Isbn: 9780889350892 - Browning High Power Automatic Pistol (5 results)

4to Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Expanded 2nd Edition. 297p. Contents are unmarked on bright pages with b/w photos. Binding is tight, hinges are securely attached. Forest green boards are glossy and pointed gilt lettering on spine. Jacket is unclipped and clean with minor shelf wear.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Collector Grade Publications, Cobourg, Ontario, CAN. 1996. Hardcover. Stated 2nd Edition, 3rd Printing on the copyright page. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light shelfwear to tail and tips. DJ: Very Good; light bumping/wear to head, tail, and tips; superficial rubbing to front panel. Green leatherette boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine; section view of the pistol as endpapers. Clean internals. Inner hinges are sound and not split. 297 pp 4to. 1990 marked the 55th anniversary of the introduction of the model 1935 FN Browning High Power pistol. In that year a new, expanded edition of this sought-after and critically-acclaimed study first appeared. This is its second printing. This book serves as the definitive reference manual for military historians, firearms appraisers, and collectors tracing the 70-year evolution of the Fabrique Nationale (FN) Hi-Power. Rather than just providing written commentary, the author relies heavily on primary sources, blueprint drawings, and rare factory photographs straight from the FN Archives. The book is deliberately structured as a chronological registry, allowing collectors to identify exact production timelines, variations, proof marks, and contract details.A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Expanded Second Edition Third Printing. Small address label at bottom of acknowledgements page otherwise a like new copy. Illustrated throughout with photographs and drawings, 304 pages, 313 illustrations, bibliography and index.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 2nd Edition. NF/NF, hc, used but looks like new, illustrated end papers, 297 pages. Interior clean no marks except former owners name/address stamp and date at top fore-corner of the half-title page, pages near bright, binding tight almost crisp. No wear to dj, no chips or tears and dj enclosed in protective sleeve.…

Hardcover. Limited Edition (2014); Expanded from the Second Edition (1990), which containted new material, and with New Material for this edition. First published in 1992. Very Near Fine in Very Near Fine DJ: The Book 's binding is slightly cocked; else flawless; the binding is secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome, nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing a single imperfection. Bright and clean. Corners sharp. Appears unread. Virtually 'As New'. The DJ shows mild rubbing to the rear panel; else flawless; price unclipped. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 4to. (11.3 x 8.9 x 0.85 inches). 313 duotone photographs, drawings, designs, specs, tables, timeline. Includes a bibliography, Index. A 12-page Addendum of color photographs has been added for this edition at the rear of the book. Language: English. Weight: 42 ounces. Decorated Endpapers. Hardback with DJ. Limited Edition (2014); Expanded from the Second Edition (1990), which containted new material, and with New Material for this edition. First published in 1992.…