Add this copy of American Firearms: an Histology of American Gunsmiths, to cart. $21.00, good condition, Sold by Common Crow Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Pittsburgh, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1947 by Century House.
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Good. Hardcover with red cloth boards, 1947, octavo, 288pp., illustrated in b&w. Book good with rubbing to spine, binding tight, text clean and unmarked but carrying a mildewy odor. No DJ.
Add this copy of American Firearms: an Histology of American Gunsmiths, to cart. $122.00, very good condition, Sold by Michael Patrick McCarty, Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from New Castle, CO, UNITED STATES, published 1947 by Century House.
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Very Good. No Dustjacket. With photos; 288 pages. And with an introduction: The Pattern of a Collector by James H. Thompson. An alphabetical listing of makers, etc., and brief descriptions of the arms. The work was compiled from notes made by the author over a long period of collecting and dealing. The book is a definite contribution to the literature of American Gunmakers and their products (Riling). Limited to 500 copies, bound in dark blue cloth. With author signature on limitation page, though it may be a facsimile. Van Rensselaer, of Morristown, N.J., author, was an antique collector and authority on early American firearms for fifty years.
