(1951) 1982 2nd edition. Ray Riling Arms Books. Philadelphia, PA. Ppxx,434. B/w frontispiece portrait photograph, b/w plates, bibliography. Brown cloth. Edn limited to 500 numbered copies. Unnumbered copy. Fine in green/white dust-wrapper.
Notes: Including works in various languages on artillery, bombs, fireworks and rockets, the composition and manufacture of exlosives, 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 of all manner of game and 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 practical and convenient listing of almost 3000 books, American and foreign, on guns and shooting through the ages to the present date (1950) - the foreign titles are translated". Issued in two different dust-wrappers: a new design in brown and white, and a facsimile of the green first edition (1951) wrapper.
