English Pistols and Revolvers

C3c: Small-Arms Technical Pub. Co., 1938.. Very Good. 1938. Hardcover. Hardcover. Large 8vo. Published by Small-Arms Technical Publishing Company, Onslow County, North Carolina, 1938. 256 pgs. Illustrated with 28 plates. Signed and inscribed by Thomas G Samworth to fellow author and gun enthusiast Gen Julian Hatcher. First Edition/First Printing. Slipcased DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. An interesting and detailed account of the early manufacture of handguns in Britain. Some of the subjects covered include English Pistols and the Civil Wars, horse and carriage pistols, service pistols under George III, the flintlock dueller, percussion pistols, early revolving pistols, Colt and his imitators and English percussion revolvers. John Nigel George's book was the first major work to focus on this segment of gunsmithing's British roots, and decades later it remains the seminal treatment of the subject. The author was unquestionably an authority with impeccable credentials, and in this work he addressed the evolution of British handguns from their rudimentary and rude beginnings in the troubled times of the Puritan Revolution in the seventeenth century to the eve of World War II. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author .