Ray Riling

Raymond "Ray" Riling (1896-1974), a Philadelphia builder and arms collector, was an important arms book collector, dealer, author and publisher from the 1940s into the 1970s.

Riling's annotated bibliography "Guns and Shooting" (1951), although issued and reprinted in limited editions, remains in wide use as the standard reference in the out-of-print arms book trade. It contains over three thousand numbered and chronologically-arranged descriptions of books related to small arms from the fifteenth century through 1950, as well as several other useful lists. Similarly, his "Powder Flask Book" (1953) is the standard reference in that collecting field. Riling's wife, Beatrice Davis Riling (1904-1962), collaborated on these two works. ["Mrs. Raymond Riling," "The New York Times" (January 18, 1962).]

The Ray Riling Arms Book Co. remains in the mail order business in Philadelphia under the management of Riling's son.

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[http://www.rayrilingarmsbooks.com Ray Riling Arms Books Co., Inc.]