UK: Quiller Press, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. [8] 192 : illustrated throughout : maps : figures : burgundy cloth boards : gilt to spine : light grey dust jacket illustrated with a pair of target pistols from 1829. Faint foxing to verso of dust jacket. ''Eley Cartridges is..... More
Iola, Wisconsin: Krause, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. [5] 496 : over 650 illustrations : 48 page full colour section of engraved Superposed guns : tables : charts : foreword by Browning President Don Gobel : black boards with lettering in gilt : gilt to spine : black dust..... More
Oceanside, CA: Armory Publications, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. [vi] [1] 311 [314] : illustrated in b&w throughout : introduction by George A. Hoyem : green leatherette covered boards with lettering in gilt : gilt to spine : white dust jacket illustrated : bright green endpapers. Light fox marks..... More
Washington DC: National Rifle Association of America, 1992. Second Printing. Softcover : pp. [vi] xiii [xiv] 161 [162] : b&w illustrations with-in text : illustrated blue paper cover designed by Michael R. Bloom. Age toned edges; some light scuff marks to front cover and foxing to back but clean throughout;..... More
Brisbane: Ian D. Skennerton, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. [iv] 188 : illustrated throughout : inscribe by author : bright purple cloth boards : white lettering : pink, grey and white dust jacket illustrated in flag design, rifle and stars and stripes US. Light foxing to top and fore-edge;..... More
Brisbane: I.D. Skennerton, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. [vi] 213 [216] : in-text illustrations throughout : limited edition of two thousand copies of which this is numbered 290 : inscribed by author to title page : yellow cloth boards illustrated : design repeated on dust jacket. Head of spine..... More
Michigan: Countrysport Press, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. [vi] x, 11-224 : 16 pages of colour photo illustrations : illustrated throughout with-in text : foreword by Terry Wieland : black boards : gilt lettering : black dust jacket illustrated with rifles displayed on tiger skin to front and photo..... More
Pymble: Angus and Robertson, 1991. Paperback : pp. (10) 111 (7, publisher's adverts) : illustrated card covers : John Tranter bookplate on the verso of the half title. More
Hawthorn, Vic: Golvan Arts, 1991. First thus. Paperback : pp. [viii] 59 (60) : white gloss covers illustrated and lettered in black. Barely perceptible scratch to top cover. "Kevin Hart was born in the UK in 1954, and grew up in London and Brisbane. He was educated at the Australian..... More
Canberra: The Leros Press, 1984. Paperback : pp. (4) 5-71 (80) : 8 sepia tone illustrations : pale yellow semi-gloss covers : top cover illustration and lettering in dark brown. Light vertical mark on top cover; corners bumped. One of 1500 copies. A poem cycle by one of Yugoslavia's most..... More
London, Sydney, Melbourne: Angus and Robertson, 1984. First Edition. Paperback : [x] xi-xii, 58 [2] : dark grey endpapers : dusty pink covers with b&w photo illustration on top, lettered in black. Spine and small patch on top cover have faded to green; light horizontal crease mark to top cover..... More
London, Sydney, Melbourne, Singapore, Manila: Angus and Robertson, 1981. First Edition. Paperback : [14] 59 [4] : tan card covers illustrated in b&w with "David and Saul" by Arthur Boyd. Lower corner of top cover slightly creased. "Kevin Hart was born in the UK in 1954, and grew up in..... More
St. Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 1978. First Edition. Paperback : pp. [8] [2] 3-63 (64) : two tone cover lettered in sepia on top with the text falling down the top cover, lettered in white on the spine. Covers lightly creased at joints; some edgewear to fore edge of..... More
Coboug, Canada: Collector Grade Publications, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. [xiv] xvii [xviii] 209 [210] : 249 illustrations : produced and edited by R Blake Stevens : preface by Louis Chauchat (grandson of Colonel Chauchat) : bibliography : blue boards : gilt to spine : dust jacket illustrated with..... More
Brisbane: Ian D. Skennerton, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. [vi] 266 : illustrated throughout : component parts diagrams : inscribed by author : green cloth boards with lettering in white : green and brown camouflage design dust jacket. Top edge of block foxed; faint foxing to endpapers and verso..... More
Boulder: Paladin Press, 1988. Second Edition. Hardcover : pp. [ix] 203 [4 blank] : profusely illustrated in black and white throughout : illustrated endpapers : black boards : argent to spine : white dust jacket illustrated. Edges age toned with a few fox marks to top edge; age tone line..... More
York, Pennsylvania: George Shumway, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. [7] 222 [224] : 123 illustrations : bright blue cloth boards : argent to spine : illustrated endpapers : cream dust jacket illustrated with Flintlock pistol by William Bailes c.1760 to front and Pocket pair of pistols by Thomas Davisc.1770..... More
Bloomfield, Canada ; Alexandria Bay, USA: Museum Restoration Service, 1999. Hardcover : pp. [ii] [5] 156 [158] : foreword : illustrated throughout with-in text : white boards : blue lettering to spine : cream dust jacket illustrated with The Arms of the London Gunmaker's Company : author portrait back dust..... More
Melbourne: Macmillan, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. [6] 317 [320] : bright green cloth boards : argent to spine : green dust jacket design by Oloff Tromp, based on illustration by Chris Riordan : gold National Book Council award sticker to front ; newspaper clipping on book loosely inserted..... More
Melbourne: Viking Press, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. [vi] 353 [354] : dark blue cloth boards : white lettering to spine : rich blue endpapers : colourful dust jacket designed and illustrated by Helen Semmler : author portrait to jacket back by John Nobley. Age toned edges; shelf-wear. Other..... More
Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1977. Patricia Giles. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. [6] 55 [56] : 15 colour plates from original paintings : black and white illustrations with-in text : map of Freycinet Peninsula : introduction by A.D. Hope : limited edition of 1100 copies of which this is..... More
Rhode Island: Mowbray, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. [3] 112 : 34 pages of illustrations : photography by Paul Goodwin : boards illustrated with revolvers to front and back : green spine : design repeated on dust jacket : portrait of author and his wife to back jacket sleeve..... More
Texas: Brownlee Books, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover : 96pp : numbered copy - 0202 : rich green boards : white lettering : green dust jacket illustrated with crossing pistols ; bookseller's sticker to back paste-down. Slight edge-wear to jacket including some chipping to head of spine. More
Melbourne: Nosukumo, 1989. First Edition. Softcover : pp. [6] 35 [36] : illustrated : limited edition of 300 copies of which the first 100 are numbered and signed by the author, this being number 9 : printed on Verona cotton rag paper : handmade blue Japanese unryushi endpapers : bound..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. [2] [vi] xi [xii] [2] (64 pages of photo illustrations) 3-332, v [vi] : diagrammatic drawings with-in text : light grey flecked cloth boards : rust brown lettering and ten double bands to spine : bookseller's sticker to front..... More