USED THE BOOK OF THE GUN

Description

Used “The Book of the Gun” by Harold L. Peterson, Hardcover, Good condition

The book presents firearms from gunpowder to magazine weapons.  It is a story of vast scope and high excitement, as men changed their way of waging war and hunting game.  Full-colour studies of important guns in historic settings have been specially photographed for this book to prove rich illustration.  Ranges from arsenal-matchlocks, wheel locks, flintlocks, breechloaders, repeaters and magazine arms.  The story beings with Friar Bacon’s experiments with the substance we now call gunpowder.

Features:

•  262 pages total
• Hardcover