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The Breech-Loader in the Service 1816-1917. A History of All Standard and Experimental U.S. Breechloading and Magazine Shoulder Arms
by Fuller, Claud E
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
New Milford, Conn.; (1965): N. Flayderman & Co. Quarto. First issued in a limited edition in 1933 which became so scarce and demand was high. The present publisher's acquired rights for re-publication. 381pp., This book has become a classic work as it has been referred to in many of those collecting gun and dealers as well. Nicely illustrated throughout in black and white, bound in beige cloth lettered in black, spine lettering black, in unclipped pictorial dust jacket lettered and decorated in brown, black and white, crease to upper corner, some chipping to head, light rubbing to edges. An exceptionally nice copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022581
- Title
- The Breech-Loader in the Service 1816-1917. A History of All Standard and Experimental U.S. Breechloading and Magazine Shoulder Arms
- Author
- Fuller, Claud E
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- N. Flayderman & Co
- Place of Publication
- New Milford, Conn.; (1965)
- Keywords
- Guns Ammunition Breechloading
- Bookseller catalogs
- Firearms and Weaponry;
Terms of Sale
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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About the Seller
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Scottsdale, Arizona
About Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
Alcuin Books located in Old Town Scottsdale is a store with 15,000 serious books for the collector or scholar. We have ample parking in front of the store for those who wish to browse our holdings.
Glossary
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
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