SMITH'S STANDARD ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GAS, AIR AND SPRING GUNS OF THE WORLD. By W.H.B. Smith.

Large 4to. Ppvii,279. B/w photographs, illustrations and charts. Original red cloth-backed boards.

This is "the first American text dealing with high power, high precision, air and gas weapons which at short ranges equal or even excel in accuracy some of the finest powder cartridge arms". A detailed history of air weapons of all sorts, pistols and rifles as well as chapters on military development of field guns and naval artillery.