Encyclopaedia of firearms

Excerpt from inside front cover - "For all those who love guns and their colourful history, here is a volume of nearly 250 entries, ranging from brief explanatory paragraphs to long essays, describing the different kinds of firearms used throughout the world from the invention of gunpowderto the present day. Edited by Harold L. Peterson, Staff Historian of the United States National Park Service and an authority of international reputation, this magnificent book is the first to offer an encyclopaedic survey of the entire field of small arms."