Description
Title: Small Arms of the World: A Basic Manual (12th Edition, fully updated & revised)
Author: Edward Clinton Ezell (contributions by Thomas M. Pegg)
Format: Hardcover with dust jacket, large quarto size (~8¾″ × 11¼″), approximately 894 pages with numerous black‑and‑white photos covering pistols, service rifles, light machine guns, and support weapons used worldwide from WWI to late 20th century.
Content:
Widely considered the definitive global encyclopedia of small arms, this edition offers star‑price coverage by country, model, and technical specs. It includes operating instructions, disassembly diagrams, production data, and a full country‑by‑country weapon listing. It is prized by collectors, historians, gunsmiths, and armory professionals as an essential firearms reference