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Guns of the Old West
by Charles Edward Chapel
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Gleneden Beach, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Fairfax, Virginia: Odysseus Editions, 1995. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Excellent Book on firearms that helped open the American frontier and West, 306 pages including index, heavily illustrated with photos, scale drawing's and prints of more than 500 firearms. Full Red leather binding in Fine Condition, fancy gilt tiles to spine and die cut ornamentation on front and rear board, all edges are gilt, silk end papers and marker ribbon. No previous owner bookplate or writing, Stunning edition in as new condition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pacific Coast Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001692
- Title
- Guns of the Old West
- Author
- Charles Edward Chapel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Odysseus Editions
- Place of Publication
- Fairfax, Virginia
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- Guns of the Old West, Firearms of the West
Terms of Sale
Pacific Coast Books
10 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 10 days after delivery if an item arrives mis-described or damaged.
About the Seller
Pacific Coast Books
Biblio member since 2015
Gleneden Beach, Oregon
About Pacific Coast Books
Pacific Coast Books specializes in quality of books of interest from our store on the Central Oregon Coast. We are proud members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and have been buying and selling books for almost 20 years. Visit our website at www.Pacifc CoastBooks.net. Please feel free to call or email with any titles you would like to add to your collection. Only a small fraction of our inventory is online. We buy book collections.
Glossary
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
This Book’s Categories
- Countries & Cultures North America United States Americana
- Countries & Cultures North America United States West
- History Western History United States History
- Hobbies & Crafts
- Hobbies & Crafts Collecting Numismatics Weapons
- Hobbies & Crafts Collecting Numismatics Guns Firearms
- Sports & Games Hunting, Fishing & Shooting Hunting
- Military & Military History Weapons
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