Author: James E. Serven
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Category : Firearms
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Colt Firearms, 1836-1954
Author: James E. Serven
Publisher:
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Category : Colt firearms
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
This is a book that will have special appeal to collectors and sportsmen- but it tells an exciting story that will be enjoyed by a much larger audience. In fact, it will appeal to any reader who enjoys two-fisted Americana.
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Category : Colt firearms
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
This is a book that will have special appeal to collectors and sportsmen- but it tells an exciting story that will be enjoyed by a much larger audience. In fact, it will appeal to any reader who enjoys two-fisted Americana.
A History of the Colt Revolver
Author: Charles Tower Haven
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Category : Colt firearms
Languages : en
Pages : 746
Book Description
With a photograph of each model of the Colt revolver and facsimiles of numerous contemporary and historical documents.
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Category : Colt firearms
Languages : en
Pages : 746
Book Description
With a photograph of each model of the Colt revolver and facsimiles of numerous contemporary and historical documents.
Colt Firearms, 1836-1960
Author: James E. Serven
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781258072933
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
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ISBN: 9781258072933
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Languages : en
Pages : 404
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Samuel Colt
Author: Herbert G. Houze
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300111339
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
The fascinating story of the American inventor and manufacturer who perfected the revolver Samuel Colt (1814-1862) first patented his "Colt" revolver in 1835 and thereby redefined the architecture of handguns. This stunning book is the first to present in detail the evolution of his most famous invention and to document the unsurpassed Colt firearms collections held by the Wadsworth Atheneum. Colt designed his revolvers with an artistic sensibility--paying particular attention to form and beauty and juxtaposing colors and finishes to heighten the visual effects. He was also one of the first American manufacturers to secure celebrity endorsements and to commission paintings by renowned artists like George Catlin to promote his arms. Colt's standards for excellence, industrial foresight, and quest for market domination are explored in light of primary documents that reveal his constant battles to protect his patents. Essays discuss Colt's personal collection of historic firearms as well as the memorial collection of Colt-manufactured firearms, the relationship between art and commerce as they pertain to the inventor's career, and his international celebrity. Richly illustrated and beautifully produced, this volume presents the artistry of the firearms that Colt worked so diligently to perfect--as well as his promotional abilities that made a tremendous impact on American culture.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300111339
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
The fascinating story of the American inventor and manufacturer who perfected the revolver Samuel Colt (1814-1862) first patented his "Colt" revolver in 1835 and thereby redefined the architecture of handguns. This stunning book is the first to present in detail the evolution of his most famous invention and to document the unsurpassed Colt firearms collections held by the Wadsworth Atheneum. Colt designed his revolvers with an artistic sensibility--paying particular attention to form and beauty and juxtaposing colors and finishes to heighten the visual effects. He was also one of the first American manufacturers to secure celebrity endorsements and to commission paintings by renowned artists like George Catlin to promote his arms. Colt's standards for excellence, industrial foresight, and quest for market domination are explored in light of primary documents that reveal his constant battles to protect his patents. Essays discuss Colt's personal collection of historic firearms as well as the memorial collection of Colt-manufactured firearms, the relationship between art and commerce as they pertain to the inventor's career, and his international celebrity. Richly illustrated and beautifully produced, this volume presents the artistry of the firearms that Colt worked so diligently to perfect--as well as his promotional abilities that made a tremendous impact on American culture.
Colt Firearms Since 1836
Author: James E. Serven
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Languages : en
Pages :
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Languages : en
Pages :
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A History of the Colt Revolver and Other Arms Made by Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company from 1836-1940
Author: Frank A. Belden
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ISBN: 9781258131777
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 736
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ISBN: 9781258131777
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 736
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Armsmear: the Home, the Arm, and the Armory of Samuel Colt
Author: Henry Barnard
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Category : Businesspeople
Languages : en
Pages : 468
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Category : Businesspeople
Languages : en
Pages : 468
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Colt
Author: William N. Hosley
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Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Beginning with an account of Sam Colt's early failures as both inventor and businessman, William Hosley traces the development in the pre-Civil War years of the notorious Colt revolver - "The Gun That Won the West" - into the first truly global manufacturing export in U.S. history.
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Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Beginning with an account of Sam Colt's early failures as both inventor and businessman, William Hosley traces the development in the pre-Civil War years of the notorious Colt revolver - "The Gun That Won the West" - into the first truly global manufacturing export in U.S. history.
Revolver
Author: Jim Rasenberger
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501166395
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Patented in 1836, the Colt pistol with its revolving cylinder was the first practical firearm that could shoot more than one bullet without reloading. Its most immediate impact was on the expansionism of the American west, where white emigrants and US soldiers came to depend on it, and where Native Americans came to dread it. In making the revolver, Colt also changed American manufacturing, and revolutionized industry in the United States. Rasenberger brings the brazenly ambitious and profoundly innovative industrialist and leader Samuel Colt to vivid life. During an age of promise and progress, and also of slavery, corruption, and unbridled greed, Colt not only helped to create this America, he completely embodied it.-- adapted from info provided
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501166395
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Patented in 1836, the Colt pistol with its revolving cylinder was the first practical firearm that could shoot more than one bullet without reloading. Its most immediate impact was on the expansionism of the American west, where white emigrants and US soldiers came to depend on it, and where Native Americans came to dread it. In making the revolver, Colt also changed American manufacturing, and revolutionized industry in the United States. Rasenberger brings the brazenly ambitious and profoundly innovative industrialist and leader Samuel Colt to vivid life. During an age of promise and progress, and also of slavery, corruption, and unbridled greed, Colt not only helped to create this America, he completely embodied it.-- adapted from info provided
Colt Firearms from 1836
Author: James E. Serven
Publisher:
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Category : Firearms
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Firearms
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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