Colonel Colt London: The history of Colt's London firearms, 1851-1857 by ROSA, Joseph G - 1976

Arms and Armour Press, 1976. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good . 9x6x1. In Very Good+ condition and Very Good dustjacket. The full story of the London Armoury's five years of existence, from 1852 to 1857, chronicling Sam colt's frustrations and triumphs and detailing the revolvers he produced. More than three hundred photographs show every type of gun style to emerge from those years, many of them highlighting specific parts of a weapon; and these supplemented by listings of serial numbers and hitherto unpublished details of identification of immeasurable value to collectors. This book fills a long existing gap in gunmaking history.

E-321a: Arms and Armour Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1976. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Published by Arms and Armour Press, London, UK.. 1976. 216 pgs. Illustrated with over 300 b/w illus from photographs and drawings. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The full story of the Colts London Armoury, its five years of existence and details the revolvers he produced. Soon after establishing his Hartford factory, Colt set out to establish a factory in Europe and chose London. He organized a large display of his firearms at the Great Exhibition of 1851 at Hyde Park, London and ingratiated himself by presenting cased engraved Colt revolvers to such appropriate officials as Britain's Master General of the Ordnance. At one exhibit Colt disassembled ten guns and… Read More

London: Arms & Armour Press, 1976. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very slight tanning to page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with very slight creasing to upper edge and rear lower corner, fading to spine and slight loss of the transparent laminate surface at the lower front spine corner. 215pp. The full story of the London Armoury's five years of existence from 1852 to 1857, chronicling Sam Colt's frustrations and triumphs and detailing the revolvers he produced. With more than 300 photographs showing every type of gun style to emerge from those years plus serial numbers and other details invaluable to collectors. Scarce in the UK.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 11.5 x 9 inches.

Arms and Armour/Fortress, 1976., 1976. Collectors' Plate limited edition #184 of 1000 copies. 215p. Photos. Oversize. In mylar. Jacket price in $. SIGNED on the limitation page. Fine/Fine copy. Signed by Author. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Book.

Arms and Armour Press, 1976-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!