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European Hand Firearms of the Sixteenth, Seventeenth & Eighteenth Century. With a Treatise on Scottish Hand Firearms. [FIRST EDITION WITH MINT DUST-JACKET].
by Jackson, Herbert J.; Charles E. Whitelaw
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About This Item
London, Philip Lee Warner, at the Chiswick Press, 1923. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Royal quarto. Pp. xvi, 108. Frontispiece. Plus 71 plates printed in collotype. Title-page illustration. Illustrated initials; tail-pieces; some text figures. Half-title present. Errata slip. HARDCOVER, bound in the original publisher's full cloth, buckram spine and corners, top-edge gilt, with the original printed dust-jacket. In fine condition. Excellent copy in a particularly fine state of preservation, including the dust-jacket. ~ FIRST EDITION. Printed in a limited edition of 550 copies, of which 500 for sale. With the extremely rare, original dust-jacket, now preserved under clear plastic jacket. _O-7
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- Librarium of The Hague
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- 4678
- Title
- European Hand Firearms of the Sixteenth, Seventeenth & Eighteenth Century. With a Treatise on Scottish Hand Firearms. [FIRST EDITION WITH MINT DUST-JACKET].
- Author
- Jackson, Herbert J.; Charles E. Whitelaw
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - .
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- London, Philip Lee Warner, at the Chiswick Press
- Date Published
- 1923
- Keywords
- WEAPONS HAND HELD HANDHELD CARBINE RIFLE HANDGUN MUSKET PISTOL REVOLVER SHOTGUN MANUFACTURE METALWORK GUNSMITH WEAPON SMITH WEAPONSMITH FIREARM FIREARMS CRAFTSMANSHIP ARTIFACT MILITARY HISTORY MILITARIA NOISBN
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- Armour and Weapons;
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