A History of Firearms from earliest times to 1914
by W. Y. Carman
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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TORRINGTON, Wyoming, United States
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About This Item
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd., 1955. Book. Illus. by Illustrations. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. VG/G, used, hc, brick colored cloth with gilt text to spine and gilt canon on upper, v-xv, 207 pages. Interior clean no marks, pages near bright, binding tight. There is a small brown rectangle of discoloration on the ffep from unknown material. DJ is price clipped, small tear to top edge of the lower at the spine, the bottom edge of the spine has a pasted on sticker showing the book came from St. Martin's Press. DJ enclosed in protective sleeve..
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- Bookseller
- PRAIRIE CREEK BOOKS & TEA LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012753
- Title
- A History of Firearms from earliest times to 1914
- Author
- W. Y. Carman
- Illustrator
- Illustrations
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1955
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- WEAPONS, FIREARMS, W. Y. CARMAN, HISTORY OF FIREARMS
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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
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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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- Gilt
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