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335 pages. Hardcover with a dust jacket. Well illustrated. An in-depth history of the small arms made by the Sterling Company of Dagenham, Essex, England, from 1940 until Sterling was purchased by British Aerospace in 1989 and closed. The Lanchester and the Patchett Machine Carbines were both developed at Sterling Engineering Co Ltd. during World War II. With the appearance of the earliest Patchett prototypes the militry began testing them in ever more rigorous trials, wherein the Patchett kept proving its merits. This led to limited UK adoption of the MKII Patchett as the L2A1 in 1953, and the 'first Sterling', the MkII, adopted as the general issue 'Gun, Sub-Machine, L2A3' in September, 1955. Manufactured briefly but intensively by ROF Fazakerley (1955-1959) and by Sterling for over 30 years, nearly 1,600,000 were made. Unlike wraparound bolt designs like the UZI, the Sterling was capable of being truly silenced with standard 9mm ball ammunition (as opposed to being merely supressed). The excellent silenced Sterling-Patchett Mk5, adopted as the UK L34A1, is the only Sterling remaining in British Service. All prototypes, military Marks, commercial and licensed production models of the Sterling are described, including the Canadian C1 SMG and the Indian 1A Carbine. Contains notes on manufacturing methods and procedures as used at Sterling, ROF Fazakerley, Canadian Arsenals Limited and the Indian Small Arms Factory, Kanpur (Cawnpore), plus extensive notes on inter-model interchangeability, serial number ranges, quantities produced, client-country purchases of the various Sterling Marks, and accessories. An excellent and very comprehensive reference book. The top front corners of the covers were bumped in shipping, and the top right corners of the first three pages are slightly creased, otherwise this is a like new, unread copy.

310 pages, Hardcover with a dust jacket. 371 illustrations. An in-depth history of the small arms made by the Sterling Company of Dagenham, Essex, Enland, from 1940 until Sterling was purchased by British Aerospace in 1989 and closed. The Lanchester and the Patchett Machine Carbine were both developed at Sterling Engineering Co. Ltd during World War II. With the appearance of the earliest Patchett Prototypes the military began testing them in ever more rigorous trials, wherein the Patchett kept proving its merits. This led to limited UK adoption of the MkII Patchett as the L2A1 in 1953, and the "first Sterling", the MkIII, as the L22 IN 1955. Then came Sterling's "Crown Jewel", the superb Mk4, adopted as the general-issue UK "Gun, Sub-Machine, L2A3" in September, 1955. Manufactured briefly but intensively by ROF Fazakerley (1955-1959) and by Sterling for over 30 years, nearly 400,000 were made. Unlike wraparound bolt designs like the UZI, the Sterling was capable of being truly silenced with standard 9mm ball ammunition (as opposed to being merely "suppressed"). The excellent silenced Sterling-Patchett Mk5, adopted as the UK L34A1 in 1967, is the only Sterling remaining in British Service. All prototypes, militry Marks, commercial and licensed production models of the Sterling are described, including the Canadian C1 SMG and the Indian 1A Carbine. Contains notes on manufacturing methods and procedures as used at Sterling, ROF Fazakerley, Canadian; Arsenals Limited, and the Indian Small Arms Factory, Kanpur (Cawnpore), plust extensive notes on inter-model interchangeability, serial number ranges, quantities produced, client-country purchases of the various Sterling Marks, and accessories. Long out of print. A Very Fine As New copy that would be very difficult to duplicate.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Dustjacket good although wear to edges and browning, boards good and internally good.

Zustand: Very Good. Very Good+ in a Very Good dust jacket; Hardcover; Dust jacket is clean and intact with no tears, and has not been price-clipped (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Boards are clean and glossy with "sharp" edge-corners; The textblock edges are unblemished; The endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Large Format (Quatro, 10.75" - 11.75" tall); Light green dust jacket with gun photo, and title in black lettering; 1996, Collector Grade Publications; 336 pages; "Guns of Dagenham: Lanchester,Patchett,Sterling," by David Howroyd Peter Laidler.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Royal blue leather hardback. Sticker from previous seller on back endpaper. Dust jacket has some staining and minimal shelf wear, otherwise very good condition.

1st Edn,. 310 pages, 4to illustrated throughout in b/w from photographs line drawings gun breakdowns, pictorial coloured end papers. Publishers blue faux leather binding a fine copy in DJ, an in depth history of the small arms made by the Sterling Company of Dagenham Essex from 1940 till its closure in 1989.