Textbook of Firearms Investigation, Identification and Evidence together with the Textbook of Pistols and Revolvers

Marines, North Carolina: Small-Arms Technical Publishing Company, 1940. Second printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Black cloth with dulled gilt spine and cover titles and blind-stamped cover design of crossed pistols in front of a target, 15 by 21.5 cm, xiii 533 pp. plus a 1-page advert for the publisher, illus. Very good with light corner bumping and a name on the ffep (Wayne G. Buchanan M.D.). An in-depth manual of firearms investigation, including firearms experts and the courts, elementary principles of firearms and ammunition, powders and explosives, firearm, cartridge and bullet markings, instruments and equipment, preliminary and advanced firearms identification, a digest of court decisions on firearms identifications, a bibliography, and a reference section that includes conversion tabulations. A very nice copy. (Inventory #: 2326)