RIFLES of Colonial America - Shumway SIGNED 1980

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RIFLES OF COLONIAL AMERICALongrifle Series By George Shumway Hardcover SIGNED - For Dale Smith 18 August 1988 George Shumway Note - I am away until November 16 so will ship upon my return. Description : Volume I of a two volume set. An extensive photographic study of American longrifles from the colonial period, the Revolutionary War period, and the post-Revolutionary years. There are ten or more detailed photographs of each rifle. A description of each rifle accompanies the illustrations, and many important dimensions are given. The text in part concerns the complex subject of the evolution of the baroque and rococo art that adorns them. Volume I covers Rifles, Smooth-Rifles, & Smoothbores of Germanic Origin; French Guns; English Rifles & Guns; Berks County & Reading; Christian's Spring Rifles; Lehigh Valley Rifles; Rifles of Bucks County; The Lancaster Connnection -Picture Pictures Pictures! Gold cloth cover in very nice condition - no dustjacket but this has been well loved. Clean and tight inside and out and ready for a new rifle lover to peruse it!Thank you for your interest in this unique book!