Digest of Patents Relating to Breech-Loading and Magazine Small Arms (Except Revolvers), Granted in the United States from 1836 to 1873, Inclusive. Clasified and Arranged According to the Movement of the Principal Parts for Opening and Closing the Breech
Wasjington, D.C. The U.S. Patent Office, 1874. N. Peters. Hardcover. Uncommon 1874 original edition of this accounting and illustrating of all "patents relating to breech-loading and magazine small arms granted in the United States from 1836 to 1873 inclusive". Tight and VG+ in its dark-brown cloth over light-brown bevelled boards..... More