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OUT OF PRINT GUN BOOKS

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RUGER NO. 1 by J. D. Clayton, Editor John T. Amber

Fine in VG Dust Jacket, Black simulated leather hardcover, gold lettering

Blacksmith Corporation, Southport, Connecticut

Numerous full page color and black and white photo illustrations

some speckling to cover, small chips in dust jacket

191 pages w/index and bibliography

Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number:TS536.6S5C55 1983 ISBN 0-941-54006-5

"Here, for the first time, the full story of the Ruger No. 1 rifle is told. Gill Ruger's comments over an Alaskan campfire give a fascinating insight into the philosophy which created his classic single shot."

"Every aspect of the No. 1 rifle, significant to the collector, single shot enthusiast and shooter, has been explored."

Item No: Gweb 1 Price: $395.00

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THE PLAINS RIFLE, by Charles E.Hanson, Jr.

Very Good in VG Dust Jacket Peach simulated leather with gold lettering and gold musket on front cover.
Publisher:The Stackpole Company, Harrisburg, PA. (1960) first edition
Illustrations Black and white photographs of rifles
Some light foxing to flyleaves, edges and endpapers, otherwise sound clean and tight.
171 pages w/index
9 x 11 1/4 inches.
"There is romance in the knowledge that our country was built by men with guns in their hands. From Buncker Hill to the Little Big Horn the men who created the idea of our land and made it a reality were fighters and adventurers. They were men who would face any odds as long as they had a gun upon which to rely."
"In the fur-trade days, a first class trapper's rifle was a Hawken; and it was generally referred to then as a "mountain rifle".
Item No: Hanson23 Price: $70.00

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THE PROBLEM FOX by Alexander Sturm

Very Good No Dust Jacket, Russet decorated cloth covered boards.

Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1941 First Edition, Fourth Printing, Nov. 1941

Illustrations in black and white by Alexander Sturm

Slight wear to head of spine

(77) pages

"Not a page could be improved." THOMAS CRAVEN

"His interest in heraldry led Sturm to design the company trademark, a heraldic falcon with outspread wings, which is now popularly referred to as the "Ruger Eagle".Edward Rockstroh

Item No: Fweb 3 Price: $310.00

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FROM AMBUSH TO ZIG-ZAG Alexander Sturm

Very Good, no Dust Jacket, Light brown decorated buckram boards

Charles Scribner's Sons, New York 1942 First Edition

Softly Colored Illustrations by Alexander Sturm

1/2 inch wear spot to lower edge of spine, upper spine worn, burlap covering separated 1 1/4", upper front spine.

(55) pages

"The Scribner Authors Archive Files at Princeton reveal that 4,825 sheets were printed, but only 3,000 copies were originally bound. The plates were melted on September 24, 1948, and the remaining 1,825 copies were destroyed on October 27, 1948: Edward Rockstroh, Ruger Collectors' Association Journal Vol 12, No.4(Which leaves a very limited edition of 1175 copies)

Item No: Gweb 4 Price: $495.00

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BULLARD ARMS by G. Scott Jamieson

Fine in Fine Dust Jacket, Grey cloth covered boards, Silver lettering

The Boston Mills Press cy 1988 G. Scott Jamieson

Profusely Illustrated with photographs, line drawings, and copies of catalog pages

11 6/16" X 8 3/4"

245 pages w/index

ISBN 0-919783-65-1

"Bullard Arms by G. Scott Jamieson is the story of a mechanical genius whose rifles and cartridges were the equal of any made in America in the 1880's, yet little of substance has been written about James H. Bullard or his arms."

"..in detail the large frame repeaters, the small frame repeaters, the solid frame single-shot rifles, the detachable-interchangeable barrel model single-shots and lastly the very rare-military and experimental models."

Item No: G 12 Price: $65.00

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DUTCH FIREARMS by Arne Hoff, Edited by Walter Stryker

Fine in fine Dust Jacket, Dark green cloth covered boards, gold embossed on front cover, and gold lettering on spine.

16 full color photographs, and numerous black & white illustrations throughout text.

11 5/16" X 8 3/4"

252 pages w/index and bibliography

ISBN 0 85667 041 3

"This book fully describes the many types of Dutch Firearms and gives details of their various characteristics from the 14th century up to the 19th century and the end of the flintlock era."

"Though not strictly speaking firearms, Dutch 17th- and 18th-century airguns ae included since they play and important part in the early development of pneumatic arms."

Item No: G13 Price: $145.00

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DUTCH MUSKETS AND PISTOLS by J. B. Kist, J. P. Puype, W.Van Der Mark, R. B. F. Van Der Sloot

Fine, in fine dust jacket, Grey cloth covered boards, gold lettering.

253 monochrome illustrations, 10 in full color by W. F. Van Der Mark

10" x 7 1/2", upper front corner lightly bumped, printed in three languages.

176 pages w/index and bibliography

ISBN 0-87387-099-9

"the choicest examples of Dutch gunsmithing in the famous Skokloster and Livrustkammaren collections of Sweden and the Danish Royal Arsenal Museum"

"This book...provides the first survey of the inclculable contribution made to gunmaking by artisans and guilds in the booming Dutch cities, using as the basis hitherto unpublished archives material."

Item No: G14 Price: $00.00

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SMITH & WESSON HAND GUNS by Roy C. McHenry & Walter F. Roper

Very Good no dustjacket, red cloth covered boards, gold lettering & insignia.

Black & white portraits of Horace Smith and Daniel B. Wesson, pp 138-180 B&W Illustrations of various model guns.

Some small discloration spots on front cover, barely noticable, light wear.

233 pages w/index

No Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number, No ISBN number

"Walter F. Roper laid the foundation of the book with data covering the period from 1857 to 1920. This appears in the appendix and was collected by him while employed by Smith & Wesson. He also wrote the final chapter of the text."

"Smith & Wesson supplied the data in the appendix, covering the period from 1920 down to date and Roy C. McHenry wrote the remainder of the text."

Item No: G113 Price: $100.00

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THE SPRINGFIELD 1903 RIFLES by Lt. Col. William S. Brophy, USAR, Ret.

Very Good No Dust Jacket, Red cloth covered boards, with embossed rifle on cover and gold lettering.

Stackpole Books Publisher, second printing 1988

Profusely Illustrated with black & white photographs, and Bill Mauldin drawing of Willie with the 03 Springfield.

11 1/4" X 8 3/4", upper corners slightly bumped.

616 pages w/index

ISBN 0-8117-0872-1

"It is the desire of the writer that this book spur a new generation of collectors into recognizing that the Model 1903 Springfield rifle was successfully used in battle, on the target range, and for many other special purposes."

Page 237 includes a picture of "President Theodore Roosevelt with his Model 1903 rifle serial number 6000 while on a hunting trip in Colorado in April, 1905. (NPS)"

Item No: G20 Price: $145.00 SORRY SOLD

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U.S. MARTIAL AND SEMI-MARTIAL SINGLE-SHOT PISTOLS by Charles Edward Chapel

Fine in VG Dust Jacket, blue cloth covered boards, gold pistol decoration on cover, and gold lettering on spine.

Coward-McCann, Inc., New York, 1962 First Edition, Reviewer's copy.

Numerous meticulously wrought drawings throughout the text.

Release date on flyleaf, upper spine slightly bumped, reviewer's slip laid in. 8 11/16" x 5 14/16"

386 pages w/index

Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number: 62-7358

"All the single-shot U. S. martial and semi-martial flintlock, percussion, and cartridge pistols, as well as all their variations in model and design - a total of 150 handguns - are carefully examined and identified."

"....this book also affords a panoramic view..of one aspect of American military history from the War of the Revolution through the Mexican War. There are, in addition, glimpses of the Civil War and the Indian Wars that followed."

Item No: Gweb 5 Price: $40.00

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AIR RIFLE HUNTING by John Darling

Fine in VG Dust Jacket dark green cloth with gold lettering

Publisher:The Crowood Press cy 1988 this impression 1997 printed in Great Britain

Numerous black and white photographic illustrations incoporated in the text.

Slight tear in front upper corner of dust jacket

160 pages w/index

7 6/8 x 10 inches

"A captivating and hhighly informative guide to the techniques of ebing effective as a hunter with a modern precicion air rifle in today's countryside"

John Darling is known to all air gun enthusiasts through his regular column "The Hunter" in AIR GUNNER magazine

Item No: GWEB6 Price: $48.00

SINGLE SHOT RIFLES AND ACTIONS by Frank de Haas

Very Good softcover, edited by John T. Amber, editor of The Gun Digest.

Published by The Gun Digest Company, Chicago, Illinois 1969 First Edition

Drawing by A. N. Albertsen and Don D. Kraai, Jr.

Some wear to paper covers, small stain lower part of backstrip, lower corner of back cover has been folded and straightened

342 pages w/index

11 x 8 3/8 inches

"The definitive book on over 60 single shot actions and rifles. Covers history of development, sectional view drawings, parts photos, design and construction features and gunsmithing instructions."

Includes Major U.S. Rifles Minor U.S. Rifles, European Rifles and Moden Rifles with appendix and index.

Item No: GWEB 7 Price: $95.00

THE ACCURATE RIFLE by Warren Page

Very Good in VG Dust Jacket Bright blue simulated cloth with silver lettering

Publisher:Winchester Press, NY cy 1973

Numerous black and white photographic illustrations incoporated in the text.

Slight wear to upper and lower extremities

238 pages w/index

6 3/8 x 8 1/2 inches

"How to get maximum performance from your rifle and yourself in the field or on the line."

The topics include the best methods of shooting from a bench rest; the most accurate sights and scopes and how to use them; the effects of wind and mirage, and how to turn them to your advantage; the effect of recoil; the most accurate cartridges; the secrets of proper bedding; how to select barrels and stocks; how to clean an accuracy rifle properly; trouble shoothing- everything that Page's years at the top of the shooting world have taught him."

Item No: GWEB8 Price: $65.00

REMINGTON ARMS AIn American History by Alden Hatch

Fine in VG Dust Jacket Brown paper covered boards, yellow backstrip, embossed rifles, gilt lettering on cover, black label, and gold lettering and rifle on backstrip
Publisher:Rinehart & Company, Inc. New York Toronto, copyright 1956 by Remington Arms Company, Inc.
Numerous black and white photographic illustrations incoporated in the text.
Slight tear in front upper corner of dust jacket
359 pages w/illustrated appendix of all Remington rifles, shotguns, and handguns- ballistics tables.
7 6/8 x 10 inches
"The first handmade gun was laboriously turned out by Eliphalet Remington in 1816, and today, the firm is a vast, diversified, industrial complex."
'Includes warmly human pictures of the founding family and successive owners and managers, as well as views of the Remington barge on the Erie Canal, and other views of Ilion, New York"
Item No: GWEB9 Price: $48.00

THE WHITNEY FIREARMS by Claude E. Fuller

Fine in fine Dust Jacket Green cloth, with gold lettering, photographic endpapers of the author's home.

Publisher:Standard Publications, Inc., Huntington, West Virginia

70 pages of illustrations of the guns, the factory, line drawings of the patents etc. in black & white.

Slight shelf wear to lower extremities.

335 pages w/index 8 vo 6 3/8 x 9 1/2 inches.

"Before the close of the year 1792 he had constructed an imperfect model of a machine to separate the cotton staple from its seeds; by the following April he had completed, under great difficulties, a specimen cotton gin - the machine which was destined to revolutinize the problem of lave-labor in the South"

"In June of 1798 he obtained a contract for the manufacture of muskets for the United States Army...he purchased a tract of land (now called Whitneyville) on Mill River, at the foor of East Rock and within two mile of New Haven Green. There he established an armory..."

Item No: GWEB10Price: $145.00

LUGERS AT RANDOM by Charles Kenyon, Jr.

Very Good in VG Dust Jacket Red cloth with gilt lettering

Illustrations: Over 400 Black and white photographs covering the Luger in all its variations, as well as holsters, and some gear.

Small chips, and some fading to dustjacket

420 pages w/index

11 1/8 inches wide x 8 7/8 inches tall

"As implied by the title of the book, the written presentation is somewhat "random" and might be characterized as "shop talk."

Contents include prototype lugers, contract lugers, German military lugers, Waffenfabrik Bern production, and Simson & Co. production as well as Mauser and Simson reworks of the early Nazi era......

Item No: GWEB11 Price: $125.00

THE AUTOMATIC PISTOL by J. B. L. Noel, F. R. G. S.

Very Good, buff colored cloth hardcover binding, picture of gun in hand on cover.

Publisher:FORSTER GROOM & CO., lTD., 15, CHARING CROSS, S.W..1. 1919

Illustrations Numerous black and white photos including "How to build a pistol range"

There are a couple very small tears upper spine, and wear to lower spine and corners, hardly noticable. Previous owner's sticker inside back cover

109 pages w/table of contents. 4 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches

Endpapers, back and front are advertising gun books, Eley Cartridges and Colt Automatic pistols and the London Armoury Company, Ltd.

Pistol Shooting, Learning to be safe with a pistol, Exercises, The theory of shooting with a single handed firearm, quick shooting at moving targets, how to practise on the range, pistol shooting in self defence, types of automatic pistols, the mechanism of ther 45 Colt Automatic and the 455 Webley-Scott pistols, care and cleaning, the construction of pistol ranges and targets, the maxims of pistol shooting

Item No: GWEB12 Price $175.00 SORRY SOLD

FIRST ANNUAL EDITION HANDLOADER'S DIGEST, ED. John T. Amber

Very Good, No Dust Jacket, Printed paper wraps, yellow white and grey with black accents and background.

Illustrations: B&W and Color photographs line drawings and tables. Great illustrated ads!

markings or defects: light wear and some soiling.

224 pages w/index

Large trade paperback 8 1/2 x 11 inches

New Tables, Charts, Loads! All Tools, Presses and Accessories Fully Described! Latest Prices! Fully Illustrated!

Plus.. Informative, Original Articles by Leading Handloading Experts! The Encyclopedia For Rifle, Pistol and Shotgun Reloaders

Item No: HL1 Price: $22.00

2ND ANNIVERSARY 1964 DE LUXE EDITION HANDLOADER'S DIGEST ed. by John T. Amber

Very Good, No Dust Jacket, printed paper wraps, red, black and brown, with white accents

Illustrations: B&W and Color photographs line drawings and tables. Great illustrated ads!

markings or defects:front inner hinge is cracking, light foxing inside front cover

224 pages w/index

Large trade paperback 8 1/2 x 11 inches

6 pages of Remington Ammunition Components and price list.

Section on the Tools and accessories for bullet casting. The encyclopedia for rifle, pistol and shotgun reloaders

Item No: HL2Price: $22.00

3RD ANNIVERSARY DE LUXE EDITION HANDLOADER'S DIGEST ed. by John T. Amber

Very Good, No Dust Jacket, Printed paper wraps, white with red purple green brown and black lettering.

Illustrations: Black & white photos, tables and drawings.

markings or defects: some soil on white cover, backstrip cracked.

256 pages w/index

Large trade paperback 8 1/2 x 11 inches..

Contains a section onf "Feeding the Wildcat" dealing with reloading wildcat cartridges. Also "Bunk About Buckshot"

"New Powders for Rifle, Handgun and Shotshell. The encyclopedia for Rifle, Pistol, and Shotgun Reloaders. Each feature is a selected choice for beginners as well as "old pros" by a famous handloading and shooting expert."

Item No:HL3Price: $22.00

FIREARMS IN AMERICAN HISTORY By Charles Winthrop Sawyer

Very Good No Dust Jacket, Burgendy cloth covered boards, gold lettering cover and spine. 1910

Publisher: Published by the author, Boston.

Illustrations: 27 pages of black and white photographs of gums and frontice of home, from 1600 to 1800

Light shelf wear lower edge, some to upper spine, corners lightly bumped, some light spotting to a few pages.

237 pages w/index, 5 7/8 x 8 1/4 inches.

"As the Indian's natural weapon was better than the matchlock gun, it is to be supposed that the Indian would hold the gun in contempt, but the contrary is true. Its pyrotechnic qualities savored to him of magic, and made him covetous of it. The Virginia and the Massachusetts records both state that by 1628 the Indians were well supplied with firearms, including pistols and bullet molds."

"Descriptions and illustrations of firearms of the colonial period. See also the Firearms of the Revolutionary period, since it is impossible to separate all of the flint firearms into two entirely distinct classes."

Item No: Gweb13 Price: $45.00

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