Gun Collecting by Chapel, Charles Edward - 1998

Coward-McCann, Inc, 1939. 1st. Good. 1939. Library discard. Definitive reference on collecting 17th to 19th century pistols with photographs. Hardcover. Most stamps & stickers removed. NO DUST JACKET. PRICE REDUCED. Free shipping in USA.

Coward-McCann, 1939. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Coward-McCann, 1939. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: Coward McCann, 1947 236pp. Lower edges of boards have moderate to heavy shelf wear. Spine head has a small tear. Spine ends are bumped, rubbed and chipping. Tips are heavily rubbed. Former owner bookplate on front endpaper. Spine edge of inside boards and endpapers have light toning. Jacket is price clipped. Spine panel is severely sun faded including most of authors name. Tips of flap folds and spine ends are missing small pieces and are chipping. Rear panel has sun faded. Jacket has light soiling. Inside of jacket has darkened. Text is clean and unmarked. . Revised Edition Eleventh Impression. Hard Cover. Good Plus/Fair Jacket.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1947. Book. Illus. by Photographs. Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. G/none, used hc, vii-x, 236 pages. Light blue paper over boards with white text on spine; minor shelf wear to head and tail of spine but no tears; edges and corners slightly frayed; head corner of upper slightly bumped. Interior pages clean, unmarked. A nice copy for its age..

New York, NY: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1947. Book. Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. G/N, used, HC, pale blue cloth, silver text to spine and silver pistol on upper, b & w frontis, 236 pages. Interior clean, binding tight. There is a sticker on the inside edge of the rear paste-down from a former seller. Spine of exterior is sunned. Slight shelf wear to corners and edges..

Coward-McCann, 1947. hardcover. Very Good. .

New York: Coward McCann, 1939 Owned by Florida author Richard Powell. Signed by Steve Powell on flyleaf "Steve Powell Son of Richard Powell". Fourth Printing. Green cloth stamped in silver on spine. 232 pages. 15 plates of gun specimens on slick paper. Author was internationally recognized as an authority on arms history. Some very light foxing here and there. Dust jacket with large chips missing. VG/Poor..

Coward-McCann, 1939. Hardcover. Very Good in Good + DJ. 3rd printing, very good + blue cloth hardcover shows some mild shelfwear including rubbing at edges and bumping to bottom corners, in good + dust jacket (price at flap) that shows edgewear including closed tears and shallow open chipping mainly at spine head with staining at spine head area visible only at jacket reverse. 232 pages illustrated. Still a solid copy in jacket of this handbook that "..offers information for the expert as well as for the beginner on values, how and where to acquire guns, with a great historical outline of gun development.

New York: COWARD-McCANN INC, 1947. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 2nd revised. Very good or better in good dustwrapper. Book is rubbed at spine ends and corners, cover and foredges soiled. Dustwrapper is rubbed and chipped at spine ends and corners, price clipped, spine faded, lightly browned. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.