Samuel Colt: Arms, Art, and Invention (First Edition)
Language: English
Published by Yale University Press, New Haven, 2006
- First Edition
- Hardcover
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New Haven, Yale University Press, 2006. First edition. First printing (with full number line including 1). Hardbound. Very fine in a very fine jacket. A clean tight copy. Comes with archival-quality mylar jacket protector. HC vi-ix, 260 pages, charcoal-colored endpapers. Charcoal colored cloth, with silver text on spine. Illustrated dust jacket with silver, gold and black colored text on upper and spine. Edited by Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser. Published in conjunction with the exhibition "Samuel Colt: Arms, Art and Invention" organized by the Wadsworth-Antheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Conn. from May 6, 2006 to January 7, 2007.
Seller Inventory # Yale-Colt-Quarto
- Title
- Samuel Colt: Arms, Art, and Invention (First Edition)
- Author
- Houze, Herbert G.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press, New Haven
- Publication year
- 2006
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0300111339
- ISBN 13
- 9780300111330
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Item weight
- 3.9 pounds
- Dimensions
- 12.34 inches width by 10 inches height by 1.09 inches depth
Samuel Colt (1814–1862) first patented his “Colt” revolver in 1835 and thereby redefined the architecture of handguns. This stunning book is the first to present in detail the evolution of his most famous invention and to document the unsurpassed Colt firearms collections held by the Wadsworth Atheneum.
Colt designed his revolvers with an artistic sensibility––paying particular attention to form and beauty and juxtaposing colors and finishes to heighten the visual effects. He was also one of the first American manufacturers to secure celebrity endorsements and to commission paintings by renowned artists like George Catlin to promote his arms. Colt’s standards for excellence, industrial foresight, and quest for market domination are explored in light of primary documents that reveal his constant battles to protect his patents.
Essays discuss Colt’s personal collection of historic firearms as well as the memorial collection of Colt-manufactured firearms, the relationship between art and commerce as they pertain to the inventor’s career, and his international celebrity. Richly illustrated and beautifully produced, this volume presents the artistry of the firearms that Colt worked so diligently to perfect––as well as his promotional abilities that made a tremendous impact on American culture.
Published in association with the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
Exhibition Schedule:
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford (opens September 20, 2006)
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