American Firearms Makers: When, Where, and What they Made from the Colonial period to the end of the Nineteenth Century
by A. Merwyn Carey
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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TORRINGTON, Wyoming, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1953. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. VG/G, used, brown colored cloth with gilt text on spine, illustrated end papers, vii-ix, 148pp plus plates to rear. Interior clean no marks, binding tight. Page 81/82 has the bottom fore-corner torn out from what appears to be a binding error. Dust jacket is worn at the corners, ,spine sunned, tiny tears at the head of the spine, small tear to the bottom edge of the upper near fore-corner..
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- Bookseller
- PRAIRIE CREEK BOOKS & TEA LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 025213
- Title
- American Firearms Makers: When, Where, and What they Made from the Colonial period to the end of the Nineteenth Century
- Author
- A. Merwyn Carey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Thomas Y. Crowell
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1953
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- AMERICAN FIREARMS MAKERS, A. MERWYN CAREY, WEAPONS
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PRAIRIE CREEK BOOKS & TEA LLC
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TORRINGTON, Wyoming
About PRAIRIE CREEK BOOKS & TEA LLC
We specialize in western history, gun knife and hunting titles. Also try to stock Wyoming history titles. We have a walk-in store on US Hwy 26/85 the most direct route to Fort Laramie National History site..We have what I think is the largest seleciton of weapons titles in SE Wyoming, both new and used. Always looking for good used weapons titles.
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- Jacket
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...