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Donald Dallas. Purdey: Gun and Rifle Makers - The Definitive History. Quiller Press, 2001.
Price: US$152.65 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Book is in near fine condition. 248pp with colour and b/w photographs.
Seller: Holt Art Books, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Donald Dallas. Purdey: Gun and Rifle Makers - The Definitive History. Quiller Press, 2001.
Price: US$166.76 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Book is in fine condition. 248pp with colour and b/w photographs.
Seller: Holt Art Books, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Price: US$205.24 + shipping
Description: (Hardcover, 2000). 2000 1st edition. Large 4to (236 x 306mm). Ppviii,245. Colour plates, b/w photographs, illustrations, bibliography. Black boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good in slightly used dust-wrapper. The definitive history and reference book on the Purdey firm. Out of print and highly sought-after. Chapters include: Blacksmith in the Minories; 'A small shop in Princes Street'; 314 1/2 Oxford Street; Muzzle-loading guns, rifles and pistols; Bolt and Beesley; Early breech-loading guns and rifles; 'A palace amongst gun manufacturies'; Boom, bust and belligerence; The Purdey way; Later breech-loading guns and rifles. Appendices give a wide-variety of information such as: The Purdey family tree; Diary of events in Purdey history; Purdey serial numbers and dating; Woodward serial numbers and dating; Early breech-loading gun and rifle producion 1857-79; Breech-loading gun and rifle production 1880-2000; Analysis of gun demand 1816-2000; Purdey gunmakers; James Purdey & Sons patents; Tom Purdey's notebook 1921; Purdey masters of the Worshipful Company of Gunmakers. .
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Price: US$369.08 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: SIGNED by author. Special edition plate on half title: 2971/3000. A history and record of these renown makers of exceptional guns and rifles, from 1916 until 2000. Generously illustrated with photos, notes, and drawings, both B&W and full color. Black cloth over boards has very minor bumping at corners and spine, and are o/w in great shape. Binding is tight. Illustrated DJ is mylar-wrapped and backed with archival paper; has some scuffing and little to no edgewear. Inside pages are clean and bright. 245 pp. 9.25 x 12 inches. * Postage for oversized and international shipping will be calculated by size and weight. AbeBooks shipping quotes are ESTIMATES only. If actual shipping cost is less than the AbeBooks estimate, it is our practice to REFUND the difference to the buyer. * NOAMZ
Seller: Panoply Books, Lambertville, NJ, U.S.A.