Guns
por Pope, Dudley
- Usado
- Bom
- Capa dura
- Condição
- Bom/Very Good ++
- ISBN 10
- 060001648X
- ISBN 13
- 9780600016489
- Livreiro
-
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Formas de pagamento
Sobre este item
London: Spring Books, 1971 Book. Illus. by Max Millar. Fine. Hardcover. Third Printing. 4to. 254 (2) pp, introduction, 1. The Discovery of Gunpowder, 2. The Arrival of the Gun, 3. The First Great Gunner, 4. The Development of Hand Guns, 5. Guns Influence Tactics, 6. The Age of Change, 7. The Science of Guns, 8. The Great Gunsmiths, 9. The Art of the Gunner, 10. Samuel Colt's Revolution, 11. Rapid Fire, 12. Breech-Loading Wins, 13. Guns in the Air, 14. The Beginning of the End. Photographic Acknowledgments. Over 359 illustrations including 59 in full color. Third Impression, 1971. The guns of land, sea and air -- all are included, from pairs of exquisitely worked Italian pistols, their ebony stocks inlaid with silver, to the stupendous German gun which fired on Paris in 1918 at a range of sixty-seven miles. The rich variety of pictorial material emphasizes the range which makes this book a valuable contribution to the history of firearms, There are photographsof the guns themselves, together with paintings, engravings, sketches and documents, and above all, there are Max Millar's unique and illuminating drawings of weapons and weapon systems. Price clipped with inked inscription on recto ffep. 1 1/4 " closed tear at bottom edge front panel dj with with slightly wrinkled topmost edge spine of same, else, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Black cloth with gilt design and lettering to spine, and b&w decorative endpapers..
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Detalhes
- Livreiro
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 001698
- Título
- Guns
- Autor
- Pope, Dudley
- Ilustrador
- Max Millar
- Formato/Encadernação
- Capa dura
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Bom
- Condição de sobrecapa
- Very Good ++
- Edição
- Third Printing
- ISBN 10
- 060001648X
- ISBN 13
- 9780600016489
- Editorial
- Spring Books
- Local de publicação
- London
- Data de publicação
- 1971
- Palavras-chave
- FIELD & STREAM WEAPONS GUNS HISTORY WEAPONS SYSTEMS
- Catálogos de livreiros
- FIELD & STREAM;
- Size
- 4to
Termos da venda
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Sobre o Vendedor
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
Membro de Biblio desde 2006
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Sobre West Side Book Shop, ABAA
West Side Book Shop, Located in downtown Ann Arbor, was established in 1975 by Jay Platt, a member of the ABAA. West Side Book Shop offers a wide selection of used and rare books.
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- Price Clipped
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- Cloth
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- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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....
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
