driggs schroeder system rapid fire de anon (1 résultats)

2nd. 76 pages, Small 4to frontis and 17 plates of 18, lacking plate 11, "4inch Driggs Schroeder Gun". SIGNED at bottom of the title page Samuel G. Smith with date stamp" Oct 12, 1901." Three bookplates to the front paste down of William Courtney Overstreet, Raymond L. J. Riling, and Henk Visser with Vissers signature to inner blank, inner hinges strengthened along gutter. Central crease mark to the first 2 bookplates with clear repair. Original binding upper cover with gilt title, with central crease mark hence bookplate crease, gilt crest of the American Ordnance Company to the rear cover red leather title label pasted on the spine. First published in 1896 A descriptive catalogue of quick firing guns and accessories made by the American Ordnance Company. The second edition with "copious quotations will be found from the reports on the various trials competitive and other, to which the system has been subjected on the government proving grounds in the United States." Several changes have been made and noted. A scarce title with the provenance of 3 major collectors of gun related books, one must wonder who removed the plate and when, Riling 1403.