Language: English
Published by John A. Chadwick, Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada, 1984
ISBN 10: 0969190603 ISBN 13: 9780969190608
Seller: Alex Simpson, Carrying Place, ON, Canada
Hard Cover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. 475pp. with b/w illustrations. Publisher's labels on the copyright page stain the title page, light creasing from page handling, small stain marks on the bottom edge and light soil to outer edges. A tear to the cloth bottom right of the rear board. DJ has edge/rub wear, stain marks, shallow chipping and creasing. Actual book for sale pictured. Please note the book is oversized and it may require extra postage. 22.5 x 29 x 3.5cm, wt2KG Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
Language: English
Published by John Chadwick, Sidney Nova Scotia, 1984
Seller: Nine Lives Antiques, Almonte, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Book One - A Historical Appraisal of the Ross Rifle. Book Two - A Technical Appraisal of the Ross Rifle by Francis Dupis and John Chadwick.
US$ 509.42
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basket1st. 475 pages, 4to., illustrated in b/w from photographs, drawings, gun breakdowns etc., publisher's burgundy cloth, gilt title to upper cover, a vg+ copy in dj. Includes a full typed letter on Shooting Times headed paper signed by Geoffrey Boothroyd, discussing Ross and the rifles . An important and technically orientated book dealing with the development of the rifle with a photographic record of experimental and production of the Ross rifle and the development of the .280 Ross cartridge and other cartridges. Quite scarce more so with this provenance.