Editore: Odysseus Edition, 1995
Da: A Book Preserve/ John A. Crider, Bookseller, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Scarce. First thus. Fine dark indigo leather hardcover with gilt design on cover and titles (22-karat gold) on hubbed spine. Silk moire end pages; gilt text block/page edges; ribbon marker. 8vo. [5] vi, 533 pp. Photos; illus.; index. Facsimile of original 1935 edition. Ships fast with tracking.
Editore: Published for The National Rifle Association by Odysseus Editions, Inc., Fairfax, VA, 1995
Da: Shoemaker Booksellers, Gettysburg, PA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. (1995) 308 pp. Original red leather covers w/ gilt decorations on binding. Gilt title and four raised bands on spine. Binding very bright and clean. All edges gilt w/ salmon moire endpapers. Faint "scratches" to gilt on foredge of text block. Illust. w/ b/w photos. Contents very nice.
Editore: The Firearms Classics Library of The National Rifle Association, Fairfax, Virginia, 1995
Da: Frey Fine Books, Rougemont, NC, U.S.A.
Leather. Condizione: Near Fine. E. Stanley Smith (illustratore). A Near Fine copy. 8vo., 431 pp., illustrated. Bound in full green leather, with raised bands and elaborately decorated boards and spines. Title in gilt on spine. Silk moire end papers. a.e.g. Silk book marks. Unused publisher's bookplate laid in. A Near Fine copy. Facsimile of the 1948 edition.
Editore: Published for The National Rifle Association by Odysseus Editions, Inc., Fairfax, VA
Da: Shoemaker Booksellers, Gettysburg, PA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. (1995) 308 pp. Original red leather covers w/ gilt decorations. Gilt title and four raised bands on spine. Binding very bright and clean. All edges gilt w/ salmon moire endpapers. Illust. w/ b/w photos. Contents very nice.
Editore: Published for The National Rifle Association by Odysseus Editions, Inc., Fairfax, VA, 1996
Da: Shoemaker Booksellers, Gettysburg, PA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. 282 pp. Original blue leather covers w/ gilt decoration to binding, and gilt title on spine. Binding very bright and clean. Four raised bands on spine. All edges gilt w/ blue moire endpapers. Illust. w/ b/w photos and figures. Contents very nice.
Editore: Published for The National Rifle Association by Odysseus Editions, Inc., Fairfax, VA
Da: Shoemaker Booksellers, Gettysburg, PA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. (1995) 308 pp. Original brown leather covers w/ gilt decoration to covers and gilt title on spine. Binding very bright and clean. Four raised bands on spine. All edges gilt w/ peach moire endpapers. Illust. w/ b/w photos. Contents very nice.
Editore: Coward-McCann, Inc, New York
Da: Shoemaker Booksellers, Gettysburg, PA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. (1961) 306 pp. Original red leather covers w/ gilt decoration on binding. Gilt title and four raised bands on spine. Binding very bright and clean. Modest rubbing to some of the gilt decorations. All edges gilt w/ pink moire endpapers. Contents very nice.
Editore: Palladium Press, 2008
Da: A Book Preserve/ John A. Crider, Bookseller, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Scarce. First thus. (like new--publisher's shrinkwrap just removed). Fine brown leather hardcover with gold leaf design on cover and titles on spine. Silk moire endpapers; gilt text block/page edges; ribbon marker. 8vo. 384 pp. Photos; illus. Facsimile of original 1934 edition. Ships fast with tracking.
Editore: Published for The National Rifle Association by Odysseus Editions, Inc., Fairfax, VA
Da: Shoemaker Booksellers, Gettysburg, PA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. Paul Webb (Drawings) (illustratore). (1996) 716 pp. Original dark red leather covers w/ gilt decoration on binding. Gilt title and four raised bands on spine. Binding very bright and clean. Small rubbed spot on front cover. All edges gilt w/ red moire endpapers. Light scratching to gilt on edges of text block. Illust. w/ b/w photos and drawings. Contents very nice.
Editore: Palladium Press, Birmingham, AL
Da: Shoemaker Booksellers, Gettysburg, PA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. (1998) 344 pp. Original brown leather covers w/ gilt decoration on covers. Gilt title and four raised bands on spine. Light soiling to front cover. All edges gilt w/ yellow moire endpapers. Illust. w/ b/w photos and drawings. Contents very nice.
Editore: Palladium Press, Birmingham, AL
Da: Shoemaker Booksellers, Gettysburg, PA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. (1998) 500 pp. Original dark blue leather covers w/ gilt decoration on binding. Gilt title and four raised bands on spine. Binding very bright and clean. All edges gilt w/ brown moire endpapers. Illust. w/ b/w photos. Contents very nice.
Editore: Published for The National Rifle Association by Odysseus Editions, Inc., Fairfax, VA, 1995
Da: Shoemaker Booksellers, Gettysburg, PA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. 534 pp. Original red leather covers w/ gilt decoration on binding. Binding very bright and clean. Gilt title and three raised bands on spine. All edges gilt w/ rose moire endpapers. Illust. w/ b/w photos and figures. Contents very nice.
Editore: Published for The National Rifle Association by Odysseus Editions, Inc., Fairfax, VA
Da: Shoemaker Booksellers, Gettysburg, PA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. (1995) 308 pp. Original brown leather covers w/ gilt decoration on binding. Gilt title and four raised bands on spine. Binding very bright and clean. All edges gilt w/ peach moire endpapers. Illust. w/ b/w photos. Contents very nice.
Editore: Palladium Press, Birmingham, AL., 2010
Da: A Book Preserve/ John A. Crider, Bookseller, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: As New. First thus. Fine blackleather hardcover with gilt design on cover and titles (22-karat gold) on hubbed spine. Silk moire end pages; gilt text block/page edges; ribbon marker. 8vo. [iii] 308 pp. Illus., diagrams, appendix. Facsimile of original 1872 edition, copiously illustrated with period lithographic images of guns and western scenes. Ships fast with tracking.
Editore: Published for The National Rifle Association by Odysseus Editions, Inc., Fairfax, VA
Da: Shoemaker Booksellers, Gettysburg, PA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. (1996) 528+pp. Original dark gray leather covers w/ gilt decoration on binding. Gilt title and four raised bands on spine. Binding very bright and clean. All edges gilt w/ gray moire endpapers. Illust. w/ b/w photos. Contents very nice.
Editore: Published for The National Rifle Association by Odysseus Editions, Inc., Fairfax, VA
Da: Shoemaker Booksellers, Gettysburg, PA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. (1995) 432 pp. Original green leather covers w/ gilt decoration on binding. Gilt title and four raised bands on spine. Binding very bright and clean. All edges gilt w/ green moire endpapers. Illust. w/ b/w photos and drawings. Contents very nice.
Editore: Published for The National Rifle Association by Odysseus Editions, Inc., Fairfax, VA, 1995
Da: Shoemaker Booksellers, Gettysburg, PA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. 804+pp. Original blue leather covers w/ gilt decoration to binding, and gilt title on spine. Binding very bright and clean. Four raised bands on spine. All edges gilt w/ blue moire endpapers. Illust. w/ b/w figures and photos. Contents very nice.
Editore: Palladium Press, Birmingham, AL
Da: Shoemaker Booksellers, Gettysburg, PA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. (2001) 240 pp. Original blue leather covers w/ gilt decoration on binding. Gilt title and five raised bands on spine. Binding very bright and clean. All edges gilt w/ light blue moire endpapers. Illust. w/ b/w drawings. Contents very nice.
Editore: Palladium Press, Birmingham, AL
Da: Shoemaker Booksellers, Gettysburg, PA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. (2001) 408 pp. Original brown leather covers w/ gilt decoration on binding, and gilt title on spine. Three raised bands on spine. Binding very bright and clean. All edges gilt w/ dark purple moire endpapers. Illust. w/ b/w photos. Contents very nice.
Editore: Birmingham, AL: Palladium Press, 2010
Da: A Book Preserve/ John A. Crider, Bookseller, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. 1st Edition. Scarce. First thus. Fine dark maroon leather hardcover with gilt design on cover and titles (22-karat gold) on hubbed spine. Silk moire end pages; gilt text block/page edges; ribbon marker. 8vo. xiv, 421 pp. Photos; illus. Facsimile of original 1930 edition. Besides novel period information about law enforcement firearms use at the dawn of Prohibition, including firing from a motorcycle or horse to cite one notable example, there are rare photos of law enforcement officials demonstrating techniques. Also several rare photos of the Toledo, Ohio police shooting range, a facility that the author considered the best in the country. Cover stampings and design by Selma Ordewer. Ships fast with tracking.