A Treasury of Modern Small Arms
A Treasury of Modern Small Arms (Illustrated 1988 Small Arms Reference in Dust Jacket)
A Large-Format Photographic Survey of Modern Handguns, Rifles and Other Small Arms
Bibliographic Specifications
- Title: A Treasury of Modern Small Arms
- Editor: Jacob Burk
- Publisher: Bison Books Ltd, London
- Publication Date: 1988
- ISBN-13: 9780861244638
- ISBN-10: 086124463X
- Edition Details: First published 1988 (Bison Books, London).
- Binding: Publisher's dark grey cloth boards with a printed, glossy laminated cream dust jacket.
- Physical Format: Large illustrated quarto-size volume with many black and white photographs of firearms.
- Language: English
Official Condition Report
- The Book: Very Good (VG)
- Exterior / Boards: The dark grey/black cloth boards are clean and square, with only a few tiny white specks. The board edges are sound.
- Interior: The pages are clean and bright with no foxing. The binding is tight and the book opens flat. A small paper strip or mark sits at the top edge of the title page. No inscriptions, bookplates or stamps.
- The Dust Jacket: Present. Cream, glossy laminated jacket, otherwise clean, with a closed vertical tear of roughly 5-6 cm at the top edge of the back panel, small nicks along the fore-edge of the back panel, and rubbing with small chips and a short split at the head of the spine and front top corner. Protected in a durable archival-type plastic cover.
Synopsis & Historical Value
A Treasury of Modern Small Arms, edited by Jacob Burk and published in London by Bison Books in 1988, is a large photographic reference to modern firearms.
The book surveys handguns, rifles and other small arms, pairing many black and white photographs with short descriptions of models from a range of makers. Its generous format gives the illustrations room to show detail.
It is a useful volume for collectors of firearms literature and for anyone building a reference shelf on weapons and militaria.
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