The Book of Rifles

The Stackpole Company, Harrisburg, PA. 1965. Hardcover. Stated 3rd Edition, 2nd Printing. Completely revised and up-to-date; Over 200 new photos. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; light bumping to head and tail; light shelfwear to board bottom edges. DJ: Very Good ; NOT Price Clipped ($12.50); light sunfading to spine; moisture stain at tail; chipping and missing small pieces along top edge; closed tear at front gutter. Brown leatherette boards and spine with rust colored lettering on the spine. Clean internals. Inner hinges are sound and not split. 656 pp 8vo. This is the go-to book for facts about any military or sporting shoulder arm from any of 51 countries. In these nearly 700 pages and 2000 illustrations, men and nations find surely and authoritatively what they want to know about single-shot, repeating, and semi-automatic rifles from around the world. The one-volume reference for sportsmen, gunsmiths, collectors, shooters, law enforcement agencies and military leaders. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.