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Wood, Stacy B. C. , Jr. and, Whisker, James Biser Arms Makers of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Bedford, PA Old Bedford Village Press 1991 Hardcover Very Good with no dust jacket
142 pages, well illustrated, pictorial boards, very good. 8 by 11 inches. From the introduction: "Nearly all studies of the Pennsylvania-Kentucky long rifle assume that this distinctively American rifle was invented in Lancaster County sometime in the second quarter of the 18th century. It was not a sudden development but represented an evolution fro the German juerger (hunter) rifle, long in use in Middle Europe. The earliest dated rifle located so far was made by John Schreidt and dated 1761."
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100.00 USD
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Whisker, James B. Arms Makers of Pennsylvania.
Selinsgrove Susquehanna University Press 1990 0941664813 / 9780941664813 Hardcover Very Good in Good dust jacket
218 pages, well illustrated, cloth, DJ, very good. 8 by 11 inches. From the DJ: "James B. Whisker's ARMS MAKERS OF PENNSYLVANIA concentrates primarily on the cottage-industry gunsmiths and gun makers who worked in the Keystone State from its early years through 1900. Illustrated with detailed photographs of the arms makers' craftsmanship, this well-documented historical study is devoted to concise biographical sketches of the gunsmiths with full citations showing the source of information for each entry."
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50.00 USD
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Chandler, Roy F. and, Whisker, James B. Behold, the Longrifle.
Bedford, PA Old Bedford Village Press 1993 Hardcover Very Good in Good dust jacket
[2], 244 pages, well illustrated, cloth, DJ, oblong 11 by 8 inches, very good. From the DJ: Behold The Longrifle is a magnificent collection of 'Kentucky' RIfles photographed by Dr. James S. Whisker. The authors have selected longrifles from diverse counties in many states. Those depicted range from earliest to the very late periods. May are extremely valuable pieces. Some are unique as others are traditional in design, character and decoration."
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150.00 USD
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Whisker, James B. Gunsmiths of Adams, Franklin and Cumberland Counties, Pennsylvania.
Bedford, PA Old Bedford Village Press 1989 Hardcover Very Good with no dust jacket
[2], 126 pages, well illustrated, pictorial boards, very good. 8 by 11 inches. From the introduction: "Cumberland County was formed on 17 January 1750 out of Lancaster County. Franklin County was formed on 9 September 1784 out of Cumberland County. Adams Count was created on 22 January 1800 out of York County. The trade of gunsmithing was already well established in these counties before the first was created; and well before the Revolutionary War."
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100.00 USD
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Chandler, Roy F. and, Whisker, James B. Kentucky Rifle Patchboxes and Barrel Marks. [And] Kentucky Rifle Patchboxes all New Volume 2 [two volumes, complete]
Author 1992 First Edition Hardcover Very Good with no dust jacket
Two volumes (400 pages and approximately 200 pages) , well illustrated, cloth, 8 by 11 inches. Stated first printing. First volume a little shelf worn otherwise very good. Volume two is fine. From the foreword of volume 2: "My friend Jim Whisker and that distinguished scholar of the American rifle, Rocky Chandler, herewith offer another study of the Pennsylvania-Kentucky rifle. If the ancient Chinese proverb is true, 'a picture is worth ten thousand words,' then this is indeed a monumental work for it contains scores of photographs of Kentucky Rifle Patchboxes never before assembled between two covers."
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300.00 USD
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Whisker, James B. The Citizen Soldier and United States Military Policy
North River Press 1979 0884270351 / 9780884270355 First Edition Hardcover Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
X, 110 pages, cloth, DJ, very good. From the dust jacket: ". . . Consists of two parts. The first part - the Introduction - is an extended essay on the history of the citizen soldier, or militia. Prof. Whisker traces the use of citizen soldiers from the select fryd and great fryd to the Trained Bands of American colonial days. He then contrasts that Western European use (and its waning in recent American history) with the extensive use made of civilian-trained soldiers in the Soviet Union, and in Germany and Italy under fascism. The second part of the book is a reprint of the 1966 Arthur D. Little, Inc. Report to the United States Department of the Army on the Army's Civilian Marksmanship Program. " B17-3; 110 pages
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20.00 USD
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