Stevens r blake (31 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Reprint. 28 pages. Many excellent photos and diagrams. "John Moses Browning was one of the world's foremost inventors of small arms. At the time of his death in 1926, he was working on a new pistol design for the French ministry of war. It was adopted by the Belgian government as the Model 1935 FN 'Hi-Power' pistol. It is described as a locked-breech, recoil operated semi-automatic pistol, magazine fed, with a capacity of 13 cartridges." - page 1. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy of this informative reference.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 2nd. With dust jacket. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 260 pages. Soft covers. UK and Commonwealth FALs" (Volume Two of the FAL Rifle Series) by R. Blake Stevens is the definitive historical and technical reference covering the evolution of the Fabrique Nationale (FN) FAL as adopted by Great Britain, Canada, Australia, and other Commonwealth nations. The work meticulously documents the progression of the rifle in these regions through the following key areas: Explores the rifle's wartime infancy in England, detailing Great Britain?s initial development of the bullpup EM-2 and its testing against early FN-designed FAL prototypes. It covers the pressure from the United States to abandon the intermediate .280 cartridge in favor of the T65 round, which ultimately led to the standardization of the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge. Details Canada's pioneering involvement with the platform, as they were the first Commonwealth nation to adopt and produce the FAL (known as the C1 and the C2 heavy-barrel squad automatic weapon). Chronicles the long, arduous journey to standardize the L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle for the British Armed Forces, including the inch-to-metric dimension changes and manufacturing nuances. Discusses the Australian adoption and the heavy barrel variant (L2A1), along with the operational challenges and field performance of the Commonwealth FALs. Features original source documentation, line drawings, parts breakdowns, and black-and-white photographs of the guns in service. The book often serves as a key resource for military historians and firearm collectors. Scarce. A Near Fine to Fine copy with only very light use at a reasonable price. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Hardback. Excellent volume of the U.S.Rifle M14. This is the Revised Second Edition, Third Printing 1995. 340pp., many photographs and plans. Both book and Dustwrapper in very good condition. Ships from UK.

Zustand: Near Fine. Near Fine. Cobourg, Ontario, Canada: Collector Grade Publications Incorporated, 2009. First Edition. Quarto. 272pp. Color and b&w photographs and illustrations throughout. Illustrated dust jacket. Maroon leatherette boards with spine stamped in gilt; illustrated endpapers. Dust jacket lightly rubbed along edges with a small patch of creasing to crown. Boards show light shelfwear. Binding sound and pages unmarked; Near Fine.…

Zustand: Very Good. 2. 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); Light wear to the boards; The textblock edges are unblemished; Excellent binding; 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); 2.8 lbs; Blue-green dust jacket with title in tan lettering; 2nd Edition; 1991, Collector Grade Publications; 352 pages; "US Rifle M14 - from John Garand to the M21," by R. Blake Stevens.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Hardcover. 4to. Published by Collector Grade Publications, Cobourg, ON, Canada. 2004. 569 pgs. Illustrated with 392 black and white illustrations. First Edition/First Printing. 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. Complete story of the development of the first successful assault rifle. Not just the reason for beginning the project and mechanical problems, but also the political and financial roadblocks. Also shows the military situation that effected the design and production. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. 1st Edition. Publishers green leatherett with dust-jacket. 138 pages. Illustrated. Nice copy in very fine condition. // Modern US Military Small Arms Series - Volume Two.

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New. 1st Edition. 511 pages. Almost 600 illustrations, many in color. Hardcover with a dust jacket. Huge volume. This is a well-informed discourse by a professional self-defense expert covering all aspects of the famous k-frame revolver, the tried-and-true cornerstone product of the prestigious armsmaking firm Smith & Wesson, Inc. of Springfield, Massachusetts. From its antecedent .32 caliber Hand Ejector model, introduced in 1896, through well over a century of production, the S&W K-Frame, revolver has long been the most perennially popular sidearm in the company's catalog, with production totals in excess of all other S&W models combined. K-Frame S&Ws have proven to be exceptionally versatile throughout this unprecedentedly long period. Fixed-sight M&P versions have provided much peace of mind to those who carried them as duty guns or who kept one handy for home protection, while the adjustably-sighted target models have performed with great reliability and precision in matches fired by a vast number of target shooters> both types have proven themselves over time to be dependable companions in wild and dangerous places. It is most interesting to consider, as we do in this book, how safety features on Smith & Wesson revolvers have been a recurring theme over the years. Obviously right from the beginning everyone connected withe newly-developed Hand Ejectors was familiar with the danger of a weapon firing when dropped if a cartride was under the firing pin. We have documented the repeated efforts by Smith & Wesson to ensure that their revolvers were free from this hazard, with the most recent modification being added in 1944 in responnse to the incident of a sailor who was fatally shot by his dropped Victory Model during WWII. A sequesl to Volume I, Magnum - The S&W Phenominon. The page and figure numbering in this book continnues on from wher Volume I left off, and a comprehensive Index to both volumes appears in the back of this book. An outstanding reference. Excellent. Out of print and scarce. A Very Fine As New copy at a reasonable price. …

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. 951 pages. Over 1,300 illustrations, many in color. A huge, heavy volume. The most popular military small arm in U.S. history has been the subect of a number of books, perhaps the most important of which are the perennially popular War Baby! and War Baby Comes Home. Both have been reprinted numerous times. Today, over seventy years since the birth of the U.S. carbine in 1941, interest in it has not only not abated, but has increased phenomenally. In addition to the over six million military carbines which were manufactured duing World War II, over one million commercial examples have been made or assembled since 1960. Since the initial publication of the War Baby series over two decades ago, the author has continued to research all aspects of the carbine program. He has thus acquired a great deal of new informaion, which takes the form of amendments and additions to existing material as well as new, previously unpublished data and illustrations. Taking into account the thousands of copies of the first two War Baby volumes already in circulation, we have decided not to revise them but to leave them as they are, and present all this new material here. Accordingly, each of the original 41 chapters in the two initial volumes is revisited in a new chapter set, numbered from 101 to 141, each containing all the amendments and additions pertinent to the original chapter. A comprehensive index covering all three volumes in the series appears a the end of this book. An outstanding collector reference. The Book is As New The Dust Jacket has a very short tear at the bottom front edge as well as some slight curling. Overall it is still in Fine condition. An opportunity to own a beautiful copy of an important reference at a reasonable price.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 2004, 400 pages. 441 illustrations. Hardcover with a dust jacket. The standard reference source for the M16. The truth about the controversial 5.56mm caliber AR-15 (M16)--what it is, what it is not, where it came from, and why. A comprehensive study. A Fine copy in a Fine Dust Jacket with only the very lightest use. An opportunity to own a wonderful copy of an important out-of-print reference book at a reasonable price.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. 340 pages. Hardcover with a dust jacket. Over 450 illustrations. Very detailed and comprehensive. "This book presents a comprehensive chronology of handgun development and production at the famous armsmakers Mauser-Werke of Oberndorf, Germany from 1877 through to the end of the French occupation period which followed WWII. It is well known that Mauser manufactured a number of pistols of the firm's own design. These included the locked-breech, self-loading C96, blowback pocket pistols, models of 1910, 1914, 1910/34, 1914/34, and 1934, two versions of the WTP "vest pocket" pistol, and the double-action HSc pistols. Mauser also manufactured several handguns which had been designed elsewhere, including Reichsrevolvers, Parabellum (Luger) pistols, including lange Pistolen 08 ("artillery" Lugers) for Persia and Siam, and versions fitted with 120mm barrels for the Swiss and for Swedish trials in 1938, plus many P38s during World War II. In addition, a great many other pistol models were developed in the Mauser V-Abt (the Experimental Department) which for various reasons were produced as prototypes only or in extremey limited quantities. An important reference for collectors and historians. Very Scarce and long out of print. The publisher is no longer in business. Both the Book and the Dust Jacket are in Fine condition with only the lightest use. A beautiful copy of a hard to find book at a reasonable price.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 2nd Edition. The Black Rifle: M16 Retrospective (Modern US Military Small Arms Series- Volume Three) By R. Blake Stevens and Edward C. Ezell. Publisher: Collector Grade, Toronto, 2004. Enhanced 2nd printing. Near new hardback with jacket, binding firm, inscription to half-title page, pages very good, minor marks. Jacket has some light shelf-wear with minor marks. 400 pages, illustrated. ALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK. All books are sent with free courier postage within New Zealand. HEAVY BOOK THAT WILL REQUIRE EXTRA SHIPPING COSTS OUTSIDE OF NEW ZEALAND.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. With dust jacket. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 2nd Edition. Enhanced Second Edition, 400 pages. 441 illustrations. Hardcover with a dust jacket. The standard reference source for the M16. The truth about the controversial 5.56mm caliber AR-15 (M16)--what it is, what it is not, where it came from, and why. A comprehensive study. A Fine copy with only the very lightest use. An opportunity to own a wonderful copy of an important out-of-print reference book at a reasonable price.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 534 pages. library sticker on spine - no other markings, private collector The thirty chapters in this long awaited book tell the in depth story of the ing enious half-locked roller action, from the curiously simultaneous development of initial prototypes by two German companies during World War II - the Mauser Ger ät 06H and the Grossfuss MG42V - right through to the present day. After the wa r the roller lock was taken first to France, where several hitherto little-known assault rifle prototypes were developed by ex-Mauser engineers in calibres 7.65 x35mm French short and 7.62x33mm (.30 US carbine). In 1950 the roller lock moved to Spain, where what became the CETME family of roller-locked weapons was devel oped by ex-Mauser engineer Ludwig Vorgrimler, initially chambered for the unorth odox 7.92x41mm cartridge. By the mid-1950s the roller lock had returned - Full Circle - to Germany, and a co-operative manufacturing programme had been establ ished between CETME and the fledgling German armsmaking firm Heckler & Koch GmbH, whose pre-adoption prototypes included the 7.62mm NATO calibre H&K ST G CETME and the H&K DM3 (CETME). The finalised G3 rifle was adopted by th e Bundeswehr in 1959, and nearly two million examples were produced by H&K a nd Rheinmetall with fixed, folding and retractable buttstocks. The roller lock a ction then formed the basis for the H&K weapons family, consisting of nume rous models and variations of SMGs, carbines, rifles and machine guns in calibre s ranging in power from 9mm Parabellum to - very briefly - .50 Browning! Version s of the G3 and other H&K arms were also sold commercially (we list 25 count ries using ready-made H&K product), and manufactured abroad under license. M odels made by or for Burma, Denmark, Greece, Iran, Malaysia, Mexico, Norway, Pak.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 232 pages, [18] pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portrait ; 21 cm. ; green and orange cloth with designs ; no dustjacket ; OCLC: 9504907 ; LC: SB411 ; Dewey: 583.305 ; Contents: The President makes and appeal / Walter E Clark -- The regional rose-conference idea / Robert Pyle -- What is a rose pilgimage? -- Pernet-Ducher / J Dupeyrat -- Breeding roses at home / George C Thomas -- Propagating roses at home / C C Bramble -- What understock do you use? / Mrs. Gross R Scruggs -- Rose-disease work at the New Jersey Station / Richard P White -- Black spot again / L M Massey, Cynthia Westcott -- A plea for patience / P L A Lines -- When is a new rose a good rose? -- Favorite roses, a symposium -- All roses are beautiful / George T Elliot -- Vermont replies / George P Cheney -- A well-considered list / R Marion Hatton -- A nurseryman's selection / S Roger Mitchell -- Roses which give most pleasure / Mrs J A Frank Neal -- My favorite roses / Mrs Frank Harris Hissock -- The favored few / A J Webster -- Among the newer roses / Clarence A Davis -- Among my favorites / Melvin E Wyant -- Time-tested favorites / Robert Housum -- Some yellow roses I like / Clyde O'Rourk -- Hoosier beauties / Arthur L Hubbard -- The call of the wild / Albert Chandler -- Kansas roses / Otto Greef -- A rose-garden in Arkansas / Dymple B Johnson -- Teas in the South / R N Day -- Favorite roses in Central Florida / Louis P Bosanquet -- Roses I have grown and loved / Henderson L Lanham -- The roses of Spartanburg / Mrs L J Blake -- My favorite roses / Mrs James A Bane -- What are my favorite roses? -- Favorites from the Pernetiana paradise / Aden Hyde -- Ideals and favorites / P L A Lines -- Roses of the future / E G Hill -- Rating rose values / Capt L S Van Duzer -- Shipping cut roses / S S Pannock -- Rugosa roses and their hybrids / Chester D Wedrick -- An experience with little own-root roses / Horace W Treusdell -- California roses, a symposium -- Physical geography of California / Emmet Rixford -- The California climate / George C Thomas -- California as a rose paradise / Forrest L Hieatt -- Old roses of California / Arthur P Howard -- Roses in California / Lowell Swisher -- Some new roses in Southern California / John A Armstrong -- California garden practice / Clarence G White -- Combating heat in the San Joaquin Valley / R O MacDonald -- Roses of Monterey / Francis E Lester -- Roses in Central California / Mrs Charles C Derby -- Rose-planting in Santa Clara County / Mrs Fremont Older -- Roses by the Golden Gate / Victor Reiter -- Experiences from Petaluma / Mrs Maud E Serutton -- Roses in Northern California / Howard Bishop Jr -- Roses in the Redwood empire / Mrs J H Gault -- Commercial rose-growing in California / Dr Emmet Rixford -- The rose-pilgrim's progress / Dwight L Armstrong -- Roses in the Puget Sound country / Dr Hiram DePuy -- The American Rose Society tours Europe / J H Nicolas -- Roses in other lands - Rose notes -- World's new roses -- Roses registered ; tiny mark on front cover, else VG. Book.…

Zustand: Sehr gut. Deutsche Ausgabe der erweiterten 2. Auflage. 4° (28,5 x 22 cm). 285 S., mit 312 Illustrationen und graphischen Darstellungen. Schwarzer Original-Ganzleinenband mit farbig illustriertem Schutzumschlag. Neuwertiges Exemplar. - Versandkosten außerhalb Deutschlands aufgrund des Gewichts auf Anfrage.…

Photos, illustr, 11.25 x 8.5, green leather-like boards, 297 pp with index, covers a tad rubbed, extremities lightly bumped, spine slightly cocked, hinges loose else a nice, clean, fresh copy of the "Expanded Second Edition, third printing.".

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 400 pages. dj chipped, errata taped to inside flap, library sticker on spine - no other markings, private collector large oversized hardbound with dust cover.

gebundene Ausgabe. Dt. Ausg. der erw. 2. Aufl. 285 S. mit Ill. / gutes Exemplar mit Schutzumschlag // Geschichte, Waffen, Pistolen SL011 9783613014527 *.* Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 1500.

1st Edn. 166 pages, 4to over 200 b/w illustrations from photographs line drawings etc. Publishers pictorial card covers a few small marks. a very good copy. Personal presentation inscription on the title page signed by Stevens.

Zustand: gut. Browning - High Power: Die Geschichte der perfektesten Automatikpistole der Welt Stevens, R Blake In deutscher Sprache. pages.

1st Edn.. 400 pages 4to illustrated in b/w from photographs line drawings and gun breakdowns. Pictorial end papers. VG in dj, dj has a faint silver offset mark to upper cover, of a standing person? The development of the M16 rifle.

Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edn.. 400 pages, Loose errata slip, 4to illustrated in b/w from photographs line drawings gun breakdowns. Pictorial end papers publishers faux black leather binding VG in good dj, the dj a few small chips along the top edge and loss to outer upper corner 4cm x 2cm. The development of the M16 rifle. "The enhanced grade of material used, hence the name Enhanced Second Printing".…

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: New. This book depicts and describes seven basic models of the FG42, from the earliest one-off (the Type 'A') through the first or early production series (the Type 'E') with it's distinctively swept back handgrip and intricately machined receiver, then through the initial Rheinmetall redesign utilising a stamped receiver (the Type 'F') to the ultimate if extremely short lived model, the pressed-steel Type 'G', produced by krieghoff and LO Dietrich. Among the many 'bombshells' that the 2007 Addendum drops, are translations of a series of original Rheinmetall documents which challenge everything previously known or assumed about the timetable of the FG42 development. This information, which appears here for the first time, solves some long standing dilemmas but introduces even more new questions about these fascinating arms. A classic in it's own right, surely well deserving of a place in the library of all those interested in German military arms. 8 1/2 X 11 inches, hardcover with dust jacket with dust jacket, illus, 228 pages.…

1st Edn. 59 pages, 4to 69 illustrations with 20 in full colour and b/w from photographs line drawings old adverts pictorial end papers etc. Bound in the publisher's blue faux leather binding, a fine copy in DJ. Includes a survey of the Colt National Match with serial number chart noting the finish, grips, sights, with observations for each. …

1st Edn. 59 pages, 4to, 69 illustrations with 20 in full colour and b/w from photographs, line drawings old adverts etc. Presentation inscription on ½ title to David Penn with the best regards Tim Mullins with date. David Penn was formerly keeper of exhibits and firearms at the Imperial War Museum . Bound in the publisher's blue faux leather binding, a fine copy in DJ. Includes a survey of the Colt National Match with serial number chart noting the finish, grips, sights, with observations for each.…

1st Edn. ix + 138 pages, 4to illustrated in b/w from photographs and drawings, showing the guns bullets etc, Publisher green faux leather with gilt design to front board, fine in dj, 2cm single closed tear to the dj, dj now in clear removable sleave. Spiw an acronym standing for Special Purpose Individual Weapon. "The most fantastic gun story ever told.".…

1st edn. xxxii 369 pages, 4to illustrated throughout in b/w from photographs, line drawings, gun breakdowns, pictorial end papers. Publishers black faux leather, a fine copy in dj. An authoritative history of the Sten. Includes Stens made outside the UK, as in Canada, Australia New Zealand, Denmark, Norway, Poland, China, and elsewhere. …