MILITARY BOLT ACTION RIFLES 1841-1918.

Alexandria Bay / Bloomfield: Museum Restoration Service, 1993. 142 pp, 11 1/4" H. B&w photographs, drawings. "This book is essentially a catalog; a project of compilation and synthesis. It is an attempt to draw together, from where ever, basic and core information into a cohesive identification guidebook. Suh a book cannot be a detailed 'last word' on any of its listings, nor is it intended to be. For that reason, bibliographic sources and references have been appended to each entry. It would simply not be possible, in a volume such as this, to attempt to list and illustrate every pattern, model variation, modifcation and alteration, of every pre 1918 bolt action rifle ever produced. From inventors models, to varied production versins, to later modifications, the range is almost infinite. For these reasons, the author focused on the standard models and modifications that were manufactured in some quantity either for actual service or at least for full field trials." Includes examples from Argentina, Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Siam, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United States, and Uruguay. Book has light cigarette odour, slight waviness and very light yellowing on the fore-edge of the text block. Dust jacket has very light tanning on the spine and flap-folds, one very tiny edge tear.. Not Signed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+.