Herbert J Jackson Charles E Whitelaw (19 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. A lovely crisp clean hardcover copy in very good condition, light shelfwear to extremities. DJ in good condition with rubbing, tape to spine head and tail. PLEASE NOTE: OVERSIZED ITEM, NO INTERNATIONAL ORDERS ON AMAZON.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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HARDCOVER. 1st edition thus. 108pp., quarto. tight binding, dampstain at the bottom corners, clean throughout, mild edgewear, Good+ wrapped in mylar, mild scuffs to both sides, clear titles and spine, Good+.

Cloth w/DJ. Condition: VG/G. Later Edition. New York, NY: Bramhall House. VG/G. ca 1959. Later Edition. Cloth w/DJ. 1st printing . 4to., 108 pp., DJ frayed, shelfwear . Black & White Photographs (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Hardcover. xiv, 108pp. Very good hardback in a rubbed jacket that has a few small closed tears.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Good +. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. No date but appears to be 1950's. Reprint of 1923 edition. Dust jacket with light edge wear. Contents clean and tight with no marks or inscriptions. PayPal accepted.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Jackson, Herbert J. European Hand Firearms of the Sixteenth, Seventeenth & Eighteenth Centuries. With a Treatise on Scottish Hand Firearms by Charles E. Whitelaw. New York: Bramhall House (a division of Clarkson N. Potter, Inc.), by arrangement with The Holland Press, Ltd. Originally published 1923. This Bramhall House edition mid-20th century (c. 1950s-early 1960s). Large square quarto, navy cloth with gilt spine titling, illustrated throughout with photographic plates. In original pictorial dust jacket. A substantial and highly regarded reference work covering European pistols, flintlocks, sporting arms, locks, barrels, mounts, and ornamentation of the 16th-18th centuries. The volume includes extensive photographic plates (including full-page figures) and a dedicated scholarly section on Scottish firearms by Whitelaw. Long considered a foundational collector's reference, the work blends technical analysis with connoisseurship and remains frequently cited in arms literature. Condition: Book is Very Good. Navy cloth clean and solid with minor shelf wear and light rubbing at lower edges; corners gently bumped. Binding firm and square. Interior clean, bright, and unmarked; plates crisp and well printed. No writing or bookplates observed. Dust jacket Good: complete but shows notable edge wear, creasing, short tears, and chipping at spine head and corners; moderate surface rubbing and toning. Copyright page states 'First published 1923' with 'This edition published by Bramhall House' and printer's line 'abcdefgh.' Bramhall House commonly used letter lines rather than number lines; the presence of the full sequence indicates an early printing of this Bramhall House reissue (not the original 1923 Holland Press issue). Likely printed c. 1950s-early 1960s, consistent with Bramhall House design, typography, and jacket style of the period.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. With a Treatise on Scottish Hand Firearms by Whitelaw. No later date but it seems to be the 1960 edition listed in WorldCat. Wear around edges of jacket. Some chipping at corners and extremities of jacket. Otherwise, a bright, tight, and clean copy of this book. Dust jacket is well protected by clear plastic Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 108 pp. Original dark blue cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding very bright and clean. Bottom corners a bit bumped. Natural toning to front blank endpapers. DJ lightly soiled and rubbed w/ wear and several short tears to edges. Illust. w/ b/w plates.…

Condition: fair to good, fair to good. Reprint Edition. Quarto, 108, illus., stains on front & rear flyleaves, DJ scuffed & stained, DJ in plastic sleeve. Reprint of the 1923 edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Second Edition. (1959) 108 pp. Original blue cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Spine ends a bit bumped. Previous bookseller's small label on rear paste-down. One of 750 copies. DJ lightly soiled and rubbed w/ wear and several short tears to edges. Approx. 2" closed tear at top edge of front panel; approx. 2 3/4" closed tear at bottom edge of front panel. Two small chips to bottom edges w/ approx. 1" chip to bottom of spine. Illust. w/ b/w plates.…

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. The dust jacket is in poor condition, with a large triangular piece missing from the top of the front panel and significant loss to the top of the spine. The remaining jacket shows edge wear, rubbing, and small tears. The blue cloth binding remains sound. Internal pages are clean and free of markings or inscriptions. heavily damaged with large sections missing from front and spine.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. 1923 limited edition. This is one of 550 numbered copies, of which 500 were for sale. Large blue hardback covers show wear and rubbing to the spine edges. The corners are bumped. The binding is tight and the pages are clean. Includes 63 plates showing 111 figures. The plates are beautifully rendered in full-page photographic quality. Truly a beautiful book and an important reference book for the topic. The book also contains a "Treatise on Scottish Hand Firearms", written by Charles E. Whitelaw.; 108 pages.…

Cicago Quadrangle Books 1959 Bound, cloth with original dustjacket (protected with removable cellophane), 108 pp. and lxiii+viii plates, 25.5x32cm., plates in b/w., in good condition (dustjacket damaged and with traces of use). Reprint. Originally published by Holland House in 1923. From the publisher: "A sumptuous work of reference dealing with pistols, flintlocks, sporting guns, powder flasks, with the barrels, locks, and furnishings of the finest weapons of what was unquestionably the finest period for firearms from then connoisseur's point of view. This volume is lavishly illustrated from examples in the authors' private collections, which have not been reproduced elsewhere. As specialists with an unequalled knowledge of their subject, the authors have achieved an outstandingly detailed and informative study both of the mechanism and the artistic embellishment of the weapons described; the book is a necessity to every collector and amateur of firearms.".…

4°, Olwd.mit Schutzumschlag. 2. Aufl. 108 Seiten mit zahlreichen Abbildungen auf Tafeln Schutzumschlag etwas berieben und kl. Randeinrisse, sonst guter und sauberer Zustand Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 1000.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. [Association Copy : Riling's Copy] Limited edition. No. 1 of 500 copies. Bound in publisher's half brown cloth over blue boards. Gilt titles. Hardcover. xvi, 108 pages, 1 leaf frontispiece, illustrations, 63 plates showing 111 figures, 33 x 27 cm. Shelf wear, corners bumped. Riling's bookplate on front paste down. From the library of noted arms collector and author, Raymond Riling. "Raymond "Ray" Riling, a Philadelphia builder and arms collector, was an important arms book collector, dealer, author and publisher from the 1940s into the 1970s. Riling's annotated bibliography "Guns and Shooting" remains in wide use as the standard reference in the out-of-print arms book trade. " This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. …

Hardcover. 1st Edition. Royal quarto. Pp. xvi, 108. Frontispiece. Plus 71 plates printed in collotype. Title-page illustration. Illustrated initials; tail-pieces; some text figures. Half-title present. Errata slip. HARDCOVER, bound in the original publisher's full cloth, buckram spine and corners, top-edge gilt, with the original printed dust-jacket. In fine condition. Excellent copy in a particularly fine state of preservation, including the dust-jacket. ~ FIRST EDITION. Printed in a limited edition of 550 copies, of which 500 for sale. With the extremely rare, original dust-jacket, now preserved under clear plastic jacket. _O-7. ~ ~ NOTE: TOTAL REDUCTION SALE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ (illustrator). …

Lge 4to. xvi, 108pp. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 63 plates. T.e.g. others uncut. In half brown buckram, grey-brown boards, gilt titles. One of a LIMITED EDITION of 500 copies.