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Thoughts On The Kentucky Rifle In Its Golden Age
by Kindig, Joe
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- Hardcover
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Garrison, New York, United States
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About This Item
York, Pennsylvania: George Shumway, 1983. Second edition. Hardcover. Very good + condition. Annotated second edition, examining American flintlock rifles as works of rococo art made by some of the finest artisans working in early America. These rifles were made in the Appalachian piedmont with distinctly different decorative details on the rifles, as well as different styles of stocks and metal mountings. As an example, Lancaster County Pennsylvania patch boxes often featured a daisy like flower.
Large 4to, xii, 561pp, illustrations. Tan gilt buckram, in the original pictorial dust jacket, some tears at bottom edges. OCLC: 11344238.
Large 4to, xii, 561pp, illustrations. Tan gilt buckram, in the original pictorial dust jacket, some tears at bottom edges. OCLC: 11344238.
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- Bookseller
- Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24053
- Title
- Thoughts On The Kentucky Rifle In Its Golden Age
- Author
- Kindig, Joe
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good + condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second edition
- Publisher
- George Shumway
- Place of Publication
- York, Pennsylvania
- Date Published
- 1983
- Bookseller catalogs
- MILITARY;
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