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This is "Steel Canvas, The Art of American Arms" by R.L.Wilson. Originally sold for $65 US, $90 Canadian in 1995. Was reprinted in 2004 at about $25 full retail price according to Border's Bookseller. Barnes and Noble had it too. I needed a Wysocki calendar, so ordered them both from[url] Amazon.com[/url] on Tuesday morning and had the ("used", very good) book on Thursday, $20.58 with shipping. Book is 384 pages, 9 x 11 and almost 1.5 inches thick. Beautiful color photos of lots of original longrifles, ML pistols, horns, tomahawks, knives, swords, Colts, Winchesters, Purdeys, custom modern rifles and double shotguns, engraving, etc. Fantastic stuff you've never seen. Views of original longrifles that are in no other book I've found.
 
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sounds like a good book for the builder who might need pictures.................bob
 
Herb,
thanks for sharing that information!!!
HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY NEW YEAR
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Excellent book for a gunbuilder,knife maker, or engraver to have. I've been fortunate enough to have handled the Monte Mandarino firearms featured on the overleafs, and in the book. I also have some engraving done by Franz Marktl. I believe some of his work is shown on a Safari Club International presentation rifle in there.
 
For anybody in the Boston, MA area: I found four copies of this book in the bargain books section of the New England Mobile Book Fair on Highland Avenue between Rt 128 and Rt. 9. Priced a little less than half the jacket price of $65 US. All copies in like-new condition. I got one yesterday...wow and double-wow!! :thumbsup:
 
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