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This book is the Rosetta Stone for gun collectors!.......1998-03-24
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Handguns is a fantastic reference for the avid gun and militaria collector. It is a vast compendium of sketches and illustrations of thousands of handguns from around the world and accross time. It is organized by country of manufacture and includes a brief treatise on the companies referenced. The great value of this book lies in its use as tool to determine the origin of obscure, cryptically marked handguns and rare variations of better known models. The weakness of the book lies in its organization. This tome could benefit from a good cross-referenced index. Nonetheless, it is a work that all serious collectors of this genre should own.
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Pistols of the World
Ian V. Hogg , and
John Walter
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From small bore to big bore, nearly every metallic cartridge pistol made since the late 1850s is listed here. Collectors receive the most complete, authoritative, and illustrated reference with more than 3,000 alphabetically categorized handgun listings that feature historical facts, model descriptions, caliber chamberings, manufacturers, and photos.
More than 1,000 listings and 20 years of coverage were added since the previous edition.
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• Features nearly every metallic cartridge pistol made around the world since the late 1850s
• More than 3,000 alphabetically categorized handgun listings feature historical facts, model descriptions, caliber chamberings, manufacturers, and photos
• More than 1,000 listings and 20 years of coverage added since previous edition
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Greil Marcus, author of Mystery Train, widely acclaimed as the best book ever written about America as seen through its music, began work on this new book out of a fascination with the Sex Pistols: that scandalous antimusical group, invented in London in 1975 and dead within two years, which sparked the emergence of the culture called punk. "I am an antichrist!" shouted singer Johnny Rotten--where in the world of pop music did that come from? Looking for an answer, with a high sense of the drama of the journey, Marcus takes us down the dark paths of counterhistory, a route of blasphemy, adventure, and surprise.
This is no mere search for cultural antecedents. Instead, what Marcus so brilliantly shows is that various kinds of angry, absolute demands--demands on society, art, and all the governing structures of everyday life--seem to be coded in phrases, images, and actions passed on invisibly, but inevitably, by people quite unaware of each other. Marcus lets us hear strange yet familiar voices: of such heretics as the Brethren of the Free Spirit in medieval Europe and the Ranters in seventeenth-century England; the dadaists in Zurich in 1916 and Berlin in 1918, wearing death masks, chanting glossolalia; one Michel Mourre, who in 1950 took over Easter Mass at Notre-Dame to proclaim the death of God; the Lettrist International and the Situationist International, small groups of Paris--based artists and writers surrounding Guy Debord, who produced blank-screen films, prophetic graffiti, and perhaps the most provocative social criticism of the 1950s and '60s; the rioting students and workers of May '68, scrawling cryptic slogans on city walls and bringing France to a halt; the Sex Pistols in London, recording the savage "Anarchy in the U.K." and "God Save the Queen."
Although the Sex Pistols shape the beginning and the end of the story, Lipstick Traces is not a book about music; it is about a common voice, discovered and transmitted in many forms. Working from scores of previously unexamined and untranslated essays, manifestos, and filmscripts, from old photographs, dada sound poetry, punk songs, collages, and classic texts from Marx to Henri Lefebvre, Marcus takes us deep behind the acknowledged events of our era, into a hidden tradition of moments that would seem imaginary except for the fact that they are real: a tradition of shared utopias, solitary refusals, impossible demands, and unexplained disappearances. Written with grace and force, humor and an insistent sense of tragedy and danger, Lipstick Traces tells a story as disruptive and compelling as the century itself.
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a primer for the uninitiated.......2006-05-30
a close, "academic" reading of L.T. would render great many imperfections-factitious or otherwise. However, this is a freely associative account offered as post-structural fodder. When written in ('90) there was little stateside interest in situationism/lettrism/fluxus et. and scholars of the a.garde (i can only think of a handful) were slow to consider art/lit. movements beyond the hegelian arc. yes I had read "society of the spectacle" , knew of the lettrists work, dada, lautremont bla bla-all very predictable stuff for those in the "avant know"-but what I found alluring about L.T. was its anti-academic, messy essence- a welcome shift from hackneyed scholasticism.
A Catalog of Style Leaps........2006-02-11
I agree that this book is a page turner. A great balance of text and contexts. If you are intrigued by it's subject matter (Pistols/Dada/etc..) you'll have a hard time putting it down.
Reeling, heady, and fun.......2005-11-21
Don't start this one looking for a textbook - or anything bland, well-researched, and scholarly. The writing style fits well with the Punk idea - Marcus is clearly quite intelligent and well-read, but you can't possibly forget that he's a journalist at heart. The book is sensationalist at times, but that's allowed - I don't think he means for it to be read like a research paper. It's really long and free-associative, so it can be exhausting to read, but if you have the time and the interest it will certainly expand your view of the past century, and maybe change your ideas about the world in general just a little bit.
What do dada, the Orioles, and the Sex Pistols have in common?.......2005-09-13
Very little. But a sometimes interesting stroll through Greil Marcus's random brain farts.
"It's just a bunch of stuff that happened."
-- Homer Simpson
Brilliant, engaging take on a much-covered subject.......2005-07-09
Ludicrously dismissed by punks and academics alike (revealing something that links them: a profound lack of imagination), Lipstick Traces is the most audacious and brilliant book ever written about popular music, one that barely mentions its purported subject (punk rock). In his absurd attack on Marcus, Richard Meltzer quotes some critic's dismissal of LT as a failed version of his (Meltzer's) own The Aesthetics of Rock; in truth, that book itself is more like a failed version of itself, in which brilliant ideas are let down by virtually unreadable prose. What Marcus does is easy to miss at first, but it becomes obvious over the course of the book: he's not just trying to show us the Guy Debord in Johnny Rotten, but the Johnny Rotten in Guy Debord. And so a book devoted almost entirely to obscure artists, barely given a footnote in any "real" history of art or rock or whatever (the Pistols and the Clash aside, none of the punk bands Marcus admires - the Buzzcocks, the Slits, X-Ray Spex, Essential Logic, the Adverts, even Public Image Ltd. - will ever get much time on VH1) becomes unbelievably exciting and visceral.
Marcus doesn't bother writing much about the Sex Pistols themselves, though his descriptions of their records are almost more amazing than the records themselves. The first half of the book is a rambling screed, taking in subjects as unlikely as Adorno and Michael Jackson's Victory Tour. Marcus doesn't dumb down anything he takes on, and he shuttles back and forth between seemingly unrelated topics so often that some readers may be frustrated. Persevere, and you'll find that Marcus's writing, imposing at first, is ultimately vibrant, witty and illuminating. The second half is a much more straightforward account of the "heroes" of Marcus's vision - Tristan Tzara, Michel Mourre, Debord - though he still has room for a lovely meditation on the Orioles' 1948 "It's Too Soon to Know," which he considers the first rock'n'roll record. What's fascinating about this section is that Marcus either digs up information on people you'd never hear of otherwise (Mourre, a deadbeat sometime-surrealist who made headlines around the world by marching into Notre Dame Church dressed as a monk to proclaim the death of God, may be the most intriguing character here) or writes about them in an engaging manner that you wouldn't find in a more traditionally scholarly book. Finally, in the epilogue, Marcus brings it all home, revealing for the first time why he decided to write a book about revolutions that never happened.
There is little historical connection between any of these figures, but that's the point - all these would-be revolutionaries really shared was a certain tone, and Marcus takes on something of that tone himself. It's the voice of Charlie Chaplin's tramp at the end of "The Great Dictator": someone willing, even for a moment, to address the entire world, to refuse to censor oneself, and to accept whatever consequences may follow.
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Holsters and Shoulder-stocks of the World is a visual reference guide to help identify the many holsters and shoulder-stocks that were used through time with various pistols (including Colt, FN Browning, Luger, Mauser, Nambu, Bergmann, Steyr, Mannlicher, Webley & Scott, Inglis, CZ, MAS, MAB, Glisenti, Husqvarna, Sauer, Beretta, and many more). This work covers a period form the 1890s to the modern 1960s. About 500 holsters ans shoulder-stocks will be documented in this first edition. Pistols are listed by make and model. The user guide references the countries which used the holsters so that collectors can instantly refer to either a pistol model or country or use.
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This new book covers all of the pistols used by United States forces except the M1911; this includes Smith & Wesson "Victory" Models, High Standard .22s, H&R revolvers, Iver Johnson revolvers, and a wide variety of Colts, such as the Official Police, Commandos, Detective Specials, Pocket Automatics, the Service Model ACE, Woodsman Match Targets, .38 Super Automatics and much, much more. Also included is an incredibly detailed historical section dealing with the procurement and distribution of all of these pistols. The amount of archival research behind this book is staggering. Includes extensive, previously unpublished serial number lists. 515 illustrations.
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Excellent from start to finish!.......2005-08-02
This outstanding book explores the subject of the varied handguns that served the allies in WWII. It is clear from page one that the author has obviously devoted much painstaking research to the subject. The illustrations and text are a font of valuable information for long time collectors and novices alike. It is a bargain at twice the price!
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Modern Combat Pistols provides a comprehensive account of the development of military and police semi-automatic pistols and their ammunition from 1945 to present day. It follows on from the same authors' critically acclaimed Assault Rifle [Crowood 2004]. The first part of the book looks at defensive and offensive pistols, the difference between military and police pistols, and special-purpose weapons such as silenced and underwater pistols. The history of the handgun before 1945 is described, and there is an examination both of the development of the semi-automatic pistol since 1945 and of future trends in pistol design. The second part of the book is divided up on a country-by-country basis. Each country's section starts with a historical overview of pistol development in that country before giving a description and technical data for each individual weapon. Appendices cover technical aspects of semi-automatic and ammunition design.
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a must have !.......2007-08-27
This book is one of the best in its kind with clear comments about the history of combat handguns of all major gun manufacturers / countries and it covers several types of rare guns far better than Jane's does. Lots of pictures and data covering lots of guns. I would recommend this book to every 'modern handguns aficionado' !
Impressive - accurate, useful information and well written.......2007-05-31
Finally, an excellent reference book with original work, lots of identifying photos and an absence of reproduced catalogue pages. The book's content is consistent with the title and it is written and organized in a manner appropriate for a historical piece.
The author opens by defining frequently used terms, the book's structure and providing an overview; pistol versus revolver, military versus police applications, defense versus offensive weapons. This is followed by a synopsis of the development of pistols pre 1945, followed by an overview of pistol development trends post 1945. Good solid substantiated information, well illustrated and easy to follow. Pages 40 through 257, the section that follows, contains a country by country origin of each handgun; 26 countries are represented.
Country of origin coverage is not skimpy. As an example, over 50 pistols are represented in the U.S.A. section including specs, operation and field stripping information and photographs. Each company is covered in brief manufacturing and political framework, the government contracts that drove the innovation and products and a references to application. Special operations, standard military, federal agency and civilian law enforcement are referenced in context. The author did a great job of making the information interesting and logical in presentation.
There are six appendices in the book covering semi auto pistol design, the basics of sound moderators, modern pistol ammunition, conversion between metric and imperial systems, stopping power and sources. In order of listing; excellent coverage of the most often misused and misunderstood terms, better history and description than some books dedicated to the topic, good tech data not manufacturer listings, handy one page conversion table, surprisingly little value and out of context with the book. The index is not good, it is too little to be useful.
Negatives? The book does not contain firearms made primarily for the civilian market, but then there is no suggestion it would. So you won't find listings for Kel-Tec, Kahr or brands like Kimber and Springfield Armory represented. You will find S&W, Ruger, SIG and other labels frequently under contract with police departments. If you check Amazon you'll find a table of contents page and index you can see if the book's reach is long enough for your needs. In my estimation, the book is an excellent, professionally written text and a nice change of pace from some of the overpriced catalogue fodder that has recently made it to the book shelves.
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Handguns of the World
Edward Clinton Ezell
Manufacturer: Stackpole Books
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The ultimate guide to handguns produced in Germany. Includes an introduction, and full data on models, including service records, particular strengths, weaknesses, peculiarities.
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A fantastic reference.......2005-08-01
This book is not only a great reference to German pistols and revolvers, from the common garden varieties to the rarest of the rare. It is also extremely well written, and has provided me with hours of enjoyable browsing.
Each piece is listed with a photograph, a brief history of its development, a description of assembly and disassembly, and then a table with all of the essential statistics.
While I have no idea if this book is comprehensive, it is certainly a great resource for collectors and students of history.
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Pistols of the World: The Definitive Illustrated Guide to the World's Pistols and Revolvers
Ian V. Hogg , and
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An excellent collection of information regarding pistols.......1999-09-06
It is a definitve reference book for anyone who likes to know more about pistols. Lots of history and data of each individual pistols. A very comprehensive coverage of pistols from different countries.
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Newly revised and updated, The Costume Designer's Handbook is now more comprehensive than ever and is the backbone of any costume designer's library since its original publication in 1983. Features of this new edition include:
- a foreword by Arvin Brown, Artistic Director of the Long Wharf Theatre
- guidance on how to read and analyze a play
- plans for establishing a costume plot
- insights into working with directors and other designers
- resources for doing historical research
- a discussion of the properties of color
- sketching, drawing, and drafting techniques
- an 8-page color insert
- 150 black-and-white photos, drawings, and charts
- a complete, up-to-date reference section
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What it is good for.......2004-06-01
I bought this book because of the ratings and was disappointed. Yes it does give chronological information on planning and basics on drawing and a lot of info on working therater designs and with others. Great, but not what I needed. It also has a great reference section for doing the research you need to do but, I already had most of this info from other sources. I have a history and arts background and i needed inspiration. It did give me an inspiration to reorganize my art supplies!Don't waste your money if you are not theater oriented. AND I do mean theater.
I didn't know where to start until someone lent me this book.......2004-01-06
I'd been assisting designers for quite some time, even designed some of my own shows, without an education in costume design. I have lots of great experience but I'm sure nothing can compete with a costume design education (mine is in fashion design), which I'd like to pursue when I have the time. I'm so glad I found out about this book! Every aspect of the process you need to know about is in here. It is essential! I can't believe I survived as long as I did without it.
Excellent overview of process.......1999-06-01
This is a great resource for the design process. I especially use these guidelines for analysis of a play and characters whenever I design a show. A must have for anyone interested in designing shows!!
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