We reprint over 2500 old gun catalogs and manuals dating from before 1850 to 1985 covering all aspects of firearms including Rifles, Shotguns, Pistols, Revolvers - Firearms, Sights, Telescopes and Ammunition of all sorts.
Our extensive collection contains such makes as Savage, Stevens, Glenfield, Remington, Harrington & Richardson, Marlin, Mossberg, Lyman, Ideal, Merwin Hulbert, Redfield, Hopkins & Allen, Winchester, Ithaca, Iver Johnson, Colt, LC Smith, Thompson, Peabody, Browning Fox, Smith & Wesson, Forehand & Wadsworth, Sedgley, Sharps, Hubley, Parker, Spencer, Springfield, Daisy and hundreds of other rare U.S. makes - each catalog contains an index.
Mauser, Webley & Scott, Holland & Holland Beretta, Luger, Walther, Anschutz, Westley Richards, Sauer, BSA, Darne, Parker Hale, Enfield, Claybrough, Flobert, Greener, Mannlicher, Armas Ego, Aya, Hawksley, Sarriugarte, Pintosi, Ross, Rigby, Boss, Bonehill, Pieper, Eley, Kynoch, Purdey, Merkel, Jaeger, Webley, Ferlach, Francotte, GECO, Waffenbrik, Slazenger, Dixon, lead the list of European and British manufacturers with many, many more.
We also reprint all the big names in merchandisers such as Abercrombie & Fitch, Von Lengerke & Detmold, Von Lengerke and Antoine, Bannerman, Sears, Stoeger, Mongomery Ward, Great Western, Alfa, Akah, Manton, Coombes, Rodda, Hy Hunter, Jeffery, Schoverling and WUM and more...
U. S., Canadian, British, Commonwealth, German, Belgian, Czech, French, Brazilian, Australian, Russian, Swedish, Spanish, Austrian, Italian, Turkish - you name it! Sprinkled in are some reprints of valuable old arms books and government publications and even some current limited circulation authored books by writers you know.
How to Search this Site!
Look for links to your areas of interest on the left of this page or search the entire website: On this page, scroll to the top or bottom of the page, enter what you are seeking in the Search Box and press "Submit". A new page will open in your browser with all the matching publications displayed for you to select. The search box exists at the top of each page throughout this website. Try to use as few words as possible for the best results. If you get too many results you can always narrow the search by adding words.
Our gun catalog reprints are the real thing.
They are scans of the pages of actual old catalogs that have been electronically "cleaned" and assembled into individual modern bound catalogs printed on high quality, acid free, white paper. The covers are, except as noted, heavy, shiny cover stock and are printed in color. Catalog booklets are folded and stapled, others are heat bonded with matching, adhesive fabric tape. We offer a money back guarantee. If you don't like it send it back for a refund. But the best part is that our catalog reprints are easily affordable, many are under $10.00 and few are over $20.00.
Gift Certificates DON'T KNOW WHAT CATALOGS SOMEONE ELSE MIGHT WANT? Have us send them a Gift Certificate! We are happy to offer you gift certificates for friends and relatives in any amount of money you would like and will send a personalized certificate to the recipient of your choice along with a copy of our catalog. Send us an email to tell us what you would like or call 810-225-3075 (9-5 Eastern U.S. Time please). abby@cornellpubs.com
How to use this site:
This site is pretty simply arranged. We have one page that has links to all the catalogs we publish in alphabetical order. We also have multiple pages that link to different interest specialties such as Era, Reloading, British, European, Telescopes, Ammunition, Government, Mail order Catalogs etc. When you get to a particular catalog that interests you, just click on the link and the catalog page will appear. At the top of the page you will see a picture of the book, a picture of inside the book and a description including number of pages and size. If you scroll down you will see ordering information and below that an index of the entire book so you can tell what is in the catalog. Newer pages will have the index on the right. If you don't want to use the shopping cart, just write down a list of what you want (name and year is all we need) and give us a call at 810-225-3075 (we are located in Brighton, MI so please call us 9-5 eastern time!) or send an email to: Abby@cornellpubs.com
We don't make forgeries!
Some wags have complained that we are underselling the now world-wide market in ephemera by offering copies that could be confused with the real thing. We don't. Only a moron could confuse what we produce with a genuine old catalog. We make no effort to exactly copy the size, paper or binding of the originals. We sell information in a manner that allows us to reproduce a quality reprint of hard to find and usually expensive old originals at a reasonable price. Read more about our raison d'être in the About Us link.
Where did you get all those rare catalogs?
By buying, borrowing and saving them. But most now come from readers like you who generously share their collections to be scanned and returned undamaged. We even offer to trade our catalogs for the privilage of copying yours. If you share your catalogs with us you will be preserving the information for future generations (don't worry we store copies of our files offsite just in case...)
We do a Newsletter once a month or so:
In it we try to be witty, entertaining and informative. Actually the reason you should subscribe is that each newsletter reveals the 20-30+ new catalogs we added during the month. After all, you wouldn't want to miss a c1925 Page-Lewis catalog if you owned one of the guns would you? Don't worry we have over 9,500 subscribers and have never sold a single email address. And we promise not to. Click here to subscribe: SUBSCRIBE
The Recent Additions page deserves a glance. It features a chronological list of books we have added in the last six months or so. That way if you are only an occasional visitor to this site, you can check out what we had added since your last visit without plodding through all 2500 of the ones you saw before. Also, if you subscribe to the Monthly Newsletter it lists recent additions too.
Our Coming Soon list contains works not yet processed and available. If you see something here that takes your fancy, let us know and we will make every effort to move it up the list so you can have it sooner than later.