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I have been told by the publisher that The Ultimate Thompson Book is down to only five copies in the warehouse.

I have 136 copies that I will sell at $150 plus $10 UPS. If you want another copy to be in pristine shape since your

personal copy has been read a lot, then now is the time to buy one.

 

Also have the NEW book on Thompson Manufacturing Gages available at $100.

 

Autographed copies done gladly upon request.

 

Get them while the getting is Good.

 

As they say in Chicago.." Buy early and often..." or something like that.

 

Tracie Hill

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I noticed The Ultimate Thompson Book (TUTB) is no longer listed for sale at the Collector Grade Publications website. I suspect it is now officially out of print. Tracie still has copies available and I would guess there are a few copies with various booksellers across the country. There is little doubt it will become hard to find as time moves on. Remember the price increase of American Thunder II when it went out of print prior to the release of American Thunder III. TUTB is a must have book for every Thompson enthusiast.

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the book is undeniably beautiful! I am eternally grateful to Tracy for his work and my American friend who helped me get my copy. I think it's very good that the circulation is sold out. looking forward to The Ultimate Thompson Book 2 (TUTB2). I think Tracy has enough information to publish a second edition.
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The ultimate Thompson book has some serial numbers. But the book for Colt serial numbers is Colt Thompson serial numbers by Gordon Hergstag. He has passed but you my still find his book. They are not cheap new around $400 thats two volumes

 

Frank

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Thank you Tracie! I am very happy with the book and glad I jumped on a copy. It weighs as much as a loaded drum! Very well constructed. And even personalized! If you haven't yet, get one while you can. R

 

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Tracie,

Sir, do you own that particular colored sectional cutaway diagram of the Thompson that is inside the cover of your book? I would love to have a large poster made of that particular image. Any advise welcome. Thank You in advance, and for your fine book as well, JB

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I am sure most of the forum members have Tracie's great book, The Ultimate Thompson Book. If you like the Thompson submachine gun, especially the history of this iconic firearm, it is a must have for your library. It is now out of print and most likely will never be reprinted. I have noticed the price is rising on other sites for the few volumes left on dealers shelves or for used copies. Now is the time to obtain an autographed copy directly from Tracie. His small supply will not last forever.

 

If you decide to order, have Tracie include an application for The American Thompson Association and a flyer for the 2021 Hill Family All Thompson Show & Shoot on August 6 & 7, 2021. It is certain to be an epic event. This is the is the 100th anniversary of the Model of 1921 Thompson submachine gun. You will meet many of the members you converse with on this great forum. I hope to see you there!

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Tracie,

My copy of 'Gaging a Thompson' arrived in the mail this morning, and I am not disappointed by the book.

 

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Reference to the foreword, in the UK it is ‘gauging’, another idiosyncrasy of the English language interpretation on each side of the Atlantic.
Thanks again, I am indebted to you and the other authors who frequent this forum, for my knowledge gained on the Thompson SMG over the years.
Stay safe
Richard

 

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Mine arrived too.. but USPS delivered it at the wrong house.. luckily my neighbor was talking to another neighbor and picked it up from them ang gave it to me. Good to be friends with your neighbors.

 

Very happy with the book. Thank you again for signing it.

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Having started my working life as an apprentice tool maker, in a factory manufacturing locomotives, ‘Gaging the Thompson’ was of particular interest to me, memories of my youth, when it came to the daily use gauges etc.

 

It was a miracle that those gauges were found, and recovered from that scrap yard in New York; and decoding everything to put the information together in this book, must have been a time consuming jigsaw in itself.

 

Over the years, I have read through many Thompson handbooks, as I added different editions to my collection, but the chapter on ‘Understanding the numbering system’, is very revealing. Indeed, I had missed the numbering system in the handbooks Plates II and III, so that is something else I have learned from this book.

 

‘Gaging the Thompson’ may not be everyone’s ‘cup of tea’, but congratulations are due to Tracie, for a great piece of work, which is very well put together.

 

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Thank you for your comments. In fact the gage book was my mental salvation during the covid-19 out break.

I too use gages even today in my real job. So this was fun to look into the mind of the tool makers at AO and Colt's.

The first major break through was figuring out the gage numbering system and realizing that the numbers changed

over the years and with different manufacturers.

 

The two greatest moments during this process were the discover of the WD-40 Rust Soak that made cleaning and restoring the

gages to new a simple task. GREAT product highly recommend it.

 

The other was putting together the wood gage box with it's gages after 50 plus years. The wood box I had for decades and

really wasn't totally sure it was real. However, when I was putting the book together I was trying to think of other items in my

collection that might "look" good in this book when I remembered the box. So I pulled it out and was photographing it when

looking through the view finder I reread the label inside the box lid. The gage numbers that were to be housed in the box looked familiar.

 

 

A light bulb went on and I realized I had those gages. When they were slid into place in the box it was an incredible feeling.

"It was like they were made for each other." which of coarse they were...after 74 years they were back together. WOW

 

Tracie

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What a cool “ah ha” moment when you were able to see that you had the correct box for the gauges! Sometimes a different perspective (camera viewfinder) is all that is necessary to make the discovery.

 

Experienced a similar moment with my daughter when she was photographing an original set of ships logs from the late 1800’s for the USCG Museum. The cover of the log books was that swirling green/violet/grey pattern and there was an inscription hand written on the first logbook’s cover. It was illegible until viewed digitally on the file she uploaded...” ‘89 and Go!” inscribed by a member of the quartermaster watch crew. The museum staff was very excited by her hidden discovery!

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