A History of the Colt Revolver and the Other Arms Made by Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company from 1836 to 1940
by Charles T. Haven and Frank A. Belden
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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TORRINGTON, Wyoming, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Bonanza Books, 1940. Reprint Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Photographs. G/G, used hc, 711 pages. Emerald green cloth over boards with gilt text on upper and spine; minimal wear to corners, head and tail of spine. Illustrated dust jacket with white and black text on upper and black text on spine; minor chips and tears at fold, two tears on head of upper - one is 1/2" and the other is1 1/4"; 1/2" x 1/2" chip at tail of spine; 3 more tears on tail of lower with the longest being 9/16" long and another chip at the head of lower that is 1 1/4" x 3/4"; inside of front fold is a black streak and is price clipped; wrapped in mylar cover. Interior pages are clean, unmarked, unbent. Binding is tight.
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- Bookseller
- PRAIRIE CREEK BOOKS & TEA LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011852
- Title
- A History of the Colt Revolver and the Other Arms Made by Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company from 1836 to 1940
- Author
- Charles T. Haven and Frank A. Belden
- Illustrator
- Photographs
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint Edition
- Publisher
- Bonanza Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1940
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
- Keywords
- Colt Fire Arms, Colt Guns, Colt Manufacturing Company, Historic Guns, Guns, Fire Arms, Weapons
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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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- 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.
- 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...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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