Gun Collecting
by Chapel, Charles Edward
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Good + DJ
- Seller
-
Helena, Montana, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Coward-McCann, 1939. Hardcover. Very Good in Good + DJ. 3rd printing, very good + blue cloth hardcover shows some mild shelfwear including rubbing at edges and bumping to bottom corners, in good + dust jacket (price at flap) that shows edgewear including closed tears and shallow open chipping mainly at spine head with staining at spine head area visible only at jacket reverse. 232 pages illustrated. Still a solid copy in jacket of this handbook that "..offers information for the expert as well as for the beginner on values, how and where to acquire guns, with a great historical outline of gun development.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Barker Books & Vintage (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26912
- Title
- Gun Collecting
- Author
- Chapel, Charles Edward
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good + DJ
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Coward-McCann
- Date Published
- 1939
- Keywords
- Antiques; Collectibles; Rare Books; Spokane, WA; Used Books ; ; ;
Terms of Sale
Barker Books & Vintage
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Barker Books & Vintage
Biblio member since 2021
Helena, Montana
About Barker Books & Vintage
Welcome to Barker Books & Vintage. We are a brick and mortar retailer of carefully selected books and other paper related product, located in Helena, Montana. We use our office mainly to buy books but are willing to allow perusal of inventory upon request. Our special emphasis on quality books includes a broad range of titles with particular interest given to those being uncommon or collectible. We have been in business close to twenty five years including our new home in Montana. Please call with any questions.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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...