Add this copy of The Antique Bowie Knife Book to cart. $420.00, like new condition, Sold by Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Marietta, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1990 by Museum Publishing Co.
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As New. Color illustrated dustjacket, tan boards with gilt lettering on cover and spine. (5) 6-552 pp. featuring many full color illustrations. copy #734 of 1100. The Bowie is the most famous of American knives. Its history is steeped in legend; it starts with Jim Bowie and his famous Vidalia Sand Bar fight, his part in the fight for Texas independence, and his death at The Alamo. In those faraway days of the mid-nineteenth century, pistols were uncertain (and most would fire only once). So, "a knife like Bowie's" was an important arm for personal defense. Bowies were carried and used by hero and bandit alike during the period of Western expansion. The California '49ers wore Bowies across the North American continent and 'round the Horn. American frontiersmen, soldiers, buffalo hunters, cowboys, and gamblers carried the Bowie as a standard accessory; when the Civil War broke out, the Bowie was carried by the soldiers on both sides of that conflict. Many Bowies were made by silversmiths and surgical instrument makers, with handles of horn, mother-of-pearl, and silver. Some were marked with mottos that were associated with the target market for the knife such as "The Gold Seeker's Protector, " "The United States, Protected By Her Brave and Noble Volunteers" and for the general market "The American Pride, Equal Rights, Equal Laws And Equal Justice To All."
Add this copy of The Antique Bowie Knife Book to cart. $424.95, good condition, Sold by Salish Sea Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Bellingham, WA, UNITED STATES, published 1990 by Museum Publishing.
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Good+ in a Very Good dust jacket; Hardcover; Withdrawn library copy with the standard library markings; This book has been stamped "Special Library Edition" and is from a Limited Edition of 1100 copies with cream leather-covered boards (this copy has not been numbered); Dust jacket is clean and glossy with no tears, and has not been price-clipped (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Light wear to the boards; Library stamps to endpapers; Text pages clean & unmarked; Excellent binding with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Large Format (Quatro, 10.75"-11.75" tall); Red dust jacket with photo of antique knife, and title in white lettering; 1990, Museum Publishing; 552 pages; "The Antique Bowie Knife Book, " by Bill Adams.
Add this copy of The Antique Bowie Knife Book to cart. $537.94, new condition, Sold by Just one more Chapter, ships from Miramar, FL, UNITED STATES, published 1990 by Museum Pub. Co.
Add this copy of The Antique Bowie Knife Book to cart. $941.12, new condition, Sold by GridFreed rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from North Las Vegas, NV, UNITED STATES, published 1990 by Museum Publishing.
