Price: US$601.91 + shipping
Description: VIII 251 pages, hand coloured frontis of a rifleman presenting, 5 other hand coloured plates, 3 of riflemen in firing positions, 2 of target plates and 1 engraved plate of bullet moulds and tables for the weight and diameter of lead balls. Bound in later 1/2 black calf marbled boards in the style of the original binding, original title label relayed to upper board. Some offsetting from the plates and occasional foxing, o/w vg. First published in 1800, the first edition was only 18 pages with plates, subsequent editions were extended and enlarged. The 11th being the last in 1835. Riling 329
Seller: Hereward Books, Ely, CAMBR, United Kingdom
Price: US$785.10 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Tenth edition. 8vo. Pp, vi,(ii), 251. Hand coloured engraved frontis. and 5 other hand coloured plates. 3 further engraved plates, one with royal coat of arms hand coloured. 6 pages engraved with the weight and diameter of lead balls. Half roan, gilt, marbled boards. A simple binding a little rubbed and marked. Entirely sound. Some plates cropped close.
Seller: Leakey's Bookshop Ltd., Inverness, United Kingdom