Dexter Theodore (55 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Front cover creased.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 4to. dark green leatherette. gilt letters. 320pp. over 160 photographs. limited edition of 2,000 signed and numbered copies. This is number 140, signed. a good copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. PUBLISHER: Warren F. Lewis DATE/EDITION: 1954. Limited to 2000 copies, numbered1457 and signed by the author BINDING: Hardbound in full brown leather with gold decoration on the front cover and lettering on the spine, 8" x 11", 320 pages DUST JACKET: No jacket BOOK CONDITION: I believe this is a rebound copy as the original was not done in full leather. Slight bow to covers but otherwise a very attractive copy, light spotting to end papers, clean and the binding is tight. DESCRIPTION: Photo illustrated throughout. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Used - Very Good. 1947. Hardcover. Cloth, oblong 8vo, unpag., 62 plates + illustrations. No. 1505 of 2000 copies; signed by author on dedication page. Brown leatherette cloth is edge worn at extremities. Stiff wraps beneath. Very sound. Near fine.

Oversize Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. Light rubbing. A nice copy. Features Boutet Pistols on cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Numbered. Brown hardback with gold print on spine. Slight fading to print on spine; minor bumping to ends of spine. Pages tight; clean/unmarked. Original store sticker on back inside cover. Numbered edition - #1183 of 2000. Signed by author. Volume 2 only. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed by Author(s).

Spiral Wraps. Condition: Very Good +. Numbered and Limited Edition. Black metal spiral binding with card covers. Covers show some soiling with light edgewear. THIS IS NUMBER 649 SIGNED BY DEXTER ON A SPECIAL PAGE. This book includes 79 black and white plates of guns with descriptions and prices on facing pages plus 2 pages of certifications of guns. This book is still in the original, much worn, mailing envelope. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Limited Edition. Self-Published by the Author, Topeka, KS. 1947 (dated on limitation page as August 1947). Limited Edition; this is No. 396 of 2000. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a F/O bookplate on the FFFP; this is the same person whose name is on the limitation page receiving the book from the author. Book Condition: Very Good; shelfwear to head, tail, and tips; light rubbing to boards; moisture mark on textblock bottom near tail that penetrates 1/2 inch into pages through the last half of the book; no stuck or adherent pages. No DJ. Brown leatherette boards and spine with dulled gilt lettering on the front board. Unpaginated (166 pp by count)4to. This is a book of photographs (B&W) of a Collection of Arms, descriptions thereof, and a valuation of the arms pictured. There are roughly 83 pages of groupings of arms and roughly 1245 arms pictured and described. A clean very presentable copy.

Stapled Wraps. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Light soiling to cover,

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Original Wraps. Good. Limited. This is a spiral bound catalogue of the Frank E. Bivens, Jr. Arms Sale. Inscribed "To W. Paul Tarrington, Collector of Arms and Lasting Friendship. F. Theodore Dexter Au gust 1960. Laid in is a price list which, in the intro., states that Bevins could have shipped this collection to Europe to make more money but he wanted to keep it in America. This wasn't an auction but a sale and the prices were for what each arm would be sold . I f prices weren't realized the remnant would be shipped to Europe. Covers creased at the edges.

Hardcover. Condition: VERY GOOD. Dust Jacket Condition: NONE. VOLUME I ONLY; no. 1430 of a limited edition of 2000, signed by author; pages are clean, unmarked, and tight; very light shelf and corner wear on cover with wear at ends of spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. 4to. Hardcover. Brown cloth. 2 volumes, 1 printed vertically & 1 horizontally. 1st edition. #1958 of 2,000 numbered copies. Profusely illustrated in b&w. Covers edge-worn, else good. Tiny name stickers inside both covers.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. A very clean hardcover. Limited to 2000 copies. Volume 2. Signed by author. Not issued with jacket, wrapped in mylar. Sticker removed from ffep, erased pencil across fep and ffep. By Author.

Stapled Wraps. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Photographs (illustrator). 1st Edition. G/none, used, illustrated stiff paper wraps, 32pp. Interior clean no marks, binding tight. Shelf rubbing to wraps, small tear to head of the spine, 2 tiny tears to fore edge of the upper. Black and white images of the weapons described within.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Limited. A very nice hardcover. Oblong edition, limited to 2000 copies. SIGNED by author. Volume 1 only. In mylar plastic cover. By Author.

Cloth. Condition: About Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Limited/Numbered. A Limited 2000-Copy Edition Sold by Subscription; this is number 320, and SIGNED BY AUTHOR (compiler). Hard cover 4to in green cloth w/ gold dec and spine titles. About Fine w/ owner name and seller label front endpaper, else Fine and unmarked; in Very Good rubbed unclipped DJ w/tears, chipped at spine tips and corners. 320pp inc. Index; profusely illustrated in photos. Sorry, No Priority or International. Signed by Author(s). Book.

1st edition. Good copy in the original stiff-card wrappers bound in metal spital; edges somewhat nicked and dust-dulled as with age. Creased cover. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 202 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. Subjects; Bivens, Frank E. Art collections ; Catalogs. Firearms Private collections ; Catalogs. 1 Kg.

Cloth - Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. No date of publication, though circa 1947. Cloth covers are a little rubbed and show light wear at corners.

softcover. Condition: Very Good. 2 volumes, spiral backed in original wrapper. Copy nol. 275.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. A Limited 2000-Copy Edition Sold By Subscription; Bound in gilt-stamped green covers and binding solid. The contents are bright and clean with black & white illustrations throughout. Limited Ed., # 786/2000, Signed by the Author, F. Theodore Dexter on the limitation page. A beautiful fresh signed limited edition fully illustrated. ; Signed by Author.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Two volume set. Limited to 1000 copies. This number 519 signed by author. Over-sized softbound (quarto). In a plastic comb binding so the book will open flat. Light wear to the covers. Pages are tight and clean with no marks. The firs page of vol. 1 is present but loose. Some foxing here and there. No odor. No sun fading. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New Jacket. First Edition. One of 2000 signed by author. NOTE: You are NOT buying the Stock photo!! The copy you are buying here Green Hardcover as new in as new jacket. In the original publisher's plain cardboard box. 320pp . Obviously unused & unread . A collectible / giftable copy. !!NO INTERNATIONAL OR PRIORITY SHIPPING ON THIS ITEM!! -Quality Counts! All books shipped in Cardboard and all books with dust jackets have mylar jacket protectors., Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-Very Good +. No Jacket. Limited First Edition. Unpaginated, b&w frontis, 213 Plates with Descriptions on facing pages, and includes hundreds of listings. Limited First Edition, 1947. 2000 copies of which this is No. 750. Signed by the Author. Lightly rubbed edges, else, Pristine Interior. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Dark brown boards with bluish-gray to front board. Size: Oblong Quarto. Book.

Green cloth, gilt spine title. Limited edition, #51 of 2000 copies. Signed by the author on the limitation page Heavy book, will require extra shipping. weight: 4.0 lb. Fine, as new in the original box, dust jacket in mylar cover. Numerous illustrations. 28.5x22 cm. 320 pp.

Green cloth, gilt spine title. Limited edition, #66 of 2000 copies. Signed by the author on the limitation page Heavy book, will require extra shipping. weight: 4.0 lb. Dust jacket has two short closed tears, otherwise as new in the original box, dust jacket in mylar cover. Numerous illustrations. 28.5x22 cm. 320 pp.

Very good with good dust jacket. Signed by the author on limitation page. Dust jacket is lightly rubbed on surfaces, has a two inch chip at top back edge, has a one inch tear at top front edge, and is worn at spine tips and corners.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Two volume set. Signed by author in Vol. 1. Number 1908 out of 2000 copies. Hard covers published by author in 1947. No dust jackets. Brown covers with lettering on front. Vol. 1 is bowed some along side edge of front cover and Vol. 2 is bowed some at the corners of the front cover. Both volumes have wear at the corners of covers and ends of the spine, and have some wrinkling along the spine. Books are in good condition. Vol. 1 is oblong 8vo and Vol. 2 is small 4to. 3.4 lb.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author.

Spiral bound paperback. Condition: Good. Snider, Orville Logan (Photographs) (illustrator). Limited. Inscribed by the originator of the collection Frank E. Bivens, Jr. next to his picture opposite the copyright page, good, oversized (9 by 11) spiral bound paperback shows wrinkles and tears at edges, scotch tape mend at head of spine, soil and staining to wraps, paragraph and couple of flintlocks circles in ink at page 68 and plate 29, and with some other mild wear. 202 pages featuring 96 plates. Solid and perfectly readable copy of this work "based on the pictorial and descriptive catalog of the Frank E. Bivens, Jr. inspirational collection of varitype firearms and accessories.

spiral bound. limited edition. Inscribed and signed by Bivens. Cover extremities worn, otherwise very good. 4to. 202 pp.