BIRMINGHAM GUNMAKERS: A COMPLETE OVERVIEW OF THE BIRMINGHAM GUN TRADE. By Douglas Tate.

(1997) 1997 2nd (1st trade) edition reprint. Large 4to (222 x 286mm). Pp190. Colour and b/w photographs, illustrations, bibliography, patterned end-papers. Pictorial silver paper-covered boards, upper board and spine titled in black.

".. and its history, as well as a listing of the Birmingham gunmakers." Chapters include: Part I - the rise of the Birmingham gun trade: In the beginning; The Newdigate contract; The Africa trade; Industrial revolution, colonial expansion, and the war with France; The interchangeable concept and the introduction of the breechloader. Part II - histories of the famous firms: William Baker; Bentley and Playfair; C.G. Bonehill; A.A. Brown and Sons; B.S.A; William Cashmore; J.P. Claborough; William Ford; W.W. Greener; John Harper; John Harris; Holloway and Naughton; Arthur Ilsley; William Palmer Jones; G.E. Lewis; Daniel Leonard; Joseph Needham; Charles Osbourne; William Powell; Charles Rosson; Skimin and Wood; Henry Tolley; J. and W. Tolley; Thomas Turner; Rowland Watson and Thomas Wild; Webley and Scott; P. Webley and Son; W.C. Scott and Son; Westley Richards; Tony R. White. Part III - Birmingham guns and industries: Portal into the past - the Birmingham gun barrel proof-house, by Vic Venters; Buying birmingham guns; Valuing Birmingham guns, by Don Gustine. Appendices include: The manufacture of sporting guns and rifles; Birmingham industries (the gun trade).