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The Belgian Rattlesnake. The Lewis Automatic Machine Gun. A Social and Technical Biography of the Gun and its Inventors
by EASTERLY, William M
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
Cobourg: Collector Grade Publications Incorporated, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Cobourg, Collector Grade Publications Incorporated, 1998. Small oblong folio, xxxviii, 542 pages with 686 illustrations plus colour pictorial endpapers. Synthetic cloth; edges very lightly foxed; essentially a fine copy with the dustwrapper lightly foxed on the verso. 'The result of over twenty years of research, this is the most complete account ever published of the life and times of Colonel Isaac Newton Lewis, and his crowning invention, the Lewis Automatic Machine Gun, as well as other arms designs including the Lewis "shock action" and other automatic rifles, and Lewis .45 caliber pistols' (dustwrapper blurb). Produced and edited by R. Blake-Stevens.
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- Bookseller
- Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 120610
- Title
- The Belgian Rattlesnake. The Lewis Automatic Machine Gun. A Social and Technical Biography of the Gun and its Inventors
- Author
- EASTERLY, William M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Collector Grade Publications Incorporated
- Place of Publication
- Cobourg
- Date Published
- 1998
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About the Seller
Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
Biblio member since 2006
Adelaide, South Australia
About Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
The business was established in Adelaide in March 1976 and is a longstanding member of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers (ANZAAB) and the Australian Antique Dealers Association (AADA). A large out-of-print and antiquarian stock is maintained at our retail outlet in the centre of Adelaide; mail-order catalogues of our specializations are issued and a representative selection of our stock is online.
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