Fairfax, Virginia: The Firearms Classics Library of The Nation Rifle Association, 1995. Special Collector's Edition. Fine in full black leather pigskin covered boards with gilt text and decorations between five raised bands on the spine and with gilt borders and decorations on the front and rear boards. The end sheets are silk, all edges of the text block are gilt and there is a silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. A small quarto measuring 10 1/2" by 8". 641 pages of text including an index, an index of illustrations, appendices and illustrated throughout with line drawings, steel engravings and reproductions of photographs. A special, facsimile reprint of the first edition of this title which was originally printed in New York in 1938 by William Morrow and Company. An extremely handsome, tight, clean and crisp copy with no prior owner's marks, notations or book plates.

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Bookseller: Town's End Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: TB24370
Title: The Rifle In America
Author: Sharpe, Philip B
Book Condition: Used
Edition: Special Collector's Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Firearms Classics Library of The Nation Rifle Association
Place of Publication: Fairfax, Virginia
Date Published: 1995

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Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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...
Raised Band(s): Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
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Quarto: The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
Facsimile: An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
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...
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...
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Reprint: Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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....