Sharpe, Philip B. — The Rifle in America

Fairfax, Virginia, Firearms Classics Library, for the National Rifle Association, 1995. Special Limited Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Sterling condition hardcover copy, handsomely produced as per usual Firearms Classics Library Edition standards, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only the slightest shelf- and edge-wear to the gilt. Featuring moire endpapers, bound-in silk ribbon bookmark, raised bands, all edges gilt, rich, black, colorful leather covers, classy gilt decoration to cover and spine. Gift-quality condition inside and out. Editor's Note by Jim Casada, and the publisher notes, "Film was prepared from an original 1938 edition (William Morrow and Co.). The book was printed and bound by Quebecor Graphics/Sherwood. The text paper was especially made for this edition by P.H. Glatfelter Company. The binding is genuine pigskin Saderra leather, Himalaya grain, furnished by the Cromwell Leather Company. Endleaves are 300-denier silk moiré. Edges are gilded and spines are brass-die stamped in 22 karat gold. Cover stampings and design of the edition by Selma Ordewer." 641 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New