European Hand Firearms of the Sixteenth, Seventeenth.By Herbert J. Jackson 1923

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European Hand Firearms of the Sixteenth, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries,
By Herbert J. Jackson,
and with a Treatise on Scottish Hand Firearms
by Charles E. Whitelaw.
Limited edition.
London, Philip Lee Warner / Martin Hopkinson, 1923 1st Limited Numbered edition, 414/500:
Large hardback, 13 x 10 inches.
Quarter bound in grey and brown cloth covers with gilt lettering to spine and front.
Top edge gilt.
In FAIR condition.
Some rubbing and minor bumps to corners and fraying edges, minor handling marks to cloth, Bookplate and relevant inscriptions to end paper “Bath Public Reference Library.”
Embossed stamps to title page and inside plates throughout.
With errata slips.
Else a very clean and tight copy.
108pp text.
With 71 b&w full-page plates.
Comprehensive illustrated guide to European handguns.
Limited edition of 550 numbered copies only, of which 500 are for sale.
Copy number 414..HAS A PLASTIC SLEEVE OVER IT