Holland & Holland Collection History Gun & Rifle Book + 1910 Catalog Facsimile

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This set consists of a maroon paper folder containing a pair of softcover books:1) HOLLAND & HOLLAND Ltd., GUN & RIFLE MANUFACTURERS, P8 NEW BOND STREET, LONDON, W. This has pictorial blue, green and black covers, with embossed, gilt prize medals. This is a facsimile reprint of a Holland & Holland catalogue "produced during the period 1910-1912." Sections include; photographs of the factory and shooting grounds, gun-fitting and try guns, de luxe guns, single trigger guns, rifles (big game), high velocity rifles, Paradox guns (9 pages), rook rifles, rook rifles and plainer quality guns and rifles, guns and rifles taken in exchange. 72 pages2) A PART OF THE HOLLAND & HOLAND COLLECTION: WITH A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE COMPANY AND NOTES ON RELATED SUBJECTS 1976. Plain white card with titles in black. Sections include; Some notes on the history of the .Company, The Holland & Holland Collection, company records, guncase trade labels, the Braendlin-Albini rifle, Astbury's patent, Perkes's patent, Col. Fosburyand the Paradox gun, Holland's patent ejector, single trigger, belted rimless cartridge, patent self-opening mechanism, the 'Royal' Cartridge, big-game rifles and cartridges, shotgun barrel making, punt gunning, 'The Field' Rifle Trials of 1883. 71 pages.Books are in excellent near mint condition. Folder shows some light shelf wear.