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Publicado por The Firearms Classics Library, Birmingham, AL., 1998
Librería: Ross & Haines Old Book Co., Hudson, WI, Estados Unidos de America
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Full-Leather. Condición: Near Fine. No Jacket. Reprint. Quarto, xx + 130 pp., frontis, b/w photos & illus., index. The origin & development o a purely American type of firearm. A reprint of the 1924 edition done by the Palladium Press for the National Rifle Assoc. Full brown leather bound hard cover book w/raised bands on the spine & all edges gold gilt. Gold gilt decoration & title stamping to the front & rear covers & spine. A slight wrinkle at the head of the spine is the only flaw.
Publicado por The Firearms Classics Library/ Palladium, 1998
Librería: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, Estados Unidos de America
Miembro de asociación: IOBA
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Full-Leather. Condición: Very Good+. Ribbon marker. Full-leather. Slight discoloration to rear board.
Publicado por National Rifle Association, Washington, DC, 1924
Librería: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, Estados Unidos de America
Hardbound. Blue cloth with simple title. viii, 124 pp. with 126 bw plates and some line engravings, 6-page index at rear. An authoritative and exhaustive study, the first of it's kind. 20 chapters detail the history, construction, accessories and lore of the Kentuckt Rifle. Rare in the first edition, first printing of which this must surely be, as there are also 1924 printings claiming this pagination: x, 133 plus 6 page reference index. Chapters include: Foreword; 1. The Name Kentucky; 2. The Evolution of the American Rifle; 3. The Kentucky and Game; 4. The Rifle That was Needed; 5. Where and by Whom the Kentucky Rifle was Made; 6. Materials Used; 7. Characteristics of the Early Rifle; 8. Flintlock Barrels; 9. Who Rifled the Rifles; 10. The Pioneer and his Rifle; 11. Triggers and Sights of Flintlock Days; 12. Powder, Bullets, Velocities and Penetration; 13. The Flintlock as a Practical Arm; 14. The Rifle in the Revolution; 15. Powder Horns and Game Bags; 16. The Rifle and the Redskin; 17. Idenfitication of Kentucky Rifles; 18. Spurious Kentuckys and Forgeries; 19. Reconditioning Flintlocks; 20. The Passing of the Kentucky Rifle. VG, white tape at base of spine (could be removed with hair dryer), bookplate, a solid clean copy.
Publicado por Washington, USA, 1924
1st Edn, VIII, 124 pages, frontis, illus, 4to., publisher's maroon cloth, spine & corners rubbed. Riling 1959.