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Hamlyn
The Book of The Gun
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Author: Harold L Peterson
Publisher: Hamlyn
Year published: 1968
Pagination: 268pp, 120 col & 220 b/w illustrations, large format
Condition: orange cloth, Good
The development of hand guns and shoulder weapons from the advent of firearms in the 1400s with the production of gunpowder. Numerous illustrations portray the gun maker's art, the intricate wheel and firelocks, the flintlock, the arrival of percussion weapons, the rifle and early breach loaders to later multi shot weapons.