Baclé, L. ARMOUR PLATE Its Influence on the Metallurgy and Manufacture of Steel. 1926.
Slim 8vo. 23pp. 12 plates. Ex.-lib. with bookplate and ink stamps, sm. hole to top edge of p.3/4 repaired, rebound in lib. cloth with gilt title to spine and sm. lib. stamp to upper board, original wrapps. bound in.
Société des Ingénieurs Civils de France, British Section - Eighteenth Ordinary General Meeting Held in the Lecture Hall of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, London, Wednesday, November 24th 1926.
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Braun, Dipl.-ing J.K.F. SCHUTZ VOR DER ATOMBOMBE. Prinzhorn-Verlag-Solbad Hall, Tirol 1951.
85pp. 4 plates and several figures. German text. E.ps. lightly browned with sm. inscription, original boards very sl. soiled at head of spine, chipped d/w. faded to spine and with some loss at head.
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Bureau of Ordnance. THE WHITEHEAD TORPEDO, U.S.N., 45c/m Marks I and II. Notes on Care and handling, Disassembling and Assembling, etc. Prepared at the Naval Torpedo Station by ... Naval Torpedo Station Print 1898.
2nd Ed. Slim 8vo. [iv] + 56pp. Ex.-libris. Peter Brook, lower f.e.p. and fore-edge of last few leaves sl. torn with some adhesion to lower pastedown, original cloth with gilt title to upper board, lower boards waterstained to fore-edge with resultant staining to fore-edge of most leaves.
Department of the Navy, Bureau of Ordance No. 592.
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Ford, Horace A. ARCHERY: Its Theory and Practice. J. Buchanan ... 1856.
1st Ed. Sm. square 8vo. 128pp. 6 plates, text diagrams. Some very light marginal browning, inscription, hinges weak, original gilt rule edged cloth with gilt device to upper board, corners rubbed, spine sl. chipped and faded.
Horace A. Ford (1822-1880) is known as one of the greatest target archers of all time. He first picked up the bow in 1845, four years later winning the Grand National Archery Meeting held in the United Kingdom. His high score - that of 1271 in the Double York Round in 1857 - remained archery's high mark for over 70 years. The author of the above work, one of the all-time classics of archery.
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Gardiner, General Sir Robert. CATEGORICAL MINUTE on the Motion of the House of Commons, for Enquiry into the Effects of the MILITARY CHANGES IN THE ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT; With Observations on The Reorganization of the Royal Artillery, and Addenda on the Training and Uses of Volunteer Artillery and Rifle Corps: Respectfully Addressed to General His Royal Highness The Duke of Cambridge .... Byfield, Hawksworth & Co 1859.
2nd Ed. Thin 8vo. 121pp. Ex-RUSI with bookplate, blind stamp to t.p., sm. hole to blank facing t.p., some very light browning, marbled e.ps., inner gilt dentelles, contemporary gilt rule edged calf boards with gilt lettering, edges rubbed, rebacked in sl. frayed cloth, a.e.g.
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H.M.S.O. HANDBOOK OF ARTILLERY INSTRUMENTS 1914. Printed under the authority of his Majesty’s Stationery Officer by Harrison and Sons 1914.
1st Ed. 15pp. adverts. + [vi] + 187pp. 51 plates including 1 folding and numerous figures. Margins very lightly browned, a few leaves sl. thumbed, sl. soiled blind embossed cloth spotted to lower board, head of upper joint very sl. tender.
The most comprehensive record.
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Hayward, J.F. THE ART OF THE GUNMAKER. Volume One [only]: 1500-1660. Barrie and Rockliff 1965.
2nd Ed. Royal 8vo. 523pp. Cold. frontis., 3 cold. plates, 80 b/w. plates from photos. and several figures. Original cloth lightly spotted to upper board with gilt title to spine.
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Hewitt, John. ANCIENT ARMOUR AND WEAPONS IN EUROPE: From the Iron Period of the Northern Nations to the End of the Seventeenth Century. With Illustrations from Contemporary Monuments. John Henry and James Parker 1860.
1st Ed. 3 vols. Over 200 wood engravings. E.ps. lightly dampspotted, very clean set in bright cloth with gilt ruling and gilt device to upper boards and gilt title to spines, t.e.g.
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Hutchinson & Co. Publishers. GUNS AND ALLIED ENEMY. A Representative Collection of Photographs Illustrating the Types of Guns Used by the Allied & Enemy Armies. ... N.d. c.[1940].
Sm. thin 8vo. 64pp. 100 ills. from photos. and diagrammatic drawings. Very light marginal browning, original wrapps., very minor soiling.
Hutchinson’s Illustrated Record.
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Jane’s WORLD ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLES. By Christopher F. Foss. Macdonald and Janes 1978.
2nd Imp. Royal 8vo. 437pp. Profusely ills. Light marginal browning, sl. rubbed d/w. faded to spine.
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