Chapman John Ratcliife Civil Engineer (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Sold to us by an online seller (caveat emptor, out there. They'll sell you a 1991 "First Edition Library" reprint of Huck Finn, describing it as "Charles L. Webster 1885," and never apologize for anything but the supposed "confusion," even when caught) as the 1848 first edition, and indeed date to title page reads MDCCCXLVIII, but copyright page states "Republished for Ned H. Roberts, Goffstown, N.H. / Printed and bound in the United States of America by the Clarke Press, Manchester, N.H." As hunter, competition target shooter, gun writer and firearms experimenter Ned Roberts -- developer of the .257 Roberts cartridge -- lived 1866-1948, this is CLEARLY the 1941 facsimile reprint, NOT the 1848 first, initial 160 pp. of text now followed by Roberts' 52-page, photo-illustrated "Supplement" with tipped-in errata sheet, copyright June 1, 1941. Hardcover in dark green cloth; gilt rifleman device to front board. Age-toned tissue guard remains in place over frontispiece drawing. Dampstains to bottom corners adjacent to the spine of about the final 20 pp., so we'll grade this tightly bound 12mo "very-good-minus." "Book No. 464" has been hand-written to the front pastedown. Here reduced from $122.…