CAPTAIN CHARLES ASKINS, JR (4 résultats)

Hard Cover. Etat : Very Good +. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good -. First Edition, Fifth Printing. x, [1], 219 pp. [1939] Dustjacket: Nicks rips and chips on all corners and at head and heel of spine, all edges rubbed a rip and a tear here and there. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hard cover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. First edition. The true first printing, bound in green cloth with black title block. The true first printing, with no statement of later printing. "For beginner and expert; a practical manual on the handgun". (Charles Askins October 28, 1907 March 2, 1999) Charles Askins was an American lawman, U.S. Army officer, and writer. He served in the U.S. Forest Service and Border Patrol in the American Southwest prior to the Second World War, where he participated in a number of amphibious assaults in the African and European theaters of operation. While serving in uniform, Askins was involved in an untold number of gunfights, likely having killed over 50 opponents in a wide range of circumstances. An expert pistol shot, he was a two-time national champion and eventually took over as lead firearms instructor for the U.S. Border Patrol. Quite scarce in First Edition.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. Illustated with photos (illustrateur). Charles Askins, Jr., was an American lawman, US Army officer, and writer. He served in law enforcement -US Forest Service and Border Patrol- in the American Southwest prior to the Second World War. Askins was controversial for the relish with which he described the numerous fatal shootings in his law enforcement and military careers, stating he had killed 27 men. Because he was involved in numerous shootouts along the US - Mexico border, and due to his stated practice of not keeping track of African-Americans and Hispanics, the actual number of killings he committed was potentially much higher. Askins once remarked that he thought he was a psychopathic killer, and that he hunted animals so avidly because he was not allowed to hunt men anymore. Inscribed by Author(s). Book.

Hardcover. Various sizes, octavos and quartos. All volumes bound in matching brown leather over various colors of cloth boards. Raised bands, gilt labelling, decorative endpapers. All edges gilt. All volumes are in fine condition with no flaws. Volumes are still preserved in the original publisher's mailing boxes. Set Number 1467 (of 1500 produced). Finely bound and printed reproductions of classic works on firearms, hunting, and safaris. The set is complete and includes the following 36 volumes: -The Hunting Rifle by Col. Townsend Whelen -Big Game Rifles and Cartridges by Elmer Keith -Practical Dope on the Big Bores by F.C. Ness -Handloading Ammunition by J.R. Mattern -Alaskan Yukon Trophies Won and Lost by G.O. Young -The Book of the Rifle by T.F. Fremantle -African Rifles & Cartridges by John 'Pondoro' Taylor -Textbook of Pistols and Revolvers by Julian S. Hatcher -Military and Sporting Rifle Shooting by Capt. Edward C. Crossman -A Hunter's Wanderings in Africa by Frederick Courtney Selous -Modern Sportsman's Gun & Rifle Vol 1 by J.H. 'Stonehenge' Walsh -Modern Sportsman's Gun & Rifle Vol 2 by J.H. 'Stonehenge' Walsh -Modern American Pistols and Revolvers by A.C. 'Ralph Greenwood' Gould -The American Shotgun by Col. Charles Askins -Wilderness Hunting and Wildcraft by Col. Townsend Whelen -Keith's Rifles for Large Game by Elmer Keith -Field, Cover, and Trap Shooting by Adam H. Bogardus -The Rifle in America by Philip B. Sharpe -Hunting Trips in North America by Frederick Courtney Selous -Shotguns by Elmer Keith -Advanced Gunsmithing by W.F. Vickery -Woodchucks and Woodchuck Rifles by C.S. Landis -Hunting the Alaska Brown Bear by John W. Eddy -Complete Guide to Handloading by Philip B. Sharpe -Hunting Big Game - Volume I (Africa and Asia) by Col. Townsend Whelen -Hunting Big Game - Volume II (The Americas) by Col. Townsend Whelen -Experiments of a Handgunner by Walter F. Roper -The Wilderness Hunter by Theodore Roosevelt -The Book of the Springfield by Edward C. Crossman -Practical Dope on the 22 by F.C. Ness -The Ultimate in Rifle Precision by Col. Townsend Whelen -Textbook of Automatic Pistols by R.K. Wilson -East Africa and Its Big Game by Captain Sir John C. Willoughby -Identification of Firearms and Forensic Ballistics by Major Sir Gerald Burrard -Small Arms Design and Ballistics - Volume I by Col. Townsend Whelen -Small Arms Design and Ballistics - Volume II by Col. Townsend Whelen Extra shipping charges will apply to this set due to size and weight.