Gooding s james (11 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. 54 Pages Illus.

Reprint. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Cover slightly stained and rubbed. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description; 54 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. Subjects; Artillery. Military history. Artillery; history. British army; history. Great Britain; army. North America; foreign relations. 1 Kg. …

Wraps. Reprint. Sixth printing, 1988. 54 p. illus. 26 cm. Bibliography. Historical Arms Series No. 4. The purpose of this work is to introduce the equipment of the Artillery. The material covered deals primarily with the last half of the 18th and the first half of the 19th centureis. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Bookplate. Cover has slight wear and soiling.…

Softcover. Zustand: Good. Stasmped 'Defenbce Library, Ministry of Defence NZ'. Cover sun-spotted (see image).

Pbl, 1988 edition, 54 pages, b&w illustrations. Very good condition.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. First Edition. 36 pages. Bibliography. Contains 28 pages of listings which include name, location and years when production took place. "It is hoped that this little booklet will fill a need. That it will rest in the glove compartment or folded in the breast pocket, to be used when it is needed most - just before buying what may be a Canadian made rifle." - page 4. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy of this excellent reference.…

Zustand: Very Good. First edition in publisher's original wire stitched illustrated card wrap covers (soft back). 8vo. 10'' x 7''. Contains 54 pp with monochrome illustrations and photographs throughout. In Very Good bright condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. ARTILLERY, ARMS & ARMOUR.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Museum Restoration Service, Bloomfield, ON, Canada. 1995. Vi, 134 pages. Illustrated. #109 of 650 copies. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Part-history, part-technical study is the finest existing study of percussion cannon locks. John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren (November 13, 1809 July 12, 1870) was a United States Navy officer who founded his service's Ordnance Department and launched significant advances in gunnery. Dahlgren devised a smoothbore howitzer, adaptable for many sizes of craft and shore installations. He then introduced a cast-iron muzzle-loading cannon with vastly increased range and accuracy, known as the Dahlgren gun, that became the U. S. Navy's standard armament. EB; 134 pages.…

Hardcover. Zustand: VG-. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. 308 pages in very good, clean condition. Light yellowing and stains on the endpapers and edges. Inscribed on the ffep. Profusely illustrated. Burgundy cloth with gilt titles. Titles are a little scuffed. Corners and edges bumped and rubbed. Orange, illustrated DJ with white titles. Corners and edges chipped and creased. Spine faded. Binding good and tight. VG-/FAIR Size: 9 x 11. Book. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Edition. "Here for the first time is the story of the Canadian gunmakers and the arms they manufactured. Contents include: An outline of where the gunsmiths were trained, where they settled and how they affected Canadian gunmaking; The chronological evolution of the firearms found in Canada; A survey of the types of firearms made in Canada, how they were made, and how to identify and date them; Biographical information about 750 gunsmiths, and gun makers who were working in Canada between 1608 and 1900; and much more. 308 glossy pages. Footnotes, bibliography and index. Numerous black and white reproductions of archival photos and documents. Tight and unmarked with average wear. Moderate bow to front board. Two faint tape ghosts to fore-edge of each free endpaper. Average wear to dust jacket now in glossy new archival-grade protection. A sound example of this superlative historic Canadian firearms reference.; 4to. …

1st Edn. XVI 308 pages, 4to., numerous illus from photographs etc, vg in dj, dj chipped at head of spine.