Isbn: 9780853680734 - the gun and its development (6 Ergebnisse)

Reprint 1986; facsimile of 9th edition of 1910. Dust jacket spine sunned. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 5th or later Edition. Undated edition, 1970s reprint of the 1910 ninth edition. Rewritten and with many additional illustrations. Facsimile edition. Jacket is price clipped, there are creases on it, also a little fading on the spine.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1986). (1881) 1986 facsimile reprint. 8vo (155 x 225mm). Ppxx,804,ads. B/w photographs, illustrations. Black cloth, spine titled in silver-gilt. Owner's name to front end-paper, slight wear to lower edges of boards, slight use but good copy in like dust-wrapper. W.W. Greener published the first edition of this book in 1881. Rifle design and munitions were in such a state of rapid development in this period that the book ran to nine revised editions by 1910. This is a facsimile of the ninth edition. Although originally aimed at sportsmen, much of the progress of the era was specifically military, and this is reflected in the content of the book. Chapters on early arms; the invention of gunpowder; early artillery; early hand fire-arms; the percussion system; modern shot-guns; hammerless guns; ejector guns; gun-making; modern methods of gun-making; the proof of guns; tests and test-recording instruments; public gun trials; capabilites of shot-guns; choice of a gun; how to use the gun; trap shooting; double guns with single triggers; modern pistols; explosives; internal ballistics; ammunition and accessories; development of rifling; modern sporting rifles; external ballistics; single-shot military rifles; repeating rifle mechanisms; military magazine rifles; target rifles. This is a facsimile reprint of the 1910 ninth edition. .…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Hardcover in very good condition. Ninth edition, rewritten with many additional illustrations. Sunning and shelfwear to the jacket; the jacket is plastic protected with the inner flaps taped to the pastedowns. Faint marks on the page block. All text and illustrations are clear. CM. Used.…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1986). (1881) 1986 facsimile reprint. 8vo (155 x 225mm). Ppxx,804,ads. B/w photographs, illustrations. Black boards, spine titlled in gilt. Spotting to edges but good-plus in slightly faded dust-wrapper. W.W. Greener published the first edition of this book in 1881. Rifle design and munitions were in such a state of rapid development in this period that the book ran to nine revised editions by 1910. This is a facsimile of the ninth edition. Although originally aimed at sportsmen, much of the progress of the era was specifically military, and this is reflected in the content of the book. Chapters include: Early arms; The invention of gunpowder; Early artillery; Early hand fire-arms; The percussion system; Modern shot-guns; Hammerless guns; Ejector guns; Gun-making; Modern methods of gun-making; The proof of guns; Tests and test-recording instruments; Public gun trials; Capabilites of shot-guns; Choice of a gun; How to use the gun; Trap shooting; Double guns with single triggers; Modern pistols; Explosives; Internal ballistics; Ammunition and accessories; Development of rifling; Modern sporting rifles; External ballistics; Single-shot military rifles; Repeating rifle mechanisms; Military magazine rifles; Target rifles. This is a facsimile reprint of the 1910 ninth edition. . …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1988). (1881) 1980s facsimile reprint. Large 8vo (159 x 220mm). Ppxvi,804,xxvii ads. B/w photographs, illustrations. Black boards, spine titled in silver-gilt. Bookseller's label to front end-paper, edges browned. Good-plus in dust-wrapper. W.W. Greener published the first edition of this book in 1881. Rifle design and munitions were in such a state of rapid development in this period that the book ran to nine revised editions by 1910. This is a facsimile of the ninth edition. Although originally aimed at sportsmen, much of the progress of the era was specifically military, and this is reflected in the content of the book. Chapters on early arms; the invention of gunpowder; early artillery; early hand fire-arms; the percussion system; modern shot-guns; hammerless guns; ejector guns; gun-making; modern methods of gun-making; the proof of guns; tests and test-recording instruments; public gun trials; the shooting capabilites of shot-guns; varieties of shot-guns and their shooting powers; the choice of a gun; how to use the gun; trap shooting; double guns with single triggers; miscellaneous; modern pistols; explosives; internal ballistics; ammunition and accessories; the history of rifling and its development; modern sporting rifles; external ballistics; single-shot military rifles; early repeating rifle mechanisms; modern military magazine rifles; target rifles. This is a facsimile reprint of the 1910 ninth edition. .…