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Sniper: A History of the US Marksman
by Martin Pegler
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1841769797
- ISBN 13
- 9781841769790
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
£7.98£5.58
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About This Item
London, UK: Osprey Publishing, 2007 Osprey Publishing, London, UK. 2007. Hardcover. First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light bumping to head and tail. DJ: Near Fine; light bumping to head and tail; light rubbing to panels. Black cloth boards and spine with bright silver lettering on the spine. Light green endpapers. 280 pp 8vo. In this book, the author gives and in-depth study of the development of the rifle and the parallel emergence of the American rifleman, sharpshooter, and sniper. Starting with the earliest firearms, the author traces the marksman's evolution from the 15th Century to the 21st Century highlighting the rifle's impact on American military history. The book concludes with a study of the American sniper and sniping rifle's importance in modern warfare. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
Synopsis
Martin Pegler was born in 1954 and has a BA Hons in Medieval and Modern History and an MA in Museum Studies, both from University College, London. He is the author of a number of books including ' The Military Sniper since 1914 ' (Osprey, 2001); and ' Firearms in the American West 1700-1900 ' (The Crowood Press, 2002), and he has also contributed to a number of magazines. In the 1980s he had the privilege of interviewing many World War I veterans about their wartime experiences, and the recordings are now part of the sound archives of the Imperial War Museum, London. Martin was the Senior Curator of Firearms at the Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds for many years. He now lives in the Somme, France, where he and his wife run a small bed and breakfast, which is situated on top of the old German front line! Martin has established The Somme Historical Centre (www.martinpegler.com), where visitors can see the technology used in the 1914-18 trench warfare. He is currently an author and firearms consultant and he also lectures at local Great War museums. In his spare time Martin runs motorcycle tours of the Somme battlefield. The author lives in Somme, France.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013691
- Title
- Sniper: A History of the US Marksman
- Author
- Martin Pegler
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1841769797
- ISBN 13
- 9781841769790
- Publisher
- Osprey Publishing
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 2007
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- sniper, snipers, marksmen, riflemen, long rifles, telescopic sites, American Army, sniping rifle, Operation Iraqi Freedom, World War II, Japanese snipers, Pacific Theater, ghillie suits,
Terms of Sale
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30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Jacket
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- Tight
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- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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