DESCRIPTION AND MANAGEMENT RULES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF THE SPRINGFIELD BREECH-LOADING RIFLE MUSKET MODEL 1868.
Springfield: National Armory. Facsimile reprint of this 18 page stapled pamphlet. More
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FABRIKEN VON WEYERSBERG, KIRSCHBAUM ET CIE.: ACTIEN-GESELLSCHAFT FUR WAFFEN UND FAHRRADTHEILE
Weyersberg, Kirschbaum & Cie. Solingen. Folio. Hard Cover. Facsimile Reprint. A facsimile catalogue with a number of full page reproductions; some folding plates with reproductions in color. Appears to be the catalogue of 1899. More
STARR ARMS COMPANY, ARMORY AT YONKERS, N. Y. SOLE MANUFACTURERS OF STARR’S PATENT BREECH LOADING CARBINES AND RIFLES, ALSO SELF COCKING AND IMPROVED REVOLVERS, WITH REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.
New York: Hosford & Ketcham, Stationers and Printers, 1864. Soft Cover. Facsimile Reprint. Reprinted by C. Meade Patterson of Washington, D.C. in 1958. Trace of sunning at the fold of the front cover. More
Z. M. MILITARY RESEARCH CO., INC. CATALOG NO. 6
New York: Z. M. Military Research Co. Stapled Pamphlet. 98 page detailed catalog with many black and white images. More
AN AUXILIARY RANGE CORRECTOR SCALE FOR INFANTRY
Rochester, NY: Reprinted from “Infantry Journal” July - August 1915 by Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. 32mo. Soft Cover. 12pp. Gray-green paper binding stapled at spine. Covers and some text pages are creased, wrinkled. ; no markings in text... More
THE GREAT ART OF ARTILLERY OF CASIMIT SIMIENOWICZ
Yorkshire, England: S. R. Publishers, 1971. Hard Cover. An attractive facsimile edition, with many full page plates, and one folding plate. Facsimile of the 1729 London edition. More
SPRINGFIELD MUZZLE-LOADING SHOULDER ARMS. A DESCRIPTION OF THE FLINT LOCK MUSKETS, MUSKETOONS AND CARBINES AND AND SPECIAL MODELS FROM 1795 TO 1865, WITH ORDNANCE OFFICE REPORTS, TABLES AND CORRESPONDENCE AND A SKETCH OF SPRINGFIELD ARMORY.
New York: Francis Bannerman Sons, 1930. Hard Cover. Previous owner’s name on the front endpaper, and heavy foxing to the preliminaries and edges of the textblock. Photographic illustrations. Green cloth with gilt lettering. More
SPRINGFIELD MUZZLE-LOADING SHOULDER ARMS. | A DESCRIPTION OF THE FLINT LOCK MUSKETS, MUSKETOONS AND CARBINES AND THE MUSKETS, MUSKETOONS, RIFLES, CARBINES AND SPECIAL MODELS FROM 1795 TO 1865 WITH ORDNANCE OFFICE REPORTS, TABLES AND CORRESPONDENCE AND A SKETCH OF SPRINGFIELD ARMORY.
New York: Francis Bannerman Sons, 1930. Hard Cover. Claud Fuller’s Springfield Muzzle-Loading Arms, 1795-1865. With photographic illustrations. Bookplate on the front pastedown, and foxing to the rear endpapers. Minor shelfwear. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Very Good. More
ARMS, ARMOUR AND BASE-METALWORK. THE JAMES A. DE ROTHSCHILD COLLECTION AT WADDESDON MANOR
Office du Livre, 1974. Hard Cover. First Edition. A fresh and bright First Edition copy of a lovely book. There are no marks of any kind in the book; the dustjacket has no flaws. The publisher’s slipcase is present, and..... More
ARMS OF ITALY
Brescia, Italy: Line Editizoni, 1990. Hard Cover. Illustrated with color photographs throughout; 137 pp. plus ads. In the publisher’s blue cloth binding. More
MILITARY HANDGUNS OF FRANCE, 1858 - 1959
Excalibur Publications, 1993. Soft Cover. A nice clean copy. More
THE VIRGINIA MANUFACTORY OF ARMS.
Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, [1975]. Hard Cover. Signed. Signed by the author on the half title. With the recipients name on the front pastedown. Foxing to the preliminaries and edges of the textblock. Dampstaining to the front cover of..... More
ENGLISH GUNS AND GUN MAKERS
Harriman, Tennessee: Pioneer Press, 1956. Octavo. Soft Cover. Binding sound; some staining and rubbing to wrappers; illustrated; no markings in text. More
THE AMERICAN SWORD 1775-1945 | AMERICAN SILVER MOUNTED SWORDS 1700-1945
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Ray Riling Arms Books Company, 1970. Hard Cover. Revised Edition. Signed. 8vo.; in publisher’s green cloth binding with a somewhat worn dustjacket; vvi, [2], 286 pages including Index; followed by [2]. [6], 7-58 pages of American Silver Mounted..... More
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[TRADE CATALOG; FACSIMILE] L. C. SMITH AND OTHER HUNTER-MADE SHOTGUNS
Cocoa Beach, Florida: Lightner Library Collection, 1972. Stapled Pamphlet. A facsimile of the trade catalogue issued by the L. C. Smith Company. 24 pp. with printed wrappers; also an order form printed in pink. With illustrations and descriptions of shotguns..... More
FOURTEEN OLD GUN CATALOGS FOR THE COLLECTOR. VOLUME II. CONSISTING OF THE FOLLOWING SHARPS CATALOGS, PRINTED IN FACSIMILE: 1859 - 1864 - 1875 - 1876 - 1877 - 1878 - 1879 - 1880. ALSO THE CASE OF ROWAN VS. SHARPS; A MAYNARD CATALOG OF 1885; A BALLARD & MARLIN 1888; A STEVENS OF 1888; A STEPHENS-POPE OF 1902.
Chicago: The Gun Digest Company, 1953. Hard Cover. Third Edition. Sunning to the spine. Significant loss to the bottom edge and folds of the dustjacket. Blue cloth with a Fair dustjacket. More
HOW TO BUILD A MUZZLE LOADING RIFLE. LOCK, STOCK AND BARREL. | BUILDING A MUZZLE LOADING TARGET PISTOL. | LET’S MAKE AND TRIM A POWDER HORN. | THE MANUFACTURE OF GUN FLINTS. (ONE VOLUME)
Portsmith, Ohio: The National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association, 1958. Hard Cover. Second Edition. Various manuals for building muzzle loading rifles, pistols, and powder horns, collected in one volume. With text illustrations and diagrams. Red cloth with a Very Good dustjacket..... More
THE ART OF THE SABRE AND EPEE
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1936. Hard Cover. First Edition. The binding has some light foxing to the endpapers and preliminary pages; there is minor soiling to the top edge. The dustjachet has loss, especially at the top of the..... More
METALLIC CARTRIDGES (REGULATION AND EXPERIMENTAL) AS MANUFACTURED AND TESTED AT THE FRANKFORD ARSENAL, PHILADELPHIA, PA. [FACSIMILE]
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1873. A facsimile printing of this pamphlet, originally printed in 1873. The back panel advertises “Books of Lasting Interest” by the Pioneer Press of Harriman, Tennessee, and we presume they are responsible for this facsimile edition..... More
THE MUZZLE-LOADING CAP LOCK RIFLE
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: The Military Service Publishing Company, 1947. Hard Cover. Previous owner gift inscription at the top of the front endpaper; otherwise clean copy. The dustjacket is disreputable, with silverfishing at the folds of the flaps and 3” lacking from..... More
EARLY SIMEON NORTH PISTOL CORRESPONDENCE WITH COMMENTS BY ROBERT JESKA
Plainwell, MI: Privately Printed, 1993. Hard Cover. First Edition. A bright and fresh copy with no marks of any kind. The dustjacket is now protected with a new mylar cover. More
WALLACE COLLECTION CATALOGUES. EUROPEAN ARMS AND ARMOUR. VOLUME I, ARMOUR; VOLUME II. (2 VOLUMES)
London: William Clowes and Sons Ltd., 1962. Full Leather. Two small 4to bindings; in publisher’s full green leather with lettering in gilt to the spines; liii, 239 pages, followed by 104 pages of black and white photographic plates; iii, [1]..... More
IN MEMORIAM. SAMUEL COLT AND CALDWELL HART COLT
[Springfield, Massachusetts]: 1898. Illustrated by: Clifton Johnson. First Edition. A memorial volume for the greatest American armorer, Samuel Colt and his son Caldwell Hart Colt. With Chapters on the Church of the Good Shepherd which commemorates Col. Samuel Colt and..... More
TURNER KIRKLAND DIXIE GUN WORKS. MAY 1955. CATALOG NO. 102
Union City, Tennessee: Dixie Gun Works, 1955. Stapled Pamphlet. The second catalog of the Dixie Gun Works, with photograph of Bull Ramsey and “Pop” Niederer on the front cover. 33 pp. including the printed wrapper. More
RULES FOR THE MANAGEMENT AND CLEANING OF THE RIFLE MUSKET, MODEL 1863, FOR THE USE OF SOLDIERS. WITH DESCRIPTIVE PLATES.
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1863. Stapled Pamphlet. First Edition. A post World War II facsimile of this manual for the care of the Springfield Model 1863, a slightly modified version of the most commonly used rifle, the Model 1862, of..... More