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Anthony Vanderlinden Bibliography

Anthony Vanderlinden has worked decades in historical fields as an author and publisher.  Vanderlinden is the owner of Wet Dog Publications. His experience has led him to consult with companies and museums on historical matters as well as on conservation techniques and the set-up and maintenance of museum collections.  His work as a commercial photographer is visible on the Vintage Nikon site (info below): www.vintagenikon.com 

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Authored books:

2022 FN Browning Pistols, Sidearms that Shaped World History - expanded 3rd edition

2016 FN Mauser Rifles, Arming Belgium and the World

2013 FN Browning Pistols, Sidearms that Shaped World History - 2nd edition

2010 Browning Auto-5 Shotguns: revised edition - co-authored with H.M. Shirley

2009 FN Browning Pistols, Sidearms that Shaped World History

2005 Holsters and Shoulder-stocks of the World

2003 Browning Auto-5 Shotguns, the Belgian FN Production - co-authored with H.M. Shirley

2001 The Belgian Browning Pistols, 1889-1949

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Published books:

2023 Finnish Mosin Nagant, Three-Line Rifle to Ukko-Pekka, by Matt DiRisio

2021 VIS Radom, Revised Color Edition, by William York

2019 The FN-49, The Last Elegant Old-World Military Rifle - second ed. - by Wayne Johnson

2011 Allied Rifle Contracts by Luke Mercaldo, Adam Firestone, Anthony Vanderlinden

2011 VIS Radom by William York

2004 The FN-49, The Last Elegant Old-World Military Rifle by Wayne Johnson

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Authored magazine articles (since 2011):

2022, Dec: The FN Browning Model 1922 Centennial - NRA American Rifleman

2022, May: Handguns of a Forgotten Ally - NRA American Rifleman -
               co-authored with Douglas De Souza Aguar Jr. and Luke Mercaldo  

2021, Dec: Le Pistolet FN Browning GP canadien Inglis - Le MUSEE d'ARMES -

                   article written for the Liege Firearms Museum magazine and translated to French.

2020, pending.: Les Armes FN pendent la Guerre

                              Les Mitrailleuses Browning et FN Browning

                              Le Pistolet FN Browning GP canadien Inglis

                   -  MEMOIRES DE LA FN, No.12 - articles written for FN's historical magazine 

                  and translated to French by Mr. Pascal Pruvost.

2020, Oct: 1899, The Year of the Browning - NRA American Rifleman

2019, Oct: Les differences entre les modeles 1899 et 1900 du pistolet FN Browning                                                 -  MEMOIRES DE LA FN, No. 10 - article written for FN's historical magazine 

                  and translated to French by Mr. Claude Gaier.

2018, Dec: Pistolets Browning 1899 & 1900 -  Le MUSEE d'ARMES - article written for the Liege                        Firearms Museum magazine and translated to French by Mr. Claude Gaier.

2018, November: FN Mausers and the Fight for Israel - NRA American Rifleman

2018, April: Colts in the Cockpit - co-authored with Luke Mercaldo - NRA American Rifleman

2016, August: An inside look at the FNS Compact - NRA American Rifleman

2015, September: 80 Years of the Belgian High Power - NRA American Rifleman

2015, Feb: The Belgian Model 1889 Mauser, the Rifle that Saved Paris - NRA American Rifleman

2014, September: The FN Browning 1910 and the Great War - NRA American Rifleman

2013, Oct: Filling a Niche, FN's early Side-by-Sides - NRA American Rifleman

2011, July: The FN Browning 1903 - NRA American Rifleman

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Authored web articles:

2024, Oct.: Gun Manufacturers & Collectors - Untapped Market or Missed Opportunity- NRA AR 

2018, November 11: The Devil of Antwerp - Jan Olieslagers, father of aerial combat - NRA AR 

2018, Feb: Redeployed - FN M1 Garands and Carbines - NRA American Rifleman

2017, April: Deer Rifles - How G.I.s Helped Revive Fabrique Nationale - NRA American Rifleman

2017, Feb: Sorting out the Little Brownings - NRA American Rifleman

2016, May: John Moses Browning, the Man behind the Photographs - NRA American Rifleman

2016, Feb: Five Lesser Known Facts about the FN FAL - NRA American Rifleman

2015, Dec: Five little known facts about the FN Browning High Power - NRA American Rifleman

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Commercial Photography: 

The vast amount of photography articles, image samples, and portfolio has been collected on the separate Vintage Nikon website www.vintagenikon.com - See this site for photography information www.vintagenikon.com  

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