^Lot 3156 DELUXE PRESENTATION 1st EDITION ARMSMEAR-MEMORIAL

OF COLONEL SAMUEL COLT. Quarto, 399 pages, 80 full page illustrations, bound in stippled full brown leather, gold embossed, Colt family crest on covers, raised ribs, gilt edges, marbled French endpapers. Privately published by Elizabeth Jarvis Colt in 1866, the elaborate memorial named for family mansion which is now national historic site. This copy has January 28, 1867 presentation to Mrs. Lewis Weld (Mary Austin Coggswell Weld) "with sincere love of Mrs. Samuel Colt". CONDITION: good overall. Professionally repaired hinges with new sections of wallpaper and spine has been professionally reattached, slightly shaken. (02-27428/JS). NON-GUN. $1,000-2,000.