Textbook of Pistols and Revolvers: Their Ammunition, Ballistics and Use (Shooter's Edition).
by Major Julian S. Hatcher
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Oregon City, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Plantersville, SC Small-Arms Technical Publishing Company, 1935. Hardcover Very Good: shows light wear to extremities; mild rubbing to the panels and the gilt titles at the front panel and backstrip; the very slightest spine lean; faint tanning to the text pages; former owner's quite tasteful and attractive but personalized bookplate at the lower corner of the front pastedown endpaper; the binding is secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing mild wear and unobtrusive imperfections. Clean, sturdy, and quite presentable. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8.5 x 6 x 1.65 inches). vi, 533 pages. Index. Liberally illustrated with duotone photographs, charts, drawings, tables, graphs, etc. Language: English. Weight: 37.4 ounces. Black cloth over boards with gilt titles at the front panel and backstrip. Embossed pistol design at the front panel. Hardback: Lacks DJ.
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- Seller
- Black Cat Hill Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 54431
- Title
- Textbook of Pistols and Revolvers: Their Ammunition, Ballistics and Use (Shooter's Edition).
- Author
- Major Julian S. Hatcher
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Small-Arms Technical Publishing Company,
- Place of Publication
- Plantersville, SC
- Date Published
- 1935.
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