English Pistols & Revolvers: Historical Outline of the Development and Design of English Hand Firearms from the Seventeenth Century to the Present Day
by George, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus
- Seller
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Granville, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Arco, 1962. First American edition. Reprint of the 1938 edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Arco, 1962, first printing. 8vo., 256pp., illus with 26 tipped-in plates. Green cloth with gilt titles. Mild dust foxing on top edge of page block, bookplate on pastedown. Very good plus, clean, bright in very good plus dust jacket with a closed tear at the rear flap fold. . 1st. Hard. Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus. 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- The Wild Muse (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010419
- Title
- English Pistols & Revolvers: Historical Outline of the Development and Design of English Hand Firearms from the Seventeenth Century to the Present Day
- Author
- George, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- Arco
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1962
- Size
- 8vo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sport; Military;
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About The Wild Muse
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