Samuel l maxwell sr (9 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good +. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Extra postage for priority or international shipping. Stated first edition. Binding tight, interior clean and bright. Brown leatherette boards with embossed design on front, embossed lettering on front and along spine. Slight bumping to spine ends, negligible wear to corners. Interior pages are clean and glossy, complete with many black and white photographs. An extensive historical documentation of lever action magazine rifles derived from the patents of Andrew Burgess. 368 pp, including index.…

Hardcover. Condición: Fine condition. First Edition. 368 pages of text. Beautiful simulated leather binding with raised gold colored lettering; new condition. Contains hundreds of black-and-white photographs, reproductions of historic advertisements, catalog entries, specifications, price lists, etc. The text is clean and unmarked. This is the first edition. …

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. 1st Edition. COLLECTOR EDITION 1 OF 1000. 176 pages. Hardcover published without a dust jacket. The only reference on Colt's lever action rifles. The chapters are: Inventor; Colt Lever Action Models; Colt Factory Historical Records; The Sporting Rifle; The Standard Carbine; The Light Carbine; The Colt-Winchester Agreement; and, The M1886 Whitney Magazine Rifle. There is also an Appendix with Magazine Firearms Patents. Scarce and highly sought after. The small shadow of an old price sticker that has been removed on the front endpaper. Former owner's name and date penned neatly on the first blank endpaper. Otherwise a Fine copy with very little use.…

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Profusely illustrated.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine-. No Jacket. First Edition. CLEAN Fine 1976 first edition hardcover. no jacket. prior owner's embossed name.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 368 pages. Hardcover published without a dust jacket. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO A WELL-KNOWN COLLECTOR AND SIGNED ON A TIPPED IN PAGE. Andrew Burgess, the inventor was investigated thoroughly by the author, and his patents became the nucleus of the book. Hundreds of firearms were studied. Chapters include: Andrew Burgess And His Early Magazine Rifles; The Whitney Arms Company; The 1878 Burgess Magazine Rifles; The Kennedy Magazine Rifle; The 1881 Marlin Repeating Rifle; The Colt-Burgess Magazine Rifles; The 1886 Whitney Magazine Rifle; and, Winchester Purchases The Competition. An excellent study. The Book is in Fine condition, showing only the lightest use. Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. Signed by Author.…

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. First Edition. Signed by Author. Slight foxing, still Fine faux leather hard cover. NO AMAZON OVERSEAS ORDERS. LARGE BOOK, MAY REQUIRE EXTRA SHIPPING. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed by Author(s).

First edition. 4to. Faux leather, titles stamped in gilt on the front cover and spine, tan front and rear endpapers, front free fly leaf decorated with a rifle, 368 pp., introduction, acknowledgement, illustrated mostly from photographs, portraits, appendix, source data and recommended reading, alphabetical index. The author focuses on Andrew Burgess whose work in the field of lever action rifles resulted in over 894 patents within sixteen years. He was second only to John Browning in field of firearm patents. There are chapters devoted to Andrew Burgess and His Early Magazine Rifles, The Whitney Arms Company, The 1878 Burgess Magazine Rifles, The Kennedy Magazine Rifle, The 1881 Marlin Repeating Rifle, The Colt-Burgess Magazine Rifles and The 1886 Whitney Magazine Rifle. The final chapter chronicles the purchase of competing companies by Winchester. Written with the collector in mind, the author uses a technical approach augmented with numerous photographs and diagrams. Fine copy of a book that is seldom offered for sale. …

Hardcover. Condición: Very good+. no dust jacket. First Edition. Collector's edition, one of 1000.