- Fine set.
- The plates loose (as issued?). = Offprint from De Militaire Spectator.
Betou, P.J. in de. Beschrijving van het achterlaadgeweer, klein kaliber, aangenomen voor de nieuwe bewapening van het Nederlandsche en Nederlandsch Oost-Indische leger. Delft, J. IJkema, 1870, 24p., 2 fold. lithogr. plates, modern hleather, orig. wr. pres.
- Some foxing.
AND 3 others, all Dutch, i.a. J.M. ENTE VAN GILS, Beschrijving van het Geweer van 6,5 mm. voor Zee- en Landmacht (Den Helder, 1895, 2 fold. lithogr. plates, modern hleather, orig. wr. pres.).
- Waterst. and sl. foxed. = Gerrare 1644.
Ploennies, W. von. Neue Hinterladungs-Gewehre nach officiellen Versuchen beurteilt. Darmstadt/ Leipsic, E. Zernin, 1867, XX,234p., woodengr. ills., contemp. hmor.
- Trifle foxed. Binding rubbed. = Not in Gerrare. Rare.
AND 2 others in 3 vols.: F.H. HEBLER, Das kleinste Kaliber oder das zukünftige Infanteriegewehr (Zürich/ Leipsic, 1886/ 1894, 2 vols., fold. tables, contemp. unif. hcl.) and N. POLOTZKOI, Das kleinste Kaliber und das weittragende Gewehr (ibid., 1889, orig. hcl., sm. 8vo).
= All vols. with AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION on title-p. Every chapter ends with an English summary.
- Without vol. 4.
- Foxed; occas. sl. browned; the plates and tables attached to later stubs. Spine rubbed.
AND 6 others, i.a. K.T. VON SAUER, Grundriss der Waffenlehre (Munich, 1869, fold. tables, contemp. hmor.); J. REITER, Elementar-Waffenlehre zum Gebrauche der k.k. Regimentsvorbereitungs- und Truppen-Divisions-Schulen (Triest, 1869, ills., contemp. hmor.) and K. EILERS, Handbuch der praktischen Schußwaffenkunde und Schießkunst für Jäger und Sportschützen (Berlin, 1926, ills., orig. cl.).
- Wrappers sl. creased/ frayed; year 1935 bookblock (nearly) broken.
= Catalogues of the Warsaw Military Publishing House.
AND 1 other: ALMANACH "BIBLJOTEKI POLSKIEJ" NA ROK 1925 (ibid., 1925, plates, orig. wr.).
- Armorial bookplate on upper pastedown; traces of paper clippings on first free endpaper; text part sl. foxed. Binding w. some rubbed spots.
= Lipperheide Qb 66; Pohler III, p.717. Very fine plates. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXVI.
= All published.
Das Schiesswesen in der Schweiz. Zürich, G. Schmid, 1957, 2nd ed., 2 parts in 1 vol., VIII,228; VIII,248p., plates, ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to. - AND 4 others on Swiss firearms.
- Vol. 1 hinges weak. Covers sl. stained.
= The plates showing i.a. the facades and floorplans of the military barracks in Haarlem, Arnhem and Amersfoort.
AND 2 other years and 4 odd issues of other military periodicals: ORGAAN DER VEREENIGING TER BEOEFENING VAN DE KRIJGSWETENSCHAP, year 1926-1927 (orig. hcl.); DE MILITAIRE SPECTATOR, year 110 (1941, loose in parts w. orig. cl. portfolio. Lacks no.1) and MAVORS, year 25, no. 5-7 and 11 (1931, orig. unif. wr.).
- Title-p. and first blank loose, both lvs. lower corner restored w. scotch tape (w. modern paper to first blank); brown offsetting from 1 plate to opposite leaf; occas. trifle foxed. Binding rubbed and sl. worn.
= Cf. Gerrare 258 (1st ed. London, 1742): "This book is epoch-making, and probably no book dealing with firearms is better known or so frequently quoted; its principles were accepted generally, and the work was recognised as the standard authority for many years".
BOUND WITH: Inman, J. An Introduction to Naval Gunnery. Portsea/ London, W. Woodward/ Rivington & Co., 1828, V,(3),52p., woodcut ills.
- Upper hinge sl. weak. Binding rubbed; joints splitting.
Angelucci, A. Catalogo della Armeria Reale. Turin, G. Candeletti, 1890, XVI,614p., woodengr. ills., sl. later giltlettered cl., orig. wr. pres. - AND 1 other: CONDE DE VALENCIA DE DON JUAN, Catálogo histórico-descriptivo de la Real Armería de Madrid (Madrid, 1898, plates, ills., later gilt hmor., 4to. Copy w. num. scattered annots. and mounted/ tipped-in clippings).
- Sl. foxed and yellowed.
- Stamp on title-p.; plates sl. foxed.
Witte, W. Die gezogene Feldgeschütze nach ihrer Einrichtung, Ausrüstung nebst einigen Regeln für die Behandlung des Materials. Berlin, E.S. Mittler & Sohn, 1867, (6),124p., 3 fold. lithogr. plates, contemp. hcl., sm. 8vo.
- Sl. yellowed.
AND 4 others, i.a. M. CSICSERICS VON BACSÁNY, Unser neues Feldgeschütz (...). 3. Heft (Vienna, 1908, fold. maps, modern hmor., orig. wr. pres.) and C. GALSTER, Die Schiffs- und Küstengeschütze der deutschen Marine (Berlin, 1885, fold. plate, ills., contemp. hcl.).
- A few scattered stamps.
Schmoelzl, J. Das System La Hitte für die gezogene Vier-Pfünder Kanone der französischen Feldartillerie. Munich, J.G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung, 1860, VIII,64p., fold. lithogr. plate, orig. wr.
- Foxed; sl. frayed.
AND 13 others, all German, mostly small publications.
= With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION on first free endpaper.
AND 9 others similar, all German, incl. odd vols.
- Occas. sl. foxed and yellowed. Binding trifle worn.
= Gerrare 1504: "This is a popular account of the development of military arms, and contains numerous descriptions of little known varieties of breechloaders".
Migout, J.C. and Bergery, C.L. Essai sur la théorie des affuts et des voitures d'artillerie. Ibid., Anselin, 1836, VIII,(2),295p., 2 fold. engr. plates, contemp. hcalf.
- Sl. foxed. Spine chafed.
AND 10 others, mostly small publications, i.a. LIEUT. DUPEYRÉ, Nos Mitrailleuses, ce qu'elles sont, ce qu'il faut en attendre (Paris/ Nancy, 1912, ills., later hmor., orig. wr. pres.) and LES ARMES À FEU PORTATIVES DES ARMÉES ACTUELLES ET LEURS MUNITIONS. Par un officier supérieur (Paris, 1894, ills., contemp. hmor.).
- Upper hinge broken (restored w. scotch tape); several plates w. annots. in pen. Upper joint strengthened w. scotch tape; corners bumped.
Plönnies, W. von. Neue Studien über die gezogene Feuerwaffe der Infanterie. Darmstadt/ Leipsic, E. Zernin, 1861-1864, 2 vols., XIV,270,(2); XVI,322p., 9 fold. lithogr. plates, ills., contemp. unif. gilt hcl.
- Sl. foxed. Both vols. traces of ticket on spine. = Rare.
AND 4 others, i.a. R. WILLE, Gebirgs- und Kolonialartillerie (Berlin, 1910, fold. plates, orig. wr.) and R. GÜNTHER, Allgemeine Geschichte der Handfeuerwaffen (Leipsic, 1909, ills., orig. limp cl.).