Raymond Riling (8 results)

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1951). 1951 1st edition. Ppxx,435. B/w frontispiece portrait photograph, b/w photographs, bibliography. 'GRL' motif to black boards. Edition limited to 1,500 copies. Ex US Army library, usual faults, good reading copy. Lacks dust-wrapper. "Including works in various languages on artillery, bombs, fireworks and rockets, the composition and manufacture of exlosives, firearms and ammunition of all sorts, through the ages to the present time, together with books on the use of firearms in war and in sport for the taking of all manner of game and shooting at mark; as well as works on ballistics, the history and development of firearms, wounds caused by them, gunmaking and gunsmithing, the handloading of ammunition, etc; taken from the compiler's library and other reliable sources, with an introduction, alphabetical list of authors, and a list of pseudonyms used by writers in the allied fields of sporting and shooting. [sic] Prepared for the use of the arms collector, ballistician, gunsmith, handloader, technician, student, and author, as well as for all who are interested in the history and development of firearms and their use in war and peace, in the field and at target. "A practical and convenient listing of almost 3000 books, American and foreign, on guns and shooting through the ages to the present date (1950) - the foreign titles are translated". .

Hardcover. Condition: very good/very good. Quarto. 495pp. A very nice copy in dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good+.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1951). 1951 1st edition. Ppxx,435. B/w frontispiece portrait photograph, b/w photographs, bibliography. 'GRL' motif to black boards. Edition limited to 1,500 copies. Some browning, slightly shaken and slight use to boards but a good copy, in chipped and frayed dust-wrapper. "Including works in various languages on artillery, bombs, fireworks and rockets, the composition and manufacture of exlosives, firearms and ammunition of all sorts, through the ages to the present time, together with books on the use of firearms in war and in sport for the taking of all manner of game and shooting at mark; as well as works on ballistics, the history and development of firearms, wounds caused by them, gunmaking and gunsmithing, the handloading of ammunition, etc; taken from the compiler's library and other reliable sources, with an introduction, alphabetical list of authors, and a list of pseudonyms used by writers in the allied fields of sporting and shooting. [sic] Prepared for the use of the arms collector, ballistician, gunsmith, handloader, technician, student, and author, as well as for all who are interested in the history and development of firearms and their use in war and peace, in the field and at target. "A practical and convenient listing of almost 3000 books, American and foreign, on guns and shooting through the ages to the present date (1950) - the foreign titles are translated". .

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1982). (1951) 1982 2nd edition. Ppxx,434. B/w frontispiece portrait photograph, b/w plates, bibliography. Edition limited to 500 numbered copies. Fine in dust-wrapper. Including works in various languages on artillery, bombs, fireworks and rockets, the composition and manufacture of exlosives, firearms and ammunition of all sorts, through the ages to the present time, together with books on the use of firearms in war and in sport for the taking of all manner of game and shooting at mark; as well as works on ballistics, the history and development of firearms, wounds caused by them, gunmaking and gunsmithing, the handloading of ammunition, etc; taken from the compiler's library and other reliable sources, with an introduction, alphabetical list of authors, and a list of pseudonyms used by writers in the allied fields of sporting and shooting. Prepared for the use of the arms collector, ballistician, gunsmith, handloader, technician, student, and author, as well as for all who are interested in the history and development of firearms and their use in war and peace, in the field and at target. "A practical and convenient listing of almost 3000 books, American and foreign, on guns and shooting through the ages to the present date (1950) - the foreign titles are translated." Issued in two different dust-wrappers: a new design in brown and white, and a facsimile of the green first edition (1951) wrapper. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1970). (1953) ND c1970 Bonanza Books reprint. Large 4to (220 x 285mm). Ppxvi,495,ill. B/w photographs & illustrations of powder flasks, b/w photographs & illustrations, select biliography. Pale blue cloth, black titles to upper board and spine. Minor faults. Good-plus copy in slightly used and spine-tanned dust-wrapper. ".from its inception, through the ages, until the popular acceptance of the metallic cartridge, and giving emphasis to the powder flasks of the nineteenth century, noting their significance and values for shooters and collectors of antique arms and flasks." "This volume neither aspires to be profound history nor scholarly literature. It is a powder flask collector's attempt to answer within this book the almost numberless questions concerning the beginnings, the development, and the use of the flask from its inception to the present day. It is also offered as a guide for the purchase and sale of powder flasks, by giving the relative values of the various specimens show herein. Essentially this work is designed for the regular reference and use of present day collectors but also to record the existence of the powder flask for posterity." Chapters include: The flask through the ages; A search in literature; The flask in use; Metal to market; The flask and the arm; American makers; British makers; Other foreign makers; American patents; British patents; The craftsman and his flask; Flask photography; Pictures and prices of yesterday; Ancient or early flasks; Your collection and mine; Flask collecting; Values; Other arms accessories; The cartridge replaces the flask. .

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1982). (1951) 1982 2nd edition. Large 8vo (156 x 235mm). Ppxx,434. B/w frontispiece portrait photograph, b/w plates, bibliography. Brown cloth. Edition limited to 500 numbered copies. Boards slightly bowed, slight spotting to end-papers. Good-plus in green/white dust-wrapper. Including works in various languages on artillery, bombs, fireworks and rockets, the composition and manufacture of explosives, firearms and ammunition of all sorts, through the ages to the present time, together with books on the use of firearms in war and in sport for the taking of all manner of game and shooting at mark; as well as works on ballistics, the history and development of firearms, wounds caused by them, gunmaking and gunsmithing, the handloading of ammunition, etc; taken from the compiler's library and other reliable sources, with an introduction, alphabetical list of authors, and a list of pseudonyms used by writers in the allied fields of sporting and shooting. Prepared for the use of the arms collector, ballistician, gunsmith, handloader, technician, student, and author, as well as for all who are interested in the history and development of firearms and their use in war and peace, in the field and at target. "A practical and convenient listing of almost 3000 books, American and foreign, on guns and shooting through the ages to the present date (1950) - the foreign titles are translated". Issued in two different dust-wrappers: a new design in brown and white, and a facsimile of the green first edition (1951) wrapper. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1992). (1953) 1992 R & R Books edition. Large 4to (220 x 286mm). Ppxvi,495,ill. B/w photographs & illustrations of powder flasks, b/w photographs & illustrations, select biliography. Gilt titles to green malachite boards, spine titled in gilt. Unobtrusive bump to base of spine, small marks to boards else internally very clean. Very good in slightly tanned dust-wrapper. ".from its inception, through the ages, until the popular acceptance of the metallic cartridge, and giving emphasis to the powder flasks of the nineteenth century, noting their significance and values for shooters and collectors of antique arms and flasks." "This volume neither aspires to be profound history nor scholarly literature. It is a powder flask collector's attempt to answer within this book the almost numberless questions concerning the beginnings, the development, and the use of the flask from its inception to the present day. It is also offered as a guide for the purchase and sale of powder flasks, by giving the relative values of the various specimens show herein. Essentially this work is designed for the regular reference and use of present day collectors but also to record the existence of the powder flask for posterity." Chapters include: The flask through the ages; A search in literature; The flask in use; Metal to market; The flask and the arm; American makers; British makers; Other foreign makers; American patents; British patents; The craftsman and his flask; Flask photography; Pictures and prices of yesterday; Ancient or early flasks; Your collection and mine; Flask collecting; Values; Other arms accessories; The cartridge replaces the flask. .