Search Results: Firearms by Howard Ricketts

Littlehampton / Octopus Books, 1972. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Littlehampton / Octopus Books, 1972. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons. Good; rebound Ex-Lib with markings. 1962. Hardbound. 128 pages .

Very Good. Excellent copy! Some edge wear , especially to bottom edge [color loss]. Book plate with name," Lisa Covert" on inside of front cover. Solid copy, very clean.

Hardback. Very Good.

Littlehampton / Octopus Books, January 1972. Hardcover. USED Good.

Octopus, 1964. Very Good. Ricketts, Howard. Firearms. London: Octopus, 1964. 97pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good with rubbed edges and former owner's name on front pastedown.

London: Octopus Books Limited, 1972. Book. Illus. by Photographs. Good+. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. G+/G+, used hc, 97pp. Illustrated paper over boards with white color text on upper and spine; slight edge wear. Matching dust jacket; slight edge wear; no chips or tears. Interior pages clean, unmarked. Binding is tight..

Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1962. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1962. No Edition Remarks. 128 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over purple pictorial cloth boards and lettering. Contains black and white and colour illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Lettering is bright and clear. Clipped jacket. Panels and spine have moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creases. Moderate loss to spine and edges. Minor sunning to spine. Minor wear marks to spine and panels.

G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1962. Hardcover. Acceptable. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Weidenfeld And Nicolson, 1967. Hardcover. Good. 1967. Reprinted. 128 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial paper covered boards. Black and white and colour photographs and illustrations throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

London: Octopus Books, 1972. hardcover. very good(-)/very good(-). 140 illustrations, some in color. Square 8vo, gray pictorial cloth, slight;ly cocked, edgeworn d.w. London: Octopus Books, (1972). A very good(-) copy<br/><br/>

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1965;. reprint; Hardback; Pleasures and Treasures series.10" x 8"; Good+/ No dj; 128pp profusely illustrated & with decorated endpapers; Purple pictorial covers. .

Weidenfeld And Nicholson, 1967. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd, London, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 128pp., acknowledgements. Illustrated endpapers, text illustrated throughout worth black-and-white, and colour photography, and reproductions of art work. If the numbering system is to be believed there are 140 illustrations. Photographic illustrated dust jacket matching the Illustrated Boards beneath. The dust jacket is faded over the spine section, and has numerous short tears, the longest being 3.0 inches, the shortest of being 0.5 inches. . Traces of foxing to the top edge of the text block, gift inscription on half title page. Beginning with the primitive matchlock, the author describes the progress of inventions of the wheel lock, flintlock and percussion cap, and the development of the revolver. This is a Handbook for the collector as well as a fascinating history of a weapon that has its place in the military and social history of all nations. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" -… Read More

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 1965. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in Good Dustjacket - now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Large chip to upper front edge of DJ and some rubbing to corners. Some mild rubbing to book edges. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 128 pages. . Reprint. Hardback.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1962. fair to good in poor box. 128, profusely illus. (some color), sm stains lower ins corner of text (no pgs stuck), sp scuffed, box worn & stained & tears. Includes chapters on gunpowder and matchlocks, wheel locks and snaphaunces, French flintlocks (1600-1700), English flintlocks (1700-1800), duelling, and the percussion cap.

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1967. Reprint. . Hardcover. Very Good. 128pp, pict. hardcover. Colour & b&w pictures throughout. Pleasures and treasures series. Size: 4to

London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 3rd prtg 1970. 128pp illustr decoraterd boards fine endpapers v sl .

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1962. Book. Very Good. hardback. hardback, pictorial cloth binding, lacking dust jacket, mildly rubbed to the extremities, tightly bound and with a clean and unmarked text, illustrated throughout, 128pp.