Shown are the various caliber mortars used by the German infantry during World Wars I & II.

Secondhand, V G Cond., Mylar covered.

This book is about the keris.
However, a discussion of the keris is a discussion of life in Javanese, Balinese, Madurese, Sulawesi, and other Indonesian communities where the keris is found and used. These weapons were originally of the species referred to as stabbing weapons. Further development gave rise to variations in form and function, due to diverse factors such as geographical situation and environmental influences. The keris is one product of this evolution. It has achieved its present form and function after a sufficiently long era of development.

Hardcover

Ersatz (substitute) bayonets were made in Germany during the early years of World War I, because there weren't enough regulation bayonets to equip the rapidly expanding army. Ersatz bayonets were manufactured in local workshops, resulting in hundreds of variations. I only have a small number of examples, however, these should aid in making a general identification. The German specification was for a 12-inch blade. In addition to newly-constructed bayonets, Ersatz Bayonets were also created by modifying captured bayonets of other countries. As time went on, these stop-gap bayonets were replaced by regulation bayonets and many went n to Turkish forces. The Turks shortened many blades to 10-inches and shortened examples can be presumed to have been in Turkish hands (or 'Turked' if you like).

Secondhand, V G Cond.,

Secondhand, VGCond, Ltd Edn # 244 of 1000
In less than four years Edouard Foa covered 7200 miles, mostly on foot--from the Zambezi delta on Africa's east coast to the mouth of the Congo on the west. He risked every form of tropical disease and death from dangerous game and the unreliability of early guns. Foa succeeded in his efforts to create for the Paris Museum one of the finest collections of African animals and plants in the world. his account is full of hard, almost fatally earned bush knowledge.

Covers German Flare Guns and Ammunition from 1889 to 2010, features 703 pages in full-colour with thousands of photographs.
The book will be very useful to collectors, buyers and sellers of German flare pistols and ammunition.
"Anyone interested in WWII German flare guns must have this book. Written by a man who has a passion for flare guns, this book explains in great detail all of the different WWII production flare pistols as well as the hundreds of different munitions used with flare pistols.
A fascinating reference book!"

Sharps Firearms, Volume 4.
This volume contains 492 pages and includes the following chapters: Model 1878 Military Rifles, Sharps Model 1878 Military Carbines, Sharps Model 1878 Officer’s Model Rifles & Carbines and “Special Military Rifles,” Model 1878 Long Range Target Rifles, Model 1878 Sporting Rifles, Model 1878 Mid-Range Target Rifles, Model 1878 Short Range Target Rifles, Model 1878 Schützen Target Rifles, Model 1878 Business Rifles, Model 1878 Hunter’s Rifles, Model 1878 Express Rifles, Model 1878 “A” Rifles & Model 1874 “Saddle Rifles”, Sharps Repeating Rifles and Lee Rifles, Model 1878 Overbaugh Rifles, Gunsmith Modified Model 1878 Rifles, Sharps Long Range Rifles in Great Britain & Ireland, Sharps Line-Throwing Guns, Sharps Double-Barrel Shotguns, Sharps & Hankins Rifles and Carbines, Modern Sharps Firearms and The Decline & Fall of the Sharps Company.

WOLFGANG BERK; Text German / English, 280 pages, hardcover, hundreds of color photos!
After decades of research into William Tranter's weapons, the author now presents us with this impressive basic work. It enables not only collectors, but also dealers and auction houses to precisely classify and describe weapons manufactured by Tranter.
The picture section shows almost all of the weapon models manufactured by Tranter in colour, each from the right and left side and often also with a cassette. The numbers found also make it possible to correctly estimate the frequency of a weapon in a particular calibre.
This makes the book an indispensable reference work for collectors and arms dealers!

Detailed coverage of the sights found on rifles such as Ballard, Marlin, Colt, Maynard, Peabody, Remington, Savage, Sharps, Stevens, Wesson, Whitney, Winchester, etc. The book covers the products made by the companies that made the rifles as listed above, as well as sight manufacturers such as Lyman, King, and Marbles. Also covered are sights made by experimenters and tinkerers who had some production, often with just a sight or two in their product line. A chapter is devoted to some of the early telescopic sight manufacturers such as Mogg, Malcolm, Sidle, Stevens, and several that are so obscure that most collectors have never heard of them. Sight adjusters, which are occasionally found comprise another chapter. To finish the book the last chapter is devoted to some of the sight patents.

Swords of the Emperor.
A Guide to the Identification of Imperial Japanese Swords, 1873 – 1945
Japan is internationally renowned for its traditional swords, but comparatively little has been written about the swords of the Imperial period, which include both traditional, hand-made examples and modern, machine-made types. After Japan was ‘opened’ to the West in the 19th century, a period of rapid modernization saw the adoption of European-style military arms, uniforms, and accoutrements. This was also reflected in changes to military swords, which closely echoed Western designs—albeit with a Japanese twist—until a period of resurgent nationalism in the 1930s that continued through the Second World War. Swords of the Emperor follows the evolution of Japanese military, police, diplomatic, and court swords throughout this fascinating, complex period.