Weapons from Ross & Haines

Fairfax, VA.: The National Rifle Assoc./Odysseus Editions, 1996. Reprint . Full-Leather. Fine/Issued Without d/j. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xxx + 333 pp., b/w photos & illus., tables, index. The shoulder arms, pistols & revolvers of the Confederate Soldier, including the regular U.S. models, the imported arms & those manufactured within the Confederacy. Jim Casada provides… Read more about this item

Birmingham, AL.: Palladium Press, 2006. Reprint . Full-Leather. Fine/Issued Without d/j. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xvi + 259 pp., frontis, b/w photos & illus., tables, appendices. Jim Casada provides an editor's note on this NRA endorsed Classic Firearms Lib. reprint of the 1947 orignal pub. by Military Service Pub. Co. Examines various small to large… Read more about this item

Birmingham, AL.: Palladium Press, 2007. Reprint . Full-Leather. Fine/Issued Without d/j. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xii + 320 pp., b/w photos, drawings, illus., maps, tables, index. Jim Casada provides an editor's note on this NRA endorsed Firearms Classics Lib. reprint of the 1947 original pub. by the Military Service Pub. Co. A full leather bound… Read more about this item

Budapest: Zrinyi Kiado. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Quarto, 313 pp., extensive color & b/w photos. Hungarian military weapons, guns, swords, military equipment. Text in Hungarian. Black cloth bound hardcover book w/silver-foil stamping to the front & spine in v.g.+ cond., d/w v.g.+ cond.

Southampton, England: Ashford, Buchan & Enright, 1990. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 2 Vols., 256 + vi + 250 pp., b/w photos & illus., appendices, bib., index in each vol. Vol. One covers 1850 to 1870; Vol. Two from 1871 to 1890. This is the reprint set w/vol. one done… Read more about this item

London: Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1859. First Edition . Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Thick 12mo., xvi + 448 pp., frontis, numerous b/w illus. Varieties of Shooting, The Animals Used, Elementary Principles of Gunnery. Some lt. foxing on the first few pp., a couple of sl. damaged pp. in the text, small chip… Read more about this item

Prescott, AZ.: Wolfe Pub. Co., 1986. Reprint . Quarter Leather. Fine/Issued Without d/j. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xvi + 502 pp., frontis, numerous b/w illus., tables, index, ads. Vol. I reprint of the 1882 edition. Limited edition this is #852 of 1500 copies. "Including game & wildfowl guns, sporting & match rifles, & revolvers." Brown… Read more about this item

Richmond, Surrey: The Richmond Pub. Co., Ltd., 1973. Reprint . Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. viii + 269 pp., footnotes, new intro. by W.S. Curtis. A facsimile reprint of the 1841 edn. "Historical & experimental observations on ancient & modern warlike machines & implements, including the manufacture of guns, gunpowder, & swords w/remarks… Read more about this item

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, & Co., 1887. First Edition . Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xiv + 471 pp., b/w illus., tables. "Being a treatise on the shot gun & its management; game, wildfowl, & trap shooting; together w/notes on sporting dogs & ferrets, & other useful information relative to shooting." Someone has… Read more about this item

Yarmouth: W. Meggy, Quay, 1824. Second Edition . Paper Over Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 12mo., 127 pp., frontis. Some foxing on the frontis & t.p. o/w the text is very clean. Re-bound in paper over boards w/a paper label on the spine, very nicely done, in a black cardboard slipcase also… Read more about this item

London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd., 1923. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xvi + 122 pp. + 4 pp. of ads, frontis, b/w illus., tables, index. Bookplate. Green cloth bound hardcover book in v.g. cond., the severly darkened dust wrapper is missing most of the spine altho the title… Read more about this item

London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1914. 6th Edition . Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. xiv + 278 pp. + 14 pp. for memoranda w/some writing. Footnotes, b/w illus., index. Inner hinges starting but binding still solid, browning to the front & rear free endpapers, green cloth bound hardcover w/gold-foil stamping to the front… Read more about this item

New York: The Handicraft Pub. Co., 1873. First Edition . Cloth. Good/Issued Without d/j. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 12mo., 88 pp. + 12 pp. of ads, b/w frontis. "with useful hints concerning all that relates to guns & shooting, & particularly in regard to the art of loading so as to kill. To which has… Read more about this item

London: Edward Arnold, 1907. Second Printing . Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. viii + 251 pp. + ads, index. By the author of A FISHING CATECHISM & A HUNTING CATECHISM. 2nd impression. Red cloth bound hardcover w/black ink stamping to the front & the spine. Shows lt. wear to the corners & head… Read more about this item

New York: Arno Press, 1967. Reprint . Half-Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 192 pp., b/w photos & illus. From the Abercrombie & Fitch Library a facsimile reprint of the 1894 edition of The Art of Wing Shooting, a Practical Treatise on the use of the Shot-Gun. Half-cloth & boards hardcover book w/a… Read more about this item

New York: W.A. Townsend, Pub., 1864. First U.S. Edition . Cloth. Very Good/Issued Without d/j. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 282 pp. + ads, frontis, + 5 b/w plates. Taken from the 3rd London edn. Original embossed green cloth w/gold-foil stamping to the front & spine in v.g. cond. Very lt. wear to the head &… Read more about this item

London: Whittaker and Co., 1842. First Edition . Cloth. Good/Issued Without d/j. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xxviii + 548 pp., b/w illus., 2 page frontis. RE-BOUND. The original embossed green cloth has been used to cover a new cloth binding (front, spine & back cover). Bookplate on the attached front endpaper, former owner's ink sig.… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Carey, 1827. First Edition . Quarter Leather. Good/Issued Without d/j. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 251 pp. + ads, 3 plates. First edn., first state of the first Am. illustrated sporting book written by an American. Original quarter calf hardcover binding, marbeled boards, red leather label on spine, binding worn, cracks in… Read more about this item

New York: Bonanza Books, 1967. Reprint . Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xii + 340 pp., tables, b/w photos & illus., index. A reprint of the classic work by Keith. Cloth bound hardcover in v.g. cond., d/w v.g. w/some lt. rubbing particularly on the back & a small crease on the front.… Read more about this item

London: Sherwood, Jones, & Co., 1823. Second Edition . Original Boards. Good/Issued Without d/j. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. x + 396 pp. + ads, frontis & 2 plates. Original printed boards (rubbed), spine damaged & cracked, portions missing, some foxing throughout else good to v.g. Contained in a brown cloth slipcase w/gold-foil stamping to the… Read more about this item