Guns and Shooting. A selected chronological bibliography

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 ofall manner of game ans 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 Gun Room Library Book, New York, 1951. 434 S. mit einigen Tafeln, Ln. - gutes Exemplar -