Advanced Gunsmithing
by W.F. Vickery
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Collectible; Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Waccabuc, New York, United States
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About This Item
Plantersville, South Carolina: Small-Arms Technical Publishing Company (Samworth), 1944. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. A solid copy of this 1944 Samworth book on firearms. "A Manual of Instruction in the Manufacture, Alteration and Repair of Firearms in-so-far as the Necessary Metal Work with Hand and Machine Tools Is Concerned--With Chapters on the Boring, Rifling and Chambering of Barrels". VG- in its limp, light-brown cloth, with light spotting at the panels and former owner bookplate at the front pastedown. And in a bright, VG- dustjacket, with several small closed tears at the panel edges and flap-folds and light foxing to the covers. Still though, a solid, presentable copy. 12mo, nicely illustrated thruout by Oliver Hamilton.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10689
- Title
- Advanced Gunsmithing
- Author
- W.F. Vickery
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Collectible; Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Small-Arms Technical Publishing Company (Samworth)
- Place of Publication
- Plantersville, South Carolina
- Date Published
- 1944
- Keywords
- rare firearms, rare gun books, rare Samworth titles
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
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