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GERMAN SELF-PROPELLED GUNS ON THE BATTLEFIELD: WORLD WAR TWO PHOTOBOOK SERIES VOLUME 19
Written by Jon Feenstra.
Stock no. 1826105
Published by Peko Publishing Kft.. 1st 2019. Nearly fine condition.

Large oblong format. Matt white pictorial boards. B/w photos. Dual language: text in Hungarian and English. ISBN: 9786155583162. A lovely copy.

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WEAPONS OF WAR
No author listed.
Stock no. 2137111
Published by John Heywood. Circa 1914. Almost very good condition.

Gunpowder, Guns, Armour, Projectiles, Torpedoes, Mines, Submarines, etc. Simply Explained and Illustrated. Reprinted from The Manchester Guardian. Bottom and top 1-2" of spine have been repaired. Fading. Marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Grubby marks and some foxing to endpapers and outer page edges.

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THE PLAINS RIFLE
Written by Charles E. Hanson.
Stock no. 1823158
Published by The Gun Room Press. 1st thus 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Reprint Edition. Large format. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 088227015X. Spine and corners lightly bumped. Text block lightly browned else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and torn (no loss), slightly faded to spine and a little scuffed to rear panel.

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THE GUN AND ITS DEVELOPMENT
Written by W.W. Greener.
Stock no. 2135885
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. 8th 1907. Fair condition.

Dark green cloth. 8th edition, rewritten, and with many additional illustrations. B/w illustrations. B/w photos. Spine is very browned and heavily taped back onto covers. Heavy marking and wear to rest of covers; scuffing and chipping along edges. Joints are broken - some repair with tape. Pages are very grubby to margins and edges. Endpapers are especially grubby. This is a WORKING copy ONLY!

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RIFLE AND GUN
Written by L.B. Escritt.
Stock no. 2135664
Published by MacDonald & Evans Ltd.. 1st 1953. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

For practice, competition and sport. B/w photos. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some uneven browning and spotting to covers. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is grubby in places with edge-tears and chips; a little loss.

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THE WORLD'S SUBMACHINE GUNS (MACHINE PISTOLS) VOLUME I
Written by Thomas B. Nelson; Hans B. Lockhoven.
Stock no. 1819162
Published by Arms & Armour Press. 1st thus 1977. Slightly better than very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Large format. Grey boards. 739 pages. B/w photos. Developments from 1915-1963. Containing data, history and photographs of over 300 weapons with a technical guide in 20 languages. ISBN: 0853684812. Text block lightly browned, few spots to vertical edge. Pictorial dustwrapper is in two halves with some loss and damp staining.

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THE M 16
Written by Jean Huon.
Stock no. 1816874
Published by Spellmount Ltd.. 1st 2004. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The world's most famous assault rifle. Large format. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w & colour illustrations. ISBN: 1862272719. A few minor scuff marks to dustwrapper.

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GUNS OF THE REICH: FIREARMS OF THE GERMAN FORCES 1939-1945
Written by George Markham.
Stock no. 1816008
Published by Arms & Armour Press. 1st 1989. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A detailed and informative illustrated study tracing the rise of the modern German military machine and explaining the political, military and technological factors that influenced the production and development of these armaments. Large format. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. 175 pages. ISBN: 0853689652.

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THE BRITISH SHOTGUN VOLUME TWO 1871-1890
Written by I.M. Crudgington; D.J. Baker.
Stock no. 1813471
Published by Ashford. 1st 1989. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The intricate and elaborately woven story of the evolution and development of the British shotgun between 1871 and 1890. Yellow boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. vi and 250 pages including index. ISBN: 1852531339. Base of spine bumped. Contents fine. Price-cut dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine.

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A HISTORY OF MARKSMANSHIP
Written by Charles Chevenix Trench.
Stock no. 1813368
Published by Longman. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A wide-ranging survey of man the marksman and his weapons, in peace and in war. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and colour illustrations. 319 pages. ISBN: 0582108292. A few minor foxspots. Small bump to lower front edge. Price-cut dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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GAME GUNS AND RIFLES
Written by Richard Akehurst.
Stock no. 1813366
Published by The Sportsman's Press. 1992. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Third impression. Percussion to Hammerless Ejector in Britain. Red cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. ISBN: 0948253614.

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POSITIVE SHOOTING
Written by Michael Yardley.
Stock no. 2116353
Published by The Crowood Press. 2004. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Card wraps. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 1861264720. Light wear and a little creasing to corners.

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