• Near Fine, bright and clean, Black simulated leather, gold lettering.

• West Arms Library, First Edition, cy Bill West 1972
• Numerous photographs and line drawings from catalogs
• Browning Choke Markings penned on inside cover, flyleaf missing, slight wear head & tail of spine, corners.

• Preface etc. 6pp

• Part 1 John M. Browning Patent Arms 1879-1926 with early forerunners and family history 41 pp.
• 2: The Historical Background pertaining to 1841-1878 Browing Arms 15pp.
• 3. John M. Browning's 1879 Single-Shot Rifle 17pp.
• 4. John M. Browing' Early Repeaters, 1882-93 41pp.
• 5. Browning Machine Guns, 1890-1948 29 pp.
• 6. John Browning's Later Long-Guns, Patented 1892-1900 35 pp.
• 7. Early John Browning Pistols, 1895-1927 59pp.
• 8. John M. Browning Patent Long-Guns, 1900-1926 43pp.
• 9. Browning Patent Arms by "F-N", 1901-Date 23pp.
• 10. Browning Arms Company, Arms Based on J. M. Browning Patents, 1927-1942 23pp.
• 11. Browning Arms C. Rifles, 1956-Date 17pp.
• 12. Browning Arms Co. Shotguns 1940-Date 21pp.
• 13. Browning Arms Co. Pistols, 1954-Date 8pp.
• 14. Appendix & index 6pp.
• Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number:72-81300
• "This is the only complete book on Browning Arms and History. The forerunners, made by Jonathan Browning, are included. His son, John M. Browning, followed in his father's footsteps, and became the most diversified firearms inventor in world history. Over eighty American patents were granted to John Browning and his brothers. All of the designs and later modifications , are placed in successive chapters of the text."
• Item No: B1 Price: $130.00

• Fine in VG Dust Jacket Black simulated leather, gold signature embossed.

• Published by the Browning Co.
• Numerous photographs.
• Second Edition: first printing 1994. Postscript by Col. W. R. Betz
• 390 pages w/Bibliography
• Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number:64-19275
• "The amazing story of this great genius - whose inventions armed the forces of the United States during two world wars, and equipped the huntsmen of four generations - had its begining in the small settlement of Ogden in Utah Territory. John M. Browning was one of twenty-two children born to Mormon, Jonathan Browning, a pioneer gunmaker who manufactured many of the guns and implements used in Brigham Yount's trek West. John M. Browning is generally known as the inventor of the automatic rifle, pistol, and shotgun and the machine gun, but he registered 128 patents on more than eighty separate and distinct firearms, including many of the famous models produced by Winchester, Colt, Remington, Savage, and Belgium's Fabrique Nationale. This is his story and the story of his guns.
• Item No: B2 Price: $60.00

• 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

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

• Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1941 First Edition
• Illustrations in black and white by Alexander Sturm
• Previous owners bookplate on front paste down, light foxing endpapers
• (77) pages
• copyright 1941 by Alexander Sturm
• "Story and pictures for The Problem Fox were completed by the young author-artist before he had his eighteenth birthday.."Greenwich-Stamford
• "Sturm's drawing of Uncle Theodore..was painted full sized and exhibited at bookstores to promote the book" E. Rockstroh, Ruger Collectors' Association Journal Vol. 12, No.4
• Item No: Gweb2 Price: $335.00

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
• copyright 1941 by Alexander Sturm
• "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

• 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
• (55) pages
• Copyright 1942 by Alexander Sturm, Stated First Edition
• "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: $345.00

• 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

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

• Sotheby Parke Bernet, copyright 1978 Walter A. Stryker and Arne Hoff, First published 1978 for Sotheby Parke Benet Publications
• 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

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

• United States: George Shumway,Publisher copyright 1974
• 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

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

• Standard Publications, Inc. copyright 1945 published 1945 first edition
• Black & white portraits of Horace Smith and Daniel B. Wesson, pp 138-180 B&W Illustrationsof 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

• 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: $75.00

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