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WE OFFER AT THIS ORIGINAL FRED BEAR 1957 ARCHERY CATALOG. PICTURE ONE SHOWS THE FULL FRONT PAGE OF THE 24 PAGE CATALOG. FRED POSES WITH A DOWNED GRIZZLY -- NOTE THE CLAWS !! CONDITION OF THIS CATALOG IS EXCELLENT, MUSEUM QUALITY !!PICTURE TWO SHOWS THE BACK OF THE 1957 CATALOG. NOTE THE PUBLISHING MARK AT LOWER RIGHT, \"65M-2-57D\"
WHICH MEANS 65,000 PRINTED IN FEBRUARY 1957. THE REAR COVER PICTURES FRED WITH A BEAUTIFUL CANADIAN MOUNTAIN GOAT.WINNER MAY RETURN THIS ARCHERY CATALOG AT HIS EXPENSE WITHIN FOURTEEN DAYS OF DELIVERY FOR FULL REFUND OF AMOUNT offer. POSTAL INSURANCE IS MANDATORY ON ALL OUR sales. sales NOT PAID WITHIN FOUR DAYS (96 HOURS) OR HAVING PAYMENT ARRANGEMENTS MADE WITHIN FOUR DAYS(96 HOURS) ARE SUBJECT TO IMMEDIATE CANCELLATION. SHOULD A BUYER WIN MORE THAN ONE sale, PLEASE WAIT FOR OUR INVOICE BEFORE PAYING AS WE WILL COMBINE SHIPPING TO SAVE YOU MONEY.
On Apr-22-18 at 02:50:31 PDT, seller added the following information:
I HAVE ONLY RECENTLY BECOME AWARE THAT MANY 1957 BEAR CATALOGS WERE DESTROYED AT THE FACTORY IN 1957 AND THAT THE COMPANY GLUED 1957 COVERS ON 1956 CATALOGS TO MEET DEMAND. IT APPEARS TO ME THAT THIS IS A NEAR MINT ORIGINAL 1957 CATALOG. AN AUTHORITY ON BEAR ITEMS MENTIONS THAT THE \"FRED BEAR BOWHUNTER\'S KIT\" FIRST APPEARS IN THE 1957 CATALOG. IT SEEMS TO ME, THEREFORE, THAT A GLUED COVER 1956 CATALOG WOULD NOT HAVE THE 9.95 KNIFE AND STONE SCABBARD KIT IN IT.PICTURE THREE ABOVE SHOWS THE BOWHUNTER\'S KIT AT TOP LEFT OF PAGE 20 IN MY COPY OF THIS 1957 CATALOG.
UNLESS SHOWN OTHERWISE, I WILL PRESUME THAT THIS CATALOG IS AN ORIGINAL 1957.