The First Two Hundred Years. By Merrill Lindsay. 1st soft cover edition, 1975 in new condition with only some handling wear on the covers. (the "flash-splash" created white on the photo that is not on the books) I have three (3) copies all in unused condition. Great photos of museum and privatly owned guns and accoutrements. For the student of very early pieces and later New England rifles. Includes lists of gunmakers by state.