^Lot 4494 DESIRABLE COLLECTION OF BOOKS RELATING TO ANTIQUE

AMERICAN FIREARMS AND DUELLING. Over 100 volumes included in lot, mostly hard-cover, related to antique arms, their makers and origins. This is a wonderful amount of material relating to early American muzzle-loading firearms. The wide variety of States relating to these books include: Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Ohio, North Carolina and Indiana. There are approximately 20 of the books which relate to duelling, both in America and abroad. Notable firearms books include: "Thoughts On The Kentucky Rifle In Its Golden Age by Joe Kindig Jr." / "The Pennsylvania-Kentucky Rifle by Kauffman". / "Rifles of Colonial America by Shumway". Volumes 1 and 2. / "The Kentucky Rifle by Dillin". / "Maryland Longrifles by Hartzler and Whisker". / "Ohio Gunsmiths & Allied Tradesman by Hutslar". Set of 5 volumes. Volumes cover dates 1750 to 1950. / "Kentucky Rifle Patchboxes by Chandler". / "Flintlock Fowlers by Grinslade". / "The Kentucky Rifle Hunting Pouch by Grant". / "Digest of U.S. Patents Relating To Breechloading And Magazine Small Arms by Stockbridge". 5 copies present. / Duelling related books include: "The Duel by Baldick" / "The Romance of Duelling by Steinmetz". Volumes 1 and 2. / "The British Duelling Pistol by Atkinson". CONDITION: books range from fair to very good. May have wear, staining, small tears and missing dust jackets. Many contain notes and paperwork befitting a working library. PROVENANCE: This variety is from the Collection of Norm Flayderman. (02-24521-21/RW). NON-GUN. $800-1,200.