Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Like New. First Edition.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. The British firm of James Purdey and Sons Limited, founded in 1816, was among the premier gunmakers of the 19th. century and a leading gunmaker today. Including a detailed family biography, this volume provides a comprehensive reference to Purdey's flintlock and percussion muzzle-loading arms and the earliest breech-loaders. Every known early weapon the Purdey's produced is described and illustrated in great detail. Profusely illustrated.
hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good+. First Edition.
hardcover. Condition: near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good(+). First. Illustrated in color and in black and white. 278 pages. Thick 4to, grey cloth with red embossed lettering, d.w. (some wear). London: Christie's, (1996). Near fine in a very good(+) dust wrapper.
Language: English
Published by Christie, Manson and Woods Ltd., London, 1996
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Gray cloth with titles in red; folio; 278pp; illustrated with decorative end sheets, drawings plus b/w & color photos; color photographic dust jacket. "Following the family biography, the central part of the book is devoted to individual inscriptions of every known type of early weapon that Purdey's produced." Plus appendices of pistols, rifles & shotguns by serial number. Wonderful photos illustrate choice weapons. This copy in near fine condition in jacket, bearing an uncommon signed presentation from Unsworth, dated in the year of publication. Inscribed by Author(s).
Condition: Very Good. ** Signed by L. Patrick Unsworth on the title page **; Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket; Hardcover; Dust jacket is clean and intact with no tears, and has not been price-clipped (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Light wear to the boards; The textblock edges are unblemished; The endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Large Format (11.75" - 12.75" tall); 4.2 lbs; White dust jacket with photo of shotgun, and title in black lettering; 1996, Art Books Intl Ltd; 278 pages; "The Early Purdeys," by L. Patrick Unsworth.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good plus large hardcover in a like dj. Light general wear with corners slightly bumped. Mark free with tight binding. First edition. Gray cloth with red titling. 4to. 278pp. Illustrated. Flat Signed on title page by the author. No inscription. Guns.
Condition: Very Good. ** Signed gift inscription by L. Patrick Unsworth to previous owner on the title page **; Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket; Hardcover; Dust jacket is clean and intact with no tears, and has not been price-clipped (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Light wear to the boards; The textblock edges are unblemished; The endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Large Format (11.75" - 12.75" tall); White dust jacket with photo of shotgun, and title in black lettering; 1996, Art Books Intl Ltd; 278 pages; "The Early Purdeys," by L. Patrick Unsworth.
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Published by Christie's Books., 1996
Seller: Alcaná Libros, Madrid, M, Spain
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tapa dura. Condition: Bien. Christie's Books. Londres. 1996. 31 cm. 278 p. Encuadernación en tapa dura de editorial con sobrecubierta ilustrada. Idioma inglés . Sobrecubierta deslucida. . Dedicatoria autógrafa del autor. (=677468=) G37 dedicado.
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Add to basket1st Edn,. 278 pages, 4to, full page colour and b/w illustrations from photographs, publishers' grey cloth titled in red to the upper cover, a fine copy in dj. Part of the book is devoted to individual descriptions of every known type of early weapon that Purdey's produced." Plus, appendices of pistols, rifles & shotguns by serial number.
Christie's, London, 1996. Illustrated with color and b&w photographs and reproductions. 8.75" x 12". 278 pp. Grey cloth, printed endpapers. ".provides a comprehensive reference to Purdey's flintlock and percussion muzzle-loading arms and the earliest breech-loaders. A detailed biography of James Purdey.information.about his apprentices and the way his workshop operated.individual descriptions of every known type of early weapon that Purdey's produced.". Very fine in very fine wrapper.