Books on ARTILLERY and FORTIFICATIONS

The Gunner 1628 By Robert Norton.

This book of 73 chapters contains all information for the use of the gunpowder, ammunition, instruments, ordnance and attack of fortified positions which were known at that date. Written in the English of the period with, some of the most complex illustrations and engravings for any book published to that date.

This re-published edition has been hand bound in a dark brown cloth and special aged paper to give the finished book a “period” appearance. The book is A5 size with x, 160 pp and over 50 single pages & 11 double fold out pages of engravings . Cost £ 35.00 + Postage . 520gms

The Complete Gunner c1672 By various Authors

Part of the works “ Military & Maritime Discipline 1672” . This work in three parts: “Part 1 Shewing the Art of Founding and Cafting Pieces of Ordnance. Part 2 Difcovers the neceffary Inftruments and variety of Inftructions to the compleating of a Gunner. Part 3 Shews the Nature of Fire-works. To which is added the Doctrine of Projects applied to Gunnery together with some excellent obfervations out of Merfennus and other famous Authors”. As described on the title page.

With 190pp A4 size, 54 Illustrations of various use of Artillery, & examples of trigonometry etc . and other mathematical drawings. Tables of angles & other data. Produced with special period paper, Spanish marbled endpapers, period binding and spine blocking.

ISBN No. 978 -1-906394-31-8. Cost £55. weight 1.2 Kg

A TREATISE of such Mathematical Inftruments put into a portable case, with the Description of the use of

GUNNERS CALLIPERS, SHIP-GUNS, & SEA-MORTARS.

C1775 By JOHN ROBERTSON

This edition is produced A4 size a preface xxiii, 238pp, with tables, & detailed pull out drawings showing The English Gunners Callipers, Ships Cannon & Sea Mortar. The text has various mathematical calculations, details of instruments & drawing methods etc. 3pp listing of other titles of the period.

This edition produced with period finish, hand bound with dark blue buckram cloth , hard covers, gold leaf lettering and simulated raised bands to the spine.

Price £ 45.00 + £6.00 postage( UK ) 1.1Kg.

The Bombardier and Pocket Gunner 1806

by Capt. Ralph Willett Adye

The fifth edition of eight published between 1800-1827 , is a combination of training and field service manuals providing a mass of information about artillery equipments of the period. With lists of equipment showing dates of introduction with accuracy, weights, dimensions, and performance. Range tables, trial firings and a mass of other information needed for a Napoleonic Artillery Officer or NCO. Enlarged by 30 % for ease of reading, bound in dark brown Balacrome cloth and special aged paper to give the finished book a “period” appearance. A 5 size, 10 pages of index, vii, 276pp and 90 tables in the text.

Cost £ 30. 550gms. (Example of this book shown in photograph)

The Bombardier and Pocket Gunner 1813

by Capt. R.W.Adye R.A. and Capt. W.G.Eliot R.A.

This seventh edition revised and expanded by Capt. Eliot R.A. He added some 200 pages on the previous edition with material by Kelly, Muller, Scharnhorst . Supplemented with tests done between 1810-1813 by the Board of Ordnance . Although much enlarged it was still intended for practical use in the field.

This edition is the best one for collectors & researchers of the Napoleonic Era, which until now has been widely quoted and talked about but so rare that the modern day researcher has been unadle to read or consult it until now.

Hand bound with darkbrown Balacrome cloth gold leaf cannon badge on cover & lettering to spine 394pp ,over 170 tables of information. Enlarged by 30% each page being A5 size. Price £ 30.00. 740 gms .

THE CAMPAIGN DIARY Of Lt . William Swabey R.H.A.

Covering the years 1807, 1811-13 & 1815

For the first time two diaries along with a letter to his brother just after Waterloo have been published in one book. The Diary covers service in Copenhagen 1807, Peninsular 1811-13 and a letter after Waterloo 1815. And as an account of the events are justifiably considered the best of the Diaries covering this period by many historians. It has 28pp 1807 Diary, 218pp 1811-13 Diary, 6pp letter, plus 4 maps with an addition of 28 B & W illustrations /plates which have not appeared in any other edition.

This edition is produced 16x24.5cms size,hand bound with dark blue buckram cloth, hard covers, Spanish Marbled end papers, lettering, gold lines & special Royal Artillery badge on cover in gold leaf. A limited edition of 100 numbered copies only.

Price £ 65.00 . Weight 820 gms .

Dupin’s British Napoleonic Ordnance

Edited by By Dr. Stephen Summerfield.

Dr. Summerfield adds to the original book by writing an informative preface on Charles Dupin and the Dupin Family.

The editor follows the events of the period and giving the full background of this important and accurate documentation of the state of British Military Ordnance of the Napoleonic period. He takes from the Atlas Force Militaire Atlas a series of plates which are re-presented as 56 detailed scale plates, each placed in the text at the required position to give the finished book the maximum value to the modern day researcher.

The original book is split up of contents as :Punishment & discipline (48), Military Schools (83), Small Arms (70), Ordnance (74), Parks & Arsenal ( Chatham, Portsmouth & Woolwich) (47) Royal Engineers (43).With a 14 page Preface, 365pages published 2 to an A4 landscape page, with 56 pages of scale detailed plates with up to 8 items illustrated per plate & 5 portraite engravings.

Bound in dark blue “ Balacrome ” material with gold leaf lettering, & Napoleonic badge on cover. Price £ 45.00. weight 1200 gms

VICTORIAN SMOOTH BORE SERVICE ORDNANCE

By Ian James Cross .

This new work starts with the smooth bore ordnance in service at the end of the Napoleonic Wars , that in service between 1815-1820 then discussion of developments that took place between 1820 and 1865.

The author draws on a vast collection of contemporary sources and authors, original drawings and illustrations many of which have never been seen or used by the modern day researcher.

With 18 chapters, 5 appendices, the subjects covered being : Early Victorian Artillery Services, Smooth Bore Ordnance before 1820, Sea & Land S.B. Ordnance after 1820, Manufacture, Proof & Marking, Field, Siege & Mountain Gun Carriages, Garrison Carriages, Sea Service Carriages, Limbers & other vehicles, Transport Animals, Powder, Magazines, Cartridges, Projectiles, Fuzes , Ignition, Laying and Gun Drill, Tactics, War rockets.

Ordnance in Service at various times, Ordnance emplaced at Gibraltar , Malta & Bermuda c1860, S.B. Ordnance used in Land Actions 1837-1865.

With xxiv, 248pp, A4 size pages ,221 A4 size plates showing over 450 detailed drawings of carriages, barrels, equipment, ammunition, tools, fuzes , cannon locks, animal harness, cross sectional drawings.

A coloured title page.

Hand bound in dark blue “ Balacrome ” cloth, gold leaf lettering to spine & special cannon badge on cover. Cost £ 50.00 + Postage £7 ( UK ) weight 1.6Kg

The British Gunner By Captain I.M. Spearman 1828

This “pocket manual of Artillery & Fortifications and other military subjects” is an advancement and improvement of the earlier title “The Bombardier and Pocket Gunner”. With the observation of the author, and help from many Officers in various specialist fields this book is the result.

With 48 different titles of subjects covered and over 100 tables of information, 10 engravings, this book was the source of information for the technical Officer of the period.

This edition has been enlarged by 30% for ease of reading, with xvi ,488 pp A 5 size. Bound in dark brown “ balacrome ” cloth, with gold leaf lettering & cannon badge on cover.

Cost £ 35.00 + £5 Postage ( UK ) 650gms. ( see photograph)

Artillerist’s Manual and Compendium 1839.

by Capt. & Adj. F.A.Griffiths R.A.

The full title is : Artillerist’s Manual and Compendium of infantry exercise, sword exercise, field battery exercise, service ordnance, gyns etc, fortification, pyrotechny , mathematics, gunnery etc, with requisite plates and tables. For the Gunners use, details on Howitzers, Carronades , Mortars, Iron Guns, hand grenades, rockets, bell’s gyn , devil carriages, sling cart, Naval Gunnery. This Edition Enlarged by 30 % for ease of reading. A5 size, 300pp, 13 Plates/drawings. Bound in period binding of blue Balacrome , with SB gun image in gold leaf on book cover. Cost £ 30. 580gms.

The Artillerist’s Manual and British Soldier’s Compendium 1873

by Major F.A.Griffiths R.A.

This edition being edited by Major F.A.Griffiths , the son of the original author. With advancements in all subjects , this edition is re- vised & re- witten from other editions. With details of Smooth-bore, Rifled Breech-loading, Rifled muzzle loading Ordnance, heavy gun drill etc. layouts for packing of various wagons. Fortifications, Medical, Transport, the horse, soldiers service. A5 size, 310pp, various plates, drawings, tables. Enlarged by 30% for ease of reading, bound in blue balacrome , with RBL Ordnance image in gold leaf on book front cover. £30. 600gms.

SHORT Notes on Field Batteries c 1871

By Capt. C.Orde Browne R.A.

This small manual of two parts bound as one, gives a pratical use and principles of arrangement of horses in a Battery , fitting of harness handling of guns in the field, and the working of a mounted Battery . With Part 2 giving details of Ammunition (Boxer, Shrapnel, light balls, Double shell,Case shot, Common Shelll ) Rockets, Ammunition for small arms, Fuzes , Time, Percussion, Mitrailleuses .

Hand bound in blue buckram smaller than A5 size with iv+ 51pp 22 figs in text, viii+120pp+ 40 figs in text. Price £ 21.00 weight 410gms.

A Primer for Horse, Field and Mountain Artillery 1878

by Capt. T.H.Lloyd R.A.

A small but informative book based upon the instruction for NCO’s and Gunners in various Horse Guards publications. It gives information on various RBL, MLR, Armstrong field ordnance as well as Gatling Guns, Hale’s Rockets, wood & wrought-iron carriages and more. With 64pp, 6 layout drawings. Bound in dark blue cloth and large royal cost of arms badge in gold leaf on book cover £17. 180gms

A Primer for Garrison Artillery 1877 by Major M.F.Downes R.A.

A com pact book in the same style as “A Primer for Horse etc”, packed with information required for the day to day work and service of ordnance needed by the Victorian Gunner. Instruction on SB, RBL, RML Ordnance, iron siege artillery, carriages, rockets, sights, ammunition, stores, fuses etc. With 57pp, various drawings and tables . Smaller than A5 size, dark blue binding, image of SB cannon on book cover in gold leaf. £ 17. 200gms (Example of this book shown in photograph)

Manual for Garrison Artillery 1887

Issued to give instruction into the mounting & dismounting of all heavy ordnance of that period including the full range of M.L., R.M.L. & B.L. Ordnance. Gun Sleights, traversing platforms & motars , derricks, mounting of guns of 18 to 38 tons. It covers a great deal of information on the art of the Victorian Garrison Gunner. This edition has been enlarged by approx. 20 % for ease of reading. A5 size with xvi, 378pp 222 plates & drawings. Bound in maroon coloured buckram with gold leaf lettering and royal coat of arms badge on front cover. Cost £ 37. 630gms.

Notes on Elementary Gunnery. 1888. By Major W. St. P.Bunbury R.A.

This small but very informative book is based on various handbooks & publications of the period to present in a concise form for the use of the Officers, NCO’s & Men of the Artillery Forces of New South Wales.

The notes cover various subjects such as : Materials, general principles of gun construction, development of modern guns, rifling, manufacture (shrinking of coils), examination of ordnance, The explosive, The projectile, service of Ordnance , laying direct, observation of effect of fire, indirect laying.

A5 size ,with viii,60pp, 26 drawings in the text, 5 detailed plans at the back of the book . Hand bound in blue buckram with gold leaf badge of Garrison Artillery Gun on cover

Cost £ 19.00 370gms .

The Garrison Gunner (Regular, Milita and Volunteer ) His Equipment and Drills other than Artillery Exercise, by Capt. H.C.C.D. Simpson R.A.

A companion to the Manual of Garrison Artillery, this gives the Garrison Artilleryman his information for carrying of personal equipment, drill with the Martini-Henry rifle, sword, carbine sword-bayonet exercises, Drill for parade, squad drill, Guards & Escorts, conveyance of Garrison Artillery, layouts for items for barrack inspections. In short what the soldier needs to know to be a Gunner in the Victorian Garrison Artillery c1890. This edition has been enlarged by approx 20% for ease of reading .. With xvi, 296pp 9 plates of which 2 are fold out. Bound in dark blue cloth with gold leaf lettering and large Corps badge in gold leaf on book cover. Cost £ 25. 600gms.

Manual of Volunteer Position Artillery c1890 By Capt. H.C.C.D.Simpson R.A.

This small manual for the Volunteer Corps, gives movement , drill, equipment, organization, parade and various instruction, mount, di mount of Ordnance and many other details.

Hand bound in blue buckra, gold leaf lettering & R.M.L. Gun badge design on cover ,A5 size with viii 134pp, 5 plates, 11 pages of diagrams of packing for Volunteer Battery using 40-pd, 20-pd, 16-pd R.M.L. guns. Price £ 21.00 weight 370gms.

FIELD ARTILLEY , Its Equipment, Organisation and Tactics. c1896 . By Lt.Col . Sission.C Pratt R.A

This small but compact publication has 15 chapters and covers such subjects as : The Gun, carriages, ammunition, gunnery, formation, Artillery in the field, a good position, action of a single Battery , attack of a small force,on the defence, employment of horse Artillery with Cavalry,escorts , local combats, fighting of the future.

Hand bound in blue buckram with lettering on spine & ordnance badge on cover in gold leaf . A5 size with xii ,250pp . Price £ 21.00 weight 500gms.

Garrison Artillery Training Vol. I 1914 .

Issued by the Army Council to give the general principles for training in war & peace of the Garrison Artillery. An extensive handbook of over 292 pages covering subjects of training on: principles of training, general organization of a Coast Fortress, Artillery organization of a Cost Fortress, manning & fighting guns by day & night, gun drill, guns & gunnery, gun mounting, ammunition, electricity, range-finders & clinometers, care of equipment & adjustment of sights.

With the solution of triangles and use of slide rule, gunnery problems. instruction for examination in range finding, for examination in gun laying, in skill-at-arms for gunnery badges. Instructions regarding telephone messages. This edition has been enlarged by approx 20% overall size for ease of reading and research. Bound in maroon buckram.

With vii, 292pp, A5 size, with 47 illustrations in the text . Cost £ 30.00. 510gms.

Garrison Artillery Training Vol II (Siege) 1911

Issued by the Army Council just prior to the start of WWI, to give technical details as to the employment of siege artillery. An extensive handbook of over 224 pages covering subjects such as: laying, obtaining the line of fire, battery drill, observation of fire, ranging, transportation of Ordnance & construction of batteries, siege artillery at war, description of instruments, destruction of guns, tests for specialists.

The Description of instruments covers information on: The slide rule (Mark VI), field plotter (Mark III), telescope stand & director, the gun arc, the clinometer , vibrating transmitter (Mark III) with telephone connection & telephone portable C Mark I, telescope variable power (Mark I). This edition has been enlarged by approx 20% overall size for ease of reading and research. Bound in maroon buckram. With vii, 224pp, A5 size, 26 illustrations & 8 plates in text . Cost £ 30.00. 510gms.

The Garrison Artillery Training Vol . III. 1911 .

Produced as a matching publication to the “Field Artillery Training” this publication completes the subjects not covered in the latter. With detailed coverage of the Materials & Machines, Movement, Sheers & Derricks, Boats etc. Ordnance covered include 9-inch H.A.F., 4.7-inch Q.F., 6-inch B.L., 5-inch B.L., 9.2-inch & 10-inch B.L. on various mountings and carriages. This edition has been enlarged by 20% to aid reading. With xiv, 473pp ,A5 size with 250 illustrations in text, 17 tables. Bound in maroon cloth. A5 size, 436pp, 11 plates. £37. 690gms.

Field Artillery Training 1914

Issued just prior to the start of WWI, to give instruction for the Horse, Field, Mountain Artillery. An extensive handbook covering various subjects from field engineering, range finding, driving, gunnery, laying , mounted drill, brigade, battery tactics, communications etc. It gives a great deal of information on the art if the gunner in a time of fast changing art of warfare. This edition has been enlarged by 20% to aid reading. Bound in maroon cloth. A5 size, 436pp, 11 plates. £37. 690gms.

FIELD GUNNERY A practical manual prepared

with special reference to the heavies.c1916

By D.A.MaCalister , R.G.A.

This small but compact publication has 13 chapters and covers such subjects as : Mathematical data of field gunnery, field forumulae , aiming point, displacement, methods, indication of target, ranging and methods of fire, the battery leader’s control fire, fuse indicator and time shrapnel, ballistics, results of fire practice, high angle firing howitzers.

Hand bound in blue buckram with lettering on spine & ordnance badge on cover in gold leaf . A5 size with xii ,152pp,15 tables, 89 ill in text . Price £ 21.00 weight 400gms.

A Treatise of Artillery Third Edition 1780 by John Muller

One of the earlyiest book to describe & illustrate the subject, this book covers the origin of Artillery, weights & measures, construction of Cannon, Mortas , Howitzers, Ship & Garrison Artillery. Design of Galloper Carriages, Block Carriage, Pontoon Carriage, Flint Wagon etc. It has 214pp A4 pages 16 A4 & 11 A3 size pages of scale plans of carriage & vehicles. The book is A4 size, with special period binding of dark blue covered material, gold leaf lettering, royal arms badge to front cover. Special paper. £55. 1170gms (Example of this book shown in photograph)

A P lain T reatise on A rtillery

By Thos . Gaisford Captain, Bombay Artillery.

The Author provides a Treatise on Artillery in two parts bound as one publication. These being in Part 1 the notes of instruction” which every Artilleryman should be familiar”, Part 2 being repository exercises, gun carriages, field batteries, platforms, and equipment of siege ordnance.

Published in 1849 in Ahmednuggur , whilst Thomas Gaisford was Captain and Director of the Depot of Instruction, Bombay Artillery.

Part 1 with viii, 36pp, Part 2 viii ,86pp , with a total of 40 tables. A4 size. Bound in dark blue balacrome cloth with gold leaf lettering on spine and canon badge on cover. Price £45. 940gms.

TREATISE on FORTIFICATION and ARTILLERY. Vol. II (Artillery) Sixth Edition 1852 By Hector Straith

This book covers Gunpowder, Iron and Brass Ordnance, shot and shell, Gun Carriages, laying of Guns, Mortars and Fuzes , disposition of Artillery in Landward operations, Sea coast defences, Tables of Artillery.

The book starts from Chapter XIX and goes to XXVII, being 334 A4 size pages, with 17 A4 & 10 A3 size pages of scale plans of Ordnance & Coastal Defence works.

To quote Major General Hughes “ it contains some of the best available scale drawings of heavy carriages which were in service during the Crimean War”

ISBN No. 978-1-906394-24-0.

Produced A4 size with special binding of dark blue, with gold leaf lettering & design on cover. Cost £55 +£ 8 P & P( UK ) 1.4Kg. ( see photograph)

Diagrams to illustrate the service and management of HEAVY ORDNANCE

referred to in TREATISE ON ARTILLERY.

By Capt. Boxer R.A.

Published as an appendix to “Treatise on Artillery” for use of the Royal Military Academy course Woolwich. This set of 35 double A3 size opening plates which were one of two parts to help illustrate the “Treatise on Artillery”.

Each plates can have up to 12 illustrations on it and the total within this work is over 220 different items & pieces of Ordnance shown.

Subjects include position of men for service of guns, moving guns by handspikes, slinging guns & mortars, using Gibraltar gyn , mounting & dismounting, movement onto beds, movement from one platform to another, mounting a gun for travelling, using platform wagons, mounting sheers, mounting guns in towers, casemated embrasure, from boats onto land. Hand Bound in dark blue Balacrome cloth card covers, gold leaf lettering on spine & early Vic. Royal Arms badge on cover. Size A4 height by 24cms width. Cost £45. 970gms.

Diagrams of Guns referred to in TREATISE ON ARTILLERY 1853.

By Capt. Boxer R.A..

Published as an appendix to “Treatise on Artillery” for use of the Royal Military Academy course Woolwich. This set of 43 A3 size plates which were one of two parts to help illustrate the “Treatise on Artillery” which the Cadets at the Royal Military Academy (Woolwich) used as part of their course.

Each plates can have up to 5 illustrations on it and the total within this work 79 different items of Ordnance are shown all with their own marked scale, tables of various dimensions for different versions etc. all given in table form.

There has never been such a detailed publication of British Artillery gun barrels of smooth bore pre Crimean period Iron & Brass, Guns, Howitzers, Carronades, Sea Service Iron Mortars, Land Service Mortars and Brass Mortars. There are 43 fold out A3 plates, contents list. Hand Bound in dark blue Balacrome cloth card covers, gold leaf lettering on spine & early Vic. Royal Arms badge on cover. Size A4 height by 24cms width. Cost £45. 850gms.

TREATISE ON ARTILLERY 1855 . By Capt. Boxer R.A..

Published for use of the practical class at the Royal Military Academy course Woolwich

This book contains Chapters on: Explosive effects on Gunpowder, The Ballistic and Gun Pendulums, Initial Velocity, a Motion of a Project in a Vacuum, the resistance of the Air, the effect of the resistance of the Air upon the Motion of a Projectile, the Deviation of Projectiles. With many tables of information and 2 A3 size pull out drawings.

There has never been such a detailed publication on these basic subjects connected with of British gunnery .

Hand Bound in dark blue Balacrome cloth card covers, gold leaf lettering on spine & early Vic. Royal Arms badge on front cover to match the other two Vol’s “Diagrams of Guns” etc.

Size A4. Cost £45. 800gms.

RARE BOOKS

ON BRITISH SMOOTH-BORE ARTILLERY of the 1860’s.

Produced for the use of the Gentlemen Cadets of the Royal Military Academy .

The following two publications were originally bound as 3 works in I with original watercolour paintings in the form of plates illustrated by the Gentleman Cadet as he attended the lectures and did the practical elements of the course. These paintings were bound with the books and course notes to form a unique record of manufacture, testing, usage of Ordnance, Carriages & Ammunition of the Smooth-Bore period.

ELEMENTARY LECTURES on ARTILLERY 4 th Edition

by Charles H. Brown.

This publication contains notes on the History of Artillery, Construction of Ordnance, Description of Smooth-Bore Ordnance, Artillery Carriages, Beds, Platforms, Ammunition. Gunnery, application of Gunnery, Organisation, Equipment and application of Artillery. With 261pp, 32 plates which 10 are A3 size fold out.

With the addition of “Rough Drawings on Artillery” watercolour paintings of which there are 13 colour plates which 5 are A3 fold out size. The standard book has on the left hand side of the pages scholarly annotations and calculations on almost every page.

This publication is A4 size, printed using coated art paper, hand bound in dark blue balacrome cloth , simulated raised band design on spine with gold leaf lettering on spine & special badge design on cover. With hand made Spanish marble endpapers. Bound to match book “Rough Notes on Manufacture of Ordnance , Carriages and Ammunition” .

Cost £ 85.00+ postage (weight of 1.50 Kg)

ROUGH NOTES

on the

MANUFACTURE of ORDNANCE, CARRIAGES, and AMMUNITION .

With

NOTES on GUNPOWDER

With TACKLES and PURCHASES.

The above two titles bound in one book along with Tackles and Purchase and a series of Practice Reports to form a rare combination of printed text book, practical reports, illustrated notes & paintings and use of Ordnance.

With 100pp+6 plates, 25pp+ 4 A3 fold out plates, 15pp of Practical Reports. In addition to 31 full colour plates of copies of the original watercolour paintings.

The contents of the book are : Manufacture of Cast Ordnance, of B.L. Built up, M.L. Built up, Bouching of M.L. Ordnance, Inspection and Proof, Sighting, painting, browning. Manufacture of Carriages, Platforms, timber, wooden carriages, traversing platforms, repair of wooden carriages. Manufactures of Ammunition, combustible components, Projectiles for S.B. Ordnance, Projectiles for B.L. and M.L. Ordnance, Fuzes , Cartridges, Wads, Lubricators, Tubes, Small Arm Ammunition, Rockets. Followed by the practical section on Tackles and Purchases, followed by Practical Reports of Ordnance used by the Gentleman Cadet covering all types & sizes of Gun in service with the services during that period.

Notes on Gunpowder covers the ingredients, manufacture and proof of gunpowder with copies of lithographs of the principal machines used for the manufacture of gunpowder by the Royal Powder Factories at Waltham Abbey in the 1860’s.

With copies of the original Colour plates covering Manufacture of Ordnance, Manufacture of Carriages, Manufacture of Ammunition

This publication is A4 size, printed using coated art paper, hand bound in dark blue balacrome cloth , simulated raised band design on spine with gold leaf lettering on spine & special badge design on cover. With hand made Spanish marble endpapers. Bound to match book “Elementary Lectures on Artillery”.

Cost £ 85.00 + postage( 1.4Kg weight.) ( £ 8.60 postage per book UK .) e-mail for price of postage outside UK

In Conclusion , the above two titles form an in-site into the state of Smooth-Bore Artillery use, testing, manufacturing etc. along with a collection of hand written notes made by the student during his lectures and practical work of visiting the works in Woolwich, using the Ordnance in proof firing and attending the latest demonstrations of carriage design including the then new Moncrieff Gun system.

Notes on the Manufacture of the Royal Carriage Department , Royal Arsenal, Woolwich. Revised Edition 1868 by Capt. C.B. Le Mesurier R.A..

Originally intended for Officers under a “course of instruction” it gives all the required information for the use of material in the manufacture of various carriages & ordnance, assembly & manufacture for all kinds of carriages for the field, siege, garrison Artillery. Naval Carriages, ship boat carriages, travelling, slides, mortar beds etc. Examination, repairs to wood carriages & platforms. An important book on the early period of Artillery & the various carriages with assembly & construction diagrams & plans. A4 size, 142pp, 40 illustrations in text, 22 A4 size plates, 24 tables of detailed information. Binding as same as Treatise books. Cost £ 30. 1220gms.

Treatise of Military Carriages and other Manufactures of the Royal Carriage Department ( 1874-1911)

Each edition of this highly detailed & technical publication, lists all types and variations of Carriage with its load (gun barrel in situ) for artillery carriages, Naval & Garrison ordnance and various views and detailed diagrams for horse drawn carriages. Every such item in service is included with all new items added as the various editions were issued. As the new changes appeared, eventually the older Carriages (mainly for ordnance) were excluded. The great value of such a publication is that all the drawings & plans were to scale with each scale on each drawing.

This is ideal for any modeller who would want to make scale model or anyone wanting to conserve or make parts for an example of such a Carriage. As the editions were enlarged due to the large coverage of new Carriages being developed, it was necessary to move from the B & W line drawings to multi-coloured printed engravings with all the enhanced features this offered in the more complex views of Carriages where a range of material & systems were used and required. This started to be used in the 6 th Edition (1902) when a separate vol. was needed for Plates and continued with the 7 th edition (1911) when the full colour plates accounted for 99% of the engravings in that Vol .(258).

All editions are rare and very rarely appear on the second hand book market. All examples listed are reproduced 25% larger than the original size, are in good clean condition with all marks & foxing removed and produced in the modern size of A4. Each edition is hand bound in dark blue buckram cloth with gold leaf lettering on the spine & royal cost of arms on the cover. All to make a matching set.

1876 2 nd Edition By Major W.Kemmis has 260pp, 41 A4 size pages of plans & 58 illustrations in the text. £30.00. 1170gms

1879 3 rd Edition has 288 pp 42 A4 size pages of plans & 60 illustrations in text. There is also historical notes written by a serving officer (Zulu War). £ 30.00. 1260gms.

1888 4 th Edition has 515 pp, 58 A4 size pages of plans & 158 illustrations in the text. £ 75. 1935gms.

1895 5 th Edition has 468 pp , 136 A4 & A3 size pages of plans and 116 illustrations in the text. £ 75. 2200gms.

1902 6 th Edition In Two Volumes 1 TEXT with viii,648pp & 148 illustration

2 PLATES with 274 plates (130 in FULL colour)

Covering all types of carriages used upto this period with chapters on Field, Siege , Mountain RBL,RML,BL, Moncrieff , Vavasseur , Barbette Carriages, Hydro-pneumatic garrison mountings,transport , Royal Engineer, Ambulance wagons etc. Due to the great increase in the new carriages of B.L. & Q.F. types introduced since the 5 th edition, these sections have had a re-write along with a new chapter on the general principles in gun mountings and on automatic sights. This is the first edition with a separate Text & Plates volumes . Price £ 160 for both Vol’s Weight: Text Vol. 2Kg , Plates Vol. 2.5Kg.

1911 7 th Edition in 2 Vol’s Text. With x, 751pp & 300 illustrations + 14 additional pages. Plates with 261 plates of which 258 are full colour over half being A3 size folding pages. This edition has been updated at the time with all new information upto 1914 when the last amendment as made. The two Vol.’s are supplied in a slip case covered with the same material as the books. £ 180 for the two books & slip case. 5100gms. (Example of this book shown in photograph)

Textbook of the Rifled Ordnance in the British Service 2 nd Edition 1872 by Capt. F,S. Stoney R.A. & Capt. C.Jones R.A. .Contents of book covers Rifle Ordnance with detailed information as Treatise as below, with 248pp A4 size, 11 colour plates, 140 illustrations & drawings in the text. Binding details as Treatise books. Cost £ 30. 1040gms.

Treatise on the Construction and Manufacture of Ordnance in the British Service. (1874-1908)

Produced in parallel with The Treatise of Military Carriages, this collection of publications documents the development of the ordnance from the point of view of the technical, physical mathematical, material, and construction of the barrel and all its fittings. Showing each barrel in service with every possible dimension, its sights, clamps, bits, stores and every tool used in using such a barrel. There are also Range tables for various ordnance using different charge’s . Each edition shows the latest issue of equipment and preceded the issue of the Vol. on Carriages which the barrels were used on. Each of the complex drawings are drawn to scale.

This makes these publications a modellers dream for making the complex shapes of these barrels as all their dimensions are given. Originally starting as two publications (Text book of Rifled Ordnance & Notes on Smooth Bore Ordnance) the Treatise was published until 1908 (7 th Edition) by which time there were two Vol’s (Text & Plates) of which the Plates were printed in colour. Earlier editions had a small series of lithographed plates in colour. All examples listed are reproduced 25% larger than the original size, are in good clean condition with all marks & foxing removed and produced in the modern size of A4. Each edition is hand bound in dark blue buckram cloth with gold leaf lettering on the spine & royal cost of arms on the cover. All to make a matching set.

2 nd Edition 1877. Includes S.B. Ordnance, R.B.L., R.M.L., R.M.L. Converted, Gatling Guns. With 454pp, 230+ illustrations in text, 17 A4 size colour plates of cross section plans showing 36 different barrels. Cost £ 45. 1640gms.

7 th Edition 1908. Includes S.B., R.B.L., R.M.L., & the new Quick Firing Guns. With two Vol’s . Vol. 1 has xii, 758pp, 27 tables, 660 + illustrations in the text. Vol. 2 has 156 B & W plates showing various views of ordnance, gun barrels etc. Cost for both Vol’s £ 110. 3620gms.

Handbook of Artillery Materiel, 3 rd Edition

by

Major F.C.Morgan R.A

This third edition revised (pub 1886) and is now used as a textbook for Royal Artillery Officers qualifying for promotion in the subject “Artillery”

Subjects covered include: Materials used in Gun Construction, Rifle Muzzle-Loading built-up Guns, R.M.L. converted Guns, Old Patten R.B.L. Guns, Smooth-Bore Guns, Breech-Loading Guns, Gunpowder, Cartridges, Projectiles, Fuzes , Tubes, Field & Siege Carriages, Carriages & Platforms for Heavy Ordnance, Transporting carriages and Machines, Tackles, cordage, skidding, sheers, derricks, Gunnery.

With x ,116pp Enlarged by 30% each page being A4 size, 19 plates XI tables. Bound in blue buckram cloth, gold leaf lettering & badge Price £ 30.00. Weight 1.1Kg.

HANDBOOK for FIELD SERVICE Fourth Edition (Revised)

By Brig-Gen Lefroy R.A. F.R.S.

Started in 1854 as the Field Service or Field Pocket Book, this 4 th Edition of 1867 incorporated in its text the introduction of rifled ordnance, details of ordnance from Russia, Spain, Belgium, Holland, Sweden, Norway & Egypt to show the progress of Artillery use & its design.

Many of the previous articles have been re-written & new ones added from the previous edition making it over 100 pages larger.

Subjects include: Field Artillery, Horse, Elephant, Bullock draught, Mountain Equipment, Congreve rockets, Siege & Garrison Artillery, Service of Heavy Ordnance, Mechanical, Gunnery, Knots, Small Arms, Field Sketching, Bridges, Campaigning, Fortification, Ordnance of Foreign Powers.

With xii, 527pp, 110 illustrations & 100’s tables of information. Price £45 + £8 ( UK ) 1.4 Kg

A TREATISE of GUNNERY C1731 By JOHN GRAY

This edition is produced A5 size a preface xliii, 94pp, with tables & drawings showing various mathematical calculations etc,2pp listing of other titles, produced with period finish & texture paper , hand bound with dark blue buckram cloth, hard covers, gold leaf lettering and simulated raised bands to the spine, hand made Spanish marble end papers, coloured header & ribbon book mark. Price £ 35.00 + £6.00 postage( UK ) 600gms.

Notes on the Early History of The Royal Regiment of Artillery by C ol. F.D.Cleaveland

The account of this early history starts from 1267 in the reign of Henry III and continues to 1757 in the reign of George III. Giving listings of various establishment, names quoted, rates of pay, uniform & equipment issued etc. from contemporary sources. Bound with dark blue buckram cloth, gold leaf Royal Regiment of Artillery badge on cover & lettering to spine.

With 272pp, 8vo.various tables of information. Price £ 25.00. 650 gms .

The Story of The Guns( Artillery)c1864

by Sir J.Emerson Tennent

At a period of great change, this publication gives the reader a current position on the race to supply the perfect Rifle Ordnance. It is split up into three parts: .1 The Rifled Musket, 2. Rifled Ordnance, 3. The Iron Navy. With a commentary of the development of the new Rifled Ordnance, its tests and trials and the competition between Amstrong and Whitworth to supply the Services. With 33 illustrations/engravings. Produced A5 size xxii,364pp , hand bound with dark blue buckram cloth, hard covers, gold leaf lettering Ordnance badge on cover in gold leaf. Price £25. 650gms,

The Origin of Artillery By Lt.Col . Henry W.L.Hime R.A.

The Author traces the origin of Gunpowder, Cannon and Ammunition from their earliest existence. With detailed notes and sources on each subject.

The book is in three parts : Part 1 contains Saltpetre, The Greeks, Marchs Graecuts , The Arabs, The Hindus, The Chinese, Friar Bacon. Part 3 contains table of Ammunition ,hand ammunition, war rockets, gunpowder, shock projectiles, ingneous projectiles, igniters, signals, with 16 tables.

With viii, 232pp, A5 size with a B & W plate . Bound in dark blue buckram cloth with gold leaf lettering on spine. Price £21. 470gms.

Gun Founders of England by C.Ffoulkes , With a list of English and Continental Gun Founders from the XIV to the XIX centuries.

This classic work covers the manufacture & design of artillery by the early gun-makers. With details of Guns in iron & brass, powder, shot, proof and range , extracts from historical documents, foundries in London , Calais , Douai , Woolwich & Sussex. With 134pp, 15 B & W plates, 38 drawings in text. A4 size, bound in maroon cloth. Limited Edition of 100 books. Cost £ 25. 660gms.

ARTILLERY: Its Progress and Present Position.

By E.W. Lloyd & A.G.Hadcock .

Originally Published 1893, In two Parts with Appendix

This publication gives a serious overview of the state of Gunnery both of the Army & Navy at a time when new technologies are coming in to service . The authors use their experience at Elswick and Woolwick Arsenal . Describing many guns and ancillaries, hoists, with all forms of weapons, ammunition and defenses . The book contents cover the subjects :

Part 1 Artillery before & after the Crimean, Gun-construction, Naval Gun Mountings, Hydraulic Gun-Mountings, Quick Firing Guns, Coast-Defence Guns and mountings, Ammunition, Field ,Mountain and Siege Artillery.

Part 2 Internal Ballistics and External Ballistics. Appendix covers details of the various illustrations, tables.

Produced A4 size xii + 463pp, 93 plates + folding table.

Price £45.00. Weight 1.94Kg.

Modern Guns and Gunnery (1907) , Second Edition. By Lt. Col. H.A.Bethell RFA.

A practical manual for Officers of the Horse, Field & Mountain Artillery.With the introduction of Quick Firing Guns, the re-armament at such an extraordinary rate of howitzers and mountain guns in various nations, this has ment a large increase in guns, equipment, carriages & ammunition in use. The author looks at over 20 different nations and details their equipment, and mentions over 12 various manufactures. Each subject is covered in detail and includes Breech Actions, sights, rifiling , recoil, H.E. Shells, limber, wagon, Howitzer, Mountain Gun, etc. A4 size. 364pp, 36 B & W photos, 120 drawimgs & illustrations in text, 17 tables. Cost £ 37. 1550gms

Modern Artillery in the Field 1911. by Colonel . H, A. Bethell R.F.A.

A Description of the Artillery of the Field Artillery and the principles and methods of its employment.

A book of 4 parts: Equipment, Practical Gunnery, Minor Tactics of Artillery, Combined Tactics.

The parts have Chapters on :The Q.F. Field Gun, The Q.F. Howitzer, Heavy Field Gun and Howitzer, Horse and Mountain Artillery, The Q.F. Balloon Gun, Ammunition, Artillery Draught, Arms & Stores, Field Artillery Fire, Fire Discipline, Entrenchments, Organization, command, Reconnaissance, camps and quarters, outposts, marchers, manoeuvre, Artillery Positions, Modern Q.F. Tactics , Artillery Tactics against the various arms, tactics of Horse and Mountain Artillery, The support of Infantry by Artillery, Artillery advanced and rear guard, in night operations, in Fortress Warfare, under special conditions,in Aero-Naval Warfare.

This edition is A4 size with x, 394pp+ 4pp of amendments 1912, 13 B & W photographs, 126 drawings & illustrations in the text. ISBN 978 -1-906394-35-6 Cost £ 37.00 + £5( UK ) 1.4Kg

The Artillerist’s Manual

Adapted to the Service of The United States , Second Edition, Revised & Enlarged By Brig.Gen John Gibson , US Army .

This classic work covering the Civil War period ordnance has 13 chapters covering the following subjects: Gunpowder, ordnance, form of ordnance-materials, rifles, projectiles, artillery carriages, materials etc, the theory of fire, the practice of fire, fuzes , artillery implements, ammunition, field artillery, attack and defence of fortified places.

With 478pp, 30 plates showing 230 detailed drawings of ordnance & equipment ,in addition to 280 detailed illustrations/ drawings in the text. A 4 size. Hand bound in navy blue buckram cloth, gold leaf lettering. Cost £ 45.00 + £7 ( UK ) 1.73Kg

FRENCH ARTILLERY of 1824 . By P.L.Dawson & Dr. S.Summerfield .

This is not one book but three in one covering the development of the subject its manuals, tactics & ordnance upto 1824

The book is split up as follows: Part 1: Gribeauval and AnXI Systems by the two authors. An overview of nearly 100 years of French manuals, tactics and ordnance. With a number of short biographies of important personalities. Written in 7 chapters & 5 appendices. In total 92pp. Part 2: Ministre de Guerre (1824) a 24 page introduction then 112 pages of this 1824 Artillery manual. Part 3: Levault F.G. Originally 26 plates showing the drill in serving the Artillery at that time and detailed drawings of the Ordnance itself. This presented into 51 plates with English annotations by the authors.

In addition to the above, 6 colour plates of the period are added and 8 new colour plates drawn by Stephen Summerfield on modern computer graphics show 28 Barrels/Artillery pieces & 2 plates showing the servicing of the Guns by modern day re-enactors.

There are 300pp A4 size , 51 detailed line drawings plus the colour plates mentioned above. Bound in dark green “ Balacrome ” material with gold leaf lettering, & French badge on cover. Price £ 50.00. Postage ( UK ) £8. 1.65Kg

Theoretical and Practical TREATISE ON FRENCH ARTILLERY 1852. By G.Piobert , Translated by Col. Begbie .

Third Edition, Revised and enlarged to show all the improvements introduced & in the progress in small arms & Artillery.

This Treatise consists of three parts :1 . an elementary & practical, 2. a theoretical & experimental, 3, applications to the material of artillery. All of pre Crimean War period.

Contents include: Description & effect of Small Arms, Description & effects of Ordnance, Description & use of Artillery Carriages ( Voitures ), Description & properties of Pontoon Train, Proof & Conditions of reception of the material of Artillery, Organization Use and duties of Artillery. There are xix, 496pp A4, 85 detailed line drawings + 4 supplemental plates on Britten’s shell’s . Price £ 45.00 1.5Kg( Example of this book shown in photograph section)

L’Artillerie Nouvelle (1924). By Capt. L.Thouvenin . Published ALL in FRENCH.

It is three books in one, Ammunition, Ordnance & Material. Covering all artillery types from a simple trench mortar to a massive 520 Schneider Rail Gun. With ever possible piece of Ordnance in between. A good section of semi-mobile and tracked artillery with some very detailed illustrations of every WWI period vehicles are included. With 400pp A4 size, 323 illustrations. Bound in dark blue cloth, gold leaf lettering & ordnance badges on front cover. Cost £ 37.50. 1330gms.

History of the Indian Mountain Artillery by Brig-Gen. C.A.L. Graham.

The finest book on the subject, details on the Regiments history, its service, ordnance & technical information. Going through its service from the 1770’s through to 1949. Lists of various named units, on battery & post guns, survey units, training centres, artillery stations, information on ordnance, range tables etc. A5 size, xv, 470pp, 16 illustrations/photos, 8 maps. Bound in dark blue cloth with gold leaf lettering & special figure design on book cover. Cost £ 30. 840gms. (Example of this book shown in photograph)

The Military Mule in the British Army and Indian Army .

An Anthology, by Brian Nicolls , Philip Malins M.B.E., M.C., and Charles Macfetridge .

The three authors cover :Over two hundered years of invaluable service , The Indian Army Transport Mule, The Mountain Mule. This book published for the British Mule Society is the only book detailing the service the Mule has given to the service of the British & Indian Army. A5 size bound in khaki cloth with gold leaf lettering & the BMS badges in gold leaf on the book cover. 322pp, over 40 B & W photos, and an additional appendix of engravings from various handbook from the 1860-1930’s showing the equipments used to carry the ordnance & equipment. Cost £ 25. 650gms . ( Example of this book shown in photograph)

Memoir of the Services of The Bengal Artillery by Capt. E.Buckle .

From the formation of the Corps to the present time (1852).

Starting with the history from 1756, using battalion guns, Rocket Troop, campaigns in Java , Burma , Afghan , Gwalior , Sikh Wars. With accounts of use of Guns & carriages, Madrass patten , howitzer & mortar combined carriage, siege, mountain train carriages etc.A detailed and invaluable account of the period 1748-1849. With details of individual Officers services. Produced A5 size, xvi, 592pp, 18 engravings (10 Medals 18 Gun Carriages) with full index. Bound in dark blue balacrome , Spanish marble end papers, gold leaf lettering, gun design on book cover, & on books top paper edge. Very High Quality book. Cost £ 50. 940gms . ( Example of this book shown in photograph)

History of Coast Artillery in the British Army

by Col. K.W.Maurice -Jones D.S.O.

The only book on the subject, the author of this book covers 400 years of Artillery and Gunnery history. From the “castles” built by Henery VIII with smooth-bore to concrete fortifications with Q.F. ordnance, search lights, motor boats and shells with high explosive. All events are covered with technical & scientific developments in the nature of gunnery & naval advancements. All sites of various Coast Artillery in the Empire are listed with their ordnance, maps are included to show their position. To complete the subject a selection of 12 detailed scale plans are included of the main ordnance used by Coastal Defence.In this new edition of this classical publication. Produced A5 size, xvi ,334pp 12 detailed plans, 12 maps. Bound in dark blue with red lettering on spine & Reg , badge on cover. Cost £25. 650gm. (Example of this book shown in photograph)

History of the Hull Artillery (1907) by Major R.Saunders R.A.

History of 2 nd East Riding of Yorkshire, Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers) to give its full title. A rare history of a local Volunteer Artillery Corps with its development as a Coast and Dock defence force. As much a local history record as a military one it gives a detailed account of the events, records of the Officers & men who served, and their pay, drill, parades, camps & service. With appendices on list of C.O’s , Adjutants, Officers, Per. Staff, Staff Ser & Sergeants. A5 size, x,72pp, 86 pages of XXII appendices, with 26 B & W photos of Officers & 6 of Cups & H.Q. etc. Bound in dark blue cloth with red lettering on spine. Coloured decorative cover. Cost £25. 440gms.

The Congreve Rocket System By Maj -Gen. Sir W.Congreve , Bt. M.P .

The various applications of this weapon, both at sea and land service, in the field & in sieges.

Illustrated by plates of the principal exercises & service.

This classic work covers: Use of Rockets by Infantry, by Cavalry in bombardment, general rule of armament, powers of ammunition, instructions for strength of troop, equipment of Rocket Cavalry, equipment of the ammunition horse, Rocket Cavalry, field carriages, Infantry in line of march & in action. Mode of using rockets in bombardment, rocket ambuscade, use of rockets in attack & defence, Infantry vs. Cavalry, use of boats, in fire-ships & discharge from ships. With 84pp ,A4 size, with 12 A3 size fold out plates with up to 4 drawings per plate. Bound in dark blue balacrome , gold leaf lettering and gold design of Rocket Cavalryman on cover. Limited Edition of 100 books. Cost £ 30.00 + 800gms . (Example of this book shown in photograph section)

Aide- Memoire to THE MILITARY SCIENCES 1850-1853.

framed from contributions of Officers of the different services and edited by

A Committee of the Corps of Engineers.

The object of this work was to supply as far as practicable, the many and common wants of Officers in the Field, in the Colonies, and remote Stations where books of reference are seldom to be found, useful to the Engineer, Artillery and Line Officers , in their military capacity as well as to the Governors and Commandants of Posts in their civil capacity and instructive to all the junior branches of the Service in their leisure hours.

The “Aide- Memoire ” was not intended to be a Military Dictionary or Encyclopaedia or even a manual but as a reminder and reference for which short essays and tables are given to the Military and Collateral Sciences previously studied. The alphabetical arrangement has been followed for convenience. It is found to embrace most contingencies required not of an elementary nature in:

Sapping and Mining

Engineering Duties in the Field, Attack & Defence, Garrison

Pontooning and Passages of Rivers

Principles of the Duties of the Cavalry ,Artillery,Infantry & Staff Officers.

Including the tactics of the three Arms each of which before needed a separate reference. Considering the multifarious avocations common to every part of the British Army, and more especially those of the Engineer Corps, the labour has been long taking a period of seven years to complete and due to a revision of several subjects by the contributors in Vol. I a Second Editions has been necessary.

Each Volume has numerous plates and wood-cuts each of which can have up to 20 or more illustrations/drawings on the subject matter. Many of which are true works of art from the draughtsman’s hands. The three Volume’s divided as follows:

Vol. I , 2 nd Edition,1853, Abattis - Ford. 545pp 141 plates.

Vol II 1 st Edition ,1850 , Fortification- Palanque , 546pp 117 plate

Vol. II 1 st Edition 1852, Palaeontology- Zig-Zag . 794pp 74 plates

Each Volume is hand bound in grey buckram with red label & double gold leaf lettering, and lines top & bottom with gold leaf on the spine and a badge to front cover. A4 size with some fold put plates A3 size. Marble effect endpapers. All done to match.

With each volume having upward of 70 different subject titles it is not possible to start to list them all so the contents pages are available on request. (Example of this book shown in photograph section)

The cost per Volume is £60 + postage or all three are available for a special price of £150.00 +postage. Weight of each Vol is: I . 2400gms , II. 2300gms , III . 2600gms

AIDE- MEMOIRE for the USE of OFFICERS OF ROYAL ENGINEERS Compiled by Colonel A.C.Cooke C.B.,R.E.

In 2 Vols :

Vol 1 Formulae ,Tables,Military Satatistics & Memoranda,

Vol 2 Permanent Engineering Works.

Published in 1876, this pair of books provided the Royal Engineers Officer with all the information & data needed to be a Military Engineer. Information on Artillery, fortifications, barracks, powder magazines, hydraulic, railway, surveys, transport, bridges, with data & formule .

Vol 1 has 394pp 222 illustrations, Vol. 2 has 482pp 280 illustrations .

Bound to match in red Buckram material with gold leaf lettering, & Royal Arms badge on cover. Price £ 95.00 for bothVol’s . WeightVol 1. 1.37Kg Vol 2. 1.60Kg

For more details of any of the above publications, send 4 x 1 st Class Stamps or 4 x I.R.C.’s for a illustrated catalogue to the address shown on the main page. 10/9/08 .