R Blake Stevens (83 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Softcover, stapled booklet format. Moderate handling. Illustrated. 28pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Stated First Edition. Green boards with red lettering and illustration. Inside clean with no highlighting or underscoring. Includes dust jacket. Black/white photos - illustrations. Previous owner's name on ffep. Boards have corners bumped and light wear to edges of book. Condition of dust jacket is good with edge wear, small tears at top edge of spine, and back has p piece that will tear off easily, plus book store stamp on bottom of both flaps. Please see pictures for details of condition. Any shiny spots are from camera flash. Note that I do not use stock photos. Due to size and weight of book, additional shipping costs may be required.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Reprint. 28 pages. Many excellent photos and diagrams. "John Moses Browning was one of the world's foremost inventors of small arms. At the time of his death in 1926, he was working on a new pistol design for the French ministry of war. It was adopted by the Belgian government as the Model 1935 FN 'Hi-Power' pistol. It is described as a locked-breech, recoil operated semi-automatic pistol, magazine fed, with a capacity of 13 cartridges." - page 1. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy of this informative reference.…

4to Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Expanded 2nd Edition. 297p. Contents are unmarked on bright pages with b/w photos. Binding is tight, hinges are securely attached. Forest green boards are glossy and pointed gilt lettering on spine. Jacket is unclipped and clean with minor shelf wear.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Collector Grade Publications; Toronto, 1983. Hardcover. Book is heavy, additional shipping cost may apply. First Edition. A Very Good, round previous owner embossed stamp to half title page, green cloth binding with red lettering and red illustration on front board and red lettering on spine, binding sturdy and intact, bit of spoiling bottom spine buckram, some crimping to spine edges, age toning to pages, slightly cocked, mild waving along page edges, in a Very Good, some handling/scuff marks to panels, bit of edge/corner wear, sunned flaps, small crease bottom rear flap corner, discoloration to verso panels, small round sticker residue spot front flap, Dust wrapper. A nice, clean and unmarked copy. 4to[quarto or approx. 9.5 x 12 inches], 340pp., bibliography, b&w illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.Please note: Oversized books/sets MAY require additional postage then what is quoted for 2.2lb book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Collector Grade Publications, Cobourg, Ontario, CAN. 1996. Hardcover. Stated 2nd Edition, 3rd Printing on the copyright page. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light shelfwear to tail and tips. DJ: Very Good; light bumping/wear to head, tail, and tips; superficial rubbing to front panel. Green leatherette boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine; section view of the pistol as endpapers. Clean internals. Inner hinges are sound and not split. 297 pp 4to. 1990 marked the 55th anniversary of the introduction of the model 1935 FN Browning High Power pistol. In that year a new, expanded edition of this sought-after and critically-acclaimed study first appeared. This is its second printing. This book serves as the definitive reference manual for military historians, firearms appraisers, and collectors tracing the 70-year evolution of the Fabrique Nationale (FN) Hi-Power. Rather than just providing written commentary, the author relies heavily on primary sources, blueprint drawings, and rare factory photographs straight from the FN Archives. The book is deliberately structured as a chronological registry, allowing collectors to identify exact production timelines, variations, proof marks, and contract details.A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Expanded Second Edition Third Printing. Small address label at bottom of acknowledgements page otherwise a like new copy. Illustrated throughout with photographs and drawings, 304 pages, 313 illustrations, bibliography and index.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First Edition. Green Apple Books and Music, Publisher Weekly's Bookstore of the Year 2014, has been San Francisco's favorite independent bookseller since 1967! Shipping costs on oversize / international orders will reflect actual shipping charges and may be more than quoted by ABE. We will need to contact you with true shipping costs and ask for authorization before adjusting cost.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Toronto: Collector Grade Publications, 1983. First edition. Hardcover book size is 8 ½" x 11". Condition of this hardcover book is very good with the dustjacket in about very good condition. Slight tanning to the pages of the book, minor waving along the right-side page ends. The dustjacket has some edge wear, some wear to the spine ends, a few small scraps to the back cover with loss of upper printed paper layer. Inscribed by the author in pen on the title page. 340 pages with numerous photos. ---- An in-depth examination of the M14 Rifle. Inscribed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2nd, expanded edition, second printing. Dustwrapper is very slighty ragged along the top edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd. With dust jacket. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. Ex-reference library, covers very creased.

Condition: very good. no dustjacket. 4to pp.166. book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Color photographic card cover stock; 8vo; 28pp; illustrated with b/w photos & drawings. Historical Arms Series No. 15. No publication date stated but believed to be 1974 and the original printing. This copy in VG condition with mild cover wear, internally quite clean. Most uncommon. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Dustwrapper is a little crumpled at the edges edges.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 260 pages. Soft covers. UK and Commonwealth FALs" (Volume Two of the FAL Rifle Series) by R. Blake Stevens is the definitive historical and technical reference covering the evolution of the Fabrique Nationale (FN) FAL as adopted by Great Britain, Canada, Australia, and other Commonwealth nations. The work meticulously documents the progression of the rifle in these regions through the following key areas: Explores the rifle's wartime infancy in England, detailing Great Britain?s initial development of the bullpup EM-2 and its testing against early FN-designed FAL prototypes. It covers the pressure from the United States to abandon the intermediate .280 cartridge in favor of the T65 round, which ultimately led to the standardization of the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge. Details Canada's pioneering involvement with the platform, as they were the first Commonwealth nation to adopt and produce the FAL (known as the C1 and the C2 heavy-barrel squad automatic weapon). Chronicles the long, arduous journey to standardize the L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle for the British Armed Forces, including the inch-to-metric dimension changes and manufacturing nuances. Discusses the Australian adoption and the heavy barrel variant (L2A1), along with the operational challenges and field performance of the Commonwealth FALs. Features original source documentation, line drawings, parts breakdowns, and black-and-white photographs of the guns in service. The book often serves as a key resource for military historians and firearm collectors. Scarce. A Near Fine to Fine copy with only very light use at a reasonable price. …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Volume 3 of the FAL series.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Hardback. Excellent volume of the U.S.Rifle M14. This is the Revised Second Edition, Third Printing 1995. 340pp., many photographs and plans. Both book and Dustwrapper in very good condition. Ships from UK.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Stated First Edition. Very Good in a Very Good Minus dust jacket. Green cloth boards with sharp corners, trace wear at heel of spine. Touch of soil to top edge of textblock. Contents clean, binding sound. Small Armory store label at bottom of rear pastedown, no marks. Jacket has edge-wear including a small chip and a few very short tears (longest tear being one-quarter-inch). 340 pages. IIllustrated with many B&W photos and drawings.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Free of markings.

Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. Cobourg, Ontario, Canada: Collector Grade Publications Incorporated, 2009. First Edition. Quarto. 272pp. Color and b&w photographs and illustrations throughout. Illustrated dust jacket. Maroon leatherette boards with spine stamped in gilt; illustrated endpapers. Dust jacket lightly rubbed along edges with a small patch of creasing to crown. Boards show light shelfwear. Binding sound and pages unmarked; Near Fine.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 2nd Edition. NF/NF, hc, used but looks like new, illustrated end papers, 297 pages. Interior clean no marks except former owners name/address stamp and date at top fore-corner of the half-title page, pages near bright, binding tight almost crisp. No wear to dj, no chips or tears and dj enclosed in protective sleeve.…

Oversize Hardcover. Condition: VG / VG. 1st. Oversize hardcover in very good dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Green leather-effect boards, lettered in silver foil. Slight binding lean original to issue. 1st ed. [xiv],199 pp., illus. Color pictorial dust jacket as issued, now in mylar. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. 4to pp.271. book.

Condition: Very Good. 2. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket; Hardcover; Dust jacket is clean and intact with no tears, and has not been price-clipped (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Light wear to the boards; The textblock edges are unblemished; Excellent binding; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Large Format (Quatro, 10.75" - 11.75" tall); 2.8 lbs; Blue-green dust jacket with title in tan lettering; 2nd Edition; 1991, Collector Grade Publications; 352 pages; "US Rifle M14 - from John Garand to the M21," by R. Blake Stevens.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. 4to. Published by Collector Grade Publications, Cobourg, ON, Canada. 2004. 569 pgs. Illustrated with 392 black and white illustrations. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine . Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Complete story of the development of the first successful assault rifle. Not just the reason for beginning the project and mechanical problems, but also the political and financial roadblocks. Also shows the military situation that effected the design and production. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.…

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. The book is in like new condition with only the slightest wear from handling. Dust jacket is protected in archival quality mylar.

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Near fine. Later printing. Near fine, oversized hardcover shows just a hint of wear, in a near fine dust jacket showing hardly any wear either. 235 pages nicely illustrated in black & white and color with bibliography. Nice copy of this look at the FN49 and ".several other self-loading rifles developed by the famous Belgian armsmaking consortium Fabrique Nationale d'Armes de Guerre (FN).".…