Collectors, military historians and shooting enthusiasts alike will welcome this comprehensive and long overdue treatise on the worlds first automatic machine gun. Presented in collector grades usual in-depth fashion, the story begins with an interesting treatise on the origins of the ‘Maxim’ name. Hirams birth and early life in rustic, pre-Civil-War New England, and the remarkable rise of this largely self-educated man to a position of celebrated prominence. Hardback with dust cover, 367 illustrated pages in near new condition. The price for this sought after hardback includes UK delivery. BO 387.