Search Results: the modern gunsmith 2 volumes by howe james virgil

New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1954. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. A particulary nice set but the dustwrapper of volume 2 is torn with some loss.Heavy

Literary Digest Books. Used - Very Good. May have light to moderate shelf wear and/or a remainder mark. Complete. Clean pages. Vol 1. is signed and inscribed on the FFEP. BOXED

Hardcover. Good. Volume 1: Dust jacket is included but has tears, tanning, missing pieces. Cover has some shelf wear to the corners and edges. Inside cover and fly page has the previous owners signature inside. Page edges are heavily tanned. Pages are clean and free of notations and have light fox spotting throughout. Volume 2: Dust jacket is not included. Cover has some shelf wear to the corners and edges.Inside cover has previous owners signature.Pages are clean and free of notations and has some light foxspotting throughout.

Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1945. Hardcover. Very Good/No DJ. Vintage 2 Volume Hardcover Set, Vol 1, 1945 - 424 pages. Vol 2, 1945 - 424 pages plus a supplement of 62 pages. Both volumes are Very Good, minus the DJ's. Minor shelf/edge wear to black cloth spines with silver titles over patterned cloth boards - corners sharp with wear to the tips. Vol 2 has a slight shelf lean. Endpapers have some offsetting. No previous owner markings - all pages are clean and unmarked. Loaded with illustrations , diagrams and photos. One of the classics of the subject. All the great post-war custom gunsmiths had this set in their libraries and they were well used. When you look at a custom rifle from the late 40's through the 60's, you can be sure that the knowledge from this set was a factor in producing it. Highly recommended. A very respectable set, minus the DJ's. LOC SSM-08

Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1934. hardcover. Very Good. 11x8x3. First ed. of two-volume set--volume 1 signed by author on front end page: "With the best wishes of the author. J.V. Howe 1934;" both volumes have ghosts of book plates on front paste downs; otherwise clean and unmarked anywhere on strong glossy unaged paper; many photos and drawings; bindings tight; textured boards with silver gilt decoration and lettering (on spines) have lightly bumped corners, some rubbing on crowns of spines. 10-3/4" x 8".