Books we recommend, some feature Brown's either in articles or photographs.

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New book in 2010, The Best of British by David Grant - Photographer and Vic Venters - Writer, features A A Brown & Sons amongst many others. More details about this book will follow shortly.

These Nigel Brown books will quickly become the trade 'bibles' for afficionados, auctioneers and gunshops countrywide

Of course, we are featured in volume 2, as is pretty well every gunmaker you could possibly think of outside London, (they get their own book, obviously volume 1.)  We do not believe there will ever be a more thorough pair of books on the British gun trade, Nigel Brown's (no relation) works are truly definitive and the level of research has been most remarkable, he has been writing these books for years and years.  He is the only person to have been entrusted with the old record books of many firms, us included, to aid him in recording the serial numbers of a vast plethora of firearms.  We congratulate him on his achievement.  The books are now available from us at £50 each plus P&P if required, enquire for details and current availablility, at present (Dec.2005) we have a small stock of them.

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The latest book we are offering, occasionally in stock or to order, is "Eley Cartridges"  A history of the silversmiths and ammunition manufacturers, by Bill Harding. First glance through this shows it to be very thoroughly researched by a man who is passionate about the history of ammunition and firearms. If you are a collector of old cartridges or silverware this is a "must buy book".  Price   £35. plus carriage.

	_____________________________________________   The late Geoffrey Boothroyd resided in Glasgow, Scotland. He was the author of several books on British guns. Since 1958 he has written articles for the famed English sporting weekly, Shooting-Times&CountryMagazine. He became recognized as one of the world's leading authorities on British shotguns. He wrote many fine articles on Brown's especially a superb 8 page colour article in the american bi-monthly Double Gun Journal.  A.A.Brown & Sons have one used copy of this for sale, it is a first edition numbered 846 / 1500 and is signed in 1991 by Albert Brown, Sidney Brown, Robin Brown and Harld Scandrett of A A Brown & Sons. Price is £75 excluding carriage. Enquire for details.
	Douglas Tate has compiled the first authoritative history of the Birmingham gun trade. Tate's skill at relating the nuances and connections between the numerous guns and gunmakers brings the enthusiast the pleasure of a "page-turner" novel. The text gives a rare insight into the specialization and process of the world's most prolific double gunmakers. Steven Dodd Hughes, fine gunmaking editor, Shooting Sportsman.   This book is now out of print and can only be purchased by finding a used copy, occ. seen on amazon.com etc.
	Many people consider British gun engraving to be the finest in the world today. Now, in this comprehensive book, Douglas Tate and master photographer David Grant bring us the most opulent examples of British gun engraving in existance. These handsome guns are from the greatest private colllections in Europe and the USA and, because of this, are rarely seen by the public. Currently available from A.A.Brown & Sons to order. Limited supplies of this book exist at the distributors, once sold it will become "out of print".  Price is £45 plus carriage.
	Here is the classic book on fine shotguns, fully revised and expanded. In addition to providing more information about best American, English, and European guns of the past, it includes new chapters on dozens of current gunmakers including A.A.Brown & Sons. A truly encyclopeadic gathering of knowledge.  Not for sale through A.A.Brown & Sons, can be purchased via Amazon.com

"Birmingham Gunmakers" is no longer available from A.A.Brown & Sons due to lack of availability.  In the USA, contact Douglas Tate direct. E-mail  dougbgg@charter.net   or search for used copies on amazon or ebay.