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Guns of the Old West
by Chapel, Charles Edward
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Hartland, Michigan, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Firearms Classics Library. As New with no dust jacket. 1995. First Edition :. Hardcover. Octovo in full calf with elaborate gilt deorations on front and back covers, fine binding with 4 bands on spine, edges gilted like mirrors, a vertical line on foredge. Unworn and Unread, else as NEW. A copy crisp as the pull of the trigger on a Colt 44. A beauty. Illustrated. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mossback Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28857
- Title
- Guns of the Old West
- Author
- Chapel, Charles Edward
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition :
- Publisher
- Firearms Classics Library
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- Old Guns; Guns Of The West
- Bookseller catalogs
- Armaments;
Terms of Sale
Mossback Books
books sent by Media mail @$4.25 first book $3 each book thereafter; average size Air mail @$8.25 within midwest-zone(west-coast zone-$10.50) first book. Heavy books quote for air mail. Books can be returned within 7 days of receipt for any reason but with prior notice given to the seller. Foreign sales need to obtain a quote for postage.
About the Seller
Mossback Books
Biblio member since 2004
Hartland, Michigan
About Mossback Books
Sales through the internet and at book shows in the midwest.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Fine Binding
- An elaborate and decorative binding, example including a leather-bound book with gilt edges, raised blind stamps, raised ribs,...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
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