Rifles of Colonial America - Volume 1
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ENHANCED REPRINT WITH EXPANDED COLOR IS EXPECTED IN LATE 2023
We are currently assembling color photographs and additional information that has been uncovered since the original printing in the 1980's and hope to have the revised and enhanced edition available sometime in later 2021 or early next year.
George Shumway - (Original Edition) This is an extensive photographic study of American longrifles made in the colonial period, the Revolutionary period, and the post- Revolutionary years before the Federal Period. For each of the 139 rifles treated there are ten or more detailed photographs. A description of each rifle accompanies the illustrations, and many important dimensions are given. The text is concerned with the complex subject of the evolution of the baroque and rococo art that adorns it. 352 pages, 800 photos & illustrations, 9" x 12", Hard Cover.