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The Great Guns
by Harold L. Peterson and Robert Elman
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0448020696
- ISBN 13
- 9780448020693
- Seller
-
TORRINGTON, Wyoming, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Grosset & Dunlap, Inc., 1971. Book. Illus. by Photographs by J. Barry O'Rourke. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. VG/VG, used hc, 252 pages. Blue cloth over boards with gilt text on upper and spine. Color illustrated dust jacket with red, black and beige text on upper and white text on spine; very minor shelf wear to head of spine; verso shows some foxing. Interior pages clean, unmarked; color and b&w photographs throughout. Binding is tight..
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- Bookseller
- PRAIRIE CREEK BOOKS & TEA LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012425
- Title
- The Great Guns
- Author
- Harold L. Peterson and Robert Elman
- Illustrator
- Photographs by J. Barry O'Rourke
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0448020696
- ISBN 13
- 9780448020693
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1971
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- Weapons, Guns, Gun Collectors, Firearms, Gun History
Terms of Sale
PRAIRIE CREEK BOOKS & TEA LLC
10 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 10 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
PRAIRIE CREEK BOOKS & TEA LLC
Biblio member since 2012
TORRINGTON, Wyoming
About PRAIRIE CREEK BOOKS & TEA LLC
We specialize in western history, gun knife and hunting titles. Also try to stock Wyoming history titles. We have a walk-in store on US Hwy 26/85 the most direct route to Fort Laramie National History site..We have what I think is the largest seleciton of weapons titles in SE Wyoming, both new and used. Always looking for good used weapons titles.
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- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- VG/VG
- Very Good Condition book with a Very Good Condition dust jacket. Very Good Condition indicates a used book that does show some...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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