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Chesa Ltd 1978. THIS VOL ONLY, quarto, grey heavy boards, blue lettering to spine, blue gun motif to front board, vi + 504pp, illus, VG- (light scuffing to board edges, heavy crease/fold to top corner of rear board, light tanning & foxing to page egdes & eps, prev. bookseller's ink stamp to fep, light foxing to pages sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, 2cm closed tear to top front cover, light to moderate chafing & soiling to covers, light foxing to internal sides) HEAVY
Tear Gas Munitions: An Analysis of Commercial Riot Gas Guns, Tear Gas Projectiles, Grenades, Small Arms Ammunition, and Related Tear Gas Devices by Swearengen, Thomas F - 1966
by Swearengen, Thomas F
Tear Gas Munitions: An Analysis of Commercial Riot Gas Guns, Tear Gas Projectiles, Grenades, Small Arms Ammunition, and Related Tear Gas Devices
by Swearengen, Thomas F
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- Signed
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Springfield: Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, 1966. First Edition. Full cloth. Quarto. xxvi, 569 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. Bound in rust colored cloth over boards with gilt-stamped spine title. Shallow bumps to lower fore corners of boards, hint of soil to jacket spine.. Black & white photographs, diagrams. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Swearengen on front free endpaper. A detailed textbook for police on various non-lethal weapons available to maintain the public peace. Published at a time of increasing civil unrest in the 1960s, when it was also understood that "the use of firearms cannot be tolerated in dealing with civil disturbances.". Signed by Author.
- Bookseller Back Creek Books LLC, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Illustrator Black & white photographs, diagrams
- Format/Binding Full cloth. Quarto. xxvi, 569 pages
- Book Condition Used - Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. Bound in rust colored cloth over boards with gilt-stamped spine title. Shallow bumps to lo
- Quantity Available 1
- Edition First Edition
- Publisher Charles C. Thomas, Publisher
- Place of Publication Springfield
- Date Published 1966
- Keywords Riots, Crowd control, Police, Special munitions, Tear gas