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The Deringer in America: Volume I -- The Percussion Period
by WILSON, R.L., and EBERHART, L.D
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0917218205
- ISBN 13
- 9780917218200
- Seller
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Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Lincoln, RI: Andrew Mowbray Inc, 1985. Hardcover. 4to. Beige cloth with brown spine lettering and decoration, pictorial dust jacket. x, 271pp, (1p ad). Extensive illustrations (some color). Fine/near fine. Jacket spine (only) slightly sunned. Handsome, tight first edition of the first volume. (A second volume, covering "The Cartridge Period," was published in 1993.).
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- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 49558
- Title
- The Deringer in America: Volume I -- The Percussion Period
- Author
- WILSON, R.L., and EBERHART, L.D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0917218205
- ISBN 13
- 9780917218200
- Publisher
- Andrew Mowbray Inc
- Place of Publication
- Lincoln, RI
- Date Published
- 1985
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