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2024 Summer Fine Art & Antiques (Day 1)

Sat, Jul 6, 2024 09:00AM EDT
Lot 604

Grouping of 8 Books on Early Firearms

Estimate: $300 - $400

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Eight (8) books on early firearms, including: COLT FIREARMS 1836-1954 by James E. Serven, 1954; hardcover, 385 pp., profusely illustrated. MODERN AMERICAN PISTOLS AND REVOLVERS by A.C. Gould ("Ralph Greenwood"), 1894 revised edition; hardcover, 222 pp. plus 10 pages of advertisements. OUR RIFLES by Charles Winthrop Sawyer, 1941; hardcover, 412 pp.; a history of the American rifle to 1920. TEXAS GUN LORE by Carroll C. Holloway, 1951; hardcover, 238 pp., inscribed and signed by the author. THE GUN COLLECTOR'S HANDBOOK OF VALUES by Charles Edward Chapel, revised edition, 1947, 412 pp., text and black and white photographs. THE SHARPS RIFLE Its History, Development and Operation by Winston O. Smith, 1945; hardcover, 137 pp.; plus two pages of a Field and Stream article on Sharps. THE PEACEMAKER AND ITS RIVALS, an account of The Single Action Colt by John E. Parsons, 1950; hardcover, 184 pp., multiple illustrations and photographs. SINGLE SHOT RIFLES by James. J. Grant, 1947; hardcover, 385 pp., multiple illustrations and photographs.

Condition

Each in very good condition.

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