Good++, Fair Stackpole and Heck Inc. 1948 8VO, B/W Phot & Ill, Hardcover Hardcover in dust jacket. SIGNED and inscribed by the author on first free endpaper. Gold cloth boards show light edge wear and bumping. Foxed foredges. Previous owner's bookplate on first paste down. Text pages are clean. Tired dust jacket is chipped and torn at all corners and edges. Rubbing, soil and sun fade. Looks better in new protective mylar. Always carefully wrapped and shipped in cardboard boxes to protect your purchase.

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Bookseller: Koster's Collectible Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: INVENT038025I
Title: PRACTICAL DOPE ON THE BIG BORES
Author: Ness, F. C
Book Condition: Used - Good++, Fair
Edition: 1948
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Stackpole and Heck Inc.
Keywords: Guns / Weapons

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Koster's Collectible Books

Thank You for your order!! All titles subject to prior sale. We ship in boxes, all carefully packed. PAYMENT:Money order, Paypal. NY residents please add 8.625% sales tax. SHIPPING: USPS 4th Class Bookrate, $3.99 1st book, each additional book $1.00. Priority mail $16.00 1st bk, $2 each additional. International shipping is at cost. Call/fax/e-mail to hold. All dust jackets are covered in protective plastic. Orders processed promptly!!Returns are accepted within two weeks of purchase, and must be returned to us at the buyers expense, in the same condition in which it was received, carefully packed.

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Koster's Collectible Books

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Farmingville, New York

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About Koster's Collectible Books

Welcome to Koster's Collectible Books. We have been selling quality out of print books since 1990. We invite you to browse our inventory. Although we carry most general categories, our specialties include Military History, Nautical & Naval History, Automobiles, Aviation, Railroads, Oceanliners, Sports & Sporting, the Arts and collectible Childrens books.

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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...
Fair: is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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...
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"...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Bookplate: Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...