Buy this book on-line Hicks, James E : U. S. Firearms 1776-1956. Notes on U. S. Ordnance Vol. IFadco Publishing Company, Beverly Hills, CA, 1957
128 pages, 88 plates, cloth, dust jacket frayed otherwise very good. 8 by 11 inches. From the DJ: "U. S. Firearms, 1776-1956 is undoubtedly the finest book ever written on the subject of the light weapons adopted and used by the U. S. Military Forces from the time of the Revolutionary War to the Korean 'Police Action.' . . . The outstanding feature of this superb chronicle is the section containing 88 full pages of hand executed line drawings, meticulously performed to exact scale, by America's foremost technical military illustrator, Andre Jandot. Mr. Jandot's illustrations show not only each precise detail down to the smallest, but are interspersed with numerous 'cutaway' drawings which unfold the hidden secrets of the internal mechanisms. No finer and more complete job of illustrating weapons of any type has ever been attempted, much less accomplished. These excellent drawings alone tell a story and illustrate the many variations, intricacies, components, cartridges and accessores in a manner complete in itself.", Very Good in Poor dust jacket Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Hicks, James E : U. S. Firearms 1776-1956. Notes on U. S. Ordnance Vol. I. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including used books, livres illustrées, antiquarian books, collectables and livres anciens. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |