Author: Madaus, Howard (and) Simeon Stoddard
Title: The Guns of Remington: A Catalogue of Historic Firearms Spanning Two Centuries, the Delux Limited Edition
Description: Dayton, KY, Biplane Productions Publisher, 1997. 1st. Hardcover. Exquisite binding. Clamshell box in 3/4 dark orange leather with silver gilt lettering. The fabric portion is tan. There are silver decals lining the fabric. There is a silver gilt lettered leather bookmark in a black pocket inside the clamshell box. The book is leather, the same shade of dark orange as is on the box. The title is in silver lettering down a spine that has two raised ribs. There is a silver mounted coin in the center of the front cover. The free and pasted end pages are a heavy marbled yellow-orange. The book is signed by the author, photographer, and vice-president of the remington society. Pages: (17), xvi-xxi, 2-331, (1). Profusely illustrated with color images. This is copy #60 of 250 leather copies; copy #60 of 225 with the silver coin (the other twenty-five were gold). Contents are as follows: Introduction -- Ch. 1. Remington supplies the gun trade: 1816-1860 -- Ch. 2. Remington's initial government contracts: 1846-1858 -- Ch. 3. Remington enters the revolver trade: 1856-1861 -- Ch. 4. Remington supplies the union with longarms: 1861-1865 -- Ch. 5. Remington serves the union, army and navy revolvers: 1862-1865 -- Ch. 6. Remington revives its civilian market: 1863-1865 -- Ch. 7. Remington adapts to cartridges: 1866-1875 -- Ch. 8. Remington adopts rider's designs: 1865-1914 -- Ch. 9. Remington adds Hepburn's line: 1880-1907 -- Ch. 10. Remington's deringer pocket pistols: 1865-1935 -- Ch. 11. Remington eyes the western revolver trade: 1875-1900 -- Ch. 12. Remington serves the urban market: 1873-1888 -- Ch. 13. Remington repeating rifles: 1880-1906 -- Ch. 14. Remington enters the shotgun trade: 1866-1983 -- Ch. 15. Remington: arsenal for democracy in two wars: 1914-1945 -- Ch. 16. Remington experiments with the self loader: 1905-1935 -- Ch. 17. Remington slide action repeaters: 1907-1949 -- Ch. 18. Remington small bore rifles: 1931-1966 -- Ch. 19. Remington experiments with new materials: 1966-1980 -- Ch. 20. Remington after 150 years: 1966-1997 -- Acknowledgements. VG+/VG+: In excellent condition. Clean pages, strong clamshell box, and sturdy binding.

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