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A Musketry Catechism: for the use of both Services and Rifle Clubs
by COLES, Richard George, Captain
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
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About This Item
VERY RARE HANDBOOK ON RIFLES
first edition 8vo. 32pp., 1 multi-folding plate, 3 pages of diagrams, original red cloth, sides decoratively blind blocked, front cover gilt titled, nice bright copy. Rare.
No copy of the first edition located by Library Hub (formerly COPAC) or OCLC. We can locte no other copy of the first edition. This useful handbook was republished in 1860 and went to a fifth edition by 1861.
Covers the stripping down and parts of a rifle all illustrated in very clear wood-engraved diagrams. Also covers the principles of firing, aiming, distance estimation, etc. with a large folding plate to illustrate the latter.
first edition 8vo. 32pp., 1 multi-folding plate, 3 pages of diagrams, original red cloth, sides decoratively blind blocked, front cover gilt titled, nice bright copy. Rare.
No copy of the first edition located by Library Hub (formerly COPAC) or OCLC. We can locte no other copy of the first edition. This useful handbook was republished in 1860 and went to a fifth edition by 1861.
Covers the stripping down and parts of a rifle all illustrated in very clear wood-engraved diagrams. Also covers the principles of firing, aiming, distance estimation, etc. with a large folding plate to illustrate the latter.
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Details
- Bookseller
- P & B Rowan
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46961
- Title
- A Musketry Catechism:
- Author
- COLES, Richard George, Captain
- Format/Binding
- Original cloth
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- W. Clowes & Sons ..[and] Colchester: Edward Benham
- Place of Publication
- London [Colchester printed]
- Date Published
- 1859
- Size
- 8vo.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Military guns armaments rifle
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About the Seller
P & B Rowan
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Belfast, Belfast
About P & B Rowan
Founded in 1973 P. & B. Rowan is a husband and wife team working from private premises and specializing in books and manuscripts on Ireland, Irish History & Culture, History of Ideas (including the Sciences, Medicine, Economics, Philosophy, etc), Travels and Rare Books in all fields.
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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