The Rifle: And How To Use It. Comprising A Description of that Valuable Weapon in All Its Varieties, and an account of its Origin. Fourth Edition.

Busk. Hans

Published by Routledge, Warnes and Routledge, London., 1859
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original quarter leather hardcover, frontispiece, text illustrations throughout, 226 pages, plus 8 catalogue pages, initial to front cover, lacks front flyleaf, covers marked otherwise very good. We are a real bookshop with real books situated in and shipping from the United Kingdom. Shelf B216. Seller Inventory # 140412

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Title: The Rifle: And How To Use It. Comprising A ...
Publisher: Routledge, Warnes and Routledge, London.
Publication Date: 1859
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Issued
Edition: 4th Edition

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Published by Routledge, Warnes and Routledge, 1859
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 4th Edition. Hardback. Original ediion of 1859, the fourth, enlarged and improved. Important reference on the Rifle. 225pp., ills., in text, opinions at end "relative to second edition", etc. Red cloth with black leather spine, gilt. Some loss at head of spine and modest wear to spine sides. Modest stain to top corner of board affecting endpaper and blank page facing. Overall still a good copy, realistically priced. Seller Inventory # 22185

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[Firearms] FOURTH EDITION. Small octavo (17 x 11cm), pp.[4] 225 [11]. With occasional in-text wood engravings, and an engraved frontispiece. Recently re-bound in brown cloth with gilt titles to spine. Archival repairs to damaged frontispiece and title page. Queen Victoria's Rifles Library bookplate loose to preliminaries. Gently toned throughout, otherwise internally clean. Very good. Seller Inventory # 71646

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 8vo.225 pp. + 8 pp. adverts. Engraved frontispiece and illustrated with engravings in the text. Bound in half morocco over marbled boards. Faint ownership stamp to title page. A fine copy of this rare book. Authoritative detailed study of rifles, their ammunition and training of infantry. Written by the author of "Handbook for Hythe" which was the School of Musketry manual. NAVAL/MILITARY WEAPONS MILITARY TECHNOLOGY NAVAL/MILITARY. Seller Inventory # 18948

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