The Gun Collector's Handbook of Values
by Charles Edward Chapel
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good/Poor
- Seller
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Loveland, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1947. Signed and inscribed by the author. Very Good condition Hardcover Octavo in a Poor condition Dust Jacket, 1947, 2nd edition, 412 pages includes an index. Spine ends bumped, and some rubbing of the edges of the dark blue cloth boards. The interior is unmarked and solid, but tanning. The dust jacket has a chunk missing from the front. RARE SIGNED. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. 8vo - 7" to 9" Tall. Book.
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- Bookseller
- Squirrel Away Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016850
- Title
- The Gun Collector's Handbook of Values
- Author
- Charles Edward Chapel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Publisher
- Coward-McCann, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1947
- Keywords
- Firearms Collecting History Signed
- Size
- 8vo - 7" to 9" Tall
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Glossary
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- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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