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CHOKE-BORE GUNS AND HOW TO LOAD FOR ALL KINDS OF GAME
Written by W.W. Greener.
Stock no. 1810697
Published by Cassell Petter & Galpin. Circa 1876. Almost very good condition.

Burgundy boards, gilt titles and vignettes. Pockets containing diagrams of shooting from various choke-bore guns (three larger folded diagrams, and 3 smaller folded diagrams, all are printed on both sides.) Two fold-out tables. B/w illustrations. vii, 215, xv and 4 pages of publisher adverts to rear. Name and date in ink to front pocket (x 2). Name and date in ink to half-title page. Name in ink to page 11 and page 93 (neat and contemporary). Front and rear joint strengthened amateurishly with brown paper glued to joint, also to verso of front endpaper and facing half-title page. Rear hinge is broken (after page 4 of publisher advertistements) and therefore cloth starting to come away from the spine inside the book. All diagrams mentioned are present. Fold-out tables are creased and worn on folds.

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ROLLS-ROYCE ARMAMENTS
Written by David Birch.
Stock no. 1605630
Published by Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust. 1st 2000. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 1872922155. Cover edges slightly rubbed.

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CONQUERING THE FRONTIERS
Written by James E. Serven.
Stock no. 2111331
Published by The Foundation Press. 1st 1974. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Colour and b/w illustrations. Large format. Stories of American Pioneers and the guns which helped them establish a new life. SIGNED by author, with inscription to title page. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is browned to edges, with some grubby marks; 3-4" tear to base of spine and across horizontally.

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BASC GUIDE TO SHOOTING GAME
Written by Michael Yardley.
Stock no. 1604350
Published by Swan Hill Press. 1st 2007. Very good condition.

Foreword by Will Garfit. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour photos. ISBN: 9781904057970. Some sticky residue marks to rear board and tiny bumps to edges. pale damp staining visible to endpapers and some pages. Slight wrinkling on some pages but contents are generally clean and bright.

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THE MACHINE GUN A MODERN SURVEY
Written by Terry Gander.
Stock no. 1601858
Published by Patrick Stephens Limited. 1st 1993. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive and well illustrated survey of completely automatic weapons up to 15mm calibre. 208 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 1852603569. Initials in black ink to edge of text block.

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GERMAN MILITARY HANDGUNS 1879-1918
Written by John Walter.
Stock no. 1601753
Published by Arms & Armour Press. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A fully illustrated study of the principal German handguns of the Second Reich. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 80 pages. ISBN: 0853684049. Contents clean and bright. Price-cut wrapper is faded to spine and edges.

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UNITED STATES ARMY WEAPONS SYSTEMS 1987
No author listed.
Stock no. 1205696
Published by Department Of The Army. 1987. Nearly fine condition.

Large oblong format. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. From tanks to helicopters and guns.

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