ENGLISH GUNS AND RIFLES: Being an Account of the Development, Design and Usage of English Sporting Rifles and Shotguns-From Their Introduction During the Fifteenth Century Until the Advent of the Metallic Cartridges in the Nineteenth Century...
by George, J. N
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Fair
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Plantersville, SC: Small-Arms Technical Publishing Company, 1947. 346 pp. Original brown cloth covers w/ titles in gilt. Binding lightly soiled. DJ lightly soiled and rubbed w/ wear and tear to edges. Approx. 8" closed tear along front panel spine. Illust. w/ b/w plates and drawings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M4017G
- Title
- ENGLISH GUNS AND RIFLES: Being an Account of the Development, Design and Usage of English Sporting Rifles and Shotguns-From Their Introduction During the Fifteenth Century Until the Advent of the Metallic Cartridges in the Nineteenth Century...
- Author
- George, J. N
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Small-Arms Technical Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Plantersville, SC
- Date Published
- 1947
- Keywords
- MILITARY HISTORY GUNS WEAPONS FIREARMS ENGLISH RIFLES SHOTGUNS ENGLISH SPORTING RIFLES METALLIC CARTRIDGES MUSKETS SERVICE RIFLES BLUNDERBUSSES ARMS WORLD HISTORY GREAT BRITAIN EUROPE NONFICTION GENERAL
- Bookseller catalogs
- Guns; Weapons;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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- Edges
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- Gilt
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- Soiled
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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