Principles of Firearms
by Balleisen, Charles E
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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Haworth, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1945. Hard cover book, no DJ. Fair condition, ex-libris, with number on spine, stamps on endpapers and marks where pockets were removed on rear endpapers. Shows shelfwear, interior pages otherwise very good. Navy cloth boards, copyright 1945, with notation that it was manufactuyred in accordance with the recommendations of the War Production Board. 146 pages. Study of the design of automatic firearms by a mechanical engineer. Quite scarce title.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Bruce Irving
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002385
- Title
- Principles of Firearms
- Author
- Balleisen, Charles E
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1945
- Keywords
- Firearms Design, MacHine Guns, Charles Balleisen
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Bruce Irving
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- First Edition
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- Shelfwear
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- Fair
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