BOOKS ON GUNS AND FLYING

About Auction

Live

SPRING MULTI ESTATE SALE

By Converse Auctions

Apr 7, 2023

Set Reminder 2023-04-07 12:00:00 2023-04-07 12:00:00 America/New_York Bidsquare Bidsquare : SPRING MULTI ESTATE SALE https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/gordon-s-converse/spring-multi-estate-sale-12526
Spring Multi Estate Friday, April 7th, beginning noon ET Converse Auctions info@converseauctions.com

View Full Catalog (669)

• Lot Description

  	BOOKS ON GUNS AND FLYING

  
  
  See Them Fly: Houston Peterson's Air-Age Scrapbook 1909 - 1919. Sixguns by Keith. The Fireside Book of Guns by Larry Koller.
  
  All books have wear - see photos
  
  11 1/2" X 11 1/4"
  
  
  Shipping:
  
  Shipping and handling in the continental US will cost $19.62 - $36.83, depending on your location.
  
  Local pickup is always free! Please schedule on our website!
  
  
  
  Image Text
  
  Image 1:
  
  
  
  Houston
  Peterson's
  Air-Age
  Scrapbook
  SEE THEM
  1909-1910
  FLYING
  THE FIRESIDE BOOK OF GUNS
  BY KEITH
  THE STANDARD REFERENCE WORK
  Houston
  Peterson's
  Air-Age
  Scrapbook
  SEE
  THEM
  1909-1910
  FLYING
  FIC
  THE
  FIRESIDE
  BOOK
  OF
  GUNS
  BY
  KEITH
  THE
  STANDARD
  REFERENCE
  WORK
  
  Image 2:
  
  
  
  STORE
  1908
  SIXGUNS
  BY KEITH
  THE STANDARD REFERENCE WORK
  STORE
  1908
  SIXGUNS
  BY
  KEITH
  THE
  STANDARD
  REFERENCE
  WORK
  
  Image 3:
  
  
  
  Approved Books from the Stackpole Library
  SHOTGUNS
  THE HUNTER'S
  THE STORY OF COLT'S
  ENCYCLOPEDIA
  By Elmer Keith. This fine book discusses
  REVOLVER
  comprehensively, with a Western flavor
  Edited by
  that makes it most entertaining, every
  RAYMOND R. CAMP
  completely of
  conceivable shotgun subject, interspersed
  new volume with a wealth
  "There never has been book in its
  factual
  with personal experiences and incidents
  sphere to
  match the quite
  remarkable
  dramatic and richly illustrated with over
  by both Keith and his hunter friends.
  HUNTER'S
  ENCYCLOPEDIA."-New
  200 striking
  drawings
  Approved
  Books
  from
  the
  Stackpole
  Library
  SHOTGUNS
  THE
  HUNTER'S
  THE
  STORY
  OF
  COLT'S
  ENCYCLOPEDIA
  By
  Elmer
  Keith.
  This
  fine
  book
  discusses
  REVOLVER
  comprehensively,
  with
  a
  Western
  flavor
  Edited
  by
  The
  Biography
  Samuel
  Colt
  that
  makes
  it
  most
  entertaining,
  every
  RAYMOND
  R.
  CAMP
  BY
  completely
  of
  conceivable
  shotgun
  subject,
  interspersed
  new
  volume
  a
  wealth
  "There
  never
  has
  been
  book
  in
  its
  factual
  data
  with
  personal
  experiences
  and
  incidents
  sphere
  to
  match
  the
  quite
  remarkable
  dramatic
  and
  richly
  illustrated
  with
  over
  by
  both
  Keith
  and
  his
  hunter
  HUNTER'S
  ENCYCLOPEDIA."-New
  200
  striking
  drawings
  
  Image 4:
  
  
  
  SIXGU
  by
  SIXCUNS
  The Standa
  BY KEITH
  Elmer Kei
  I is now more than fifty y
  Keith developed keen interest
  boyhood mentors were Indian fi
  part
  great
  STANDARD
  and Keith in
  was recognized field, and the as
  the
  leading
  ver authority in the land. It is
  OF THE OLD WEST
  has burned more powder than
  REFERENCE
  day. Extensive experiments 4
  arms design and with ammun
  and loads, the result of these et
  WORK
  mon use today.
  Many friends,
  SIXGU
  by
  SIXCUNS
  The
  Standa
  Reference
  BY
  KEITH
  Elmer
  Kei
  is
  now
  more
  than
  fifty
  y
  Keith
  developed
  keen
  interest
  boyhood
  mentors
  were
  Indian
  fi
  Courtesy
  of
  Printing
  Montana
  the
  lawmen
  decades
  and
  became
  gun
  fighters
  of a
  part
  great
  STANDARD
  and
  Keith
  in
  was
  recognized
  field,
  and
  the
  as
  the
  leading
  ver
  authority
  the
  land.
  It is
  OF
  THE
  OLD
  WEST
  has
  burned
  more
  powder
  than
  REFERENCE
  day.
  Extensive
  experiments
  4
  arms
  design
  and
  with
  ammun
  and
  loads,
  the
  result
  these
  et
  WORK
  mon
  use
  today.
  Many
  friends,
  not
  the
  
  Image 5:
  
  
  
  Copyright 1955 By ELMER KEITH
  L. C. CATALOG CARD NUMBER: 55-11694
  Printed and bound in the United States of America
  by THE TELEGRAPH PRESS, established 1831
  Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
  Copyright
  1955
  By
  ELMER
  L.
  C.
  CATALOG
  CARD
  NUMBER:
  55-11694
  Printed
  and
  bound
  in
  the
  United
  States
  of
  America
  by
  THE
  TELEGRAPH
  PRESS,
  established
  1831
  Harrisburg,
  Pennsylvania
  
  Image 6:
  
  
  
  SIXGUNS KEITH
  120
  BY the The cliffs with is il had a the heavy man-killing less hands dogs and hunter weight long most sixgun snow in and deep tail is of job one covered the have is careful to snow, the to packs hang time keep seen best shot. steep on the rifle tool, in You the with better When slopes. hearing is time are simply when SO of here P ز of do
  GAME SHOOTING reader enough The good small caliber outfit. out of there yards season had L.R. ing. folly of game many was on of lay High sixgun
  SIXGUNS
  KEITH
  120
  BY
  the
  The
  cliffs
  with
  is
  had
  a
  the
  heavy
  man-killing
  less
  hands
  dogs
  and
  hunter
  weight
  long
  most
  sixgun
  snow
  in
  and
  deep
  tail
  is
  of
  job
  one
  covered
  the
  have
  careful
  to
  snow,
  the
  to
  packs
  hang
  keep
  seen
  best
  shot.
  steep
  on
  the
  rifle
  You
  the
  with
  better
  When
  slopes.
  hearing
  is
  time
  are
  simply
  when
  of
  GAME
  SHOOTING
  reader
  enough
  The
  good
  small
  out
  of
  there
  yards
  had
  L.R.
  ing.
  folly
  of
  game
  many
  was
  of
  lay
  High
  sixgun
  
  Image 7:
  
  
  
  Book
  and
  THE FIRESIDE BOOK OF
  THE FIRESIDE BOOK OF GUNS
  Book
  and
  THE
  FIRESIDE
  BOOK
  OF
  THE
  FIRESIDE
  BOOK
  OF
  GUNS
  
  Image 8:
  
  
  
  THE FIRESIDE BOOK OF GUNS
  By LARRY KOLLER
  HAROLD
  Historian
  HERB
  PETERSON,
  GLASS,
  Gun
  Consultant
  A RIDGE PRESS BOOK
  SIMON AND SCHUSTER NEW YORK
  THE
  FIRESIDE
  BOOK
  OF
  GUNS
  By
  LARRY
  KOLLER
  HAROLD
  Historian
  HERB
  PETERSON,
  GLASS,
  Gun
  Consultant
  A
  RIDGE
  PRESS
  BOOK
  SIMON
  AND
  SCHUSTER
  NEW
  YORK
  
  Image 9:
  
  
  
  Editor-in-Chief: JERRY MASON
  Editor: ADOLPH SUEHSDORF
  Art Director: ALBERT A. SQUILLACE
  Project Editor: DON MYRUS
  Associate Editor: RUTH BIRNKRANT
  Art Researcher: JOZEFA STUART
  Art Associate: ALBERT KAMP
  Book-jacket guns are Remington
  Model 740 autoloader, Harpers Ferry
  Model 1835 flintlock musket, and
  Butterfield patent percussion revolver.
  Photograph by Robert Mottar
  © 1959 by Artists and Writers Press, Inc.
  and The Ridge Press, Inc.
  Library of Congress Catalog Card
  Number: 59-9855
  Prepared and produced by
  The Ridge Press, Inc. and
  the Artists and Writers Press, Inc.
  Printed in the United States
  of America by Western Printing and
  Lithographing Company.
  Published by Simon
  Editor-in-Chief:
  JERRY
  MASON
  Editor:
  ADOLPH
  SUEHSDORF
  Art
  Director:
  ALBERT
  SQUILLACE
  Project
  Editor:
  DON
  MYRUS
  Associate
  Editor:
  RUTH
  BIRNKRANT
  Art
  Researcher:
  JOZEFA
  STUART
  Art
  Associate:
  ALBERT
  KAMP
  Book-jacket
  guns
  are
  Remington
  Model
  740
  autoloader,
  Harpers
  Ferry
  Model
  1835
  flintlock
  musket,
  and
  Butterfield
  patent
  percussion
  revolver.
  Photograph
  by
  Robert
  Mottar
  1959
  by
  Artists
  and
  Writers
  Press,
  Inc.
  and
  The
  Ridge
  Press,
  Inc.
  Library
  of
  Congress
  Catalog
  Card
  Number:
  59-9855
  Prepared
  and
  produced
  by
  The
  Ridge
  Press,
  Inc.
  and
  the
  Artists
  and
  Writers
  Press,
  Inc.
  Printed
  in
  the
  United
  States
  of
  America
  by
  Western
  Printing
  and
  Lithographing
  Company.
  Published
  by
  Simon
  
  Image 10:
  
  
  
  THE
  GUNS
  
  Image 11:
  
  
  
  SEE THEM
  Houston
  FLYING
  Peterson's
  Air-Age
  Scrapbook
  1909-1910
  COMFORT PAC FIC
  SEE
  THEM
  Houston
  FLYING
  Peterson's
  Air-Age
  Scrapbook
  1909-1910
  COMFORT
  PAC
  FIC
  
  Image 12:
  
  
  
  BOOKS BY HOUSTON PETERSON
  Havelock Ellis: Philosopher of Love/1928
  The Melody of Chaos/1931
  Huxley: Prophet of Science/1932
  The Lonely Debate: Soliloquies From Hamlet to Hans Castorp/1938
  EDITED BY HOUSTON PETERSON
  The Book of Sonnet Sequences/1929
  Great Poet to Poet: A Treasury of Golden Criticism (with William S. Lynch)/1948
  Teachers: Portrayed by Those Who Studied Under Them/1946
  A Treasury of the World's Great Speeches/1953
  Great Essays/1954
  Essays in Philosophy (assisted by James B. Bayleyl/1958
  See Them Flying: Houston Peterson's Air-Age Scrapbook, 1909-10/1969
  BOOKS
  BY
  HOUSTON
  PETERSON
  Havelock
  Ellis:
  Philosopher
  of
  Love/1928
  The
  Melody
  of
  Chaos/1931
  Huxley:
  Prophet
  of
  Science/1932
  The
  Lonely
  Debate:
  Soliloquies
  From
  Hamlet
  to
  Hans
  Castorp/1938
  EDITED
  BY
  HOUSTON
  PETERSON
  The
  Book
  of
  Sonnet
  Sequences/1929
  Great
  Poet
  to
  Poet:
  A
  Treasury
  of
  Golden
  Criticism
  (with
  William
  S.
  Lynch)/1948
  Teachers:
  Portrayed
  by
  Those
  Who
  Studied
  Under
  Them/1946
  A
  Treasury
  of
  the
  World's
  Great
  Speeches/1953
  Great
  Essays/1954
  Essays
  in
  Philosophy
  (assisted
  by
  James
  See
  Them
  Flying:
  Houston
  Peterson's
  Air-Age
  Scrapbook,
  1909-10/1969
  
  Image 13:
  
  
  
  se pag
  ng Briti
  Copyright © 1969 by Houston Peterson
  First published in 1969 by the
  Richard W. Baron Publishing Co., Inc.
  Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 73-88494
  Manufactured in the United States of America
  Designed by Vincent Ceci, Push Pin Studios
  d
  se
  pag
  ng
  Briti
  Copyright
  ©
  1969
  by
  Houston
  Peterson
  First
  published
  in
  1969
  by
  the
  Richard
  W.
  Baron
  Publishing
  Co.,
  Inc.
  Library
  of
  Congress
  Catalog
  Card
  Number:
  73-88494
  Manufactured
  in
  the
  United
  States
  of
  America
  Designed
  by
  Vincent
  Ceci,
  Push
  Pin
  Studios
  
  Image 14:
  
  
  
  CURRENT LITERATURE
  366
  33
  367
  are
  the
  foreground
  with
  seeming
  planes
  minor
  by
  Wright
  is
  tonishment. magnificent past whole should secret cedes get, feated, cup "We somewhat has glorious five have it aggravating our effect, adds, been years which Paris won lost effort genius, "It well, won into unjust styles is the has was the expended by Gordon- circumstance. the not in who was the America." one that the had element was real consolation Bennett we end, its that ka One chagrin," of France
  CURRENT
  LITERATURE
  366
  33
  367
  READY!
  instance
  are
  the
  foreground
  His
  with
  seeming
  planes
  allegations
  with
  minor
  by
  Wright
  is
  tonishment.
  magnificent
  past
  whole
  should
  secret
  cedes
  get,
  feated,
  cup
  "We
  somewhat
  has
  glorious
  five
  have
  it
  aggravating
  our
  effect,
  adds,
  been
  years
  which
  Paris
  won
  lost
  effort
  genius,
  "It
  well,
  won
  into
  unjust
  styles
  is
  the
  has
  was
  the
  expended
  by
  circumstance.
  the
  not
  in
  who
  was
  the
  one
  that
  the
  had
  element
  was
  real
  consolation
  we
  its
  that
  One
  chagrin,"
  of
  France
  
  
  
  Photographs are considered part of the description and condition and supersede all written descriptions. Converse does not authenticate or guarantee authenticity. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email or by telephone. Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Converse Auctions shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.
  
  Online bidding for this auction is on Bidsquare, Invaluable, LiveAuctioneers, HiBid and ConverseAuctions. Please note that Converse Auctions is using multiple online bidding platforms for this auction, as well as offering phone, in-house absentee, and live bidding. When watching the auction online live, please understand that 'floor' or 'competitive' bid simply means a bid taken from outside of the platform the bidder is currently on. Please also note that notifications of 'high bid' only pertain to the platform you are on and do not take into account live, absentee, phone, or other online bids.
  
  In the event of a tie in bids submitted, the bids will be accepted in the order they were placed. If a customer has placed a maximum higher than your bid, they will be the winning bidder. In this instance you will be told you are losing the lot while the auction is in progress and have the opportunity to place a higher bid. Other customers’ maximum bids will never be disclosed to you.
  
  
• Shipping Info

  • See item description.

• Buyer's Premium
  • 25.00 %