Search Results: Firearms from Gene W. Baade Books on the West

OKC: National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, 2004. First Edition. Soft cover. As New. 1st printing. Oblong 4to color illustrated wraps. 132pp. Fabulous illustrations in color of the finest prints in the golden era of classic hunting firearms marketing. Read and weep. Fine, as new.

Dallas: Chama, 1989. Limited/Numbered. Hardcover. Collectible As New. Limited to 400 copies, this being #134 signed by David Holman (designer) & the binder, Craig Jensen. One-half leather & cloth This fine limited edition copy, never read, is published in half-calf & cloth with gilt-stamped leather label. 4to in custom slipcase (also as new). 109pp. Illus. Short bibliography & sources. Edited by Bill Sloan, Foreword by J. Evetts Haley, photographs by Charles Debus. Finely designed & printed by Chama Press. Foreword begins, "This little book ... is a study of six-shooters of the old-time sort in a modern setting." Focuses on the Grizzly and Heritage pistols.

Boston, (C.F. Libbie & Co.), 1911, 1911. First Thus. Soft cover. Good. Wraps. 90pp. Illustrated with several plates of the weapons. 873 items described, with prices realized written in ink on the margins. Some chips to covers & some edge stains. Good.

n.p.: n.p., 1921. Soft cover. Very Good. Sepia-toned real photograph, 2 3/8" x 4". Penciled 1921 on back. A cowboy wearing is wearing chaps, and around his waist is a belt/holster, the former with bullets & the later with a revolver in is. He is holding the reins of a saddled horse. There is a fence & hill in background and a dog on left. A small structure is on the right. Small but interesting, It may have been taken in Washington State, but we can't verify that. Very good, if small, photo of a cowboy!

London: Weidenfeld Military / Arms & Armour Press, 1991. First Thus. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st printing thus. 4to cloth. 160pp. Illus. Index. Owner's label on ffep. Fine in dj.

NY: Crown Publishers, 1985. First American Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st printing thus. 4to cloth. 192pp. Illus. Bibliography. Glossary. Index. Voluminous information well pictured. Fine in dj.

Bozeman: U of Cal, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 1st printing. Cloth. 395pp. Illus. Notes.Glossary of Gun Terms, Bibliography. Index. Endpaper maps. fos/date on ffep. Lower front corner slightly bumped; near fine in vg dj.

Miami Beach: MHA, 1959. First Thus. Soft cover. Good-. Pictorial stapled wraps. 208pp. Illus. Illus. 1,613 mainly firearms & edged weapons, and 5 coats of armor. Front cover with couple of chips & curled corners. Good.

Boston: Adams, Sampson, & Co, 1860. First Edition. Hardcover. Collectible Very Good. 1st printing of this very scarce business directory covering six states: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut. 1/2 leather and boards, the paper over boards containing both title and several pictorial ads. Text of listings and other info runs 912pp, much of the print font quite small to accommodate thousands and thousands of listings. Following this main section are over 208pp of ads, many with pictorial engravings. On the fore edge is printed in abbreviation the six states with a small thumb index to assist the reader to open up to a given state. I have named Samuel Colt to the authorship to draw attention to the fact that following page (664) Colt has four pages (two leaves) one a color paper. The heading is: "The Pioneers of Civilization COLT'S REVOLVING BREECH FIREARMS (small pictorial device showing five firearms) PISTOLS, RIFLES, CARBINES AND SHOT GUNS." Under this heading is… Read More

various: Remington Society of America, 1998. Soft cover. Fine. 1st printings of 42 issues of the journal. Pictorial wraps, generally 60 - 95pp each. Sequence is not complete, but includes years 1998 - 2015. Complete years, however, are '04, '06, '09, '12-'14. A wealth of information for the Remington owner/collector. Generally fine condition. Shipping extra.

Dallas: Taylor, 1976. Limited First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. A Limited First Printing of 100 Copies." "Deluxe Edition". 4to hardbound in leather-looking fabroikoid with gold titles & gold revolver on cover. 523pp on glossy stock. Profusely & wonderfully illustrated, mostly in fine b/w, but some color plates. Index. Signed by all three authors on onion-paper sheet page. fos/date on front paste down. Near fine. Tiny blemish bottom of front cover, & slight pull between signatures of binding pps 468-9. Much sought.