Updated and expanded Third edition of the landmark work, The Book of Colt Firearms (originally published 1971, 2nd edition in 1993). Now a monumental 648-pages and weighing over 7 lbs., the volume was referred to by distinguished antique arms dealer Herb Glass as "the best gun book ever published." Approximately 32 pages of specially commissioned color photographs of magnificent Colt firearms, by Dennis Adler. With updated serial number tables and dates of manufacture, through c. 1998, as well as expanded Historical Outline, revised index and index of models, expanded and updated bibliography, and more.