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Lot 229

Barnard (Henry)

30 November 2016, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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Barnard (Henry)

Armsmear: The Home, The Arm, And The Armory of Samuel Colt. A Memorial, engraved portrait frontispiece and several engraved plates, bookplates of Mark Firth and Mark Dineley, original red morocco covers gilt with arms and motto of Colt (lightly rubbed), g.e., 8vo, New York, 1866

Footnotes

Handwritten presentation inscription from Mrs. Samuel Colt to Mark Firth, Armsmear, Christmas 1866

Mark Firth (1819-1880) was a Sheffield steel manufacturer who during the 1850s and 60s supplied Colt with most of the steel used in the manufacture of Colt's firearms

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