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Lot 7413
Lefever: Guns of Lasting Fame, with Early 20th-Century Lefever Catalogue
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Robert W. (Bob) Elliott and Jim Cobb. LEFEVER: GUNS OF LASTING FAME. Lindale, TX: Robert W. (Bob) Elliott, 1986. Stated limited first edition of twenty-five hundred. Hardcover. Brown boards with white text, pictorial endpapers, no jacket as issued. 4to; 174pp. Numerous b&w illustrations throughout, with (2) blank pages for notes at the end.

Lot also includes: Lefever Arms Company, Inc. LEFEVER GUNS. Ithaca, NY, ca. 1916. Paperback in illustrated wraps, string binding. 16-page catalogue with detailed images and descriptions of the guns, and a blank order form on the last page.

11 1/4 x 8 3/4 in.; 7 1/4 x 7 1/4 in.

Book in very good condition; boards with light scuffs and marks; pages lightly creased, with photo acknowledgement pasted in on p. 3. Catalogue in good condition; wraps with creases and light marks, damp staining, one bent corner, small losses at edges, and (4) taped repairs; interior with light creasing, very light toning, and occasional minor grime, p. 12 with marks over printed prices and new hand-written prices added, overall clean especially for its age.