Search Results: Titles starting with D from David Jackson

The works of William Smith as editor demand a certain amount of concentration as the material presented is very thorough; in addition these works were written at a time when the level of education far surpassed what is general today as evidenced by the many writers' inclusion of Greek and Latin quotations with citations but no translations. In other words, the reader was expected to be familiar with languages, particularly with Latin and Greek.
The condition of the actual books themselves is poor. The text blocks, for the most part, are useable though the boards are very fragile in terms of remaining with the book. In particular the spine of Volume 2 is detached at the front edge. Are these books restorable? I don't really know about that, it is the information in them which seems the most important.
The Preface writer says that the work is intended to furnish an account of Christian Antiquities to the time of Charlemagne; beginning at the time of the apostles and ceases at the beginning of what we… Read More

From the front end flap of the dj: "Although the amount of literature published about the Luger continues to grow this book describes a part of the Luger's past which is still little known: its history in the Netherlands. The Netherlands, one of the first countries to hold extensive pistol trials, from 1899 until 1906, finally made the Luger the pistol the official service handgun for the Dutch East Indies Army and the Dutch Navy." This book, "gives an extensive description of the Dutch pistol trials, the Luger's competitors in these trials, (such as the Browning, Mannlicher, Mauser, Roth and Schwarzlose) and the different models of the Luger in Dutch service." The book and dj are both in excellent condition. The dj is in Brodart. Dimensions and weight approximate. Shipping via Media Mail to the lower 48 US only.