Who Is/Was Robert Whittington ?
 

..and is his WWII era book on German military pistols worth picking up ?

http://www.gunshowbooks.com/cgi-bin/webc.exe/st_prod.html?p_prodid=GS142327&sid=2Qs3i K7OB

GERMAN PISTOLS AND HOLSTERS 1934-1945 MILITARY, POLICE, NSDAP LT. COL. ROBERT D.
WHITTINGTON, engl. 15,5 x 24 cm, 224 Seiten, viele Fotos. Beschreibung aller verwendeten Pistolen, Fertigung in
besetzten L�¤ndern m. Erkl�¤rung d. Codezeichen und Abnahmestempel, Pistolentaschen m. Abb. und Beschrift., Hersteller.
80092 hc EUR 47,03

GERMAN PISTOLS AND HOLSTERS VOL. II REV.ED. LT. COL. ROBERT D. WHITTINGTON III, engl. 18 x 26
cm, 312 Seiten, viele Abb. Hier hat der Autor alle Informationen verarbeitet, die er seit Erscheinen des Vol. I im Jahr 1969 zu
dem Thema gewonnen hat. Kunstdruckpapier, Bibliographie.
80492 Vergriffen!!! Preis auf Anfrage!

GERMAN PISTOLS AND HOLSTERS VOL. III LT. COL. ROBERT D. WHITTINGTON III, engl. 18 x 26 cm, 352
Seiten, 335 Abb. Behandelt nur die Pistolentaschen, gro�?e aussagekr�¤ftige Bilder, die auch die Stempelung erkennen lassen.
80493 Vergriffen!!! Preis auf Anfrage!

GERMAN PISTOLS AND HOLSTERS VOL. IV LT. COL. ROBERT D. WHITTINGTON III, engl. 18 x 26 cm, 208
Seiten, Pistolen, Holster, St�¼ckzahlen und Modelle bei den einzelnen Einheiten d. Streitkr�¤fte und Nazi-Organisationen.
80494 hc EUR 50,10

Did a quick google look, his book is available in all the gun sites. Ask tacfoley, maybe he can tell us more.

RK

Pete, I've heard his name before, almost bought his book and just haven't. I don't have any good holsters, so haven't sprung for those kind of books yet.

I have heard good here if I remember right.

A search of the archive showed 20 references to Whittington?

Pete
I would highly recommend Whittingtons Volume I-II.
Jan

Thank you, Jan.

I am chasing down some copies through Ray Rilling Books...they seem to have everything...even your hard to find "Axis Pistols"...

Regards,

Pete...

Pete,
What is the web address for Ray Rilling Books?
I seem to be into the book market lately [img]wink.gif[/img] !

Brandon

P.S. check private messages please!

Hello Young Brandon,

Here is the web site link :

http://www.rayrilingarmsbooks.com/cgi-bin/rrb455.cgi

Larry is really a nice fellow...

Pete

Thanks Pete!

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I am not sure if this is current info?....Orv


WHITTINGTON III ROBERT D.
PO BOX 489
HOOKS TX 75561USA
903 547 2369 H
903 547 6549 H

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Whittington's book are a definite must if you are into the pistols of the Third Reich period. Bob has done an excellent job of giving us general information on most of these pistols. He does nto go into detail on each one, but enough information so that particular pistol can be identified and recognized.

As Mr. Still stated, Vol 1 & II are the best. Vol. III deals with holsters for those pistols, and Vol. IV deals with the KsTN or the distribution of equipment and arms for the German Army. The 4th vol. is very boring reading, but worth having too.

Definetly worth adding to yur library.

Marvin

FWIW, I've found that the best all-around search engine for books is http://www.abebooks.com

Searching for "Whittington III", I had 8 hits including one reprinted set of four volumes for $199.00. Another set of earlier, original, volumes is offered for $500.

And don't forget that Rober Whittington is the Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great- Great-Great-Grandson of Dick Whittington (he with the cat), four times Lord Mayor of London.

It's important to make sure we don't forget these details.

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