USED THE MANTONS: GUNMAKERS

Description

“The Mantons: Gunmakers” by W. Keith Neal and D.H.L.Back. First Edition Herbert Jenkins 1967. Hardcover. Good condition.

A closely documented book opens with an appreciation of John and Joseph Manton as gunmakers.  Features of interest in Joseph Manton’s life are given year by year.  The immense number of firearms by John and Joseph Manton which have been traced are recorded chronologically, so that the owner of a gun by either maker may, by reference to the serial number, determine the date of a particular firearm with the greatest accuracy.

Features:

• 300 pages total
• 8 pages color plates, 64 pages half-tone plates, 16 pages of Manton’s drawings
• Hardcover