Proud Promise: French Autoloading Rifles 1898-1979

Huon, Jean

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ISBN 10: 0889351864 ISBN 13: 9780889351868

Published by Collector Grade Publications, Cobourg, Ont., 1995

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Account of French ordnance development, little-known outside of French military circles due to a tradition of secrecy. Large hardcover in jacket, as pictured. Light wear to book & jacket, minor creasing; dealer's rubberstamp on half-title page. Text clean; [14], 199 pages; many b/w figures & photos, brief bibliography. PLEASE NOTE: a surcharge for expedited or international shipping of this oversize book may be required; please inquire for an accurate quote. Size: Quarto.

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Proud Promise: French Autoloading Rifles 1898-1979

Publisher

Collector Grade Publications, Cobourg, Ont.

Publication Date

1995

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0889351864

ISBN 13

9780889351868

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Hard Cover

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First Edition.

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Very Good

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Very Good

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France has always cloaked her military developments, particularly those concerning Ordnance, in a shroud of secrecy. In this, until now, the French have succeeded only too well. Indeed so little that Proud Promise will literally obsolete everything in your library shelbes on the subect of military autoloading rifles and whence they came.

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