Sons Gunmakers (7 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. No date given but a 1950s catalogue. 224 pages. Spirally bound, light brown front card cover (not soiled, some creases), missing rear cover. Pages are clean and bright with no markings. No inscriptions. Overall good to very good condition. Catalogue of guns, rifles, pistols and sundries. Bland sold hammer guns, boxlocks and sidelocks and ran a successful business for decades, based in Birmingham's Steelhouse Lane. The earliest record of the firm dates from 1862. Bland opened a London shop, which he called The House of Bland. Production always focussed on robust, rather plain, practical guns for explorers, expeditions, fore-shore hunters and colonialists. Wild fowling guns were a speciality.

12 pages, including pictorial paper covers, some wear to spine edges, illus from photographs includes a cross eye gun, the new self opening guns, prices have been inked out and adjusted.

. Edn,. 161 pages, 4to., illus throughout, a comprehensive catalogue covering all aspects of shooting and equipment includes pistols and revolvers, air weapons etc.

231 pages, 4to., illus, card covers, ring binder.

74 pages, 4to., illus throughout, pictorial green card covers card covers ring binder, rear cover top 5cm pulling from binding. A comprehensive catalogue covering shotguns, rifles, pistols and revolvers, air rifles pistols etc + shooting equipment calls, decoy all very well illus.

161 pages, 4to., illus, price list stapled to inner covers, card covers ring binder, a comprehensive catalogue.

255 pages, numerous illus, occasional pencil marks to contents, chipping to lower margin of last page, printed card covers, lower half or rear flap removed, which has details of postage rates and weights and measurements. A comprehensive catalogue detailing the guns with numerous accompanying testimonials including pigeons, guns, wildfowling, game, ball and shot guns, high velocity rifles, rook rifles, target rifles etc., also section on pistols and revolvers including Colt automatic pistol, air rifles, also ammunition and shooting equipment.