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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Dust Jacket. Sticker to spine and inside cover. Stamps to FEP and title page. Wear ato cover, especially at edges and corners, but text is clean, tight and bright. Ex-Library.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1989). 1989 1st edition. 4to (220 x 302mm). Pp183. Colour plates, b/w photographs throughout. Blue cloth, gilt vignette to upper board, spine titled in gilt. Fine in dust-wrapper and original, though slightly damaged, cardboard mailing box. "For the authors, the work of Messrs Griffin, Tow and Bailes presents the wonderful characteristics which come alive when one handles their products. With this in mind, it has been their aim to record all that they know of these makers and their work in the belief that the result may help to give others comparable pleasures to those which they enjoy themselves". Chapters include: Introduction; Family trees of Griffin and Tow; Sources of information; Benjamin Griffin; Joseph Griffin; Messrs Griffin and Tow; John Tow; Description of arms; Charles Grierson; William and George Bailes. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1984). 1984 1st edition. Large 4to (230 x 302mm). Pp479. Colour and b/w photographs, bibliography. Blue cloth, gilt vignette to upper board, spine titled in gilt. Edition limited to 750 numbered copies. Clean copy in dust-wrapper but with approximately 1cm square gouge from spine and corresponding gouge to d/w spine. Number 620 of an edition of 750 cloth-bound copies. A good book on the history of the early British gunmakers. "Continuing their series on British gunmakers, in this volume the authors cover the period from the very beginning up to 1740." Published in an edition of only 750 cloth-bound copies and 20 de luxe leather-bound copies. This is a copy of the cloth-bound issue. Chapters include: Introduction; Sources of reference and conventions; List of gunmakers before 1640; Colour plates; The gunmakers, their lives and examples of the weapons they made. . …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1980). 1980 1st edition. 4to (193 x 253mm). Pp166. B/w photographs & illustrations throughout, pictorial end-papers. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt. Very good copy in slightly torn & repaired dust-wrapper. "By providing a photographic index of trade cards, together with an historical account of the case and its contents, the authors have not only produced a work of deep interest to all gun collectors but also provided an essential work of reference for the authentication and dating of firearms during the period." Chapters include: The evolution of cases for guns, rifles and pistols - 17th and early 18th centuries, 1760-1775, 1775-1785, 1785-1800, 1800-1820, 1820-1845, 1845-1860; Powder magazines; Pictorial index of trade cards and labels with gunmakers' addresses; Pictorial index of cased sets of guns, rifle and pistols; Tools and equipment found in gun, rifle and pistol cases - 1760-1775, 1775-1785, 1785-1800, 1800-1820, 1820-1845, 1845-1860; Engravers of gunmakers' trade cards and labels. . …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1984). 1984 1st edition. Large 4to (230 x 302mm). Pp479. Colour and b/w photographs. Blue cloth, gilt vignette to upper board, spine titled in gilt. Edition limited to 750 numbered copies. Very good in just slightly shelf-worn dust-wrapper and original cardboard mailing carton. Number 551 of an edition of 750 cloth-bound copies. A good book on the history of the early British gunmakers. "Continuing their series on British gunmakers, in this volume the authors cover the period from the very beginning up to 1740." Published in an edition of only 750 cloth-bound copies and 20 de luxe leather-bound copies. This is a copy of the cloth-bound issue. Chapters include: Introduction; Sources of reference and conventions; List of gunmakers before 1640; Colour plates; The gunmakers, their lives and examples of the weapons they made. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1967). 1967 1st edition. 4to (190 x 254mm). Ppxvi,300. Colour & b/w photographs, illustrations, bibliography. Blue cloth with gilt pistol vignette on upper board. Slight tanning but very good in slightly used dust-wrapper. Detailed examination of the lives and careers of John and Joseph Manton, with reference to many of the weapons made by them. Includes a list of every Manton known at the time of publication, and an appendix on other gunmaking Mantons. .…