Limited to 276 copies. Designed by Mardersteig and printed at the Stamperia Valdonega in Verona on Pescia handmade paper. The book is an exhaustive study of the sale of defective carbines to the United States Army by J.P. Morgan in 1861 at the start of the Civil War. Very fine condition. xvi, 249 pages. quarter blue morocco over blue cloth, top edge gilt, slipcase.. 4to..