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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Moderately cocked spine.
Published by The Military Service Publishing Co., United States, 1947
Seller: Rodney"s Books, Asheville, NC, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Harrisburg PA: The Military Service Publishing Company, 1947 . Hardcover. Good. A Good/Fair copy in green cloth, fading to cover. Sound binding, clean text, old book smell, sound binding, clean text.
Hardcover. Condition: As New. BK: as new/ leather bound.
Published by The Military Service Publishing Company, 1947
Seller: The Last Book Store, Tyler, TX, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. This is a first edition copy in green cloth. Good. No jacket. This book has been read and needs to be read again.
Published by Safari Press, Long Beach, CA, 1992
ISBN 10: 0940143747ISBN 13: 9780940143746
Seller: High-Lonesome Books, Silver City, NM, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ DJ. First printing. 6 x 9 1/2, 274 pgs, index, b&w photos, decorated endsheets. The full story of the development of the big-game rifle from 1834 to 1946 - from the large smoothbores through the breachloading medium bores to the high velocity small bores.
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Published by Safari Press,, Long Beach:, 1992
ISBN 10: 0940143747ISBN 13: 9780940143746
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Black and white photographs. First printing. Near fine in a near fine, price clipped dust jacket.
Published by Military Service Publishing Company, Harrisburg, 1947
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. B & W photos and tables; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 274 pages; 1947 Military Service Publishing. HC/DJ 1st edition, 1st printing. Soundly bound and generally neat in original pictorial dust jacket with publisher's $5.00 issue price intact to unclipped front flap. Contents clean and bright with no marks. Jacket shelf rubbed with some shallow chips at edges with light fraying at spine ends and several small areas of silverfish predation along the flap folds. A few pages observed with a tiny spot of soiling. Illustrated with b&w photos and with tables. VG/VG-.
Published by The Military Service Publishing Co., Pennsylvania, 1947
Seller: All Booked Up, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. VG+/G Green hardcover shows light edge wear. 274 pages are lightly tanned but are clean, tight and unmarked. DJ shows wear at edges with chipping. Spine is faded.
Published by The Military Service Publishing Co., Harrisburg, PA, 1947
Seller: Bowman Books, Wooster, OH, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Hardcover binding is tight and square with minimal edgewear. The interior is clean except for previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. The text is clean and unmarked. NOT ex-library.
Reprint of the 1947 edition. Fine, no dust jacket as issued. Series: Firearms Classics Library edition. 23.5x15.5 cm. [6], [12], 259 pp. Full brown leather, raised bands, gilt decorations, all edges gilt, silk endpapers, ribbon marker.
Published by Palladium Press
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.75.
Published by The Military Service Publishing Co, Pennsylvania, 1947
Seller: Stellar Books & Ephemera, ABAA, Moab, UT, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First. The Rifle: Its development for Big Game Hunting, S.R. Truesdell, The Military Service Publishing Co., Pennsylvania, 1947, viv, 274 pp., 9â x 6½ inches. Dark green cloth with gold titling to spine, light wear to cover, rubbing to bottom edge, soiling to top and fore edges. First edition. Good condition. Dust jacket in protective mylar, corner wrinkled and chipped, piece 1½ x 2 inches missing top back of jacket, head and foot of spine shows wear. Good condition. "The full story of the development of the big game rifle from 1834-1946 from the large smoothbores, through the breachloading medium bores to the high velocity small mores.tells why they changed from rifle to rifle, what game they hunted with which weapon and cartridge, and what they thought of the various weapons and ammunition. It provides an analysis of the big game hunting rifle that is unique" (excerpt dust jacket flap).
Published by Palladium Press, Birmingham, AL., 2006
Seller: Ross & Haines Old Book Co., Hudson, WI, U.S.A.
Book
Full-Leather. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Issued Without d/j. Reprint. xvi + 259 pp., frontis, b/w photos & illus., tables, appendices. Jim Casada provides an editor's note on this NRA endorsed Classic Firearms Lib. reprint of the 1947 orignal pub. by Military Service Pub. Co. Examines various small to large bore rifles plus high velocity rifles from 1834 to 1946. A brown full leather hardcover book w/gold-foil stamping to both covers & the spine. Silk moire endpapers, all edges gilt, raised bands on the spine. Fine cond.
Published by The Military Service Publishing Co., Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1947
Seller: NorthStar Books, Spokane, WA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. BOOK DESCRIPTION: 8vo, (vi), 274 pgs, illustrations, appendices, bibliography. Original green cloth with Dust Jacket. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Near fine with only minor rubbing to cover. Interior is clean and tight. Unclipped DJ is rubbed and with minor chipping to edges; now in mylar sleeve. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION: Truesdell was an expert in the field of firearms, gunsmithing and hunting. He was also an avid collector of big game hunting books; his included bibliography is quite good and arranged chronologically. Excellent detail on the development of big-bore rifles, he also includes information on small and medium bore. Well-regarded work and a classic; here in the scarce first edition with the DJ.
Published by The Military Service Publishing Co., Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1947
Seller: NorthStar Books, Spokane, WA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. BOOK DESCRIPTION: 8vo, 274 pgs, bibliography, appendices and index. Frontis and other illustrations. Gilt titled spine on green cloth. Dust jacket as issued. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Minor shelf soiling, else near fine. Interior is clean and tight. Clipped DJ with minor rubbing, now in mylar sleeve. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION: The full story of the development of the big-game rifle from 1834 to 1946 - from the large smoothbores through the breachloading medium bores to the high velocity small bores. Great classic here a first edition with the scarce dust jacket.
Published by Military Service Publishing Company, 1947
Seller: Stacks Abound Books, Santa Maria, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 274 pp., including extensive index. Lovely copy of a firearms/hunting classic. Minor shelf and handling wear. Edges of boards and spine gently bumped and rubbed. Moderate wear, creasing, chipping, scuffing to dust jacket (see photos). Dust jacket is now enclosed in a protective mylar cover.
Published by T.V. Boardman and Company Limited, London, 1947
Seller: Camilla's Bookshop, Eastbourne, SX, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Bound in blue cloth with black titles to spine this undated circa 1947 is VG in VG Dustjacket (unclipped). 184pp with 25 Chapters. Unmarked endpapers. Spine slightly faded, 4cm closed tear to back panel of wrapper, small chips to top of spine and top edge of front wrapper/front panel. Minor chips to return flap corners and slight rubbing to wrapper at foot of spine. Two vertical scrapes to front panel, otherwise VG.
Published by The Military Service Publishing Co., 1947
Seller: Lake Country Books and More, Excelsior, MN, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: None. First Edition. 1947 First edition. Multiple ownership stamps/notations on inside front cover and first page, and street address of publisher penciled in on title page; no other writing or marks found. Multiple black and white photographs and illustrations throughout. Green cloth cover is in very good condition. Gilt title on spine is dulled from age. Binding is solid and square. Original purchase invoice from 1948 is affixed to inside back cover! We are unable to ship oversize books and multi-volume sets internationally.
reprint of the 1947 1st Edn. 274 pages, Illustrated in b/w from photographs, line drawings etc. A fine in dj, the development of the rifle from1834 to 1946, the author lists and analyzes 558 rifles used by 170 prominent big game hunters.
Seller: Callahan and Company Booksellers, Peterborough, NH, U.S.A.
Military Service Publishing Co., Harrisburg, 1947, first printing. Illustrated with b&w photographs and plates. 6.25" x 9.25". Green cloth. 274 pp, including a good 13 page bibliography of books on big game and rifles. Traces the evolution of the rifle through the accounts of big game hunters in North America, Africa and Asia: the large bore rifles, the breech loading medium bores and the high velocity small bores. ".lists and analyzes the 558 rifles used by the 170 most prominent big game hunters of all times". Scarce. Very good in good wrapper.
Published by University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1931
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
Book First Edition
Red Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Red Cloth. First Edition. Very Good, No Dust Jacket. "Compiled Under The Direction Of The Committee On Scientific Method In The Social Sciences Of The Social Science Research Council." 822 Pages, Slightly Age-Toned At Edges. Five Words Underlined In Red Pencil On Pg.Ix Of The Table Of Contents.No Other Underlining Or Marking. Previous Owner's Name In Very Light Pencil On Front Endpaper. Covers Clean And Unmarked. Top Of Spine Frayed. Bottom Of Spine Shelfworn. A Solid, Tight Copy.