AMERICAN FIREARMS MAKERS: WHEN, WHERE AND WHAT THEY MADE FROM THE COLONIAL PERIOD TO THE END OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. By A. Merwyn Carey.

1953 1st edition. 8vo (154 x 236mm). Ppxiv,146,viii[plates]. B/w photograph plates, 2 plates of engravings, bibliography. Pictorial end-papers. Red cloth, spine titled in gilt.

This book "is without question the most complete refreence work of its kind in print. It is a cyclopedia of firearms makers of both long and short arms, custom made and arms made under federal and state government contracts. It covers the period from the Colonial era to the end of the nineteenth century. ...Each entry will tell you the correct spelling of the maker's name, the span of years he was active, the town or city and state in which he was located, and the type of arms he produced. The data are intentionally concise; but, where it is appropriate, other nformation is abundantly supplied: patent dates, descriptive markings, calibers and dimesnsions of the arms, etc."