The Revolver, Its Description, Management, And Use; With HInts On Rifle Clubs And The Defence Of The Country
Author:
DOVE Patrick Edward
Year:
1858
Edition:
1st Edn,
Publisher:
Adam Charles Black
City of Publication:
Edinburgh
Summary:
57 pages, frontis illustration showing Robert Adam loading the revolver, 3 plates of the Adams revolvers and action and parts, 2 target plates, armorial bookplate to the front paste down. Publisher blue pictorial paper covered boards, spine part cracking to upper edge, a VG tight copy. The upper cover shows a soldier fighting with a pistol in hand to rear cover a pistol. Dove recounts in the preliminary pages fighting and using the revolver in the recent Indian Mutiny. A thorough description on the Adams revolver with claim of its superiority over the Colt revolver. Riling 696, scarce.
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22799