(Forsyth). Reid, Major-General Sir Alexander John. THE REVEREND JOHN FORSYTH Belhelvie, Aberdeenshire, 1768-1843 and His Invention of the Percussion Lock by ... From information collected mostly by Miss Mary Forsyth Reid. Aberdeen Univ. Press 1957.
Reprint. Thin 8vo. 35pp. Port. frontis., 5 plates. With the pencil signature of A.R. Bateman, original blue lettered fawn cloth, light fading and minor soiling.
Inscribed ‘To Mrs Forest from Margaret Forbes Pirie? G.grandneice of J Forsyth. 23/9/61.’
£25.00 [ref: 286480]

Caravanna, Jorge. RITES OF POWER Oriental Weapons. Collection of ... Caleidoscópio Casal de Cambra Portugal 2010.
1st Ed. 4to. Parallel texts in English/Portugese. 199pp. Profusely ills. in colour. Sl. rubbed d/w. with sm. closed tear to tail of spine.
Scarce.
£100.00 [ref: 259697]

Cooper, John S. FOR COMMONWEALTH AND CROWN. English Gunmakers of the Seventeenth Century. Wilson Hunt, Dorset 1993.
1st Ed. Large 8vo. xviii + 238pp. Vignette half title, colour frontis., 70 ills. Top edge of upper leading corner of upper board nibbled, otherwise very good in d/w. nibbled along top edge to lower part of d/w.
£30.00 [ref: 290339]

Crowley, Tom and Mills, Andy. (Editor). WEAPONS, CULTURE AND THE ANTHROPOLOGY MUSEUM. Cambridge Scholars Publishing 2018.
1st Ed. [x] + 256pp. 40 figures. Very good in original black white lettered coloured pictorial boards.
£25.00 [ref: 285482]

Hakuseki, Arai. THE ARMOUR BOOK IN HONCHO-GUNKIKO. Translated by Mrs. Y. Otsuka. Edited by H. Russell Robinson. Holland Press 1964.
1st Ed. Sm. 4to. 132pp. Colour frontis., 38 plates, 44 figures. Some very occasional spotting, in lightly soiled and sl. chipped d/w. with several sm. closed tears to edges, spine lightly browned.
£50.00 [ref: 276066]

Hodgkin, Adrian Eliot. THE ARCHER’S CRAFT. A Sheaf of Notes on certain Matters concerning Archers and Archery, the Making of Archers’ Tackle and the Art of Hunting with the Bow. Written and illustrated by ... Notes for, and Introduction to Second Edition by E.G. Heath. Faber & Faber 1974.
2nd Ed. Royal 8vo. 224pp. 32 ills. from photos., 6 diagrams. E.ps. and prelims. lightly spotted, sm. ownership label to front pastedown, good in lightly rubbed d/w. sl. chipped at head of spine.
£40.00 [ref: 285183]

Hong, Yang. (Editor). WEAPONS IN ANCIENT CHINA. Science Press, New York/Beijing 1992.
1st Ed. Sm. 4to. Title page + [iv] + 298pp. 57 colour ills., 388 figures. Ownership inscription, original white lettered red coloured pictorial laminated boards, faded to spine.
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Jentz, Thomas L. GERMANY’S PANTHER TANK. The Quest for Combat Supremacy. Development. Modifications. Rare Variants. Characteristics. Combat Accounts. Schiffer Military History, Atglen 1995.
4to. 156pp. + [iv] adverts. Profusely illus. throughout with photos., scale drawings by Hilary Louis Doyle, tables, diagrams etc. Marbled e.ps., very good in d/w.
£45.00 [ref: 287290]

Laugier, Didier. STURMARTILLERIE. Préface par Georges Bernage. Editions Heimdal, France 2011.
2 vols. 4to./Slim 4to. 390pp. + 184pp. Profusely illus. throughout with photos., drawings etc., including many in colour. French text. B/w. illus. e.ps., very good in original coloured pictorial laminated boards.
£40.00 [ref: 287293]

Neal, W. Keith and Back, D.H.L. THE MANTONS: Gunmakers. [With] A SUPPLEMENT TO THE MANTONS: Gunmakers. Herbert Jenkins/Compton Press 1967-78.
1st Ed. 2 vols. Royal 8vo. [xvi] + 300pp. + [viii] + 279pp. + [i]. 8 colour plates, 195 mainly b/w. ills. from photos., 16 pages of Manton’s drawings. Cloth to supplement volume dampstained, otherwise good in d/ws. price clipped to vol. 1 with very light browning and fading to red lettering on spine.
£100.00 [ref: 293535]