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Modern breech-loaders : sporting and military
by GREENER, W.W
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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COLUMBIA, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
1871 Modern Breech Loaders Firearms GUNS Sport Shooting Military Rifles Greener
William Greener was a 19th-century English inventor and gun-maker who published a treatise on the history and firearms and the art of gun-making. 'Modern Breech Loaders" focuses on Breech Loaders with info covering:
· The Breech Loading System
· Central Fire Guns
· Gun Powder
· Breech Loading Revolvers and Double-Barreled Pistols
· Military breech Loading Rifles and Cartridges
· And more!
This fine 19th-century well illustrated book, "Modern Breech Loaders," is complete with over 100 b/w plates including prints, fold out drawings, detailed diagrams and tables, related to firearms, artillery, ammunition, guns, pistols and shooting techniques.
Item number: #16475
Price: $499
GREENER, W.W.
Modern breech-loaders : sporting and military
London : Cassell, Petter and Galpin, [1871]. First edition.
Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o xvi, 256, 16
o 124 illustrations, 1 folding chart
· Provenance: Handwritten – John G. Landsman
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
o Blue cloth
· Size: ~7.75in X 5.5in (20cm x 14cm)
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Details
- Bookseller
- Schilb Antiquarian Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16475
- Title
- Modern breech-loaders : sporting and military
- Author
- GREENER, W.W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover; tight and secure
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cassell, Petter and Galpin
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1871
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1871 Modern Breech Loaders Firearms GUNS Sport Shooting Military Rifles Greenerrare, antique, old, first edition, 1st state, provenance, signed, inscribed, dust jacket, vellum, manuscript, engravings, illustrations, leather, plates, maps, antiquarian
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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