WINANT, Lewis. Pepperbox Firearms
Item #1021
177 pp.; 8vo; cloth in gray d.j.; photos throughout. New York: Greenberg, 1952. First Edition, inscribed by the author. A definitive book on the first successful type of multishot firearm. Description of a comprehensive collection of pepperboxes, tracing the development of the weapon from its first cumbersome crude form in the 17th century to the sleek, easily concealed, deadly killer produced at the end of the 19th century. Light foxing to top edge; otherwise near fine in like jacket. |
