British Gunmakers: London (Volume 1) - Hardcover

Brown, Nigel

9781904057475: British Gunmakers: London (Volume 1)

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ISBN 10: 1904057470 ISBN 13: 9781904057475

Publisher: Quiller Publishing Ltd., 2005

This all-new volume sets out the history of London gunmakers and specialist trade workers through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The book contains an alphabetical listing of the businesses and individuals with their dates and addresses. Separate listings identify the brand names used by them and the patents they registered along with additional information on proof marks. Includes individual histories of businesses with details of the serial number records. An invaluable and definitive reference for any collector, shooting enthusiast, historian or gunmaker.

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Nigel Brown has been involved with the British gun trade, especially the London trade, for many years. For thirteen years, until 1991, he was legal advisor to, and subsequently secretary of, the Gun Trade Association. In addition, he sat on the legal and education team of WAGBI, now the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC).

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PublisherQuiller Publishing Ltd.
Publication date2005
ISBN 10 1904057470
ISBN 13 9781904057475
BindingHardcover
Number of pages296

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BRITISH GUNMAKERS VOLUME I: HISTORICAL DATA ON THE LONDON GUN TRADE IN THE NINETEENTH AND TWENTIETH CENTURIES. By Nigel Brown.

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Book Description Condition: new. (Hardcover, 2004). (1998) 2004 2nd edition reprint. Large 4to (220 x 305mm). Pp280. Colour, b/w photographs and illustrations, bibliography, end-paper maps. Black cloth, spine titled in silver-gilt. Fine new copy in dust-wrapper. A history of the London gun manufacturers in the 19th and 20th centuries. Includes an alphabetical list of all gunmakers and related trades, with dates, addresses and changes of name, together with 48 individual business histories. "An encyclopaedia and a guide for collectors and members of the trade alike." Originally published as "London Gunmakers." This volume was extensively revised to form part of a two volume set, with the subsequently published British Gunmakers Volume Two: Birmingham, Scotland and the Regions. Our stock number for the two volume deluxe set, 15719. . Seller Inventory # 45496

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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. 280 pages. Large volume. 8.75" x 12". London Gunmakers have led the world with their technical expertise and craftsmanship. Chronicling the history of the London gun trade, this book begins with the Mantons in the eighteenth century and continues with Purdey, Lang, Lancaster, Beesley, Boss, Holland & Holland, and Woodward. It provides an alphabetical list of all Gunmakers and related trades, and it gives their dates, addresses, changes, and individual histories. There is an alphabetical list of gunmakers' serial number records, while various schedules list those individuals who hae taken a leadaing part in the administration of the trade over the years. In addition, there is an alphabetical index of the brand names used by the various businesses in the London trade in respect to guns, rifles, cartridges, and powders. This invaluable and informative reference contains a rich collection of facts and anecdotes about the London Gun trade. Excellent. Seller Inventory # 4418

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