{"product_id":"the-illustrated-history-of-guns-from-first-firearms-to-semiautomatic-weapons","title":"The Illustrated History of Guns: From First Firearms to Semiautomatic Weapons","description":"For the first time in paperback, a photographic history of civilization, as seen through the world’s most deadly and fascinating firearms.\n\nThe Illustrated History of Guns is a comprehensive look at the tools of battle. To craft this book, more than five hundred photographs of genuine specimens were specially commissioned from the six-thousand-piece collection of the Berman Museum of World History. The weapons featured span a period of close to four thousand years, ranging from Ancient Greece to World War II, and from the Crusades in Europe to the US Civil War. It features a wide array of diverse treasures, including the traveling pistols of Confederate president Jefferson Davis, a royal Persian scimitar with 1,295 rose-cut diamonds and rubies, and a single 11-carat emerald set in gold, first owned by Shah Abbas I of Persia and given in tribute to Catherine the Great. The Illustrated History of Guns also offers information on weapons innovators, including Alexander Forsyth, Eliphalet Remington, Samuel Colt, Sergei Mosin, the Mauser brothers, Hiram Maxim, John Browning, Richard Gatling, John T. Thompson, John Garland, Feodor Tokarev, Oliver Winchester, and Mikhail Kalashnikov.\n\nWith unparalleled historical perspective and background on persons significant to the development and advancements of weapons technology or military strategy, The Illustrated History of Guns belongs on the shelf of every history buff and firearms enthusiast.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 151072074X\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.151072074X.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Wills, Chuck|The Berman Museum of World History|Sadowski, Robert A.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41729972699194,"sku":"DBV.151072074X.G","price":10.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/151072074X-0.jpg?v=1791427946","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/the-illustrated-history-of-guns-from-first-firearms-to-semiautomatic-weapons","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}