The Illustrated History of Guns: From First Firearms to Semiautomatic Weapons

My some was excited to receive this for Christmas. Pics and illustrations good.

Love this book. Bright white, crisp pages, good size. Has a crap load of different types, old and modern, Not that much words. Lots of pictures. I ordered 3 books similar to this one and this one is my favorite. Great coffee table book.

Very good book - nicely made and very impressive!

It is a Gift I did not read it.

This was a nice read with plenty of illustrations. It covered quite a bit of the history of firearms, including many types I had never heard of. My biggest gripe is that there were a lot of typos and other mistakes, especially near the end. I can't speak to whether any of the major facts were incorrect.Also, this is a recent book but it basically stops its history lesson around the 60s with nothing about modern guns (the AK47 is probably the latest gun mentioned).

Book is well written an succinct. Accurately depicts each gun cited and how used in the world. Highly recommend this resource.

Bought this for my son, he loved it, very detailed and good illustrations!

Studying history of guns to me is very interesting. Seeing photos is much more interesting.

Purchased the book for my Brother-in-law who has very keen interest in guns. He was delighted with it - a good reference tool

A highly generalised book on firearm development but featuring some interesting facts; contains photo details of various rare firearms. Some minor technical errors. It is the nature of these `Illustrated History` type publications to be sketchy.