CATALOGUE OF A LOAN EXHIBITION OF PERCUSSION COLT REVOLVERS AND CONVERSIONS 1836-1873 by Parsons, John E - 1942 : PERCUSSION COLT REVOLVERS

NEW YORK: Metropolitan Museum of Art , 1942 . Paperback. VERY GOOD . LIMITED EDITION, one of only 1000 copies. Comprehensive catalogue of models from these years, descriptions accompany 40 pp. of black and white plates detailing 130 examples. Models include Patterson Colt, "Wells Fargo" model, Confederate Colt, Faithful Colt, many more. Light thumbing to upper and lower corners. A bit of light soiling to both covers. Light foxing to rear cover with a dozen or so spots, 2cm diameter or less, and several similar spots to front cover. Several stray pen marks to rear cover. One inch crease to front cover, light creasing to spine; just a bit of light creasing elsewhere to extremities. 0.25 inch closed tear to rear joint. Light rubbing to spine.