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African Rifles & Cartridges
by Taylor, John
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Acceptable
- ISBN 10
- 1571570098
- ISBN 13
- 9781571570093
- Seller
-
Menifee, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Safari Press, 1994. hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 6x1x9. 1994 Safari Press (Long Beach, California), 6 1/2 x 9 3/8 inches tall x 2 inches thick blue faux leather hardcover in publisher's unclipped dust jacket, gilt lettering to front cover and spine, green pattern endpapers, copiously illustrated with black-and-white photographs and drawings, xiv, 431 pp. Remnants of the dust jacket (which is now in a clear archival Brodart sleeve) have adhered to the lower rear cover, with abrasions to front and rear covers and bumping to the upper tip of the front cover and slight bumping to the lower edge of the front board. Slight soiling to fore page edges. Inside, a very good to near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked - in a dust jacket which is slightly creased and edgeworn, with staining to the lower rear cover, but which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear sleeve. ~JJJ~ [3.0P] The classic reference work on large-calibre rifles, both bolt action and double-barrelled guns, the cartridges they shoot, and their effect on the game.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Flamingo Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- JJJ-0542-14462
- Title
- African Rifles & Cartridges
- Author
- Taylor, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1571570098
- ISBN 13
- 9781571570093
- Publisher
- Safari Press
- Place of Publication
- California
- Date Published
- 1994
- Size
- 6x1x9
- X weight
- 48 oz
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Flamingo Books
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Menifee, California
About Flamingo Books
Flamingo Books specializes in scarce and unusual nonfiction books and ephemera, with an emphasis on the natural sciences, religion, law, history and antiquarian titles.
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- Fine
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- Gilt
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- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
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