Packing Iron: Gunleather of the Frontier West
Rattenbury, Richard C.
ISBN 10: 0939549085 ISBN 13: 9780939549085
Published by ZON International Publishing, 1993
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Western gunleather is an icon of American frontier lore. Packing Iron celebrates the artistry and innovation of the craftsmen who designed the gun rigs of the old time cowboys, troopers, lawmen, and Hollywood heroes. This unique art form is fully described and richly illuatrated with more than 300 exciting color photographs and nearly 100 rare historic images. In the pages of Packing Iron you will discover gunleather produced by historic government arsenals, along with the famed frontier craftsmen like Collins, Meanea, Gallatin, and Heiser.
About the Author: Richard C. Rattenbury's enthusiasm for western gunleather was sparked in 1989 while doing research for an exhibit at the National Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center in Oklahoma City, where he is Curator of History. A long-time student of firearms and western material culture, Rattenbury formerly held curatorial positions with the Winchester Museum at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, Wyoming, and with the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, Canyon, Texas. Over the past 15 years he has authored three exhibition catalogs on firearms history and technology, as well as more than 30 articles and monographs for such publications as Man at Arms, American West, History News, Military Images and Persimmon Hill. Rattenbury resides with his wife, Suzette, in Edmond, Oklahoma.
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Title: Packing Iron: Gunleather of the Frontier West
Publisher: ZON International Publishing
Publication Date: 1993
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: First Edition.
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Packing Iron: Gun Leather of the Frontier West
Published by
Zon Intl Pub Co, Millwood, NY, 1993
ISBN 10: 0939549085
ISBN 13: 9780939549085
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: BookEnds Bookstore & Curiosities, Ojai, CA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover black cloth boards with gilt lettering on the spine and pictorial endpapers. Includes numerous color and b/w illustrations, Glossary, Bibliography and Index, 216 pages. The DJ is in Very Good condition with the exception of wear to the extremities, protected in brodart. Oversize 9 1/2" x 12". Seller Inventory # 011444
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PACKING IRON: GUNLEATHER OF THE FRONTIER WEST
Published by
Zon International Publishing Company, 1993
ISBN 10: 0939549085
ISBN 13: 9780939549085
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: BSG BOOKS, Covington, LA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 216 pages. Hardcover with a dust jacket. Hundreds of sharp, detailed color photographs, plus reproductions of many historical photographs. The American West was won with a multitude of firearms, from single-shot pistols and Colt revolvers to Plains rifles and Winchester repeaters. Her the variety of military and civilian gunleather that housed this romantic array of weaponry is illustrated. The first work to competently and accurately describe the holsters, gunbelts, saddle scabbards and various other equipment which made carrying and wearing firearms practical. Organized by style and date, with more than 300 exceptional color photographs, and 100 important historical images Packing Iron is a handsomely designed portrait of this important facet of our frontier heritage. The extensive, entertaining, fact-filled text provides a fascinating history of these artifacts and recognizes the many leather artisans who created these cultural heirlooms. The reader is introduced not only to the military products fabricated at historic government arsenals, but also the romantic spectrum of custom gunleather made by western saddlers. Here, one encounters the work of famed frontier craftsmen like Collins, Frazier, Furstnow, Gallatin, Gallup, Heiser, Main & Winchester, Meanea and Myers. A beautiful and very informative reference. The bottom corners are bumped along with a number of the bottom front tips of the pages. The inside of the Book is clean and bright and the binding is solid. The Dust Jacket bottom corners are also bumped and there is some wear at the top of the spine and where the Dust Jacket wraps around the covers at the top. Overall a solid Very Good copy of both the Book and the Dust Jacket at a reasonable price. Seller Inventory # 6172
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