2005 1st edition. Quiller Press. Shrewsbury, Shropshire. Large 4to. Pp459. Colour, b/w photographs and illustrations, bibliography, map end-papers. Mint in dust-wrapper.
Notes: ...on the Birmingham, Scottish and Regional gun trade in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Second volume of a set. Volume One - London previously published as London Gunmakers. This was extensively revised and updated for publication in September 2004. Volume Two is an entirely new work. "Individual histories of 60 British gunmakers and related businesses. British gunmakers' records/serial numbers. Alphabetical list of all Birmingham, Scottish and Regional gunmakers and related trades". Plus lists of relevant brand names, patents, proof marks (1813-2005) and date marks. "An encyclopaedia and a guide for collectors and members of the trade alike". Our stock number for Volume One is 12128, and that of the two-volume deluxe set, 15719. Volume III, presenting the results of much further research, is now available, our stock number 21687.
