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OldBayos is pleased to be able to offer a number of books related to the collecting and study of antique bayonets.


**** This book store contains only a small subset of the stock available at our new sister site supplying a wide range of books to collectors of all types of antique weapons including firearms. This site only lists books relevant to bayonet collecting but www.bulletsandblades.com can supply reference works to collectors of all types of arms and armour.

Our books are all sourced direct from authors and publishers and sent direct to you. Therefore you may notice that shipping costs may vary with each item depending upon where it will come from. We do this so that as well as receiving large discounts for OldBayos customers, the total price to you will be as low as possible. We have special relationships with all our suppliers so we aim to be the cheapest source of sword related books on the internet so please let us know if you can find the books cheaper elsewhere.

If you are looking for a specific book but cannot find it in our catalogue then please email me. We are in contact with a large number of book dealers and we may be able to source the book for you. This includes foreign language and rare out of print works.

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Small Arms of the British Forces In America 1664-1815
De Witt Bailey (New)
Pre-order. Estimated Shipping Date is Tuesday, March 19, 2009

From noted researcher De Witt Bailey comes this long -awaited guide to the British firearms and accoutrements carrie on the battlefields of North America. The French and Indian Wars, the American Revolution and the War of 1812 are all covered in amazing detail, as are the age of colonialism and peacetime years. So whether your topic is Braddock's March, Bunker Hill or the Battle of New Orleans, the information you are seeking will be found here. Weapons of all the land and sea forces are included - with detailed photographs that allow individual examples to be identified and dated quickly and easily. Also included is a true motherlode of issue data taken directly from Ordnance records. If you are trying to figure out "which regiment got what," then this book is sure to thrill you with the amount of previously unpublished information that it presents. The end result gives the reader a unique understanding of the relationship between British military weapons and the men who carried them. Nothing this ambitious has ever been attempted before and the results are nothing short of spectacular.

- From Brown Bess Muskets to Rifles, Carbines and Pistols, this Groundbreaking Study Covers it All!
- A Whole New System for Identifying and Dating British Weapons
- Decades of Research in Ordnance Records Are Now Revealed
- A "Must-Have" Resource For Revolutionary War Enthusiasts

More than 400 detailed photographs show the features and markings that are critical to understanding these fascinating weapons!

376 pages, 400+ photos, 8.5" x 11", coated paper, hardcover.


Price : $57 USD

Shipping to America : $5


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