Search Results: HISTORY / Military / Weapons from William Robertson

London: Ian Allan , 1974. Hardcover. Fair/fair. 600g. Fair/Fair. Comprehensive directory of the world's artillery pieces (to 1974). Includes photo(s) of each subject plus statistics on range, performance, etc. Covers everything from mortars, field guns and anti-aircraft weapons, to the largest calibre SP guns and rocket launchers, plus their fire control systems. Full index plus bibliography. Ex-library, front endpaper removed, some library markings. Brown cloth boards in Fair pictorial dust jacket. Outer edges dirty. Internally, shows slight yellowing or stains to some pages, otherwise Fair. A well thumbed book with slight musty smell, but good reading copy for reference purposes.

London: Sidgwick&Jackson, 1996. Hardcover. Fine/very good +. A grimly fascinating account of the development and power of the machine-gun, describing how they work and are employed on the ground and in the air. Enhanced with anecdotes from veterans of many armies which brings the story of the machine-gun alive, this is crammed full of easy to read technical information. Covers all major weapons, past, present and future developments. Contains 314 pages, 24 x 15.5cm, with 16 pages of b&w photos. Black cloth boards in Very Good+(near Fine) pictorial dust jacket, internally Fine: clean, bright and unmarked in excellent bindings. Looks, feels and smells like new.