Guns and Rifles of the World
by Blackmore, Howard L
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/Good Plus
- Seller
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Sorn, East Ayrshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: B.T. Batsford Limited, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus/Good Plus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Large. N/a. Type: Z 134pp. 1965. First edition. 4to. large sized. A very good, clean, tight copy in good plus jacket. Original publisher's grey cloth boards - gilt embossed to the spine. Burgundy endpapers. Upper edge dyed red as called for. Some 869 guns or other armaments illustrated in a lengthy photographic plate section in the middle of the book. No inscriptions. A very good plus, clean, tight copy in good plus jacket. The extreme tips of the lower two or three page corners have been turned. The jacket has not been price-clipped. It has a little yellowing to the verso caused by old sellotape repairs, several short tears which have been expertly repaired and a number of nicks - some of which have been repaired. It also has some shelf wear and rubbing to the peripheries. A very good plus, clean, tight copy in good plus jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Trumpington Fine Books Limited
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 239992
- Title
- Guns and Rifles of the World
- Author
- Blackmore, Howard L
- Illustrator
- N/a
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- B.T. Batsford Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1965
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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