Ammunition : Its History, Development and Use 1600 to 1943 - .22BB Cap to 20 mm. Shell
by Johnson, Melvin M. and Haven, Charles T
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good+
- Seller
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Dearborn, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
William Morrow and Co, 1943-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. Vintage Hardcover with DJ, and all 10 fold-out ballistics charts and 6 additional fold-out tables present and unmarked, Stated Victory Edition 1943 William Morrow 374 pages. Very Good, in a Good+ DJ. Minor shelf/edge wear and edge fading to light blue cloth boards with white titles and black accents-one corner lightly bumped. Small nick to edge of the rear cover. Binding solid. Moderate shelf/edge wear, edge chipping, dust soiling and a few closed tears to original un-clipped DJ - now in mylar. Previous owner name (Fred M. Lewis, Engineering Department) stamped on FFEP and minor offsetting to end papers. Book traces the development of ammunition from the beginning of the paper musket cartridge to the present day(1943). Covers both early and modern pistol or revolver cartridges as well as foreign and American sporting cartridges. Also covered are .50 caliber, 20mm, 37 mm and 40mm shells. All 10 fold-out ballistics charts and 6 additional fold-out tables are present and unmarked. A very handsome vintage copy with a respectable DJ. LOC SSS-30
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- Bookseller
- Eyebrowse Books - MWABA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 230524005
- Title
- Ammunition : Its History, Development and Use 1600 to 1943 - .22BB Cap to 20 mm. Shell
- Author
- Johnson, Melvin M. and Haven, Charles T
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- William Morrow and Co
- Date Published
- 1943-01-01
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Eyebrowse Books - MWABA
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- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- LOC
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