Boothroyd geoffrey 1925 2001 (15 Ergebnisse)

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1990). (1961) 1990 2nd edition reprint. 8vo (142 x 222mm). Pp208. B/w photographs, illustrations, bibliography. Orange boards, spine titled in gilt. Slightly tanned. Tideline Books sticker but a very good copy in price-clipped dust-wrapper. This is a later, expanded, edition of Boothroyd's, A Guide to Gun Collecting, published by Arco in 1961. Chapters include: Invention of gunpowder; The matchlock; The wheellock; Development of the flintlock; Military flintlocks; Sporting flintlocks and the blunderbuss; Flintlock pistols; Forsyth and the percussion principle; Percussion rifles and capping carbines; Development of the revolver; Percussion revolvers perfected; Early breechloaders; Breechloading repeaters; Smokeless powders and their influence on design; Revolvers and automatics; Collecting guns; Shooting old guns; Cleaning and repairs; The law and the collectors; Proof and other marks. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1965). 1965 1st edition. 8vo (135 x 222mm). Pp158. B/w photographs and illustrations, bibliography. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Some use. Good-plus in used & chipped price-clipped dust-wrapper. "History of the rifle from its earliest beginnings to the modern semi-automatic rifle of today. Information on all types of rifle action, British, American and Continental, single shot, bolt action and semi-automic will be found, together with data on magazine systems and the men who designed them". Includes a detailed history of the cartridge. . …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1988). (1986) 1988 reprint. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Pp240. B/w photographs and illustrations. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Good-plus in slightly used dust-wrapper. "In this important book about the sporting shotgun, Geoffrey Boothroyd provides a fascinating insight into the lives and skilled work of gunsmiths who helped develop the shotgun during the late Victorian and Edwardian eras. With the aid of illustrations drawn mainly from private collections, he discusses guns made by such great names as Boswell, Purdey, Lang, Scott, Grant, Greener and Westley Richards. He also gives valuable accounts of weapons which came from the workshops of less well known, though equally remarkable, craftsmen who had brought British gunmaking to the peak of perfection by the opening decades of the twentieth century. These gunsmiths include Pape, Ford, Horsley, Griffiths, Golden and Harrison." .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1993). (1986) 1993 1st US edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Pp240. B/w photographs, illustrations, decorative end-papers. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Stains to boards, minor faults but good-plus in slightly spine-tanned dust-wrapper. "In this important book about the sporting shotgun, Geoffrey Boothroyd provides a fascinating insight into the lives and skilled work of gunsmiths who helped develop the shotgun during the late Victorian and Edwardian eras. With the aid of illustrations drawn mainly from private collections, he discusses guns made by such great names as Boswell, Purdey, Lang, Scott, Grant, Greener and Westley Richards. He also gives valuable accounts of weapons which came from the workshops of less well known, though equally remarkable, craftsmen who had brought British gunmaking to the peak of perfection by the opening decades of the twentieth century. These gunsmiths include Pape, Ford, Horsley, Griffiths, Golden and Harrison." .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1993). (1986) 1993 1st US edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Pp240. B/w photographs, illustrations. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good in slightly spine-faded dust-wrapper. "In this important book about the sporting shotgun, Geoffrey Boothroyd provides a fascinating insight into the lives and skilled work of gunsmiths who helped develop the shotgun during the late Victorian and Edwardian eras. With the aid of illustrations drawn mainly from private collections, he discusses guns made by such great names as Boswell, Purdey, Lang, Scott, Grant, Greener and Westley Richards. He also gives valuable accounts of weapons which came from the workshops of less well known, though equally remarkable, craftsmen who had brought British gunmaking to the peak of perfection by the opening decades of the twentieth century. These gunsmiths include Pape, Ford, Horsley, Griffiths, Golden and Harrison." .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1986). 1986 1st edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Pp240. B/w photographs & illustrations. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Slight use, light spotting to top edge. Good-plus in like dust-wrapper. "In this important book about the sporting shotgun, Geoffrey Boothroyd provides a fascinating insight into the lives and skilled work of gunsmiths who helped develop the shotgun during the late Victorian and Edwardian eras. With the aid of illustrations drawn mainly from private collections, he discusses guns made by such great names as Boswell, Purdey, Lang, Scott, Grant, Greener and Westley Richards. He also gives valuable accounts of weapons which came from the workshops of less well known, though equally remarkable, craftsmen who had brought British gunmaking to the peak of perfection by the opening decades of the twentieth century. These gunsmiths include Pape, Ford, Horsley, Griffiths, Golden and Harrison." .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1993). (1986) 1993 1st US edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Pp240. B/w photographs, illustrations, decorative end-papers. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good in dust-wrapper. "In this important book about the sporting shotgun, Geoffrey Boothroyd provides a fascinating insight into the lives and skilled work of gunsmiths who helped develop the shotgun during the late Victorian and Edwardian eras. With the aid of illustrations drawn mainly from private collections, he discusses guns made by such great names as Boswell, Purdey, Lang, Scott, Grant, Greener and Westley Richards. He also gives valuable accounts of weapons which came from the workshops of less well known, though equally remarkable, craftsmen who had brought British gunmaking to the peak of perfection by the opening decades of the twentieth century. These gunsmiths include Pape, Ford, Horsley, Griffiths, Golden and Harrison." .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1986). 1986 1st edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Pp240. B/w photographs & illustrations. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good in dust-wrapper. "In this important book about the sporting shotgun, Geoffrey Boothroyd provides a fascinating insight into the lives and skilled work of gunsmiths who helped develop the shotgun during the late Victorian and Edwardian eras. With the aid of illustrations drawn mainly from private collections, he discusses guns made by such great names as Boswell, Purdey, Lang, Scott, Grant, Greener and Westley Richards. He also gives valuable accounts of weapons which came from the workshops of less well known, though equally remarkable, craftsmen who had brought British gunmaking to the peak of perfection by the opening decades of the twentieth century. These gunsmiths include Pape, Ford, Horsley, Griffiths, Golden and Harrison." .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1998). (1991) 1998 2nd edition reprint. 8vo (156 x 236mm). Pp271. B/w photographs throughout. Brown faux leather, spine titled in gilt. Slight crack to inner hinge. Very good in slightly used dust-wrapper. Geoffrey Boothroyd wrote weekly articles in The Shooting Times & Country Magazine over many years. In this book, Boothroyd presents 250 pages of probably otherwise unobtainable material. Chapters include: Sidelocks; Boxlocks; The London trade - Holland & Holland, Charles Boswell, Charles Lancaster, Joseph Lang, Masu Brothers, J.D. Dougall, Boss & Co., William Evans, Cogswell & Harrison, Army and Navy C.S.L., Churchill Ltd., Silver & Co., Vickers Ltd., Watson Bros., John Wilkes, John Blanch & Son, Thomas Bland & Son, Frederick Beesley, Stephen Grant, Charles Hellis & Sons, W.J. Jeffery & Co, Joseph Needham, James Purdey & Sons, John Rigby, James Woodward and Sons, Henry Atkin; The Birmingham gun trade - A.A. Brown & Sons, William Cashmore, C.G. Bonehill, BSA, Joseph Bourne & Son, William Ford, William Greener, W.W. Greener, W. & C. Scott Ltd., John Harrison, G.E. Lewis & Sons, William Powell and Son Ltd, J. & W. Tolley, Westley Richards, Thomas Wild, Charles Osborne & Co. Ltd. ; The provincial gunmakers - Nicholas Andrews & Son, James Adsett, Burnand of Newcastle, W. Griffiths, Manton & Co., Giles Whittome, Charles Rosson, John Adams Scotcher, James Warrilow, William Golden, W.J. George, Thomas Hepplestone, Nixon of Newark, William Rochester Pape, Joseph Smythe, Thomas Horsley; Scotland - John Dickson, James Erskin, W. Horton, Alexander Martin, Charles Playfair, James Lawson, Julius Coster, David McKay Brown; Let's build a 'Best' Gun; The Grouse Gun; British makers. Also includes a glossary of terms. . …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1998). (1991) 1998 2nd edition reprint. 8vo (156 x 236mm). Pp271. B/w photographs throughout. Brown faux leather, spine titled in gilt. Very good in dust-wrapper. Dedication to half-title - reads: "To Jollyon, At dinner, At The Athenaeum, 17th September 2003. With Grateful Thanks for all the support you have given me during my year as Master of The Feltmakers - As a token of frinedhip and respect. from David Beulah" (?). Geoffrey Boothroyd wrote weekly articles in The Shooting Times & Country Magazine over many years. In this book, Boothroyd presents 250 pages of probably otherwise unobtainable material. Chapters include: Sidelocks; Boxlocks; The London trade - Holland & Holland, Charles Boswell, Charles Lancaster, Joseph Lang, Masu Brothers, J.D. Dougall, Boss & Co., William Evans, Cogswell & Harrison, Army and Navy C.S.L., Churchill Ltd., Silver & Co., Vickers Ltd., Watson Bros., John Wilkes, John Blanch & Son, Thomas Bland & Son, Frederick Beesley, Stephen Grant, Charles Hellis & Sons, W.J. Jeffery & Co, Joseph Needham, James Purdey & Sons, John Rigby, James Woodward and Sons, Henry Atkin; The Birmingham gun trade - A.A. Brown & Sons, William Cashmore, C.G. Bonehill, BSA, Joseph Bourne & Son, William Ford, William Greener, W.W. Greener, W. & C. Scott Ltd., John Harrison, G.E. Lewis & Sons, William Powell and Son Ltd, J. & W. Tolley, Westley Richards, Thomas Wild, Charles Osborne & Co. Ltd. ; The provincial gunmakers - Nicholas Andrews & Son, James Adsett, Burnand of Newcastle, W. Griffiths, Manton & Co., Giles Whittome, Charles Rosson, John Adams Scotcher, James Warrilow, William Golden, W.J. George, Thomas Hepplestone, Nixon of Newark, William Rochester Pape, Joseph Smythe, Thomas Horsley; Scotland - John Dickson, James Erskin, W. Horton, Alexander Martin, Charles Playfair, James Lawson, Julius Coster, David McKay Brown; Let's build a 'Best' Gun; The Grouse Gun; British makers. Also includes a glossary of terms. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1998). (1991) 1998 2nd edition reprint. 8vo (156 x 236mm). Pp271. B/w photographs throughout. Brown faux leather, spine titled in gilt. Slight spotting to edges, else very good in clipped dust-wrapper. Geoffrey Boothroyd wrote weekly articles in The Shooting Times & Country Magazine over many years. In this book, Boothroyd presents 250 pages of probably otherwise unobtainable material. Chapters include: Sidelocks; Boxlocks; The London trade - Holland & Holland, Charles Boswell, Charles Lancaster, Joseph Lang, Masu Brothers, J.D. Dougall, Boss & Co., William Evans, Cogswell & Harrison, Army and Navy C.S.L., Churchill Ltd., Silver & Co., Vickers Ltd., Watson Bros., John Wilkes, John Blanch & Son, Thomas Bland & Son, Frederick Beesley, Stephen Grant, Charles Hellis & Sons, W.J. Jeffery & Co, Joseph Needham, James Purdey & Sons, John Rigby, James Woodward and Sons, Henry Atkin; The Birmingham gun trade - A.A. Brown & Sons, William Cashmore, C.G. Bonehill, BSA, Joseph Bourne & Son, William Ford, William Greener, W.W. Greener, W. & C. Scott Ltd., John Harrison, G.E. Lewis & Sons, William Powell and Son Ltd, J. & W. Tolley, Westley Richards, Thomas Wild, Charles Osborne & Co. Ltd. ; The provincial gunmakers - Nicholas Andrews & Son, James Adsett, Burnand of Newcastle, W. Griffiths, Manton & Co., Giles Whittome, Charles Rosson, John Adams Scotcher, James Warrilow, William Golden, W.J. George, Thomas Hepplestone, Nixon of Newark, William Rochester Pape, Joseph Smythe, Thomas Horsley; Scotland - John Dickson, James Erskin, W. Horton, Alexander Martin, Charles Playfair, James Lawson, Julius Coster, David McKay Brown; Let's build a 'Best' Gun; The Grouse Gun; British makers. Also includes a glossary of terms. . …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1992). (1991) 1992 2nd printing. 8vo (155 x 235mm). Pp271. B/w photographs throughout. Dark blue cloth, spine titled in silver-gilt. Minor faults, good-plus in slightly frayed dust-wrapper. Geoffrey Boothroyd wrote weekly articles in The Shooting Times & Country Magazine over many years. In this book, Boothroyd presents 250 pages of probably otherwise unobtainable material. Chapters include; sidelocks; boxlocks; the London trade - Holland & Holland, Charles Boswell, Charles Lancaster, Joseph Lang, Masu Brothers, J.D. Dougall, Boss & Co., William Evans, Cogswell & Harrison, Army and Navy C.S.L., Churchill Ltd., Silver & Co., Vickers Ltd., Watson Bros., JohnWilkes, John Blanch & Son, Thomas Bland & Son, Frederick Beesley, Stephen Grant, Charles Hellis & Sons, W.J. Jeffery & Co, Joseph Needham, James Purdey & Sons, John Rigby, James Woodward and Sons, Henry Atkin; the Birmingham gun trade - A.A. Brown, William Cashmore, C.G. Bonehill, BSA, Joseph Bourne & Son, William Ford, William Greener, W.W. Greener, W. & C. Scott Ltd., John Harrison, G.E. Lewis & Sons, William Powell and Son Ltd, J. & W. Tolley, Westley Richards, Thomas Wild, Charles Osborne & Co. Ltd. ; the provincial gunmakers - Nicholas Andrews & Son, James Adsett, Burnand of Newcastle, W. Griffiths, Manton & Co., Giles Whittome, Charles Rosson, John Adams Scotcher, James Warrilow, William Golden, W.J. George, Thomas Hepplestone, Nixon of Newark, William Rochester Pape, Joseph Smythe, Thomas Horsley; Scotland - John Dickson, James Erskin, W. Horton, Alexander Martin, Charles Playfair, James Lawson, Julius Coster, David McKay Brown; let's build a Best Gun; the Grouse Gun; British makers. .…

dj. First Edition. [Firearms] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.240. With photographic illustrations throughout. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine, original pictorial dust-jacket priced at £15. Some light handling, near fine. Geoffrey Boothroyd was a British expert on firearms who wrote several standard reference works on the subject. He provided weapons and technical advice to author Ian Fleming for the James Bond novels and their film adaptations. Dubbed 'Armourer to 007' by Fleming, he was immortalised in print as quartermaster 'Major Boothroyd', and in film as 'Q', the man responsible for all of 007's guns, cars and gadgets. From the comprehensive bibliographical archive assembled by Jon Gilbert, with pencil ownership. His encyclopaedic guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. Gilbert, p.635.…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1992). (1991) 1992 2nd printing. 8vo (155 x 235mm). Pp271. B/w photographs throughout. Dark blue cloth, spine titled in silver-gilt. Slight use but very good in slightly rubbed dust-wrapper. This second printing appears to have been done for distribution by the author through "The Maxwell Press," Glasgow. Geoffrey Boothroyd wrote weekly articles in The Shooting Times & Country Magazine over many years. In this book, Boothroyd presents 250 pages of probably otherwise unobtainable material. Chapters include; sidelocks; boxlocks; the London trade - Holland & Holland, Charles Boswell, Charles Lancaster, Joseph Lang,Masu Brothers, J.D. Dougall, Boss & Co., William Evans, Cogswell & Harrison, Army and Navy C.S.L., Churchill Ltd., Silver & Co., Vickers Ltd.,Watson Bros., John Wilkes, John Blanch & Son, Thomas Bland & Son, FrederickBeesley, Stephen Grant, Charles Hellis & Sons, W.J. Jeffery & Co, Joseph Needham, James Purdey & Sons, John Rigby, James Woodward and Sons, Henry Atkin; the Birmingham gun trade - A.A. Brown, William Cashmore, C.G. Bonehill, BSA, Joseph Bourne & Son, William Ford, William Greener, W.W. Greener, W. & C. Scott Ltd., John Harrison, G.E. Lewis & Sons, William Powell and Son Ltd, J. & W. Tolley, Westley Richards, Thomas Wild, Charles Osborne & Co. Ltd. ; the provincial gunmakers - Nicholas Andrews & Son, James Adsett, Burnand of Newcastle, W. Griffiths, Manton & Co., Giles Whittome, Charles Rosson, John Adams Scotcher, James Warrilow, William Golden, W.J. George, Thomas Hepplestone, Nixon of Newark, William RochesterPape, Joseph Smythe, Thomas Horsley; Scotland - John Dickson, James Erskin,W. Horton, Alexander Martin, Charles Playfair, James Lawson, Julius Coster,David McKay Brown. .…

[Firearms / James Bond book reference] Collection of sixty original copyright photographs of firearms, [with:] six copies of the author's own titles, [with:] His bespoke Italian cufflink and tie-pin set with retractable penknives and scissors, in velvet-covered case [and:] Two photographic portraits of Boothroyd and photographs of Mrs Boothroyd. Each of the volumes from his library are signed or inscribed (given away/presented) and four have the author's bookplate. A working archive showing some signs of use, occasional browning or curl, ink stamps to reverse side. Overall very good, housed in a cloth covered card box with printed label. THE ARCHIVE OF THE MAN THAT CHOSE BOND'S WEAPON; THE REAL LIFE 'Q'. Geoffrey Boothroyd was a British expert on firearms who wrote several standard reference works on the subject. He first wrote to Fleming in 1956, recommending that he replace James Bond's Beretta ("a lady's gun") with the Walther PPK, and providing vital insights on shoulder holsters. As a result of this, in From Russia, With Love, the Beretta catches in Bond's waistband and prevents him from drawing the gun on Rosa Klebb, with dire consequences. From Dr. No onwards, the Beretta was no more. Boothroyd's correspondence with Fleming continued, and a mutual admiration grew, leading to the former becoming Fleming's technical advisor on munitions and a proof reader for the rest of the series. Dubbed 'Armourer to 007' by Fleming, he was immortalised in print as quartermaster 'Major Boothroyd', and in film as 'Q', the man responsible for all of 007's guns, cars and gadgets. Later part of the comprehensive bibliographical archive assembled by Jon Gilbert, with catalogue description. His encyclopaedic guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. Gilbert, p.635. Signed.…