First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good +. First edition. Very good +, oversized blue cloth hardcover with inscription by author Ernst on title page and a musty smell shows bit of rubbing at cover edges, bumping to corners, touch of soil and foxing at page edges and some other light trace wear, in good + dust jacket (price at flap) that shows soil including some odd coloring along spine, corner wrinkle at top of front flap, bit of staining and edgewear that includes closed tears and open chipping. 213 pages loaded with black & whites and bibliography at rear. Solid inscribed copy in jacket of this ".first complete story of the Trapdoor Springfield.".
Language: English
Published by Beinfeld Publishing, North Hollywood, CA, 1980
ISBN 10: 0917714202 ISBN 13: 9780917714207
Seller: Prairie Creek Books LLC., Torrington, WY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Very good/good, used, black colored binding with gilt text to spine, gray colored end papers, iv-vii, 213pp plus appendix to rear. Interior clean, no marks, pages near bright, binding tight. Dust jacket is rubbed, chips at the head of the spine, tear and wrinkles to the top edge of the upper near center, tiny tears to corners, dj is not price-clipped but is sunned. DJ enclosed in Brodart sleeve. from the library of Michael Penz.
Language: English
Published by The Gun Room Press, Highland Park, NJ, 1980
ISBN 10: 0917714202 ISBN 13: 9780917714207
Seller: Saucony Book Shop, Kutztown, PA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Dark blue cloth, lettered in gold foil. Vertical crease to front flyleaf, otherwise as issued. Color pictorial dust jacket VG with 1" closed tear at top front panel corner and related creasing to upper front panel, a few short closed edge tears, now in mylar. Stated 2nd edition. vii,215 pp., illus. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.
Published by The Gun Room Press, 1980
Seller: THIS OLD BOOK, Brookfield, IL, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Excellent Dust Jacket. Both Book and Dust Jacket are in Excellent Condition ; clean and unmarked with the lightest possible wear. This oversized hardcover book has 213 pages including lots of black and white photos and illustrations. The copyright page shows 1980 as the published date. We always ship in a sturdy box.
Published by Gun Room Press, 1980
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine in Very Good DJ. Second edition. 2nd edition, 6th printing, 1999, near fine, oversized (9 by 11 approx.) blue cloth hardcover shows bit of bumping to bottom corners and pencil shadow at top edge of rear pastedown, else tight and clean, in very good dust jacket that shows rub scarring and small open chips at bottom corner of rear panel from sticker removal of some sort most likely and edgewear thatincludes closed tears and scotch tape reinforcement at spine tail of jacket reverse. 213 pages nicely illustrated in black & white and with bibliography that follows. Still a pleasing copy of this look ".the gun which, despite all obstacles, became the first breech-loading rifle of the United States Army and which for 20 years remained the army's warhorse.".