Pageant of the Gun: a Treasury of Stories of Firearms; Their Romance and Lore, Development and Use Through Ten Centuries
by Harold L. Peterson
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Good
- Seller
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TORRINGTON, Wyoming, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1967. Reprint Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Photographs. F/G, used hc, brick colored cloth with black and gilt text on spine, brown colored end papers, 352 pages; slight wear to tips and head and tail of spine; 3/4" tear of cloth at tail of spine on upper. Interior clean, near bright, binding tight. Color illustrated dust jacket with cream and black colored text on upper and spine; edge wear with small tears, chips and creases, not price-clipped, tiny piece missing at head of spine, slight rubbing on upper; interior of dj shows foxing especially at spine and spotting.
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- Bookseller
- PRAIRIE CREEK BOOKS & TEA LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020157
- Title
- Pageant of the Gun: a Treasury of Stories of Firearms; Their Romance and Lore, Development and Use Through Ten Centuries
- Author
- Harold L. Peterson
- Illustrator
- Photographs
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- 1967
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Keywords
- PAGEANT OF THE GUN, WEAPONS, HAROLD L. PETERSON
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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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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