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Harrisburg PA: Stackpole. Good in Fair dust jacket; Jacket lacks two inches of spine.. [c1958]. First Edition. Hardcover. [6], 192p., profusely illustrated, bibliography, index.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole, 1958. 192 pp, 9" H. B&w reproductions, technical drawings. Chapter headings: A Description of the Suicide Special Category, and an Appraisal of the Variations Encountered; Methods of Determining the Makers, and a Short History of the Established Manufacturers; Reminiscences, Distribution, Sales, and the Effect of the Trade Names; A Catalog, with Descriptions, of Individual Suicide Specials, Alphabetically by Trade Names; Patents, Patentees, and Illustrations of Original Patent Drawings; Appensix One - A Word on Values and Prices; Appendix Two - Checklist of Trade Names, Calibers, and Known Makers; Bibliography; Index. Book has light cigarette odour, slight browning on the spine and at the board edges, small browned scuff on the rear edge of the spine, browning to the edges of the text block, wrinkling at the top/bottom of the spine, a 2" strip of scotch tape is on each pastedown from holding the dust jacket in place (detached on the front… Read More