The personal book collection of John Kopec
co-author of "A Study of the Colt Single Action Army Revolver"

1. THIRD EDITION: A special "Authors Copy" of the book. Third Edition, "Western Frontier Heritage Edition". Leather bound, Gold & burnished Single Action on cover, Gilt Edges/ribbon. Embossed with John A. Kopec in gold on the cover, and autographed by John. A one-of-a-kind book.
   
2. FIRST EDITION: Author's Working Copy. No COVER. Many personal corrections which were employed into the Second Edition. End sheet shows wear & small folds. Many inked corrections & tip-ins. This is the "MASTER" that created our Second Edition. Signed by John Kopec.
   
3. FIRST EDITION: "Test Special Cover" Cover is loose, not bound onto text. Blue vinyl with Gold Embossed Single Action. Cover could be easily attached. Signed by John.
   
4. SOLD
5. FIRST EDITION: A Special presentation copy to "H. Sterling Fenn", Inscribed, and Signed by Ron Graham & John Kopec. Dr. Fenn's comment; "August 30, 1976, Redding California".
   
6. SOLD
7. SECOND EDITION: "An American Frontier Heritage". Blue vinyl cover with silver burnished Single Action. Signed by E.C. Warner (Colt's President) Ron Wagner, Martin Huber & The three authors.
   
8. SECOND EDITION: blue vinyl cover, blind embossed, Autographed by Ron Graham & John Kopec. A cancelled check signed by C. Kenneth Moore, is tipped in.
   
9. SOLD
10. THIRD EDITION: Alligator tan Cover, blind embossed Single Action. Signed by John A. Kopec, stamped "From the Firearms Research Library of H. Sterling Fenn, Redding California. November 14, 1985".
    
11. THIRD EDITION: Alligator tan Cover, blind embossed Single Action. Has personalized inception to a John xxxxxx. Dated "Sept 23rd, 1991". Signed twice by John A. Kopec.
    
12. THIRD EDITION: Alligator tan cover, blind embossed Single Action, Signed by Kopec, Moore, R.H. Wagner and Martin S. Huber, Colt Historians. New condition.
    
13. THIRD EDITION: Alligator tan cover, blind embossed Single Action, Signed by Ron Graham & John Kopec with a tipped-in canceled check with Kenneth Moore's signature. Historian Martin S. Huber signature under the photograph.
    
14. THIRD EDITION: The "Western Frontier Heritage" Edition includes A special "tipped-in" sheet with five Western Characters illustrated. Cover is dark-brown leather with a gold burnished Colt embossed Single Action, a bronze ribbon, and gilded page edges. It is also marked with a "X" rather than a serial number in a run of 125 copies.
    
15. FOURTH EDITION: Green cover with blind embossed Colt Single Action. Autographs of Ron Graham, John A. Kopec & Historian Martin S. Huber. Cancelled check from John Kopec to Kenneth Moore. Fine condition.
    
16. SOLD
17. SECOND EDITION: This is John Kopec's personal copy that he used in formatting the new "A Study, 30 Year Anniversary" Fifth edition. It contains all the corrections, and additions for our current book. It has many hand written serial number revisions, & corrections in red ink, as well as typewriter glued in additions, & spelling corrections. This book also shows many revisions to Ken Moore's section, as well as Ron Graham's revisions to his section. The blue cover has spine damage, as it was well used by John. It also has a signed-on end blue end sheet by John (see photo). This book has a Special Experimental one-of-a-kind, "Sample" dust jacket, (See photo). Note the differences in the jackets. On this dust jacket, the stopwatch chain drops down into the picture over a pair of eye glasses, that are not present in the final version. The "A Thirty-Year Anniversary Edition" at the bottom is in a different font, and placement. The inside dust jacket is also, a different font and color than in the final version.
    

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