SAMWORTH BOOKS: A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY. THOMAS G. SMITH AND THE SMALL ARMS TECHNICAL PUBLISHING Co. By Brian R. Smith.

1990 1st edition. Large 8vo (158 x 239mm). Ppx,344,ad. B/w photograph plates, b/w line illustrations by the author. Mottled light brown buckram, upper board and spine titled in gilt within printed dark green panels. Edition limited to 1,000 copies. Signed by the author.

"A guide for the use of librarians, researchers, collectors, used and rare book dealers and others with an interest in American firearms technical literature". Chapters include: Author index (alphabetical with reference and page numbers); Title index (alphabetical with reference and page numbers); Publication chronology; Biography of Thomas G. Samworth; Physical charateristics of Samworth books; Descriptions of Volumes 1 through 47; Titles advertised but not published; Samworth prints on firearms.