The Grand Old Lady of No Mans Land IS Dolf Goldsmiths triumphant , in-depth sequel to his bestselling ‘The Devils Paintbrush-Sir Hiram Maxims Gun’, which first set the stage in the late nineteenth-century era of the hand-cranked, black powder ‘machinegun’ wherein the concept of re-coil was considered ‘at best useless and at worst dangerous’. Hardback with dust cover, 565 illustrated pages in as new condition. The price for this out of print classic includes UK delivery. BO 436.