ADLER (D.) COLT SINGLE ACTION: FROM PATERSONS TO PEACEMAKERS. 310pp., landscape 4to, illustrated throughout in colour. 2007. Astonishingly good value. Chronicles the entire history of Colt's developments in handguns from the first Patersons to the legendary 1860 Army, & after his death, the evolution of cap-and-ball revolvers into the cartridge models of the 1870s. £20.00