Guns; From the Invention of Gunpowder to the 20th Century

Pope, Dudley

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Langue : anglais

Edité par Spring Books, London, 1971

060001648X / 9780600016489

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31 cm. 254 pages. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrations (Over 359 illustrations including 59 in full color). Front hinge sprung. Dudley Bernard Egerton Pope (29 December 1925 - 25 April 1997) was a British writer of both nautical fiction and history, most notable for his Lord Ramage series of historical novels. Greatly inspired by C.S. Forester, Pope was one of the most successful authors to explore the genre of nautical fiction, often compared to Patrick O'Brian. His first book, Flag 4, was published in 1954, followed by several other historical accounts. C. S. Forester, the creator of the famed Horatio Hornblower novels, encouraged Pope to add fiction to his repertoire. In 1965, Ramage appeared, the first of what was to become an 18-novel series. The acclaimed naval historian offers up a richly detailed survey of the development of all sorts of firearms, from small handguns to rifled cannon. The Table of Contents includes: introduction, 1. The Discovery of Gunpowder, 2. The Arrival of the Gun, 3. The First Great Gunner, 4. The Development of Hand Guns, 5. Guns Influence Tactics, 6. The Age of Change, 7. The Science of Guns, 8. The Great Gunsmiths, 9. The Art of the Gunner, 10. Samuel Colt's Revolution, 11. Rapid Fire, 12. Breech-Loading Wins, 13. Guns in the Air, 14. The Beginning of the End. Photographic Acknowledgments. The guns of land, sea and air -- all are included, from pairs of exquisitely worked Italian pistols, their ebony stocks inlaid with silver, to the stupendous German gun which fired on Paris in 1918 at a range of sixty-seven miles. The rich variety of pictorial material emphasizes the range which makes this book a valuable contribution to the history of firearms, There are photographs of the guns themselves, together with paintings, engravings, sketches and documents, and above all, there are Max Millar's unique and illuminating drawings of weapons and weapon systems. Black cloth with gilt design and lettering to spine, and b&w decorative endpapers.

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Titre
Guns; From the Invention of Gunpowder to the 20th Century
Auteur
Pope, Dudley
Éditeur
Spring Books, London
Année de publication
1971
État de l'article
Fair
Reliure
Hardcover
Langue
anglais
ISBN à 10 chiffres
060001648X
ISBN à 13 chiffres
9780600016489
Illustrateur
Max Millar
Édition
Third Impression [stated}.
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