GREAT BRITISH GUNMAKERS 1540 - 1740. By W. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back.

GREAT BRITISH GUNMAKERS 1540 - 1740. By W. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back.

SHOOTING FROM SCRATCH. By Michael Paulet. Illustrations by 'Biffy'.

SHOOTING FROM SCRATCH. By Michael Paulet. Illustrations by 'Biffy'.

GREAT BRITISH GUNMAKERS 1540 - 1740. By W. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back.

1984 1st edition. Large 4to (230 x 302mm). Pp479. Colour and b/w photographs, bibliography. Blue cloth, gilt vignette to upper board, spine titled in gilt. Edition limited to 750 numbered copies.

A good book on the history of the early British gunmakers. "Continuing their series on British gunmakers, in this volume the authors cover the period from the very beginning up to 1740". . . Published in an edition of only 750 cloth-bound copies and 20 de luxe leather-bound copies. This is a copy of the cloth-bound issue. Chapters include: Introduction; Sources of reference and conventions; List of gunmakers before 1640; Colour plates; The gunmakers, their lives and examples of the weapons they made.
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Book Code
48411
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Author Neal (William Keith) and Back (D.H.L.).
Book Code 48411
ISBN 0950884200 / 9780950884202.
Book Description Clean copy in dust-wrapper but with approximately 1cm square gouge from spine and corresponding gouge to d/w spine. Number 620 of an edition of 750 cloth-bound copies.
Book Cover Hardcover
Published Date 1984
Publisher Historical Firearms.
Place Norwich, Norfolk.