The second volume, subtitled With Fire, continues pioneering research of the previous work, dealing with the firearms and combustibles of the sailing navies. With 332 pages in the same format as the first volume, but double the text and the … See more…
Boarders Away (Volume I & II), Andrew Mowbray, Inc., Lincoln, R.I., 1991. The first volume, subtitled With Steel – the edged weapons and polearms of the classical age of fighting sail, 1626-1826…tracing their development in the navies of England and … See more…
The Scrimshander, Troubador Press, San Francisco, 1975. Subtitled: The nautical ivory worker and his art of scrimshaw, historical and contemporary. Includes text on old and new scrimshaw, and primarily a photographic, portfolio in black and white of Gilkerson scrimshaw. Contains … See more…
Osprey Books has re-released the author’s 1963 classic Gilkerson On War under the new title From Rocks to Rockets, in reformatted United Kingdom and North American editions. “William Gilkerson takes the history of the human race and puts it in … See more…
