Rifles of Colonial America volume II by George Shumway: Longrifle Series

George Shumway Pub. Hardcover . Very Good. no.

York, PA: George Shumway. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 2002. Second Edition. Hardcover. Tan cloth binding only slightly rubbed at spine ends & corners; light smudge to front board, else Near Fine. Dust jacket slightly rubbed at spine ends & corners; backstrip sunned, now protected in clear mylar cover. ; Profuse black & white illustrations; title page signed and dated by author; LONGRIFLE SERIES. ; LONGRIFLE SERIES Series; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 301 pages; Signed by Author .

Shumway, 2002., 2002. 2nd ed. Ltd ed. 2000 copies. 304p. Photos. Very Oversize. SIGNED & inscribed. Fine/Fine Copy. Signed by Author. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Book.

Book is in Near Fine condition, with some foxing on all page edges, body of pages are clean and tight, light of edgewear on cover.Dust jacket is in Very Good- condition, with some small open tears along edges, mostly at spine edges and corners, one small closed tear at bottom edge corner. Two very light dampstain marks on jacket spine. Dust jacket protector now in place.

G/G. Jacket in mylar. Inscribed by author, edge foxing, jacket chipping

York, PA: George Shumway, Publisher, 1968. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. INSCRIBED. Complete in two (2) volumes, uniformly bound in light brown buckram, lettered in gold foil. Each volume limited to 3,000 total copies; these are from the standard edition (2,800 copies). Both volumes nearly as issued, with minor foxing along text block edges and to several early and late leaves, otherwise clean. Dust jackets slightly soiled, small chip to Vol. I dj at head of front joint, now in mylar. 655 pp., continuously paginated. Vol. I inscribed by Shumway to former owner and prominent long-rifle collector Alfred Clegg on half-title, full signature, dated 8 Nov. 1980. Clegg has made several notations in pencil on front flyleaf of Vol. I; both volumes otherwise unmarked. Accompanied by correspondence relating to several of Clegg's rifles, including 1-pg TL on his own letterhead but signed by Tom Holt (then president of ASAC) dated… Read More

USA: George Shumway, 2007 Rifles of Colonial America. Volume 1 & 2. Clean and tightly bound books.