FORTY-TWO YEARS' SCRAPBOOK OF RARE ANCIENT FIREARMS: A Limited 2000-Copy Edition Sold by Subscription
by Dexter, F. Theodore (Compiled)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Los Angeles, CA: Warren F. Lewis (1954) 320 pp. Original deluxe dark red full-leather covers w/ gilt title on spine, and small gilt decoration on front cover. Modest rubbing to corners and spine ends. Light scattered foxing. #1531 of 2000 copies, SIGNED BY F. THEODORE DEXTER (COMPILER). Illust. w/ b/w plates.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/No Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Limited Edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M4002G
- Title
- FORTY-TWO YEARS' SCRAPBOOK OF RARE ANCIENT FIREARMS: A Limited 2000-Copy Edition Sold by Subscription
- Author
- Dexter, F. Theodore (Compiled)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Warren F. Lewis
- Place of Publication
- Los Angeles, CA
- Keywords
- MILITARY HISTORY GUNS WEAPONS RARE ANCIENT FIREARMS MUZZLE-LOADING FIREARMS ANTIQUES HOBBY HOBBIES COLLECTIBLES COLLECTIONS COLLECTING COLLECTORS NONFICTION GENERAL
- Bookseller catalogs
- Guns; Weapons; Hobbies;
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Shoemaker Booksellers
Biblio member since 2007
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
About Shoemaker Booksellers
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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....