Samuel L Maxwell S (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. This book is a really fascinating piece of work. It is definitely written by a collector, for collectors. It focuses on the work of a firearms designer named Andrew Burgess. The cover image shows some of the guns designed by Burgess. I think this book will be a real find for the right person! It is in Faux leather boards with gilded embossed printing.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. No. 1-4, Winter to Autumn, 1950. HC, Orig. Red cloth and gilt stamping to spine. B/W photography, ads, illustrations and collected writings from celebrated authors. 4to. 4 page Index to all 4 quarters + 428pp. Fine, Clean, with no markings or writings, never read. Mint Interior with near fine exterior; spine is sunned. Includes stories, poems and other writings by authors such as Ellis Arnall, Herbet Gambrell, Elizabeth Bartlett, J. Frank Dobie, Henry Nash Smith, Aubrey Burns, Edith Hart Mason, Aruthur Marvin Shaw, J. S. Moodey, C.P. Lee, Albert Guerard, James L. Summers, Willard Marsh, Harry Kidd, Jr., W.M. Frohock, Charles H. Thompson, John W. Wilson, Frank Hibben, Fred Gipson, Hart Stilwell, Roland F. Dickey, Wayne Gard, Jesse Stuart and many more along with contributing points of views, book reviews, etc. Collectible Rare. Hard to find in such nice, clean condition. --BR Box 152.…

First edition. 4to. Faux leather, titles stamped in gilt on the front cover and spine, tan front and rear endpapers, front free fly leaf decorated with a rifle, 368 pp., introduction, acknowledgement, illustrated mostly from photographs, portraits, appendix, source data and recommended reading, alphabetical index. The author focuses on Andrew Burgess whose work in the field of lever action rifles resulted in over 894 patents within sixteen years. He was second only to John Browning in field of firearm patents. There are chapters devoted to Andrew Burgess and His Early Magazine Rifles, The Whitney Arms Company, The 1878 Burgess Magazine Rifles, The Kennedy Magazine Rifle, The 1881 Marlin Repeating Rifle, The Colt-Burgess Magazine Rifles and The 1886 Whitney Magazine Rifle. The final chapter chronicles the purchase of competing companies by Winchester. Written with the collector in mind, the author uses a technical approach augmented with numerous photographs and diagrams. Fine copy of a book that is seldom offered for sale. …