Famous Guns From Famous Collections by Bowman, Hank Wieand - 1957

Fawcett Publications; Muller, 1957. Trade paperback. Good. No dust jacket. 144p.

US: Fawcett Books, 1957. Fawcett Books 1957 Very Good/ Tight tanned pages. Illustrated 144 pages.. Paperback. Very Good.

New York: Arco Publishing Company, Inc., 1957. This is the HARDCOVER FIRST EDITION -- moderately hard-to-find with a Dust Jacket as nice as this one. Very Good condition in a Very Good Dust Jacket. NOT price clipped ($2.50). NOT a library discard. Square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are clean but starting to brown a little, as usual. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. 6.75" wide by 10" tall. Profusely photo illustrated. Has chapters on: Firearms of the Early American colonies; Firearms of the Revolution; The Flintlock Period Ends; Developments of Percussion Firearms; Guns of the Civil War; Firearms of the Reconstruction Period; Outlaw Guns; and Where to See and Study Famous Firearms. Bound in the original red boards, lettered in black on the spine and front cover. From the Dust Jacket: "More than 300 prized guns from 35 outstanding museums and private collections are illustrated and described.".… Read More

Greenwich, Connecticut; Fawcett Publications Inc.; 1957.. First Edition; Super Royal 8vo; pp. 142; illustrated endpapers, illustrated title page, text illustrated with numerous b/w. photographs, bound in original stiff stapled illustrated wrappers, good copy. More than 300 prized guns from 35 outstanding museum and private collections.