Foresight Books, London, 1999. Four quarto volumes, red cloth with gilt lettering, illustrated throughout. A fine set with the slipcases. A definitive history of British colonial arms manufacture, deployment and design. Fastidiously researched and illustrated with images from the social history and technical manuals of the India Company, this is a serious scholarly publication. Volume I: Procurement and Design. Volume II: Catalogue of Patterns. Volume III: Ammunition and Performance. Volume IV: The Users and their Smallarms. [Attributes: Hard Cover]