We wound up with a duplicate book in the Reference Library: Geschichte und Technik der Selbstladepistole (History and Technology of the Self-Loading Pistol) by Werner Mootz. It’s a pretty neat book, loaded with patent drawings of obscure early selfloading and manual repeating pistols – and the text is all in German (FYI). It’s a pretty rare book to find here in the US, and the only copy on Amazon right now is over $200. We’ll let this one go for $55 shipped – if you’re interested, drop me a line at admin@forgottenweapons.com.
Update – book has been sold.
Here are a few examples of the contents:
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well that was quick
This one I’d be interested about, must be written from continental point of view. Good opportunity to brush up German language too…. sorry it did not happen.
That Lauman-Schonberger pictured is a beauty!
Yeah – I love the way those style of pistols look. It’s be very cool it someone decided to make repros…
Nooooo!