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Condition: Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket (Guns, Guns history, Automatic Firearms, Gun Use, Reference, Manual) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
Published by William Morrow and Company, 1945
Seller: Particular Things, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.
Book
hardcover. Condition: Fair.
Published by William Morrow & Company, Publishers, New York, 1943
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Octavo; G-/Fair; sunned blue spine with off-white and black text; dust jacket exterior shows noticeable soiling to exterior; several chips to edges; some dampstaining inside dj; slight misalignment to fore edges; mylar wrap; cloth has modest foxing to exterior; some rubbing to edges; partial adhesive residue to front pastedown; shadow toning to endpapers; small stain title page; text block exterior edges have slight age toning; mild moisture wear toward fore and tail edges; slightly cocked spine; illustrated; pp 374. 1343172. FP New Rockville Stock.
Published by William Morrow and Company, EB, 1945
Seller: Last Exit Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by William Morrow, New York, 1941. 344 pgs. Illustrated with over 150 illustrations. Third Printing. Bound in brown boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's name present to the title page and to the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks. The book covers both the true "automatic" arms such as machine guns, machine rifles and machine pistols and the arms commonly called pocket pistols, shot guns, sporting rifles and military rifles. The book is divided into five parts: History and Development, How they work, how to keep them firing, how employed in combat, and miscellaneous considerations, like accuracy, mechanical workings, and design. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Published by William Morrow and Co, New York, 1944
Seller: Counterpoint Records & Books, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Cloth. Condition: Fair +. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair +. Second Edition. Blue cloth covered boards, blind stamped illustration at cover, white stamped titles and black stamped illustration at spine, moderate to heavy shelf wear and sunning to covers, edges, corners and head and tail of spine, corners bumped and lightly cocked. Book body clean and tight, some illustrations in b&w throughout, pages age toned, paper pocket affixed to inside of rear cover including supplemental material. Turquoise illustrated dust jacket shows moderate to heavy shelf wear and some cracks and tears to edges, corners, and head and tail of spine, spine slightly sunned, off-white and black titles at front and spine, price clipped, archival Brodart protected.
Published by William Morrow and Co., New York, N.Y., 1943
Seller: Cornerstone Books, Santa Ana, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. This work traces the development of ammunition from the beginning of the paper musket cartridge to the date of publication. It covers both early and modern pistol or revolver cartridges and all the foreign as well as American sporting cartridges, and includes a discussion of the larger type of fixed ammunition--the .50 caliber, 20 mm., 37 mm. and 40 mm. shells and cartridges now being used in aircraft, anti-aircraft and anti-tank cannon. The book contains illustrations, charts, tables, and an index; with fold-out charts. Some shelfwear and chipping to the jacket, now in mylar; otherwise, this copy is clean and solid.
Published by William Morrow, New York, NY, 1943
Seller: Black Cat Hill Books, Oregon City, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. First Edition (1943), not directly stated, but First Printing indicated by same date at title and copyright pages. Very Good: The text pages have perhaps tanned ever so slightly; moderate shelving wear to the lower extremities and just a hint of wear to the upper extremities; mild rubbing and some soiling and smudging to the cloth-covered boards; a former owner's attractive personalized bookplate at the lower corner of the front paste-down endpaper; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of any creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. A handsome carefully used copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing moderate wear and cosmetic imperfections. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (9.5 x 6.4 x 1.45 inches). xii, 374 pages. Liberally illustrated with duotone drawings, tables, and designs. Numerous Fold-out Ballistics Charts bound in at the rear of the book. Language: English. Weight: 31.5 ounces. Blue cloth covered boards, blind stamped illustration at cover, white stamped titles and black stamped illustration at spine. Hardback with DJ. First Edition (1943), not directly stated, but First Printing indicated by same date at title and copyright pages. .
Published by William Morrow and Company, New York, 1945
Seller: The Book Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel
24x15.5 cm. 10+644 pages. Hardcover. Contains black-and-white plates. Spine is slightly dirty. Edges of book and some pages have age stains. Marking in pen on front white page. Pages are slightly yellowing. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs. The book is in : English.
Published by William Morrow & Co., NY, 1943
Seller: Janet & Henry Hurley, Westmoreland, NH, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Spine a bit soiled, typical light edgewear. Overall a solid copy. ; xii, 374p. , illus. , charts, index. **With a facsimile copy of a letter to Charles Havens from Lt. Col. Calvin Goddard. The letter dated Feb. 16 1944, bears the letter head "War Department, office of the chief of ordnance". It offers a rather critical review of the book. Goddard is considered the father of forensic ballistics. The letter is from the files of Johnson automatics. It is in an envelope pasted inside the rear cover. Riling 2441.
Published by William Morrow and Co.
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.
Published by William Morrow and Co, New York, 1942
Seller: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Third Printing. 366, illus. (some fold-out), tables, appendices, index, bds quite weak, Appendix Four (Section Drawing of Arms) has been torn out. Boards worn and scuffed, tears at spine, top and bottom edges of spine quite worn and threadbare: small pieces of cloth missing. as is (Appendix Four has been torn out).
Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. Mass Market Paperback edition. (military history, US army, firearms) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
William Morrow: NY 1945. Photos, 9.5 x 6", cloth, 644 w/index, corners bumped, a bit darkened, in tattered dw.