[Rarebooks] FS: Firearms Ephemera 1879

[Ian Brabner]

We can offer today:

(TRADE CATALOGS – FIREARMS – SPORTING GOODS)
[Charles J. Godfrey Co.]
Charles J. Godfrey, Manufacturers’ Agent, Importer of and Dealer in Breech
and Muzzle Loading Shot Guns, Rifles, Revolvers, Gun Materials, Ammunition,
&c. [caption title]

[New York, 1879]. [8] pp. 13¾ x 10½ inches.Trade Catalog in large circular
format. Self-wraps, pale green paper. Illustrated. Normal folds, light
soil, small chips or small tears along bottom edges of some pages with
slight text loss, very good.

Godfrey’s publication serves as a highly-descriptive price list of a
numerous variety of shotguns, rifles, revolvers and firearms accessories.

Among the many items Godfrey offered: English breech loading double guns
manufactured by Bonehill, Webley & Son, W. & C. Scott and Sons, and others;
Flobert or parlor rifles; numerous Winchester, Remington, Wesson and
Ballard rifles; etc. Excellent engravings show numerous revolvers, rifles,
shell extractors, rammers and blocks, etc.

[Offered with:] A [2] pp. trade circular dated 1885 describing numerous
self-professed bargain lots of rifles, revolvers, shot guns, etc. A rare
1879 firearms trade catalog issued from a well-stocked 19th century New
York City gun dealer.

Neither item on OCLC.

$100

Standard courtesy discount to the trade.

Best,
Ian Brabner

Ian Brabner, Rare Americana (ABAA-ILAB)
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