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Browse Books on Guns & Hunting Date Added (descending) Title Author Price (ascending) Price (descending) Date Added (descending)    60 Guns & Hunting Books (showing 1 to 30) Search within Books on Guns & Hunting Keyword/s:  Browse Australian Bookshops specialising in Guns & Hunting Books   Pictorial Sport and Adventure: being a record of Deeds of Daring and Marvellous Escapes, by Field and Flood; with an Account of Various Countries of the World and Their Inhabitants: The Whole forming a Compendium of Natural History none stated London, Warne. n.d. circa 1900      Large 8vo. illustrated blue cloth hardcover. 312pp. Colour frontis & title with tissue guard. Embellished with Numerous Wood Engravings Very good, foxing, light wear to cover corners.  Price: $55.00 (AUD) Book Number: 48774  Bookseller: Dial a Book Postage Rates     Leaves from a Game Book Lynn-Allen, E. H. ( Esmond ) Hutchinson London 1946 First British Edition Octavo - up to 9 ¾" tall - Octavo Green Cloth 176 pp., top edge dusty, foxing to edges of pages, and to the last 10 pages of the book. 5 pages of black and white illustration.Written in various prison camps, and completed in 1944, this book of twelve chapters, recalls not bloodfests, but rather those hunts which led to the achievement of some small triumph, or to the gaining of experience by defeat.  Reasonable Price: $17.50 (AUD) Book Number: 0201687  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     The Waterloo Cup Clarke, H. Edwardes ISBN: 0-904558-40-1 Spur Publications Hindhead, Surrey 1978 First Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Orange Cloth VIII, 440 pages, includes index of dogs, and general index, and appendix, texta illustrated with reproductions of paintings, and black-and-white photographs (67+ ). Illustrated dust jacket. Slight darkening of the edge of the text block, indeterminate mark on the front edge of the text block, light rubbing of the edges of the dust jacket, with minor chipping to the tail of the back strip section. Digital image available upon request. The period covered by this book is 1922-1977, and is a detail account of each year showing: 1. Runners 2. Pedigrees of winners and runners-up 3. Photographs of winners and personalities This book weighs more than 1.0 kilogram packaged, and extra postage will be requested for delivery overseas. Please press the " Ask the Bookseller a Question" button to inquire. Sport Good Price: $70.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0211105  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     Landscape with Solitary Figure Willock, Colin Longmans Green & Company London 1966 First Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Hardcover 600 g; VIII, 248 pages, text illustrated with line drawings in black-and-white. Colour illustrated dust jacket. There are two tears at the rear panel/spine crease each approximately half an inch long, and there is minor rubbing of both top and bottom edges of the jacket. Bumping of the top outer corners of the boards. Traces of foxing to the text block edges, original bookseller's sticker at bottom right-hand corner of the front paste down. "This is not just a book about fishing and shooting. At least I hope not" writes the author. "Equally it isn't an autobiography in the usual sense, for it concerns the activities of a good deal less than half of my waking life. It is about the best years of my life, but more about the best hours of some days, hours which usually coincide with dawn and dusk." Front fold over blurb Local History Very Good Price: $22.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0213096  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     Mediterranean Hunter Gorsky, Bernard Souvenir Press London 1954 First Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Hardcover 350 g; 180 pages, end page maps, illustrated with 20 pages of black-and-white photography, with design and decorations by Raymond E. Meylan, and translated by Denis Long. Photographic illustrated dust jacket. Minor bumping to the lower corners of the boards, rubbing and chipping and tearing of the dust jacket, with some loss. A digital image of the damage can be provided upon request. Written by a pioneer, this is the first complete breviary of a new sport, underwater hunting. Also included at the end of the book is a brief list of clubs and associations from around the world. Maritime Good Price: $14.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0217037  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     Straight Shooting Pollard, Jack -- Editor Pollard Publishing Co New South Wales 1967 Second Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Hardcover 680 g; 272 pages, indexed, illustrated with numerous black-and-white photographic sections, as well as tables, and line drawings. Provides information that is mostly of Australian and New Zealand interest, includes a glossary of rifle, shot gun, pistol, and cartridge terms. Colour illustrated dust jacket is badly damaged on the front panel, missing a part of the bottom edge, and a triangle section at the top left-hand corner "This is the most comprehensive, authoratative and up-to-date book on hunting and shooting available to marksmen in these countries." Rear fold over flap blurb Weaponry Good Price: $20.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0218041  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     Hornady Handbook of Cartridge Reloading; Rifle -- Pistol Volume II Hornady Manufacturing Company Hornady Manufacturing Company Grand Island, Nebraska 1977 Third Printing -- Revised 8vo - up to 9 ¾" tall - Octavo illustrated Laminated Boards 910 g.; VIII, 512 pages preface by J.W. Hornady, illustrated glossary. Illustrated endpapers, being the letter " H " reproduced mulitple times, in white, against a pale tan background. The text is illustrated with a section of coloured photography and illustrations but the majority of the illustrations are black and tan. Numerous tables and schematics are also present. Illustrated front cover, showing a rifle and pistol butts against a white and tan background with gilt and black titles to the front panel and built to the spine. Bumping and rubbing to the edges of the back strip and rubbing to the book corners. Illustrated dustwrapper, same illustration as for underlying board with gilt and black titles to the front panel and gilt to the back strip. A previous owner has covered the dustwrapper in contact plastic. Some fading to the back strip region. " This Hornady Handbook is a comprehensive guide to the hand loading and shooting nearly 100 rifle/pistol/cartridge combinations -- and the most complete authority of reference we have ever published on using the full line of Hornady bullets." -- from the front fold over blurb. Digital image available upon request. *** PLEASE NOTE: This book weighs more than 1 kg [ 2.2 lbs ] and postage WILL be more than quoted, outside Australia. Please contact with the bookseller for correct postage rate. Hunting Good Price: $20.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0105724  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     Powder Data Manual; Twenty-Fifth Edition Hodgdon Powder Company Hodgdon Powder Co. Inc. Shawnee Mission, Kansas 1987 25th Edition 8vo - up to 9 ¾" tall - Octavo Black Boards 1.055 kilograms.; 544 pages, last two pages blank, introduction by Becky Bowan, and index. The text is illustrated with black-and-white photography and tables. Plain text boards with black background and red, grey and white titles to the front panel and white to the back strip. Bumping and rubbing to the head and to the heel of the back strip and to the book corners. Rubbing is also visible to either side of the back strip and along the front fore edge of the boards and book panels. Internally the book is clean and tight. A book that shows how to reload bullets safely and for different type of weapons. Digital image available upon request. *** PLEASE NOTE: This book weighs more than 1 kg [ 2.2 lbs ] and postage WILL be more than quoted, outside Australia. Please contact with the bookseller for correct postage rate. Hunting Good Price: $20.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0105783  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     Lyman Reloading Handbook; for Rifle, Pistol and Muzzle Loading Sheridan, Tim [ Editor ] ISBN: 0912412003 Lyman Gun Sight Products Millfield, Connecticut 1970 45th Edition 8vo - up to 9 ¾" tall - Octavo Spiral Bound/illus Card 510 g.; 300 pages. The text is illustrated with black-and-white photographs of particular bullets, equipment used and needed for reloading bullets and the odd photograph of people and various guns, black-and-white illustrations. Photographic front cover, with black, red and green titles to the front panel. White plastic spiral binding to the back strip. A previous owner has covered the covers in a contact plastic. There is creasing to the book corners and to the edges of the book. On the rear book panel the last five perforations have come out of the white spiral binding. Each section divider for reloading and reference section is creased and somewhat rubbed. The 45th edition put out by the Lyman Gun Sight Products company on how to, and recommended doses for, reloading bullets for rifles, pistols and for muzzle loading rifles. Digital image available upon request. Hunting Reasonable Price: $25.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0105812  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     hunting & shooting in Ceylon Storey, Harry Longmans, Green & Co London 1907 Second Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Illustrated Blue Cloth 900 g; XXVI, 366 pages, includes five appendices, and the remains of a map (most missing). Illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs of shot animals, and trophies. Gilt illustration of a deer on the front panel, blind stamped and then filled, gilt titling on the spine. The edges of the text block browned with age, there is foxing throughout the book, page XIII/XIV years no longer attached to the binding, original bookseller's sticker on front paste down, ownership inscription dated 1910 on front end page, stain affecting the bottom edge adjacent the spine of the first 30 or 40 pages. Severely criticised in today's climate, game hunting nevertheless provides us with a good overview of a strata of society at the start of the last century before the first war. A digital image can be provided to help assess condition of the book. Hunting Damaged Price: $150.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0220823  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     Personalities in Pink Coats: History of the Mt Gambier Hunt Club O’Connor, Brian J. ( 1920 -- ISBN: 1862521301 Mt Gambier Hunt Club Mt Gambier, South Australia 1986 First Edition 8 vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Hardcover 375 g; 128 pages, indexed, and illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs. No date of publication, but the National library of Australia records it as being 1986, and given that the last club president mention was 1985 this is probably correct. This book contains much local history and is a collector's piece, for those who have been involved in the hunting, racing or show fraternity in the south-east of South Australia. -- paraphrasing the front fold over blurb. Illustrated dust jacket, with a couple of grubby spots of the top right-hand side of the rear panel, and 1/4 inch tear at the top left of the front panel and rubbing at the fold over tips. A digital image can be provided to help assess condition. Local History -- South Austral Very Good Price: $32.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0226274  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     The Whalers -- a volume in the seafarers Series Whipple, A. B. C. And the Editors of Time-Life Books ISBN: 070540627X Time Life Amsterdam 1982 2nd Impression 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Leatherette 1.0 kg; 176 pages, with index, illustrated throughout with colour and black-and-white reproductions of artworks and drawings, hand colour photographs. Double page front end page map. The front panel has the title, and a gilded square with a picture of a whale with teeth that appear to be at least 6 inches while.. The book has no damage. A volume in the seafarers series, this book covers the history of whaling, essentially concentrating on the northern hemisphere. This book will weigh more than 1.0 kg when packed, and extra postage will be requested for delivery outside of Australia. History -- Maritime Very Good Price: $26.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0227922  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     Random Writings on Rifle Shooting A G Banks Jordan & Sons London 1943 1st Ed 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall  owners inscript on FFEP, some wear of board edges. Dust Jacket is chipped and worn with a number of small closed tears o/w good.  Very Good Price: $40.00 (AUD) Book Number: 005253dr  Bookseller: Net Books Postage Rates     The Weatherby Guide Various Weatherby Inc California 1982 21st Ed 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Stiff Wrapper Magazine clr plts, bent top right front corner, darker square in top right front corner, very minor edge wear, glue mark down spine on FFEP  Very Good Price: $90.00 (AUD) Book Number: 005671nj  Bookseller: Net Books Postage Rates     Gurps High-tech Weapons and Equipment Through The Ages Michael Hurst ISBN: 1556342055 Steve Jackson Games USA 1992 Second Edition  Soft Cover 128 pages. Contents: Introduction., Guns and Bullets., Multiple Projectiles., Explosives., Tech Level 4 - 7., Weapon Tables., Weapon Descriptions. Black and white illustrations throughout. Minor creasing along spine, edge and corners of cover.   Good to Very Good Price: $12.50 (AUD) Book Number: 023166  Bookseller: Leura Books Postage Rates     Guns in the Sky : The Air Gunners of WWII, the Entrhralling True Story of the Unsung Heroes Chaz Bowyer ISBN: 0552981214 Corgi Books Great Britain 1981   Softcover 182pages. illustrated throughout. The author brings the book alive with hair raising stories. Feint foxing to the edges of pages.  Good to Very Good Price: $20.00 (AUD) Book Number: 021756  Bookseller: Leura Books Postage Rates     Guns and Rifles Of The World Howard L. Blackmore ISBN: 0907486010 J. W. Books Ltd Great Britain  First Edition Dust Jacket Protected with New Plastic Covering Hard Cover 134 pages.  Very Good Price: $45.00 (AUD) Book Number: 011644  Bookseller: Leura Books Postage Rates     The Arms Bazaar - the Companies, the Dealers, the Bribes: From Vickers to Lockheed Anthony Sampson Book Club Associates London Great Britain 1977   Hard Cover 340 pages.  Good Price: $10.00 (AUD) Book Number: 021021  Bookseller: Leura Books Postage Rates     Pistol Shooting as a Sport Standl, Hans ISBN: 0718212401 Littlehampton Book Services Ltd September 1979      8vo softcover 108pp near fine. The author wastes no time on commonplace technical information, but concentates on all important aspects of the sport such as learning accurate shooting, and the new forms of training in shooting techniques. He also deals in some detail with the many psychological problems which arise because of the multitude of possible sources of error.  Price: $35.00 (AUD) Book Number: 47842  Bookseller: Dial a Book Postage Rates     Jungle Man Pretorius, Major P. J. Panther - Hamilton London 1955 First Panther Edition  Mass Market Paperback Fair, Edgewear, tears, chips, creases, dealer stamp, browning. "African Jungle Adventure - A white hunter's thrilling life story". Foreword by Field-Marshal J. C. Smuts. 224 pages. Panther No. 513. Expanded condition report/scan on request.   Price: $10.00 (AUD) Book Number: 024708  Bookseller: Klanhorn Postage Rates     Firearms: Over 100 Illustrations of the Gunsmith’s Art Wilkinson, Frederick ISBN: 0307431134 Camden House Books. Printed and Published By BPCC Publishers London 1986  220 x 295mm Hard Cover 80 richly illustrated pages. Unmarked throughout. A small tear at the base of the jacket has been repaired with archival tape. More information, photographs and scans promptly supplied on request.  Very Good+ Price: $11.95 (AUD) Book Number: 001860  Bookseller: Sydney Harbour Books Postage Rates     Rifle Shooting as a Sport: Volume 2: Training and Competition Klingner, Bernd ISBN: 0718212789 Kaye & Ward Ltd London 1981  245 x 225mm Hard Cover 191 pages B&W illustrations throughout. Slight wear to the edges of the jacket. Light foxing to the edges of the page block and the jacket flaps. Otherwise unmarked and in excellent condition throughout.  Very Good Price: $24.95 (AUD) Book Number: 030170  Bookseller: Sydney Harbour Books Postage Rates     Sword, Lance and Bayonet FFoulkes, Charles & Hopkinson, E. C. Arco New York, 1967      8vo. hardcover. 145pp. index, b/w illus. Good+, tape marks on endpapers.  Price: $55.00 (AUD) Book Number: 47165  Bookseller: Dial a Book Postage Rates     BOOK OF FOXHUNTING Watson, J.N.P. Batsford London 1977 First Edition   Illustrated, Very good copy in very good dustjacket. ; 240 x 155mm; 240 pages  Price: $40.00 (AUD) Book Number: 15109  Bookseller: M. & A. Simper Bookbinders & Booksellers Postage Rates     THE OAKLANDS HUNT 1888 - 1988 " a Chronicle of Events " Cameron-Kennedy, D. F. D. F. Cameron-Kennedy Melbourne 1989 First Edition   Special edition number 86 of 100 copies, bound in black leatherette, gift inscription by author, a very good copy. ; 280 x 210mm; 264 pages  Price: $80.00 (AUD) Book Number: 15097  Bookseller: M. & A. Simper Bookbinders & Booksellers Postage Rates     Worthwhile Journey the Autobiography of Tromp van Diggelen van Diggelen, Tromp - Foreword by Grantly Dick Read William Heinemann 1955      8vo. Black cloth, no d/w. Good copy. 256pp. Index. Illustrated with b&w photo's. Growing up in South Africa, Student Days, Big Game Hunting, China, Gold, Fishing, Health Through Common Sense  Price: $18.00 (AUD) Book Number: 46712  Bookseller: Dial a Book Postage Rates     STRIKE FROM THE SKY Hallion Richard P. ISBN: 0874744520 Smithsonian Institute, Washington  1989 First Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Hard Cover "Strike from the Sky is the first book to trace the evolution of battlefield air attack and its impact on military operations world wide. Noted aerospace historian Richard P. Hallion probes the context in which air-land operations occurred and how they influenced the outcome of specific battles and campaigns. Using case studies from World War 1 through 1945 to illustrate the evolution of battlefield air attack, Hallion examines sjuch issues as technology choices, doctrine, military strategy, battlefield experience and lessons learned." Includes many b/w photographs to support the text. Almost AS NEW CONDITION.  Very Good Price: $60.00 (AUD) Book Number: 007865  Bookseller: Little Lane Books Postage Rates     LORDS OF BATTLE Evans Stephen S. ISBN: 0851156622 The Boydell Press, UK  1998  4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Card Cover Lords of Battle examines the image of the comitatus, or warband, as it is portrayed in literary and historical sources from Britain's early medieval period, and seeks to determine the extent to which this image reflects a historical reality. After a review of the historical background of Dark Age Britain, Stephen Evans explores the the practical characteristics of the comitatus, such as its military organisation: its internal social structure and its place within society as a whole. He also examines the cultural social and economic institutions which produced and supported the warband, including the role of the coujrt poets, the importance of the hall, hostage-taking and fosterage and food-renders, britube and booty. "  Very Good Price: $72.00 (AUD) Book Number: 007871  Bookseller: Little Lane Books Postage Rates     Best Hunting Stories Welcome, John & Orchard, Vincent Faber, London 1954      8vo. hardcover. 320pp. very good. / Very Good d/w covered in plastic.  Price: $25.00 (AUD) Book Number: 44077  Bookseller: Dial a Book Postage Rates     Pictorial History of the Rifle Swenson, George W. ISBN: 0517225247 Bonanza Books 1972      8vo hardcover 184pp, b/w illus. very good / good d/w with creased top edge.  Price: $22.00 (AUD) Book Number: 42499  Bookseller: Dial a Book Postage Rates   60 Guns & Hunting Books         Go to page:    1   2        Next 30 Books