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NEAL Keith W. |
Spanish Guns And Pistols
1955.
1st Edn,.
G. Bell and Sons.
x 102 pages, 100 illus, bookplate to front paste down, end papers browned, vg in dj, dj chipped at head opf spine, light rubbing to edges. Includes a list of gunmakers and their marks, from their origin until the present day.
[21873] |
£25.00 |
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NEAL Keith W. |
Spanish Guns And Pistols
1955.
1st Edn,.
G. Bell and Sons.
x 102 pages, 100 illustrations from photographs armourers marks, bookplate to front paste down, the end papers browned from DJ offset , vg in dj,. Includes a list of gunmakers and their marks, from their origin until the present day. And a historical account of the gunmakers of Madrid from their origin until the present day by Isidro Soler.
[22752] |
£30.00 |
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NEAL Robert J., JINKS Roy G. |
Smith And Wesoon 1857-1945
1966.
1st Edn,.
A S Barnes and Co.
South Brunswick, USA.
360 pages, 4to., illustrated from photographs and drawings, a vg copy in dj.
[14486] |
£30.00 |
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NEAL Robert J., JINKS Roy G. |
Smith And Weston 1857-1945
1966.
1st Edn,.
A S Barnes and Co.
South Brunswick, USA.
360 pages, 4to., illustrated from photographs and drawings, a vg copy in dj.
[15203] |
£30.00 |
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NEAL W.Keith, BACK D.H.L. |
British Gunmakers Messrs Griffin & Tow And W. Bailes 1740-1790
1989.
1st Edn,.
Historical Firearms.
Norwich.
183 pages, 4to., Illustrated with colour plates, and b/w photographs throughout. Publishers cloth gilt vignette to upper as new in DJ and the publisher postal box. Chapters include: Introduction; Family trees of Griffin and Tow; Sources of information etc with detailed photos of the guns.
[18966] |
£55.00 |
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NEAL W.Keith, BACK D.H.L. |
British Gunmakers Their Trade Cards, Cases And Equipment 1760 - 1860
1980.
1st Edn,.
The Compton Press, Warminster.
166 pages, Large 8vo with Illustrations of the trade cards, gun cases, tools etc in b/w from photographs, ownership name to verso of the front-end paper. Very good copy in dust jacket. The authors having collected and photographed trade cards for over 40 years, moved inevitably towards a study of the development of the gun case and its equipment. An essential work of reference for the authentication and dating of firearms during the period.
[23592] |
£150.00 |
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NEAL W.Keith, BACK D.H.L. |
British Gunmakers Their Trade Cards, Cases And Equipment 1760 - 1860
1980.
1st Edn,.
Compton Press,.
Warminster.
166 pages, Large 8vo with Illustrations of the trade cards, gun cases, tools etc in b/w from photographs. SIGNEND by W. Keith Neal and David Back on the title page AS very good copy in dust jacket. The authors, having collected and photographed trade cards for over 40 years, moved inevitably towards a study of the development of the gun case and its equipment. An essential work of reference for the authentication and dating of firearms during the period. A difficult title to find and more so SIGNEND by both authors. ?225
[23771] |
£225.00 |
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NEAL W.Keith, BACK D.H.L. |
Great British Gunmakers 1540-1740
1984.
1st Edn,.
Historical Firearms.
Norwich.
479 pages, limited edition of 750 numbered copies, this copy numbered 116.Sporting bookplate to front paste down of L. P Unsworth (author and gun collector), Large 4to., finely illustrated from photographs in colour and b/w, gilt gunlock vignette to upper board, a fine copy in DJ. A detailed book on the subject by 2 leading experts
[23558] |
£95.00 |
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NEAL W.Keith, BACK D.H.L. |
Great British Gunmakers 1540-1740
1984.
1st Edn,.
Historical Firearms.
Norwich.
479 pages, limited edition of 750 numbered copies, this copy un numbered, large 4to., finely illus from photographs in colour and b/w, gilt gunlock vignette to upper board, a mint copy in dj. A detailed book on the subject by 2 leading experts
[19146] |
£70.00 |
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NEAL W.Keith, BACK D.H.L. |
Great British Gunmakers 1740 - 1790, The History Of John Twigg And The Packington Guns
1975.
1st Edn,.
Sothebys.
196 pages, 4to. illustrated in colour and b/w, sporting bookplate to front paste down of L. P Unsworth (author and gun collector). Signed by KEITH NEAL on front end paper to Pat Unsworth, pencil note below by Unsworth noting when he purchased the book and visit to Keith Neal. Bound in the publisher's emerald, blue cloth with gilt gun lock vignette to the upper cover. DJ present and complete but old offset marking to top and lower edge from a DJ sleave (now removed) A vg copy with good provenance of a detailed work with excellent detailed photographs of the guns and some photographs of the original bills and accounts. With a comprehensive list of all known examples of the works of John Twigg.
[23553] |
£100.00 |
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NEAL W.Keith, BACK D.H.L. |
Great British Gunmakers 1740 - 1790, The History Of John Twigg And The Packington Guns
1975.
1st Edn,.
Sothebys.
196 pages, 4to. illus with 12 colour and 545 mono chrome illus, a vg+ copy in similar dj, a detailed work on the family and the works of John Twigg and his guns.
[23666] |
£110.00 |
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NEAL W.Keith, BACK D.H.L. |
Great British Gunmakers 1740-1790, The History Of John Twigg and Packington Guns
1975.
1st Edn,.
Sothebys.
196 pages, 4to. illus with 12 colour and 545 mono chrome illus. vg in dj, the dj has small loss and chipping to head of spine and part of rear flap top edge. A vg copy of a detailed work on the family and the works of John Twigg and his guns.
[21944] |
£85.00 |
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NEAL W.Keith, BACK D.H.L. |
The Mantons Gunmakers And The Mantons Supplement
1967,1978.
1st Edn,.
Herbert Jenkins, Compton Press.
London And Tidsbury.
2 Vols, xv 300 + 279 pages, lge 8vo, well illus in colour and black and white, publishers blue cloth vg+ in price clipped dj. The supplement is a fine copy in likewise dj.
[21563] |
£150.00 |
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NEAL W.Keith, BACK D.H.L. |
The Mantons Gunmakers And The Mantons Supplement
1967,1978.
1st Edn,.
Herbert Jenkins, Compton Press.
London And Tidsbury.
2 Vols, XV 300 + 279 pages, lge 8vo, well illus in colour and black and white, vg in dj.
[19640] |
£140.00 |
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NEAL W.Keith, BACK D.H.L. |
The Mantons Gunmakers, The Mantons Supplement
1966, 1978.
1st Edn,.
Herbert Jenkins, Compton Press.
2 Vols, xv 300, 279 pages, 4to., b/w and colour illus from photographs, the supplement is a fine copy in similar dj. Vol 1 dj price clipped and small chip to head of spine. The definitive work on the Mantons development with excellent photos of the guns, trade cards etc., .
[21868] |
£130.00 |
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NOBEL INDUSTRIES LIMITED |
Clay Target Shooting (Front cover title A Handbook On Clay Target Shooting)
nd Circa 1930.
1st Edn.
Nobel Industries Ltd.
71pages, illustrate with photographs showing the traps including hand held. Shooting competitions, also diagrams in the text Printed card covers, vg. A scarce book, published to help regularise the conduct of clay target shooting, hints to running clubs and how to promote the sport. VG. Quite scarce no copies held in UK holding libraries. ?80
[22458] |
£80.00 |
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NOBILI Marco |
Fine European Gunmakers. Best Continental European Gunmakers And Engravers
2002.
1st Edn,.
Safari Press.
Long Beach, CA, USA.
297 (4), Landscape 4to full page and text illustration from colour photographs throughout, Limited to 500 copies numbered an signed by Marco Nobili, this is number 399.Publishers red cloth with gilt title within gilt borders, in slipcase a fine copy. Covers the great European gunmakers with some high-quality photographs of the guns and the engravings.
[23697] |
£90.00 |
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NOEL Capton John |
How To Shoot With A Revolver
1940.
1st thus.
thw author.
24 pages, Small 8vo Staple bound maroon card covers, printed title to upper cover with a revolver vignette, vg. First published in 1918 Noel reprinted this abridged and revised edition in 1940 "to give further impetus to the present military task of making thousands of young soldiers trigger conscious". The Captain Noel was formerly an instructor in revolver shooting, Riling 1865 lists the 1918 edition but not this edition, only 3 copies located in U.K libraries of this edition.
[22903] |
£75.00 |
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NORTON Charles B. |
American Inventions And Improvements In Breech-Loading Small Arms, Heavy Ordnance, Machine Guns, Magazine Arms, Fixed Ammunition, Pistols, Projectiles, Explosives And Other Munitions Of War Including A Chapter On Sporting Arms
1880.
Chaplin and Gould.
Springfield, Mass, USA.
407 pages, 4pp adverts, full page + text illus and diagrams, 3 chromo lithograph plates and 3 steel engraving of factories, slight damp mark to lower margin edge of the plates also to previous page not affecting any other page or plate, recased in the publishers red cloth, spine showing loss relayed, cover evenly faded, gilt vignette of cannon to upper board. 2 bookplates for William Courtney Overstreet and Malcolm F Macfarlane to FEP. Much on American breech loading small arms also a sketch on the rise and progress in the manufacture of heavy ordnance and projectiles.
[15409] |
£380.00 |
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