Author: BEAUMONT, RICHARD
Title: Purdey's the Guns and the Family
Description: North Pomfret, VT: David & Charles, 1984. First Edition. Second Printing; Hardcover. ISBN: 0715386247. B&W and Color Illustrations; 9.3 X 6.3 X 1.2 inches; 248 pages; Hard cover is black with gold lettering on the spine. Slight rubbing to boards. DJ has light rubbing, scuffing, bumping; in a mylar cover. Page are clean and tight; appears as if unused. This is the 2d impression. Illustrated with a family tree, many b/w pictures and 2 color plates. 'James Purdey & Sons, or simply Purdey, is a British gunmaker based in London, specialising in high-end bespoke sporting shotguns and rifles. [1][2] Purdey holds three Royal Warrants of appointment as gun and rifle makers to the British and other European royal families. James Purdey founded James Purdey & Sons Limited in London, England in 1814... Best known as a maker of shotguns, it also produces rifles, both double-barrelled and bolt-action. The guns are custom-made, largely by hand. They are extremely expensive...' 3 appendices; index.. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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