Author: Charles Tower HavenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Firearms
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A History of the Colt Revolver, and Other Arms Made by Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company from 1836 to 1940
Author: Charles Tower HavenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Firearms
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The History of Colt Firearms
Author: Dean K. BoormanPublisher: Lyons Press
ISBN: 9781585743087
Category : Colt firearms
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Discover the fascinating story of the Colt firearms, including the world's most famous revolver, complete with more than 150 full-color photos. The name Colt--synonymous with firearms--belongs to Sam Colt, who changed the industry on a global scale after patenting his first revolver in 1835. Photos.
A History of the Colt Revolver
Author: Charles Tower HavenPublisher:
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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With a photograph of each model of the Colt revolver and facsimiles of numerous contemporary and historical documents.
The Colt Heritage
Author: Robert Lawrence WilsonPublisher: Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 9780671248277
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Samuel Colt
Author: Herbert G. HouzePublisher: 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.
Revolver
Author: Jim RasenbergerPublisher: 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, an American Legend
Author: Robert Lawrence WilsonPublisher: Artabras Publishers
ISBN: 9780896597891
Category : Colt firearms
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
"Hereme, and one that will be quoted for years to come as the standard reference of the history of Colt firearms".--Guns Magazine. 410 illustrations, 305 in color.
A History of the Colt Revolver and Other Arms Made by Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company From 1836-1940
Author: Frank A. BeldenPublisher:
ISBN: 9781258018269
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 736
Book Description
The Book of Colt Firearms
Author: R. L. WilsonPublisher: Blue Book Publications
ISBN: 9781886768840
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
The Third Edition Book of Colt Firearms is a complete Colt library in one 648-page volume, with over 1.2 million words, 1,250 B&W images, and 75 color images. This mammoth work tells the Colt story from 1832 to the present. No other reference book covers the Colt company and its products in such detail.
Colt Firearms from 1836
Author: James E. ServenPublisher:
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Category : Firearms
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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