Crudgington Baker (62 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. Clean unmarked copy. Illustrated with photographs and drawings, appendix, bibliography, index, 256 pages.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover with price clipped dust jacket, 256 pages including many black-and-white illustrations, plus four pages of full colour photographs; book has just a hint of shelf and reading wear, otherwise almost as new; DJ has several very tiny chips/tears. See also our listing for Bob Brister's Shotgunning: The Art and the Science.

Condition: Fair. Volume 1. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,800grams, ISBN:0214204936.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Barrie & Jenkins, London, 1979. Illustrated with b&w photographs and reproductions. 6.25" x 9.5". 256 pp. Brown cloth, lower edge of covers dampmarked, decorated endpapers, ink owner inscription and ink stamp on half-title page. ".an attempt to trace.the evolution of the shotgun during its formative years in Great Britain.a reference tool with which any British made shotgun of the period can be identified.a definitive work on the evolution and manufacture of the British (12 bore) shotgun". Very good in very good wrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 6" X 9 1/4", 256pgs. Very nice copy without any hand writing in it. B-54.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1979). 1979 1st edition. Large 8vo (157 x 240mm). Pp256. B/w photographs, illustrations, photograph end-papers. Brown cloth, spine titled in gilt. Slight use, spotting to edges. Good-plus in like dust-wrapper. Volume One 1850 - 1870 traces the evolution of the shotgun during its formative years in Great Britain. Extensively and painstakingly researched, this highly regarded work gives an invaluable insight into the developments that took place during this innovative period. Chapters include; The origins; The Great Exhibition and its aftermath; John Henry Walsh, The Field and The Field Trials; Inert actions; Slide and drop actions; Side opening actions; Daw, Schneider and the Centre Fire; Sliding bolt single bite snap actions; Rotating bolt single bite snap actions; Multiple bite snap actions; Bizarre actions; The gadgetry of the centre fire; Hammerless actions. Appendices include: Small arms at the 1851 Exhibition; Programme and results of the Field Gun Trials 1858, 1859, 1866; Patent law and specifications; British shotgun patents 1850-1870. .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Illustrated.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Illustrated.

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 2011). 2011 1st edition. Large 8vo (200 x 262mm). Pp320. B/w photographs and illustrations, bibliography. Black boards, spine titled in gilt. Fine new copy in dust-wrapper. This is the long-awaited final volume of this excellent trilogy which began with the publication of Volume One 1850 - 1870 in 1979. The British Shotgun Volume Three 1891 - 2011 "completes the trilogy of the renowned British Shotgun series. this highly regarded series [gives the] complete story of the evolution of the British shotgun. This important work includes many previously unrecorded designs and artefacts - for example nowhere else in print is to be found the whole story of the single trigger; the over and under gun; the cheap single barrel or the classic side by side gun." New editions of The British Shotgun Volume One 1850 - 1871 and Volume Two 1871 - 1890, uniform with Volume Three were issued simultaneously. Chapters include: The single trigger; The over and under gun; The machine-made single; The continuing development of the side-by-side shotgun; Guns of aberrant form; The ejectors; The safety catches; The aids to shooting. All three volumes of The British Shotgun are also available together for the special Coch-y-Bonddu price of just GBP 90.00. Please see our stock number 32766. PREVIOUS PRICE GBP 50.00.

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 2011). (1979) 2011 new edition. Large 8vo (200 x 262mm). Pp256. B/w photographs & illustrations, bibliography. Black boards, spine titled in gilt. Fine new copy in dust-wrapper. This is a new edition of The British Shotgun Volume One, uniform with the recently published British Shotgun Volume Three 1891 - 2011. The continuing high demand for copies of Volumes One and Two of the British Shotgun series has led to the publication of new facsimile editions to complement the publication of Volume Three (Autumn 2011). All three volumes are lavishly illustrated with contemporary photographs and diagrams, illustrations and patent drawings. Volume One 1850 - 1870 traces the evolution of the shotgun during its formative years in Great Britain. Extensively and painstakingly researched, this highly regarded work gives an invaluable insight into the developments that took place during this innovative period. Chapters include: The origins; The Great Exhibition and its aftermath; John Henry Walsh, The Field and The Field Trials; Inert actions; Slide and drop actions; Side opening actions; Daw, Schneider and the Centre Fire; Sliding bolt single bite snap actions; Rotating bolt single bite snap actions; Multiple bite snap actions; Bizarre actions; The gadgetry of the centre fire; Hammerless actions. Appendices include: Small arms at the 1851 Exhibition; Programme and results of the Field Gun Trials 1858, 1859, 1866; Patent law and specifications; British shotgun patents 1850-1870. All three volumes of The British Shotgun are also available together for the special Coch-y-Bonddu price of just GBP 90.00. PREVIOUS PRICE GBP 50.00.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Condition as new, still shrink wrapped. This volume traces the evolution of the shotgun during its formative years in Great Britain.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. This is a nice clean book with very light wear and the dust jacket has very light wear and is in a high quality Demco protector. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1979). 1979 1st edition. Large 8vo (157 x 240mm). Pp256. B/w photographs, illustrations, photograph end-papers. Brown cloth, spine titled in gilt. Slight use, book-seller's stamp to half-title else internally clean. Good-plus in slightly used dust-wrapper. Volume One 1850 - 1870 traces the evolution of the shotgun during its formative years in Great Britain. Extensively and painstakingly researched, this highly regarded work gives an invaluable insight into the developments that took place during this innovative period. Chapters include; The origins; The Great Exhibition and its aftermath; John Henry Walsh, The Field and The Field Trials; Inert actions; Slide and drop actions; Side opening actions; Daw, Schneider and the Centre Fire; Sliding bolt single bite snap actions; Rotating bolt single bite snap actions; Multiple bite snap actions; Bizarre actions; The gadgetry of the centre fire; Hammerless actions. Appendices include: Small arms at the 1851 Exhibition; Programme and results of the Field Gun Trials 1858, 1859, 1866; Patent law and specifications; British shotgun patents 1850-1870. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1990). (1979) 1990 2nd edition. 4to (204 x 266mm). Pp256. B/w photographs, illustrations, bibliography. Dark red cloth, spine titled in gilt. Very good in slightly shelf-worn dust-wrapper. "This is an attempt to trace, as accurately as is now possible, the evolution of the shotgun during its formative years in Great Britain. Some of the developments of the period are known solely from the records of the patent office, others are mentioned in writings of the time, both magazine and book, and these sources have been extensively researched and are quoted from, where they add materially to our sknowledge. Finally, and of paramount importance, has been the study of actual surviving guns. Where possible the authors have shot with the guns concerned and, again, this aspect has yielded a valuable insight into the practical developments which took place during the relevant years." Chapters include; The origins; The Great Exhibition and its aftermath; John Henry Walsh, The Field and The Field Trials; Inert actions; Slide and drop actions; Side opening actions; Daw, Schneider and the Centre Fire; Sliding bolt single bite snap actions; Rotating bolt single bite snap actions; Multiple bite snap actions; Bizarre actions; The gadgetry of the centre fire; Hammerless actions. Appendices include: Small arms at the 1851 Exhibition; Programme and results of the Field Gun Trials 1858, 1859, 1866; Patent law and specifications; British shotgun patents 1850-1870. .

Condition: As New. Unread copy in mint condition.

Condition: New. Brand New.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1979). 1979 1st edition. Large 8vo (157 x 240mm). Pp256. B/w photographs, illustrations, photograph end-papers. Brown cloth, spine titled in gilt. Slight use else very good. Usual slight tanning to dust-wrapper. Volume One 1850 - 1870 traces the evolution of the shotgun during its formative years in Great Britain. Extensively and painstakingly researched, this highly regarded work gives an invaluable insight into the developments that took place during this innovative period. Chapters include; The origins; The Great Exhibition and its aftermath; John Henry Walsh, The Field and The Field Trials; Inert actions; Slide and drop actions; Side opening actions; Daw, Schneider and the Centre Fire; Sliding bolt single bite snap actions; Rotating bolt single bite snap actions; Multiple bite snap actions; Bizarre actions; The gadgetry of the centre fire; Hammerless actions. Appendices include: Small arms at the 1851 Exhibition; Programme and results of the Field Gun Trials 1858, 1859, 1866; Patent law and specifications; British shotgun patents 1850-1870. .

Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Condition Notes: Dust wrapper price clipped; First edition (first printing). Hardback. Dust wrapper over brown boards with gilt titles to the spine; Measures 9½" x 6¼" (1.1 kg); pp 256; Index; Bibliography; Includes: Black & white photographs, within the text; Facsimiles; Colour photographs, on individual leaves; Diagrams; Cutaways; Frontispiece; Photographic lining papers; Appendix; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #200996 ||.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. A nice, bright copy. ; B&W Illustrations and halftones; 4to ; 256 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1979 1st Edition. 256 pages. Dustwrapper is complete, no tears, not price clipped, clean, minor bumping to top of spine. Pages are bright and clean. No inscriptions.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Bound in crisp brown cloth with bright, gilt titles to spine, this 1979 hardcover First Edition is VG in VG dustjacket (unclipped). 256pp with Foreword, Introduction, 13 Chapter, Numerous B/W Photos, Scale Drawings of Mechanisms and 6 colour plates. Also, 4 Appendices, Bibliography and Index. Clean endpapers decorated with gunmakers' advertising from the 19th Century. Condition all VG.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 256p. Photos. About 4 pages underlined. Very Good/Near Fine copy. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. This copy is in new, unmarked condition bound in brown cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. The unclipped dust wrapper is in new condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Superb book on gunmaking for the period,relying properly on the evidence provided by the patents, which are analysed with a gunmakers insight, rather than hearsay and repeated errors found elsewhere. Good style, and well organised into gun types, which makes a complicated subject digestible for the less technical gun enthusiast. Ref AA 2.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Near fine book and jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. Highly respected work covering period from1850 to1870. 256pp.ill.dw. vg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover in Very good, clean, tight condition. Text free of marks. Dust Jacket in good condition with a tear and fading. Professional book dealer since 1999. All orders are processed promptly and carefully packaged with tracking.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. First Edition. Tan cloth with gilt titles. Decorative eps. No inscriptions. Jacket is price clipped, small repair to lower spine else very good. Line and photo illustrations. 256pp A very nice, clean copy.

Gr.-8°. OLn. Condition: Gut. Der Einband stellenweise etwas berieben / beschabt. Mit sehr zahlreichen teils farbigen Textabb. 256 S. Englisch 700g.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1989). 1989 1st edition. 4to (202 x 266mm). Ppvi,250. B/w photographs and illustrations throughout, bibliography. Yellow cloth, spine titled in gilt. Very good in slightly spine-faded dust-wrapper. Inscribed by I.M. Crudgington to Richard Grant-Rennick. "In this second volume of a definitive work, Ian Crudgington and David Baker unravel the intricate story of the evolution and development of the British shotgun between 1870 and 1890". Hundreds of good contemporary photographs as well as hundreds more contemporary diagrams, illustrations and patent drawings. In Volume Two 1871 - 1890 - the authors continue to unravel the intricate and fascinating story of the evolution and development of the British shotgun. Chapters include: The lever-locked hammerless gun; The end of the hammer gun; The self-cocking hammerles gun; The barrel-cocking hammerless gun; the spring-cocked hammerless gun; the safety; The forend fastener; Multi-barrels and repeaters; Electrical ignition; Bizarre actions; The ejector; the choke-bore and other modifications to the internal form of the barrel; the increase in the popularity of shooting; The British shotgun patents 1871-1890. .

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. This copy is in new, unmarked condition bound in yellow cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. The unclipped dust wrapper is in new condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. In this second volume of a definitive work, Ian Crudgington and David Baker unravel the intricate and elaborately woven story of the evolution and development of the British shotgun between 1871 and 1890. The authors, with their wide and complementary experience, are admirably qualified to produce this lavish reference book which is enhanced by over 400 specially commissioned photographs, including many from private collections, and drawings Ref O 1.