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Zustand: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, 2nd Printing. Published by Collector Grade, 1988. Quarto. Hardcover. Book is like new. Dust jacket is like new with light shelfwear. Great copy of this engaging title.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

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.

Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: 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.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 2nd Edition. Hardback. Excellent reference on the FG42 Paratroop Rifle, New expanded Edition 2007 with more pages than the earlier Edition. 216pp., ( 68 additional pages and 122 new illustrations). Both book and dustwrapper in near fine condition.

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.

Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. Cobourg, Ontario, Canada: Collector Grade Publications Incorporated, 1998. First Edition. Oblong quarto. 349pp. Illustrations and photographs throughout, some color. Illustrated dust jacket. Dark red boards stamped in gilt; illustrated endpapers. Mild rubbing to edges of dust jacket and boards. Binding sound and pages unmarked; Near Fine.

Hardcover. Zustand: NEAR FINE. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: GOOD+. First edition. Pages are slightly tanned at edges. Dust jacket has a closed tear to upper corner at spine, worn at tips, several very short edge tears. New archival mylar dj cover. 29 cm. 138 pages. History of the US military's long effort to develop the Special Purpose Individual Weapon, an infantry firearm that was ultimately never adopted. Additional info or photos on request. Ships in sturdy cardboard packaging, with tracking and insurance.

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: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Hardback. Excellent reference on the Mauser in Sweden. 1st Edition 2003. 292pp.,hundreds of photographs and illustrations. Near fine in near fine dustwrapper. Uncommon.

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: Fine. Over 798 pages. Hardcover published without a dust jacket. A huge volume. Profusely illustrated. INSCRIBED TO A COLLECTOR AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Originally published as the Three-Volume FAL Series: North American FALS - NATO's Search for a Standard Rifle; UK and Commonwealth FALs - Volume Two of the FAL Series; and, The Metric FAL - The Free World's Right Arm. It also includes the FAL Series Index. Very comprehensive. OUT OF PRINT AND GETTING SCARCE. This volume was put together by the author prior to the Classic Edition becoming available and it is Very Scarce. The Book is in Fine condition with only the lightest use. An opportunity to own a hard to find Collector Grade reference at a reasonable price. Inscribed by Author(s).

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: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New. 2nd Edition. Revised and Expanded Edition, 382 pages. Hardcover with a dust jacket. The Bren Gun Saga is widely considered the definitive "encyclopedia" of the Bren light machine gun (LMG), detailing its history from its origins in Czechoslovakia to its long service with British and Commonwealth forces. The book serves as a comprehensive technical and historical record, covering the entire lifecycle of the weapon through the following key areas: *Czech Origins: It traces the development of the Bren's forerunners, the ZB 26 and ZB 30 models produced at Brno in Czechoslovakia, and the competitive trials that led to its adoption by the British Army. *Production and Design: Detailed sections document the manufacturing process, including rare photgraphs showing the machining of solid steel blocks into receivers and the fabrication of major components. *Evolution of Variants: The text catalogs all major Bren variants, including the Mk I, Mk II, Mk III, and Mk IV as well as the post - 1958 L4 series converted to 7.62mm NATO ammunition. *Techinical Breakdown: Accompanied by over 400 illustrations, the book provides line drawings, gun breakdowns, and detailed photographs of design facets that are often overlooked in general histories. An outstanding Collector Grade reference book. Long out of print and Scarce. An absolutely beautiful Very Fine As New copy that would be hard to duplicate.

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.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 2revised ed edition. 416 pages. 11.02x8.58x1.18 inches. In Stock.

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.

HARDCOVER. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. Oblong quarto in dust jacket; hardcover; 542 pp. Tight binding; interior clean throughout; top corners moderately bumped; small spot stains to top of text block; slight spine lean; Very Good. Dust jacket has a few small spot stains and one small chip to head of spine; Good.

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

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Photos, 11.25 x 8.75", gilt-lettered leather with color illus. affixed to front cover, 833pp with Bibliography, covers a bit rubbed, extremities lightly bumped and worn, textblock edges lightly used and soiled else a decent copy of this SCARCE title.

1st Edn. 166 pages, 4to over 200 b/w illustrations from photographs line drawings etc. Publishers pictorial card covers very good copy. £35.

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.