Kentucky Rifles & Pistols 1750-1850 Vintage retailer book

Vintage book from America's Bicentennial Year, AD 1976.
First edition. Excellent condition with pristine dust cover.
Published by Golden Age Arms Company and James R. Johnston
for the Kentucky Rifle Association

"The Kentucky rifle represents one of America's earliest triumphs in artistically functional design."

8 3/4 x 11 1/4 x 1"
272 pages. Photos on most pages.
Kentucky Rifles & Pistols 1750-1850

There are some lightly retailer pencilled notes on the inner covers, written by an artist and veteran of the Korean War. These markings may be easily erased, though to my mind they are an asset. There are no markings anywhere within the clayed pages of the book proper.