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Duane Hansen
10-15-2015, 07:24
Got a nice hard cover copy of Clark Campbell's book "The 03 Springfield Rifle Era" What is the story on this book. I hadn't heard about it before. An old lady friend gave it to my wife to give to me. It is in Like New condition too.

Col. Colt
10-15-2015, 11:00
Some great information, beautiful Line Drawings in lieu of pictures. There are at least three editions. Belongs in any Springfield fan's library, along with Brophy's book. CC

Duane Hansen
10-15-2015, 02:04
Some great information, beautiful Line Drawings in lieu of pictures. There are at least three editions. Belongs in any Springfield fan's library, along with Brophy's book. CC

Thanks, it appears to be one of the final editions. What are they going for these days?

jgaynor
10-15-2015, 08:03
Thanks, it appears to be one of the final editions. What are they going for these days?

here is a link to an online clearing house for book dealers.
http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?an=Clark+Campbell&sts=t&tn=The+%2703+Springfield+Era

I have the final 2003 Edition (yellow cover) and an earlier edition published by Ray Riling. Lot of good information and personally I like the line drawings. FWIW I have been informed by a reliable source that Mr. Campbell had enough material to make the final edition twice its published size but he had to draw the line somewhere.

Emri
10-16-2015, 05:31
What are they going for these days?

When I purchased my 3rd edition several years ago it was $49.95 (new).

Rick the Librarian
10-16-2015, 08:58
What is the copyright date? Clark published various versions going back to 1957.

Herschel
10-16-2015, 08:55
My copy of The '03 Springfield Rifles' Era is copyrighted 2003.

Rick the Librarian
10-16-2015, 10:02
I had the 1978 and 1994 editions, but traded them for the 2003, which I still have.

Duane Hansen
10-17-2015, 02:31
The book that I have is the 2003 version too.