Fredrick r winter (4 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. The intent i writing this book is to put in one place all that could be found of essential interest to the collector of the handguns specified and ordered by the U.S. Navy from 1808-1911. The essentials covered for each gun are as follows; the manufacturers, when the guns were purchased, how many were purchased, who inspected the guns, and were possible, to which Navy Yard they were shipped. Each gun is illustrated from pictures of the author's collection and each is described in some detail. Profusely illustrated Bibliography. Stated First Edition. 127 numbered pages. Fine hardcover in a fine, mylar covered dust jacket.…

Hard cover. Zustand: Fine in fine dust jacket. First edition. Unabridged. 128 p. Book and jacket are in near fine condition. From the introduction: "The intent in writing this book is to put in one place all that could be found of essential interest to the collector of the handguns specified and ordered by the U. S. Navy from 1808-1911. The essentials covered for each gun are as follows: the manufacturers, when the guns were purchased, how many were purchased, who inspected these guns, and where possible, to which Navy Yard they were shipped. Each gun is illustrated from pictures of the author's collection and each is described in some detail. Finally, the author has developed a means to approximate the number of each type of gun surviving today. This survival rate is given for all gun types at the conclusion of each section. The method used to obtain this survival curve is presented in the Appendix.".…

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: New. 1st Edition. 11" x 8½", 127pgs. New/New. Trace of an old label at the back. Included are sections on each of the important naval handguns within the period. Heavily illustrated. See picture. B-11.

Zustand: As New. First Edition Hardcover with fine dust jacket. Book is in Excellent condition, pages are clean and tight.