FIREARMS CURIOSA
by Winant, Lewis
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good+
- Seller
-
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: St. Martin's Press, Inc. (1961) 282 pp. Original black cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding very bright and clean. Light foxing to edges of text block. DJ a bit soiled. Price clipped. One of 1,500 copies. Illust. w/ b/w photos and drawings. Contents very nice.. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M3942G
- Title
- FIREARMS CURIOSA
- Author
- Winant, Lewis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Keywords
- MILITARY HISTORY GUNS WEAPONS FIREARMS COMBINATION WEAPONS MINIATURE FIREARMS TWO-BARREL REVOLVERS TWO-CYLINDER REVOLVERS SQUEEZERS KNUCKLEDUSTERS ALARM TRAP GUNS KNIFE PISTOLS CANE GUNS DISGUISED GUNS SUPERPOSED LOADS TURRET CHAIN GUNS NONFICTION GENERAL
- Bookseller catalogs
- Guns; Weapons;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Shoemaker Booksellers
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About the Seller
Shoemaker Booksellers
Biblio member since 2007
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
About Shoemaker Booksellers
Established in 1992, we are family owned and operated. We strive to provide excellent customer service and our inventory is hand picked for the best quality and subject matter. Our diverse inventory of used, rare and out of print books, as well as ephemera, covers most areas of interest and favors more the uncommon or unusual titles.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.