Rywell, Martin; Hellstrom, Carl R. Smith & Wesson: The Story of the Revolver, includes Smith & Wesson Revolvers and their Current Prices, and 100 Years of Gunmaking. Harriman, Tennessee: Pioneer Press, 1953. First Edition. [12060]
Blue printed wrappers, 9 x 6 inches, light soil to binding, outline of original price sticker on back. 136 pp., index; about 40 pages are b/w photo reproductions of old revolver advertising & designs. Small coffee splash at bottom of the title page; red marker dot top right corner of title page. Small bookplate of former owner inside the front cover. Good. Paperback.
Biographical accounts of Daniel Baird Wesson and Horace Smith followed by a history of the Smith & Wesson Company, with chapters on the Volcanic Repeating Arms Company, The Rim-Fire Cartridge, and S. & W., 100 Years of Gunmaking, by C. R. Hellstrom, the President of Smith & Wesson Company.
Martin Rywell (1905-1972), author of books on antique guns, hunting, powder flasks, gun companies, and of cooking wild game.
