Fairfax, VA: Odysseus Editions. Fine. 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Full-leather black pigskin boards with gilt decorations on front and spine and four raised bands on spine. Privately printed in 1996 for members of the Firearms Classics Library, replicating the original 1955 edition. Book is As New, crisp and clean, with a faint trace of writing on pale blue moire front endpaper. All edges gilt. Reading ribbon sewn in. Photo illustrations throughout. 8vo. 282 pp. Including index. .

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Bookseller: KULTURAs books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 83862
Title: Firearms Curiosa
Author: Winant, Lewis
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Odysseus Editions
Place of Publication: Fairfax, VA
Date Published: 1996
Keywords: Firearms Classics Library

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