First Edition. An Illustrated Biography of the Man and His Guns, With Full Data on the Browning Guns. "The amazing story of this great genius -- whose inventions armed the forces of the United States during two world wars and equipped the huntsmen of three generations -- had its beginning in the small settlement of Ogden in Utah Territory... John M. Browning is generally known as the inventor of the automatic rifle, pistol, and shotgun, and the machine gun, but he registered 128 patents on more than eighty separate and distinct firearms, including many of the most famous models produced by Winchester, Colt, Remington, Savage, and Belgium Fabrique Nationale. This is his story." Moderate rubbing and creasing to dust jacket fore edge and foot and crown of spine, minor instances of loss. Green boards with gilt-stamped titles. Minor bumping to corners. Light toning to pastedowns and jacket interiors. Gold Seal fixed to title page, opposite a colored frontispiece portrait of Browning.