Neal Keith Back (58 results)

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1978). 1978 1st edition. 4to (188 x 254mm). Ppvi,279. Colour frontispiece, b/w photographs, bibliography. Gilt flintlock pistol motif to purple boards, spine titled in gilt. Cloth slightly stained / minor faults, otherwise fine in dust-wrapper. A great find for any gun enthusiast, and now available again after these many years. In the years following the publication of The Mantons: Gunmakers, in 1967, much extra information came to light, including many more guns. This new information is presented here in the same format as the original volume. Chapters include; John Manton and family - diary of events with additional information, further shotguns, rifles and pistols; Joseph Manton and family - diary of events with additional information, further shotguns, rifles and pistols; Thomas Manton and others. The Manton Supplement is a good read in its own right, even if you haven't seen a copy of the the original The Mantons: Gunmakers. .…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition. All near fine. No inscriptions and not price clipped. The Dust Jacket is intact, bright and clean. Smart purple hardcovers with a golden gun embossed into the centre of the hardcover. The 279 pages are bright and clean and the spine is tight. The authors are without question amongst the world's leading authorities on British gunmakers. This copy is being sold by a long established UK bookseller and not a mass lister., which infers that there are no nasty surprises and the book is just as described. It does have a very, very slight musty aroma. An excellent copy of a scrupulously well researched books. Kindly note that an international order will incur an extra postal charge due to weight.…

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Good Jacket. 1978 printing Posted within 1 working day. Royal Mail Tracked 24 to UK. Tracked Airmail worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 1978). 1978 1st edition. 4to (188 x 254mm). Ppvi,279. Colour frontispiece, b/w photographs, bibliography. Gilt flintlock pistol motif to purple boards, spine titled in gilt. Fine new copy in dust-wrapper. A great find for any gun enthusiast, and now available again after these many years. In the years following the publication of The Mantons: Gunmakers, in 1967, much extra information came to light, including many more guns. This new information is presented here in the same format as the original volume. Chapters include; John Manton and family - diary of events with additional information, further shotguns, rifles and pistols; Joseph Manton and family - diary of events with additional information, further shotguns, rifles and pistols; Thomas Manton and others. The Manton Supplement is a good read in its own right, even if you haven't seen a copy of the the original The Mantons: Gunmakers. PREVIOUS PRICE GBP 50.00.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Book is as new. 279pp with b/w illustrations.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. Dust Jacket: Yes. Unclipped. External Condition: Excellent condition. Internal Condition: Excellent condition. Author/Editor: Neal, W.Keith; Back, D.H.L. ISBN: 0900193573. Publisher: Compton Press. Year: 1978. Edition: 1st. Binding: Hardcover. Illustrated: Yes, colour and B&W. Language: English. Page Count: 279. Keywords: Flintlocks, Pistols, Manton Gunmakers. The book for sale is the one in the photo. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st printing (1969). 280pp. VG/VG copy; dust jacket lightly top edge worn with small closed tear to head of spine, now preserved in archival jacket protector.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine copy in dustjacket.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Good Jacket. Limited edition, No 47 of 750. The jacket has some wear at the spine Posted within 1 working day. Royal Mail Tracked 24 to UK. Tracked Airmail worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 280p. Photos. Blue cloth. One page underlined in pencil. Several small paint speckles on lower front. Bookplate Near Fine Copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition. Fine in a near fine dust wrapper with small soil mark to rear panel.

1st Edition. Hardback. Near very good in good, edge worn, scratched and plastic protected, d/w. Spine cocked and bumped, corners bumped, pages a bit yellowed, half title page creased, edge of pages marked. Remains of address label on front flap of d/w. Please email for exact postage quote and information on any available discounts.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Dust wrapper with rubbing, creasing, edge and corner wear, small tears top of spine reinforced on reverse with white tape, sunned spine, marks/scratches. Boards with a little fading along edges, creasing top/bottom of spine, Top, and Fore edge with spotting. A few page edges with spotting, foxing type marks, odd page with the odd mark. Internally Good - Quick flick through pages could not see any other issues, clean and tidy copy in tight binding, A Good personal/reference copy. Price clipped dust wrapper will be fitted with removable archive acetate film. **797g** All orders are sent with a tracking /signature service for your peace of mind, so that you can keep tabs on your parcel. For overseas customers - on some sites we use, parcels weighing over the standard rate may incur an additional charge and we will then contact you with the additional shipping fee required. This is for the postage only we do not charge you for our time or our excellent packaging, which we are noted for. Dispatched in cardboard mailers within 24/48 Hours Mon - Friday 2pm, except bank holidays, otherwise next business day - excellent service guaranteed. AANBE22415.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 4to, 196 pp, 12 colour plates, 545 black and white illustrations, other black and white illustrations in the text. Blue cloth with gilt decoration on the front board. Dust wrapper has four light tears to the edges but is now protected. An excellent copy of a well produced book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. No signatures. Small 6mm abrasion with loss of 1 letter "S", and adhesive residue, to front flap of dust-jacket where a sticker has been removed. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; [viii], 166, [2 (blank)] pages. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 246 x 188mm. Numerous black-and-white photographic illustrations. "Most British gunmakers between 1760 and 1860 possessed a tradew card with the reuslt that they provide a natural chronology of the trade, as well as being in themselves attractive examples of the engraver's art. Around 1790 they stopped being just business cards and were increasingly pasted inside the lid of a gun case. The authors, having collected and photographed trade cards for over 40 years, moved inevitably towards a study of the development of the gun case and its equipment. By providing a photographic index of trade cards, together with an historical account of the case and its contents, they have not only produced a work of deep interest to all gun collectors but also provided an essential work of reference for the authentication and dating of firearms during the period." - from dust-jacket blurb.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st. Dust Jacket: Yes. Unclipped. External Condition: Very slight fading to spine, otherwise excellent condition. Internal Condition: Excellent condition. Author/Editor: Keith Neal, W.; Back, D.H.L. ISBN: 0900193581. Publisher: Compton Press. Year: 2008. Edition: 1st. Binding: Hardcover. Illustrated: Yes, B&W. Language: English. Page Count: 166. Keywords: British Gunmakers, Trade Cards, Equipment, The book for sale is the one in the photo.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1975 Sotheby large format out of print hardcover edition. Light reading wear else very good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 0856670154 Hard Cover. The Dust Jacket Is Price-Clipped. Generously Illustrated Throughout! Pages Are Clean And Tight. The Dust Jacket Is Protected By A Clear, Plastic, Cover. The Dust Jacket Has Multiple Nicks Along Its Edges, Including A Piece Missing On The Back Cover's Top Edge Of Approximately 1.0" X .5.0." 196 Pages With Color And B/W Photos Throughout. (See Photos) (307-P). Illustrated in Color Photographs (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Gut. London 1966. XV, 300 p. Lex. 8 ( 25,5 x 19 cm.). Blue cloth with dust wrapper, worn and dingy. Spots on the frontcover, head and tailcap a bit damaged.  Page edges turning brown also the edges of the book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Dustwrapper of Volume I is chipped and frayed at the edges. 1978 supplement is in near fine condition.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Original hardcover in jacket, limited edition, 674 of 750 copies, large heavy book, 480 pages, many b + w photographs and illustrations throughout. Previous owner was a collector and has his inscription on endpaper. There may be some stray markings within text/margins, but I could find none. Jacket has some chips and tears, wear along edges and corners with rubbing; slight slant of spine from reference and some ordinary reading wear. Book has been read, but is a more than suitable reference copy. Solid overall.…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1989). 1989 1st edition. 4to (220 x 302mm). Pp183. Colour plates, b/w photographs throughout. Blue cloth, gilt vignette to upper board, spine titled in gilt. Fine in dust-wrapper and original, though slightly damaged, cardboard mailing box. "For the authors, the work of Messrs Griffin, Tow and Bailes presents the wonderful characteristics which come alive when one handles their products. With this in mind, it has been their aim to record all that they know of these makers and their work in the belief that the result may help to give others comparable pleasures to those which they enjoy themselves". Chapters include: Introduction; Family trees of Griffin and Tow; Sources of information; Benjamin Griffin; Joseph Griffin; Messrs Griffin and Tow; John Tow; Description of arms; Charles Grierson; William and George Bailes. .…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Small 4to, i-vi, 166 pp, 572 black and white illustrations. An excellent copy in a non - price clipped dust wrapper. A scarce and important work.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1984). 1984 1st edition. Large 4to (230 x 302mm). Pp479. Colour and b/w photographs, bibliography. Blue cloth, gilt vignette to upper board, spine titled in gilt. Edition limited to 750 numbered copies. Clean copy in dust-wrapper but with approximately 1cm square gouge from spine and corresponding gouge to d/w spine. Number 620 of an edition of 750 cloth-bound copies. A good book on the history of the early British gunmakers. "Continuing their series on British gunmakers, in this volume the authors cover the period from the very beginning up to 1740." Published in an edition of only 750 cloth-bound copies and 20 de luxe leather-bound copies. This is a copy of the cloth-bound issue. Chapters include: Introduction; Sources of reference and conventions; List of gunmakers before 1640; Colour plates; The gunmakers, their lives and examples of the weapons they made. . …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1980). 1980 1st edition. 4to (193 x 253mm). Pp166. B/w photographs & illustrations throughout, pictorial end-papers. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt. Very good copy in slightly torn & repaired dust-wrapper. "By providing a photographic index of trade cards, together with an historical account of the case and its contents, the authors have not only produced a work of deep interest to all gun collectors but also provided an essential work of reference for the authentication and dating of firearms during the period." Chapters include: The evolution of cases for guns, rifles and pistols - 17th and early 18th centuries, 1760-1775, 1775-1785, 1785-1800, 1800-1820, 1820-1845, 1845-1860; Powder magazines; Pictorial index of trade cards and labels with gunmakers' addresses; Pictorial index of cased sets of guns, rifle and pistols; Tools and equipment found in gun, rifle and pistol cases - 1760-1775, 1775-1785, 1785-1800, 1800-1820, 1820-1845, 1845-1860; Engravers of gunmakers' trade cards and labels. . …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1984). 1984 1st edition. Large 4to (230 x 302mm). Pp479. Colour and b/w photographs. Blue cloth, gilt vignette to upper board, spine titled in gilt. Edition limited to 750 numbered copies. Very good in just slightly shelf-worn dust-wrapper and original cardboard mailing carton. Number 551 of an edition of 750 cloth-bound copies. A good book on the history of the early British gunmakers. "Continuing their series on British gunmakers, in this volume the authors cover the period from the very beginning up to 1740." Published in an edition of only 750 cloth-bound copies and 20 de luxe leather-bound copies. This is a copy of the cloth-bound issue. Chapters include: Introduction; Sources of reference and conventions; List of gunmakers before 1640; Colour plates; The gunmakers, their lives and examples of the weapons they made. .…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. A fine copy of this invaluable guide for the student of firearms by the premier writers on British gunmakers. 166pp, illustrated throughout. An elusive volume and never reprinted.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 183 pages. Hardcover with a dust jacket. 9" x 12". In this their latest excursion into the annals of gunmaking, the expert partnership of Keith Neal and David Back have selected a distinguished trio of eighteenth-century Gunmakers. For the authors, the work of Messrs Griffin, Tow and Bailes presents the wonderful characteristics which come alive when one handles their products. With this in mind, it has been their aim to record all that they know of these makers and their work in the belief that the result may help to give others comparable pleasures to those which they themselves enjoy. Very Scarce and highly sought after. Both the Book and the Dust Jacket are in Very Fine As New condition. The jacket is protected by a Brodart type cover. Truly a beautiful copy of this hard-to-find reference title at a reasonable price. Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng.…

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