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FAIRBAIRN, William Ewart & Eric Anthony Sykes. Shooting to Live with the One-Hand Gun.
Edinburgh & London : 1942
First and only contemporary edition. Uncommon. Written by two leading experts in irregular warfare, best known as the progenitors of the Sykes-Fairbairn fighting knife. Both had formative experiences in Shanghai, Fairbairn as assistant commissioner, Shanghai Municipal Police, Sykes leading their snipers unit. The book "describes methods developed and... Learn More£500.00Stock Code: 144922
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FAIRBAIRN, William Ewart All-in Fighting.
London : 1942
First edition. Genuinely uncommon - just 6 locations on Library Hub, BL, IWM, NLS, TCD, NLW, Oxford, WorldCat adds the Australian War Memorial, Danish Royal Library, NLNZ, LoC, CIA, and University of Tulsa - and particularly so in the jacket. "The majority of the methods shown are drastic in the extreme. In contrast to judo, they recognise no accepted... Learn More£750.00Stock Code: 134212