition
n/d circa 1898.
1st Edn,.
Marks and Clerk.
170 pages, text illus, original dark blue blind stamped cloth with gilt title to upper board, a vg+ copy. The book is a series of lectures based upon the patent specifications extending over a period of 300 years, the object being to place before those engaged or interested in the production or use of firearms. A concise account of the efforts of instructions to improve such weapons not in Riling.
[9736] |
£120.00 |
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Marschall Dieter H. |
Walther Pistols a Historical Overview: Models 1 Through P99, and Copies
2000.
1st English.
Ucross Books.
Los Alamos U.S..
ix, 130 pages, illustrated with b/w photographs line drawings, marks etc. published printed card covers a fine copy.
[23734] |
£75.00 |
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Marshall Evan and Sanow Edwin J |
Handgun Stopping Power: The Definitive Study
1992.
Paladin Press.
Boulder Colorado, USA.
xi-224, 4to illustrated throughout in b/w from photographs. Small bump to top outer corner. A fine copy in DJ. An in-depth study on the subject.
[22147] |
£30.00 |
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MASTERS Don |
Atkin, Grant & Lang
2005.
1st Edn,.
Safari Press.
Long Beach, Ca, USA.
viii 316 pages, 4to. numerous illustrations in black and white and colour from photographs line drawings old adverts etc. Limited to 500 copies this being copy no 429 signed by Don Masters, Publishers blue cloth with gilt title within gilt borders and royal crest in black to the upper cover in slipcase. A fine copy , the history of the gunmakers that were eventually merged to be known as Atkin, Grant & Lang.
[23699] |
£135.00 |
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MASTERS Don |
The House Of Churchill
2003.
2nd Edn.
Safari Press.
Long Beach Ca.,.
531 pages, 4to., illustrated throughout in colour and b/w from photographs line drawings, old adverts, documents etc, a fine copy in dj. The complete and detailed history of the company and the guns it produced.
[23707] |
£65.00 |
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MATHEWS Howard |
Firearm Identification, Volume I The Laboratory Examination of Small Arms, Rifling Characteristics in Hand Guns, and Notes on Automatic Pistols. Volume II Original Photographs and Other Illustrations of Handguns. Volume III Orioginal Photographs And Other Illustrations Of handguns, data On Rifling Characteristics Of Hand Guns And Rifles.
1962, 1973.
Charles C Thomas.
Springfield Illinois, USA..
3 Vols, xiv 401; 404; xi 730 pages. 4to., illus throughout, the 3 volumes of the gun with measurements, trademarks, pin fire impressions etc., mainly from photographs + drawings. The 3 volumes in fine condition in dj, the DJs complete with no splits but have a few small marks. Volume 1 and 2 are the second printing of the 1960 edition, Vol 3 was published posthumously. An important and definitive work on firearm identification.
[23327] |
£300.00 |
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MATHEWS Howard |
Firearm Identification, Volume I The Laboratory Examination of Small Arms, Rifling Characteristics in Hand Guns, and Notes on Automatic Pistols. Volume II Original Photographs and Other Illustrations of Handguns. Volume III Orioginal Photographs And Other Illustrations Of handguns, data On Rifling Characteristics Of Hand Guns And Rifles.
1962, 1973.
Charles C Thomas.
Springfield Illinois, USA.
3 Vols, xiv 401; 404; xi 730 pages. 4to., illus throughout, the 3 volumes of the gun with measurements, trademarks, pin fire impressions etc., mainly from photographs + drawings. The 3 volumes in fine condition in similar dj. Volume 1 and 2 are the second printing of the 1960 edition, Vol 3 was published posthumously. An important and definitive work on firearm identification.
[19492] |
£340.00 |
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MATHEWS Howard |
Firearm Identification, Volume I The Laboratory Examination of Small Arms, Rifling Characteristics in Hand Guns, and Notes on Automatic Pistols. Volume II Original Photographs and Other Illustrations of Handguns
1962.
1st Edn,.
University Of Wisconsin Press.
Madison, USA.
2 Vols, XIV 398 + 491 pages, 4to., Vol I 287 text illus and 28 full page plates, Vol II 1640 illus of the guns and 52 plates mostly from photographs and drawings. Library stamp for the Royal Armouries Library to lower blank margin of title pages and circular stamp to verso. offset mark from tape to front end paper, Volume II index mark? to lower closed page edges of both volumes, no other marks, publishers red cloth (no library marking). A vg copy of an important and monumental work on firearm identification.
[18590] |
£80.00 |
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MATTHEWS Paul A |
How - To's For The Black Powder Cartridge Rifle Shooter
1995.
Wolfe Publishing.
xiv 134 pages, illus in b/w from photographs and drawings, pictorial card covers. A fine copy.
[20947] |
£25.00 |
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MATTHEWS Paul A. |
Loading The Black Powder Rifle Cartridge
1993.
Wolfe Publishing.
Prescott, Arizona.
122 pages, illus in b/w from photographs and drawings, pictorial card covers, vg+
[20932] |
£20.00 |
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MATTHEWS Paul A. |
Loading The Black Powder Rifle Cartridge
1993.
Wolfe Publishing.
Prescott, Arizona.
122 pages, illus in b/w from photographs and drawings, pictorial card covers, vg+
[21029] |
£20.00 |
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MATTHEWS Paul A. |
The Paper Jacket
1991.
Wolfe.
Prescott, Arizona.
140 pages, illus in b/w from photographs and drawings, printed card covers, A guide to loading and theory of the paper patched bullet.
[21826] |
£25.00 |
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MATTHEWS Paul A. |
The Paper Jacket
1991.
Wolfe.
Prescott, Arizona.
140 pages, illus in b/w from photographs and drawings, printed card covers, A guide to loading and theory of the paper patched bullet.
[21827] |
£25.00 |
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MAURICE W. |
The Shot-Firer's Guide: A Practical Manual For The Prevention Of Blasting Accidents
nd 1910.
1st Edn,.
IX 203 pages, 20pp advs, text illus and drawings, original cloth gilt title to upper board, much on explosive safety, charges etc.
[12609] |
£35.00 |
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MAVRODIN Valentin |
Fine Arms From Tula, Firearms And Edged Weapons In The Hermitage, Leningrad. Translated From The Russian By Rostislav Drapkin
1977.
1st English Edn,.
Lenningrad.
12 pages, lge 4to, 137 full page coloured plates with text, includes edge weapons. vg in dj.
[8788] |
£36.00 |
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MAVROGORDATO J.G. |
A Hawk For The Bush, A Treatise On The Training Of The Sparrow Hawk And Other Short Winged Hawks
1960.
1st Edn,.
H.T. and G Witherby Ltd.
xvi 144 pages, , 4to., 8 colour plates and drawings by George Lodge, foxing to end papers and closed page edges. Publishers' tan cloth with hawk vignette to the upper cover VG in DJ. DJ price clipped with some light dust soiling. A modern classic on the subject. Swift 378.01
[23774] |
£150.00 |
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MAY Commander W.E., ANNIS P.G.W. |
Swords For Sea Service
1970.
1st Edn,.
HMSO.
2 Vols, xxii 398 pages, large 4to., 140 plates, pictorial end papers in DJS now in clear removable sleeves a VG set. Based on the collection of the National Maritime Museum, many weapons outside the collection have also been examined including foreign weapons, photographs of some 150 swords, dirks and cutlasses. The books also provide information about the British sword trade and an extensive list of makers and retailers.
[23732] |
£190.00 |
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MAY Commander W.E., ANNIS P.G.W. |
Swords For Sea Service
1970.
1st Edn,.
HMSO.
2 Vols, xxii 398 pages, large 4to., 140 plates, pictorial end papers in Djs light rubbing to part edges of DJs small 3cm closed tear to top edge of vol 2, now in clear removable sleeves a VG set. Based on the collection of the National Maritime Museum, many weapons outside the collection have also been examined including foreign weapons, photographs of some 150 swords, dirks and cutlasses. The books also provide information about the British sword trade and an extensive list of makers and retailers.
[23515] |
£170.00 |
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MAY Major E.S. |
Field Artillery With The Other Arms, Its Employment, Illustrated From Military History, And Its Re-Armament With Quick Firing Guns Discussed
1898.
1st Edn,.
Sampson, Low, Marston and Co.
VIII 339 pages, pages uncut, ownership stamp of M J Willis to title page margin, original covers faded on spine, some marking, g+. Not in Riling.
[15157] |
£55.00 |
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MAY Major E.S. |
Guns And Cavalry, Their Performance In The Past And Their Prospects In The Future
1896.
1st Edn,.
X 220 pages, TEG, advs, text and full page illus, folding plates, a vg copy in publisher's blue cloth covers "the mobility of guns, action of guns, and cavalry together etc., with remarks as to the influence of quick firing machine guns and mounted infantry" Riling 1414
[13049] |
£30.00 |
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MAY Major E.S. |
Guns And Cavalry, Their Performance In The Past And Their Prospects In The Future
1896.
1st Edn,.
Sampson Low Marston and Co.
X 220 pages, TEG, advs, lacks FEP, text and full page illus, folding plates, a vg copy in publisher's blue cloth covers "the mobility of guns, action of guns, and cavalry together etc., with remarks as to the influence of quick firing machine guns and mounted infantry" Riling 1414
[19131] |
£30.00 |
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MAYNE David A |
Australian Military Small Arms Ammunition Production 1888-2003 Part 2
2004.
revised.
the author.
139 to 304 pages, 4to., illus on the bullets, boxes, etc. from photographs, printed card covers, ring bound binding, small stain to front and rear covers.
[20681] |
£80.00 |
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Mazansky, Cyril |
British Basket-Hilted Swords: A Typology of Basket-Type Sword Hilts
2005.
Boydell Press.
Woodbridge.
4to., xi ? 292 pp., Illustrated throughout using photographs and line drawings showing the hilts etc. A fine copy in DJ. A full account of the hilt type, and the many variants within it. The major groups of basket hilts types, covering the proto-types, early basket hilts and the wide variety of fully developed hilts.
[22045] |
£235.00 |
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MCBRIDE H.W. |
A Rifleman Went To War
No date circa 1940.
Second edition ?.
Samworth / Small-Arms Technical Pub. Co.
Plantersville,USA.
398 (2) pages, The advert page undated, frontis portrait of the author, book plate to the front-end paper. publishers' light brown cloth title to the upper cover and spine in black. DJ some chipping to edges and corners, old repair to verso of head and tail of the spine, a very good copy.McBride served in the 21st Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force in World War I. He recounts his experiences and observations whilst in France and Belgium in WWI with particular emphasis on the use of the military rifle in sniping and its place in modern armament. Riling 2175 Smith 207
[23518] |
£80.00 |
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MCDOWELL R.Bruce |
Evolution of the Winchester
1985.
1st Edn,.
Armory Publications.
Tacoma U.S.A.
206 pages, 4to illustrated in b/w from photographs old adverts line drawings gun breakdowns, pictorial end papers. Publishers dark blue faux leather binding titled in silver with gun vignette to the upper cover. A fine copy in DJ couple small chips along top edge. From the 1847 Hunt, the Jennings, Smith-Jennings, Smith & Wesson, "Volcanic", Henry Rifle, and beyond.
[23376] |
£70.00 |
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MCHENRY Roy C., ROPER Walter F. |
Smith & Wesson Hand Guns
1947.
reprint.
Standard Publications inc.
Huntingdon, USA.
233 pages, small 4to, 63 plates of b/w photographs of the guns, adverts, line drawings,
[21760] |
£30.00 |
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MCHENRY Roy C., ROPER Walter F. |
Smith & Wesson Hand Guns
1947.
reprint.
Standard Publications Inc.
Huntingdon, USA.
233 pages, small 4to, 63 plates of b/w photographs of the guns, adverts, line drawings, vg in chipped dj.
[8786] |
£40.00 |
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METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART |
Early Firearms Of Great Britain And Ireland From The Collection Of Clay P Bedford
1971.
1st Edn,.
New York.
IX 187 pages, + 1 page list of gunmakers and silversmiths + 2 pages bibliography, 4to., b/w illustrations of the gun + details of locks with accompanying text, vg in dj some 220 items. Presentation inscription on FEP "TO DAVID BACK WITH APOLOGIES TO AN EXPERT IN THE FIELD AND APPRECIATION FOR MANY HELPFUL HINTS, Clay Bedford, also hand written note on top margin asking David for comments.
[18397] |
£45.00 |
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METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART |
Early Firearms Of Great Britain And Ireland From The Collection Of Clay P Bedford
1971.
1st Edn,.
New York.
ix 187 pages, + 1 page list of gunmakers and silversmiths + 2 pages bibliography, 4to., b/w illustrations of the gun + details of locks with accompanying text, vg in dj, rubbing to edge of dj, some 220 items described many with illustrations.
[21233] |
£25.00 |
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MEYRICK Samuel Rush |
A Critical Inquiry Into Ancient Armour As It Existed In Europe But Particularly In England From The Norman Conquest To The Reign Of King Charles II
1842.
Second edition corrected and enlarged..
Henry G Bohn.
lxv, 179, 247, 125 pages, (138pp) glossary, bound with 1/2 titles and title page to each volume 3 Vols, folio, with all edge's gilt. Frontis and 80 etched aquatint plates by Bridges and Maddox, 71 finely hand coloured some heightened with gold and silver, 10 are uncoloured plates of armour and weapons. There are also 27 hand coloured chapter initials also heightened with gold, plate 22 has a small smudge mark to the colouring. Bound in contemporary ? red Morrocco spine in compartments with armorial motifs, some rubbing to the spines, wth later cloth slipcases. The first edition published by Robert Jennings, appeared in 1824 This second and best edition of 1842 the colouring is more brilliant and stronger than that found in the 1st and has been corrected and enlarged the frontis of showing a joust did not appear in the 1st. One of the best colour plate books on Armour. And an important guide to ancient armour Meyrick who was a historian and collector of arms and armour, and he constructed Goodrich Court specifically to display his collection of arms and armour.
[23468] |
£1350.00 |
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MIDDLETON RICHARD |
The Practical Guide To Man-Powered Buullets, Catapults, Crossbows, Blowguns, Bullet-Bows and Airguns
2005.
Stackpole Books.
Mechanicsburg, USA.
xii 212 pages, large 8vo., illus throughout with line drawings , diagrams etc. A fine copy in dj. A practical book on the methods to shoot bullets without the aid of explosion.
[20880] |
£25.00 |
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MILLS Desmond, BARNES Mike |
Amateur Gunsmithing
1986.
rep Edn,.
The Boydell Press..
Woodbridge, Suffolk..
211 pages, Illustrated throughout in b/w from photographs and line drawings. A fine copy in DJ. The complete stripping and reassembly of both sidelock and boxlock shotguns
[23361] |
£25.00 |
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MILLS Fred P L |
Colts Double Rifles
1953.
privatly printed.
51 pages, full page illus from photographs, signed on the title page by Fred Mills, pictorial printed cream card covers, vg. An in-depth view on the double rifle produced by Colt.
[21662] |
£40.00 |
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MINISTRY OF DEFENCE |
Infantry Training Vol 1 Infantry Platoon Weapons Pamphlet No 6A The General Purpose Machine Gun (light Role) (all Arms)
1966.
92 pages, illus in b/w from photographs and drawings including 2 folding plates, printed card covers with punch holes to spine edge, vg.
[21712] |
£25.00 |
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MOORE C.Kenneth |
Colt Revolvers And The US Navy 1865-1889
1987.
1st Edn,.
Dorrance & Company Inc.
Bryn Mawr, USA.
ix 140 pages, 4to., illus in b/w from photographs, diagrams etc, fine in dj.
[21275] |
£100.00 |
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MOORE Sir Jonas [Translator] |
A General Treatise Of Artillery Or Great Ordanance Writ In Italian by Tomaso Moretti of Brescia, translated into English with notes thereupon, and some additions out of French for sea gunners by Sir Jonas Moore. With an appendix of Artificial Fire-works for War and Delight by Sir Abraham Dager
1683.
1st Edn,.
A.G. and F.P. for Obadian Blagrave.
124 + (4) pages, without 1/2 title, woodcut frontis plate, 7 folding plates + table plates + 4 pages on A Defination Of Gunsmithing showing figures with explanation, the plates show various figures depicting ammunition, carriages, the guns, loads, angles, barrells etc. bookplate of D.G.Mackenzie to front paste down, slip pasted to rear paste down noting the book was re-backed, re-labelled, fly leaves repaired by Sangorski and Sutcliffe in 1954. The treatise is divided into five parts: 1 Of Things General To All Artillery; 2 Of Forming the Bore Or Choke; 3 Of Carriages; 4 Of The Charge Of Powder And Shot; 5 Of Shooting In Great Artillery, a vg clean tight copy. Riling 181.
[18377] |
£1100.00 |
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MORDECAI Major Alfred |
Military Commission To Europe in 1855 and 1856 (bound with) Schon J - Rifled Infantry Arms, a Brief Description Of The Modern System Of Small Arms As Adopted In The Various European Armies
1861.
2nd rev and augmented Edn,.
Washington DC.
VII 232 pages, illus, folding plates, 4to., original black embossed cloth, spine and edges of boards very worn, joints cracked, upper board becoming detached, heavy foxing of some pages of text, g. Riling 744
[8019] |
£95.00 |
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MORIN Marco, HELD Robert |
Beretta The Worlds Oldest Industrial Dynasty
1980.
1st Edn,.
Acquafresca Editrice.
Switzerland.
283 pages, 4to, illus in colour and b/w from photographs, drawings etc., text in English and Italian, fine in dj, dj has small chip to lower part of spine.
[18352] |
£40.00 |
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MOUILLESSEAUX Harold R. |
Ethan Allen, Gunmaker His Partners, Patents & Firearms
1973.
1st Edn,.
Museum Restoration.
Ottawa, Canada.
xiv 170 pages, 4to., illustrated throughout in b/w from photographs. Single ownership stamp to front end papers and title page for Herbie Woodend, vg in dj. . Herbie Woodend MBE was custodian of the Pattern Room Museum
[23328] |
£25.00 |
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Mowbray, Stuart C. and Heroux, Jennifer |
Civil War Arms Makers and Their Contracts A Facsimile Reprint of the Report by the Commission on Ordnance and Ordnance Stores, 1862
1989.
reprint.
Andrew Mowbray Publishers.
Lincoln U.S.A.
(6) -595 ? (4) pages, Illustration of two of the factories. Publishers' pictorial laminated binding, a fine copy.
[22810] |
£35.00 |
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Muckel, Gary B |
Early Shotgun Concentrators and Spreaders: The first one hundred years of invention to control the flight of Shot
nd Circa 1990.
the author?.
USA.
Unpaginated ,60 +pages 4to illustrated from colour photographs, line drawings, old adverts, many of the pages are copies of earlier works. Pictorial printed card a fine copy .
[23042] |
£25.00 |
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MUNITION DESIGN COMMITTEE |
Munitions Design Commitee, Small Arms Section December 1915 to August 1917
.
4to., unpaginated 200+ pages, 228 minutes recorded, some just a paragraph others several pages with a 4 page index and 6 page manuscript additions. A variety of weapons are designed and covered including Lewis machine Guns, ammunition, sights mountings, rifles, bayonets, Vickers guns etc., (A digital photograph of the index can be sent on request). The whole is bound in the original cloth binding, paper title label to upper cover, head and tail of spine worn and rubbing to corners. The name Colonel G.H.SD. Brown written on top margin of many of the reports and occasional notes and numbers written to margins. Colonel Browne was chairman of many of the meetings. A rare and important research item of the weapons of WWI
[19873] |
£480.00 |
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MUNSON H.Lee |
The Mortimer Gunmakers 1753 - 1923
1992.
Andrew Mowbray.
Lincoln, Rhode Island, USA.
ix 313 pages, illus from photographs, 4to, bound in black cloth, title in silver with vignette of a sportsman in silver to upper board, fine in dj. Includes a biographical sketch of Henry Mortimer, marking on the guns, fakes and forgeries, trade labels, bill heads and of course the gun.
[21790] |
£200.00 |
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Murray, Douglas |
The 336 A collector's reference on the Model 336 Marlin
1983.
1at.
the author.
Westbury Long Island.
4to illustrated in b/w from photographs old adverts etc. Publishers pictorial card covers VG.
[23318] |
£60.00 |
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Murray Douglas. P |
The Ninety-Nine: A History of the Savage Model 99 Rifle
1985.
revised 3rd.
Douglas P Murray.
Westbury Long Island, U.S.A.
Illustrated in b/w from photographs, line drawings old adverts etc. Publishers pictorial printed card covers a fine copy.
[23601] |
£35.00 |
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MUSGRAVE Daniel D., OLIVER Smith Hempstone |
German Machine Guns
1971.
1st Edn,.
Mor Associates.
Washington, USA.
457 pages, 4to., illus from photographs and drawings, bookplate to front paste down, vg in dj, dj has plastic laminted cover.
[19309] |
£30.00 |
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MUSGRAVE Daniel D., OLIVER Smith Hempstone |
German Machine Guns
1971.
1st Edn,.
Washington, USA.
457 pages, 4to., illus from photographs and drawings, couple of offset marks on EP's from sellotape, o/w vg in dj.
[13008] |
£35.00 |
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MUSKETRY INSTRUCTIONS |
Extracts From Regulations For Conducting Musketry Instructions Of The Army
1972.
abridged facsimile rep of the 1859 Edn,.
Parker Hale Ltd.
Birmingham.
42 pages, illustrated with line drawings. Publishers decorative red hard covers titled"Instruction Enfield Rifles Of Musketry" vg. Includes a new introduction andAn Historical Survey of Enfield Muzzle Loading Rifles by Dr C.H. Roads.
[22723] |
£22.00 |
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MUSKETRY INSTRUCTIONS |
Extracts From Regulations For Conducting Musketry Instructions Of The Army
1972.
abridged facsimile rep of the 1859 Edn,.
Parker Hale Ltd.
Birmingham.
42 pages, illustrated with line drawings. Publishers decorative red hard covers titled"Instruction Enfield Rifles Of Musketry" vg. Includes a new introduction andAn Historical Survey of Enfield Muzzle Loading Rifles by Dr C.H. Roads.
[22724] |
£22.00 |
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Musson, Jeremy; Allen, Terry photographer |
In Pursuit of the Best Gun: Westley Richards 1812-2012. A Bicentennial History
2012.
1st Edn.
Westley Richards Co.
Birmingham.
335 pages, Large 4to illustrated throughout with colour and b/w photographs by Terry Allen also old photographs documents etc, pictorial end papers. Limited to 200 numbered and signed copies, finely bound ? white cloth over green cloth paper title label to the upper cover. In purpose made white cloth covered drop over box, the title in black to upper cover, a fine copy. A finely produced book, covering the history, the guns, and their production the people. One of the great English gun making companies. which has been based in Birmingham since it was founded and has played an important role in the development of the shotgun and the sporting and military rifle.
[23706] |
£235.00 |
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