COLLECTED NOTES CONCERNING DEVELOPMENTAL CARTRIDGE HANDGUNS IN .22 CALIBRE AS PRODUCED IN THE UNITED STATES AND ABROAD FROM 1855 TO 1875. WITH SUBSEQUENT .22 CALIBRE HANDGUNS CREATED BEFORE THE END OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.

Laidacker, John S. Signed.

Published by John S. Laidacker, Susquehanna House, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, 1994

About this Item

597 pp, 11 1/4" H, maroon cloth with gilt lettering/banding on spine and front board. Number 412 of a Limited Edition of Five Hundred, signed by the author on the limitation/copyright page. Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs. "The object of this text is to provide a quick reference for identification of .22 calibre handguns produced from the mid 1850s to approximately 1880. This covers the 'developmental' period. For ease of use, comments on text format first appear, then listings of individual pieces withn each category, then a few introductory notes. Brief remarks concerning the men and companies who produced the pistols follow. Finally, the body of the text, wherein the individual pieces are described." from the Preface. A 2" light liquid stain on the front endpapers, a light liquid stain on the fore-edge of the text block, a very small chip and a small liquid stain at the fore-edge of the rear pastedown, light wrinkling at the top/bottom of the spine, minor corner wear, very small bump at the top corner of the boards. Seller Inventory # 31221

Bibliographic Details

Title: COLLECTED NOTES CONCERNING DEVELOPMENTAL ...

Publisher: John S. Laidacker, Susquehanna House, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania

Publication Date: 1994

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good-

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket - (as issued)

Signed: Signed

Edition: First, Limited Edition.