Comprising an Editor's Preface, Author's Foreword, Introduction, sixty-three chapters of profusely illustrated text plus a Bibliography, Glossary, and comprehensive 34-page Index, this is the most complete and authoritative account ever published of every aspect of the Pistole Parabellum the world's most collectable handgun. Volume I discusses and depicts the historical antecedents of the Parabellum with emphasis on the Borchardt C93, and documents the derivation of the Parabellum from the...
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. . These are books meant to be used, not merely admired . . All three [volumes] are jammed full of information concerning the pistols designed by Hugo Borchardt and Georg Luger. Further examination . .will reveal that the content has been organized in an accessible fashion . . From a technical viewpoint, the set displays wonderfully high production standards . . the illustrations are all uniformly of exceptional...
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Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
Condition: Near Fine. Cobourg, Ontario, Canada: Collector Grade Publications Incorporated, 2010. First Edition. Three quarto volumes. 1930pp., with continuous pagination. Profusely illustrated; color and b&w. Green leather boards stamped in gilt; no dust jackets. Housed in publisher's glossy slipcase. A few inoffensive smudges to boards. Bindings sound and pages unmarked. Slipcase shows mild shelfwear to edges and a couple inoffensive surface scratches; overall a Near Fine set. Seller Inventory # 31633
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Seller: BSG BOOKS, Covington, LA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Three huge hard bound volumes, each measuring 8.75" x 11.25", in a pictorial slipcase. 1930 pages. Over 1900 illustrations. Sharp, detailed photographs that clearly show the markings on the guns. This massive new slipcased three-volume set is the most complete and authoritative account ever published of every facet of Parabellum history - Its antecedents; its derivation from the Borchardt C93; all models (prototype, German military , foreign contract and commercial); all manufacturers; the official production procedure; military procurement; markings (factory internal, proof, acceptance, serial numbers, and unit); police safeties and selective-fire conversions; manuals; holsters and holster/stocks; magazines and drums; maintenance accessories; sub-caliber conversions; cases and cartons; ammunition, and more. The basis for coverage of the military models is a new expanded English-language translation of the celebrated book Die Pistole 08 by the late Joachim Gortz. This is the first and only Luger study to come to grips with the vexing issue of fakery. This has been a particularly grievous problem for advanced Luger collectors in the past, because the items in question are often so rare as to be virtually impossible to compare with similar speciments of known genuinity in order to confirm their authenticity. This dire situation has been very considerably alleviated by the meticulous text and the nearly two thousand sharp, clear illustrations, mostly in full colour, which painstakingly depict and compare the key details of hundreds of genuine examples of exquisite rarity with those of known fakes. The exhaustive Index in Volume III directs the reader to over 50 specific entries under the heading "Fakery". Here is carte blanche to perhaps the most comprehensive private collection of German cartridge small arms ever assembled, including Parabellums and related artefacts and documents worth conservatively several millions of dollars. A truly fantastic and outstanding set of reference books for less than 20 cents per page. Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. Seller Inventory # 4611
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Seller: Edmonton Book Store, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: no dustjacket. 4to Three quarto volumes. 1930pp. in slipcase , with continuous pagination. Profusely illustrated; colour and black and white. Green leather boards stamped in gilt; no dust jackets. Very heavy book additional postage will apply. book. Seller Inventory # 320913
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