Guns and How They Work

London England: Marshall Cavendish, 1979. Hardcover. Guns and How They Work. Message to previous owner on title page. Price clipped to D/J. This book covers not only the history of firearms and their development, but also describes their workings and components. Ian Hogg, world famous authority and popular writer, shows guns to be mechanical marvels. The modern machine gun, for instance, can carry out the full cycle of loading, firing, unlocking, extracting, ejecting, re-loading, relocking, and firing again, at the astonishing rate of 20 times per second. Specially commissioned cutaway diagrams open up the inner workings of guns in meticulously accurate detail. And highlighted throughout this lavishly illustrated book are the author's own selection of guns worthy of the title 'famous', as well as an appraisal of some of the more weird and wonderful designs that have characterized firearms development. This is an essential guide for both the enthusiast and the general reader; for anyone, in fact, who wants to find out more about guns and how they work. Illustrated. 185 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. Academic and Scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Educational Reference Literature.) . First Printing. Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardback.