CIVIL WAR GUNS by Edwards, William B - 1962

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: The Stackpole Company, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The Complete Story of Federal and Confederate Small Arms: Design, Manufacture, Identification, Procurement, Issue, Employment, Effectiveness, and Postwar Disposal. Profusely illustrated. An entertaining and scholarly account of the small arms of the Civil War era, with detailed descriptions of the various arms produced by the all the leading manufacturers, including Maynard, Hall, Sharps, Enfield, Remington, Pettengill, Colt, etc. Edwards also recounts the procurement scandals that plagued the Union army in unflinching detail. Brown buckram binding, with pictorial black stamping. The dust jacket is a bit browned along the spine and folds; otherwise an especially crisp, very good copy.