William Wellington Greener (1834–1921) was an English gunsmith, the founder of the W. W. Greener company. He was also an author of books on guns, many of which went through multiple editions, most notably The Gun and Its Development (first published 1881; 9th edition 1910; subsequently reprinted 1972, 1989, 2002). (From Wikipedia)
More about W. W. Greener:Books by W. W. Greener:
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Greener, W. W. (William Wellington): The Gun and its Development (ninth edition London et al.: Cassell and Co., 1910) (multiple formats at archive.org)- Greener, W. W. (William Wellington): Modern Breech-Loaders: Sporting and Military (London and New York: Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, ca. 1871)
Additional books by W. W. Greener in the extended shelves:
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Greener, W. W. (William Wellington): The breech-loader and how to use it (Forest and Stream Publishing Co., 1893) (page images at HathiTrust)- Greener, W. W. (William Wellington): The breech-loader, and how to use it (Forest and Stream Publishing Company, 1892) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Greener, W. W. (William Wellington): The gun and its development. (Cassell, 1907) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Greener, W. W. (William Wellington): The gun and its development (Cassell and company, limited, 1910) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Greener, W. W. (William Wellington): The gun and its development (Charles Scribner's sons, 1897) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Greener, W. W. (William Wellington): The gun and its development; with notes on shooting. (Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., 1881) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Greener, W. W. (William Wellington): Modern shot guns (Cassell, 1891) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Greener, W. W. (William Wellington): Modern shot guns. (Cassell, 1888) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Greener, W. W. (William Wellington): Sharpshooting for sport and war (R.A. Everett & co., 1900), also by Wirt Gerrare (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Greener, W. W. (William Wellington): Sharpshooting for war and defence (Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, 1914) (page images at HathiTrust)
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