Australia. Australian Service Longarms and Australian Service Bayonets (Pair)

1. Australian Service Longarms by Ian D. Skennerton: hardcover, yellow cloth exterior, copyright 1975, published in 1976 at Margate and printed by Watson Ferguson & Company of Brisbane, ISBN 0 9597438 0 4, inscribed "Of a limited edition of two thousand copies this is number" and numbered in handwritten black ink "882" on the fly page, with six chapters entitled: 1. Australians in Service; 2. Their Longarms - Pre Federation; 3. Their Longarms - Post Federation; 4. Plates and Technical Data; 5. Small Arms Factory, Lithgow; 6. Issue, Manufacture & Other Markings. As described on the dust jacket: "From the flintlock smoothbore to automatic smallbore, this work details Australian military arms and their usage from the dawn of our colonial history to the present day. Special attention is paid to Australian manufactured arms, and a considerable portion of the book is devoted to the history and production of the Small Arms Factory at Lithgow, New South Wales." It contains 222 pages of text, photographs and line drawings throughout, printed in black ink on a white semi-gloss paper stock, measuring 155 mm (w) x 247 mm (h) x 21 mm (d), with foxing evident on the top of the pages, wear along the bottom edge of the book, experiencing some tearing and repair on the dust jacket); 2. Australian Service Bayonets by Ian D. Skennerton: hardcover, blue cloth exterior, copyright 1976, published in 1976 at Margate and printed by Watson Ferguson & Company of Brisbane, ISBN 0 9597438 1 2, inscribed "Of a limited edition of two thousand copies this is number" and number in handwritten black ink "1229" on the fly page, with six chapters entitled: 1. Pre-Federation Issues;

2. Post-Federation Issues; 3. Australian Production; 4. Experimental & Prototype Models; 5. Plates & Technical Data; 6. Issue, Manufacture and Other Markings. As described on the dust jacket: "Designed as a companion to "Australian Service Longarms", "Australian Service Bayonets" details the issue and usage of bayonets in Australia from the early days as a penal colony, to the present time. Much new material is introduced on Australian production, experimental and prototype models, some of which are quite unique and peculiar to Australia." It contains 148 pages of text, photographs and line drawings throughout, printed in black ink on a white semi-gloss paper stock, measuring 155 mm (w) x 247 mm (h) x 16 mm (d), with foxing evident on the top of the pages, wear along the bottom edge of the book, experiencing some tearing and repair on the dust jacket).

Together, better than very fine.

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