A HISTORY OF FIREARMS From Earliest Times To 1914.

Carman, W.Y. (of the Imperial War Museum)

Verlag: NY. 1955. St. Martin's Press

Beschreibung

brick red & gilt illustrated (cannon) cloth hardbound 8vo. 8º (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. couple of tiny spots, 1cm tear, not price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings or store stamps, no stickers or bookplates, no names, no inking , no underlining, no remainder markings etc ~. first edition. first printing (NAP). b&w frontis. xv+207p. 33 b&w illustrations. bibliography. index. world history. military history. history of technology. history of science. ~ This book deals with firearms in the widest sense from the earliest times up till the outbreak of the first World War. The use of fire in warfare leads to experimental compounds which open in turn to the production of gunpowder. From that great step, the trials, experiments and inventions in this vast field are recorded. The author traces the broad trends and developments of cannon, machine guns, muskets and rifles, pistols and revolvers up to the year 1914. Heavy artillery has long been neglected as a subject for research, although in the late middle ages cannon were the main users of gun powder. This defect is remedied here with attempts to give plain facts on little~understood aspects of this fascinating subject. Mr Carman has devoted himself not only to our own but to continental museums in the preparation of this book, the first of its kind to appear since Napoleon III published several volumes of notes in France a century ago. It will have great value for people of all ages who are interested in. firearms. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 11251902

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Titel: A HISTORY OF FIREARMS From Earliest Times To...

Verlag: NY. 1955. St. Martin's Press

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Schutzumschlag

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