Category: Guns/Armament

The History of English Sea Ordnance 1523-1875. Two Volume Set.

Price: £350.00

Publisher: : 1994-97, Rotherfield,

Seller ID: 10658

two volumes, large format (32cm x 25cm), teg, coloured endpapers, dark greenûcloth, dws, a good clean set [heavy item].û(1) The Age of Evolution, xviii + 237pp, 101 illus (from plans, paintings,ûprints etc), tables.û(2) The Age of the System 1715-1815, xii + 500pp, 193 illus (paintings,ûprints, line illustrations). Publisher: Volume I describes the creation of the English gunfoundingûindustry under Henry VIII and Elizabeth, and the gradual move fromûforeign-inspired guns to a domsetic tradition. It continues with theûStuarts, and the arming of the ships during the Dutch Wars of the 17thûcentur...
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The History of English Sea Ordnance 1523-1875. Two Volume Set.

By: Caruana (Capt A.B.) Leather Set.

Price: £450.00

Publisher: : 1994-97, Rotherfield,

Seller ID: 10659

two volumes, large format (32cm x 25cm), teg, coloured endpapers, dark greenûleather, raised bands on spines, a good clean set (heavy item).û(1) The Age of Evolution, xviii + 237pp, 101 illus (from plans, paintings,ûprints etc), tables.û(2) The Age of the System 1715-1815, xii + 500pp, 193 illus (paintings,ûprints, line illustrations). Publisher: Volume I describes the creation of the English gunfoundingûindustry under Henry VIII and Elizabeth, and the gradual move fromûforeign-inspired guns to a domsetic tradition. It continues with theûStuarts, and the arming of the ships during the Dutch Wa...
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Curso da Escola de Torpedos.

By: Escola da Servico de Torpedos (Portugal).

Price: £150.00

Publisher: : 1892-95, Lisbon,

Seller ID: 9702

two items bound together, in an attractive full goat binding, gilt embellishments and title on front board. (1) Instruccao de Provas Electricas. 1892, 45pp, 25 text figs. (2) Emprego de Torpedos no Mar. 1895, 73pp, 22 text figs. AJS: Published in Lisbon, Portuguese text. As with many other European nations, Portugal developed its use of the torpedo for its navy, it acquired technology from Whitehead in Fiume.
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Curso da Escola de Torpedos.

By: Escola da Servico de Torpedos (Portugal).

Price: £150.00

Publisher: : 1897-1900, Lisbon,

Seller ID: 9703

four items bound together, in an attractive full goat binding, gilt embellishments and title on front board. (1) Instruccoes para Servico dos Torpedos Whitehead. 1900, 40pp. (2) Instruccoes para Servico dos Torpedos Whitehead. 1900, ii + 6 plates (3 folding). (3) Instruccoes para Servico dos Torpedos Whitehead. 1897, 122pp, (4) Instruccoes para Servico dos Torpedos Whitehead. 1897, ii + 26 plates (4 folding). AJS: Published in Lisbon, Portuguese text. As with many other European nations, Portugal developed its use of the torpedo for its navy, it acquired technology from Whitehead in Fiume.
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Curso da Escola de Torpedos.

By: Escola da Servico de Torpedos (Portugal).

Price: £150.00

Publisher: : 1899, Lisbon,

Seller ID: 9701

two items bound together, in an attractive full goat binding, gilt embellishments and title on front board. (1) Manual de Electricidade e Magnetismo para usa do Marinheiro Torpedeiro. 47pp, 18 text figs. (2) Nocoes de Electrologia. 91pp, 19 text figs (one folding heightened with colour). AJS: Published in Lisbon, Portuguese text. As with many other European nations, Portugal developed its use of the torpedo for its navy, it acquired technology from Whitehead in Fiume.
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Naval Gunnery A Descriptive History of the Fighting Equipment of a Man of War.

By: Garbett (Capt H.) RP

Price: £45.00

Publisher: : 1897 rp 1971,

Seller ID: 811

xiv + 360pp, 12 illus, 113 text illus, dw. AJS: Concentrates on the period 1805-1880, by a naval officer.
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The Eclipse of the Big Gun. The Warship 1906-45.

By: Gardiner (R.) Editor & Brown (D.K.) Consultant Editor.

Price: £20.00

Publisher: : 1992,

Seller ID: 3485

223pp, 199 photos, 64 line illus, large format, dw.
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Restricted - For Official Use Only. Navy Training Courses. Instructions for Use in Preparation for the Rating of Torpedoman 2c.

By: Government Report (USA).

Price: £25.00

Publisher: : 1939, Washington,

Seller ID: 6673

vi + 103pp, 18 text illus, folding plate, printed paper wrappers.
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Two ALS. Correspondence between Thomas Kempthorne of His Majesty's Dockyard Chatham and Mr Secretary Burchett and various Gunners. Dated May 1731.

By: Kempthorne (T.)

Price: £350.00

Publisher: : 1731,

Seller ID: 7615

Two ALS, mounted in large card folder, with protective cover. (1) 2pp, size 30cm x 18cm, watermark, in a good clear hand, signed by each of the six gunners instructed to compare cured paper and parchment cartridges. (2) 2pp, size 30cm x 18cm, watermark, in a good clear hand, signed by Kempthorne and conveying the opinion of the gunners to Mr Secretary Burchett. AJS: Kempthorne was instructed by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to investigate the benefits or advantages of cured paper as against parchment cartridges for use in His Majesty's Navy. There is a detailed (24 lines) reply from...
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Swords for Sea Service.

By: May (Cdr W.E.) & Annis (P.G.W.)

Price: £265.00

Publisher: : 1970,

Seller ID: 692

in two volumes, large format (30cm x 21cm), in dws (heavy set).û(1) xii + 256pp, 4 colour plates, 29 figs in text (some multi-view),ûendpaper illus.û(2) pagination continues to 398pp, colour frontis, 3 figs in text, 140ûphotographic plates as a section at end of volume, endpaper illus. AJS: A standard authority and yet to be superceeded, published by theûNational Maritime Museum, Greenwich, in association with HMSO. The work isûdivided into five parts (1) British Swords; (2) Swords of Other Lands; (3)ûSwords in the National Maritime Museum; (4) Sword Cutlers; (5)ûBiographical Notes on Naval Of...
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Swords for Officers of the Royal Navy.

By: McGrath (J.)

Price: £4.50

Publisher: : 2004,

Seller ID: 5166

32pp, title illus, 31 illus, 17 text illus, pictorial stiff paper covers. AJS: A basic study and the second study in the series.
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Aspects of the History of Wooden Shipbuilding.

By: NMM Monograph No 1. Greenhill (B.)

Price: £12.00

Publisher: : 1970,

Seller ID: 10514

31pp, 27 illus, pictorial paper covers.
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The Winning Edge Naval Technology in Action, 1939-1945.

By: Poolman (K.)

Price: £12.00

Publisher: : 1997,

Seller ID: 677

xii + 235pp, 37 illus, 2 maps, dw. Publisher: This book describes in lay terms the development of the weaponsûthat dominated naval warfare from 1939-45, and their employment in action.
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Projectile Weapons of War and Explosive Compounds.

By: Scoffern (J.)

Price: £12.00

Publisher: : 1858 rp 1971,

Seller ID: 1324

xi + 306pp, 33 illus, dw. Riling, entry 552: New weapons, including rifled ordnance, andûbreech-loading cannon by Armstrong, as well as information on Minie andûDelvigne projectiles, the Prussian needle gun, and Lancaster oval rifleûboring.
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The Sea-Gunner: Shewing the Practical Part of Gunnery, As it is Used at Sea, etc.,

By: Seller (J.) Cloth

Price: £45.00

Publisher: : 1691 rp 1994, Limited ed 700 copies, Rotherfield,

Seller ID: 3429

xivpp introduction, xvi + 202 + 33pp + 4pp, 3 folding plates, small format,ûdw, a very good copy. Publisher: The first English book written solely for the gunner in the seaûservice, although it owes much to earlier works written for the landûservice, notably Bourne's The Art of Shooting in Great Ordnance (1578),ûNye's Art of Gunnery (1670), the anonymous Compleat Gunner of 1672, andûBinning's A Light to the Art of Gunnery (1689). It no doubt draws also onûnumerous manuscript Gunner's Notes deriving from the course of instructionûoperated by the Board of Ordnance which had been in operation for...
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The Sea-Gunner: Shewing the Practical Part of Gunnery, As it is Used at Sea, etc.,

By: Seller (J.) Leather

Price: £85.00

Publisher: : 1691 rp 1994, in a limited edition 50 copies, Roth

Seller ID: 9619

xivpp introduction, xvi + 202 + 33pp + 4pp, 3 folding plates, small formatû(16cm x 10.5cm), teg, coloured endpapers, full green leather, a very goodûcopy. Publisher: The first English book written solely for the gunner in the seaûservice, although it owes much to earlier works written for the landûservice, notably Bourne's The Art of Shooting in Great Ordnance (1578),ûNye's Art of Gunnery (1670), the anonymous Compleat Gunner of 1672, andûBinning's A Light to the Art of Gunnery (1689). It no doubt draws also onûnumerous manuscript Gunner's Notes deriving from the course of instructionûoperated...
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Modern Infantry Weapons and Training in Their Use.

By: Sweeting (Sgt R.C.)

Price: £10.00

Publisher: : 1962,

Seller ID: 10728

123pp, 61 illus, printed stiff card, title on front board. AJS: Everything the average Jihadi would need to know.
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