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AUSTRALIAN ANTIQUE ARMS & HISTORY
- The best of John Swinfield
Edited & Produced by Ian Skennerton
Hard cover with dust jacket, 312 pages, 12 x 8½ in. A4 size, 500 photos
including 8 colour plates.
Published in 2009, ISBN 978-0-949749-97-0.
From 1960, John was columnist for the 'Sporting Shooter' and then 'Guns
Australia' periodicals. Also a record of collecting in Australia, the
personalities, shows and so much more. Quality production on art paper with a
heavy-duty jacket.
$45.00 plus p&p |
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BRIEF HISTORY & DETAILED NOMINAL
ROLL OF THE 5TH LIGHT HORSE, AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE, 1914-1918
Leo Walsh
Hard cover with dust jacket, 322 pages, 12 x
8½ in. A4 size, 70 illustrations including 2 colour plates.
Published in 2010, ISBN 978-0-646-52164-0.
Excellent resume of their action on Gallipoli and Palestine with full nominal
rolls of 5LH and 30 reinforcements plus 'B' Sqn. 11th LH.
$49.50 |
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TIN HAT FOR TOMMY
J. Anthony Carter, Tharston Press. Hard cover, 80 pages, 6½ x 9½
in. 23 illustrations with 4 pages in colour,
2010.
A concise history of the development and use of steel helmets in the British
Army during two World Wars. The patents, the Brodie helmet, different patterns,
liners, modifications, production, helmet Marks I, II, III, IV, V & Airborne
forces, Civil Defence, markings, &c.
A$25.00 |
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MILITARY INK ~ The pen at war
Scott Novzen, International
Military Antiques 2010
Hard cover, 96 pages, 12 x 8½ in. with hundreds of illustrations as line
drawings & duotones.
Featured in I.M.A. advertisements since 1985, these captioned classics range
from Viking raiders through Napoleonic era through WW1 & WW2 to Iraq. Six pages
of notes at the end detail the characters. A great gift and coffee table book
that will provide hours of entertainmant.
A$25.00 |
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GUNS OF THE GURKHAS
John Walter
Hard covers, 128 pages, 11½ x 8 in. size, full colour. Hundreds of illustrations.
2005
From the flintlock musket to Lee-Enfield. Of special interest are the Brunswick,
Gurkha percussion Enfield, Sharps, Snider, Bira volley gun, Martini, Gahendra,
Lee-Metford, SMLE Mk III, SMLE Mk III*, Vickers, Lewis & Sten. Nepalese
manufacture as well as British imports are described along with their bayonets &
accessories.
A$35.00 |
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HOTCHKISS PORTABLE
MACHINE-
GUN - Hotchkiss, Paris
Fabric covered card cover handbook, 42 pages
plus 7 plates, 5½ x 4 in., well illustrated.
No water jacket... one aimed shot in water jacket!
No small parts...
they break & get lost!
A Fighting Machine.. no delicate toy, built to fight!
Simplicity... only 26 parts!
Weight...can't be lighter & still lead them all!
Operating, cleaning, accessories, &c.
A$5.00 |
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WEYERSBERG, KIRSCHBAUM & CIE.
Tharston Press, J. Anthony Carter, 1997
Hard covers, traditional blue cloth binding. 12 pp + 66 plates, 10 x
6½ in. size, hundreds of illust.
Reprint of the Solingen trade catalogue of so many late 19th century swords,
hangers, dirks, bayonets, blades, axes, hatchets, &c. Some were British patterns
too, like the Patt. 1879 sawback & Patt. 1888 sword bayonet. A$15.00 |
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‘The
ENFIELD INCH &
the LITHGOW .303’
Tony Griffiths
B.Sc.(Tech)
Soft cover, 8 x 6 in., 86 pp with 10 illust. 2003
Early SAF Lithgow, Pratt & Whitney
and Engineer Clarkson supervising the
operation. With family correspondence, Enfield connection and problems
with different standards of measurement, a new perspective on Australia's early
production. Reprinted by the
author Tony Griffith. $25.00 |
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COLONIAL GARRISON’
Tom Sargent
The 48th Northumberland Regiment
in the Colony of New South Wales 1817-1824
Hard & soft cover editions, 12 x 8½ in., 200 pp, illust. with full colour section in the middle, 1996. ISBN 0 646 25612 2.
Most interesting record of this British unit’s service in early Australia. Special mention of medal awards, regimental rolls and biographies of those
48th soldiers who settled in Australia after their
eventual service discharge. PB $29.50 |
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‘ARMS IN THE SERVICE OF QUEENSLAND
1859-1901'
J.S. Robinson
Hard cover w/ dust jacket, printed end
papers.
10 x 7½ in., 240 pp, over 140 photos & drawings.
ISBN 0-949749-34-6, 1997.
Muskets, rifles, carbines, pistols, bayonets, machine guns,
guns, naval vessels and fortifications of this 19th century colony. Well-researched study
on Qld. Defence Force issues as
well as army, navy, police & penal forces.
$45.00 |
 
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LIST
of
CHANGES
in
BRITISH
WAR
MATERIAL
relating
to
Edged
Weapons,
Firearms,
Associated Ammunition
&
Accoutrements’
War Office monthly issues,
bound as volumes by Commanding Officers. Hard
covers,
8½
x
5½
in.,
5-volume
series to cover 1860 thru' 1926.
War
Office
lists
were
first
circulated
as
‘Changes
in
Artillery
Materiel,
Small
Arms,
Accoutrements
and
other
Military
Stores’.
From
the
late
1860s
they
became
‘List
of
Changes
in
Artillery
Materiel,
Small
Arms
and
other
Military
Stores’.
In
1872
they
were
renamed
the
‘List
of
Changes
in
War
Materiel
and
of
Patterns
of
Military
Stores’.
Each
item
on
issue
from siege
guns,
mounts
&
carriages
to
wagons
&
small
arms and trivia such as admirals’ chamber pots
and
rat
traps,
was
announced
on
introduction
and
any
change
or
advance
in
mark
or
nomenclature
notified
therein.
From
this
library
of bound volumes,
paragraph
references
relevant
to
rifles,
carbines,
pistols,
bayonets,
swords,
dirks,
accoutrements
&
accessories,
leather
&
webbing
equipment,
ammunition,
pouches,
chargers, rifle chests & ammunition boxes,
are
compiled
into
a
useful
format,
listing
dates
of
approval
and
introduction.
Reference here is
made
by
paragraph
number
rather
than
page
or
section. This
a
veritable
bible
for collectors
of
British
firearms,
edged
weapons
or militaria. The List of Changes were often referred to in official
correspondence and papers.
Land forces, Naval forces and later, Air Ministry, were separate services to
which a distinguishing letter was applied, ‘L’ for land, ‘N’ for naval and ‘A’
for air; ‘C’ was used where an
issue
was
common
to
all
forces.
This
designation
letter
was
applied
to
the
nomenclature
heading
of
each
item.
Each
volume indexed
with
master
index
in
Vol.
5. Vol.
I (1860-1866),
170
pp,
100
illust. $20.00
Vol.
II (1886-1900),
210
pp,
75
illust.
$20.00
Vol.
III (1900-1910),
216
pp,
80
illust.$20.00
Vol.
IV (1910-1918),
192
pp,
35
illust.$20.00
Vol.
V (1918-1926),
210
pp,
13 illust.
$20.00
These five volumes are available as a set ... ...
Full set special ... $85.00
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‘SADDLE UP’
Rick Landers
Australian Load Carrying Equipment of British, American & Local Origin.
Hard cover with dust jacket, 11 x 8½ in., 128 pp, approx 250 illust. plus 8-page full colour
illustrated section with appropriate uniforms and small arms. ISBN 0 646 35322 5, 1998.
The pouches, slings, haversacks, leather & webbing, bandoliers, frogs, &c. from earliest Colonial days
in the eighteenth century to current issues, and on into the future.
Also includes current the NATO stock numbers.
$49.50 |
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‘WINCHESTER CATALOGUE No. 83’
Winchester Repeating Arms Co.
Soft embossed cover, 9 x 6 in., 88 pp with 60 illust. Facsimile reprint of desirable 1925 edition,
more than just a
contemporary catalogue. This edition features technical descriptions of 20 models available at the time; lever, pump, bolt and self-loading
rimfire, center-fire rifles and shotguns. Particularly useful are the drawings and descriptions of cartridges marketed by Winchester at the time as well.
$9.95 |
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‘TEXTBOOK
OF
SMALL
ARMS-
1929’
H.M.S.O.
Hard
cover,
10¾
x
7
in.,
429
pages
with
extra
fold-out
charts,
illustrated.
Laminated
dust
jacket
over
gold-blocked
leatherette
cover and binding, similar
to
the
original
copies.
This
volume
is
best
known
of
the
British
service
textbooks,
detailing
British,
European
and
American
rifles,
pistols,
machine
guns,
grenades,
swords,
bayonets
and
ammunition.
Ammunition technology of the day is
particularly
well
detailed. $45.00
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‘TREATISE ON AMMUNITION - 1887’
H.M.S.O.
Hard cover, 9¾ x 6¼ in., 480 pp, 180 illust. with 9 additional full-colour plates plus fold-out charts. Facsimile reprint 1999, with dust
jacket. Very well-detailed and fully indexed treatise on British service small arms ammunition, gun ammunition, rockets, powder, charges, fuses, shot & projectiles. Especially for 19th century artillery enthusiasts, this would have to be the ultimate reference for ammunition of the period.
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