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Aikman, James |
An Account of the Tournament at Eglinton, : revised and corrected by several of the Knights. Illustrated by representations of the various scences, from Sketches taken on the spot, by Mr. W. Gordon; with a Biographical Notice of the Eglinton Family; to which is prefixed a Sketch of Chivalry
1839.
1st.
Hugh Paton, Carver and Gilder to Her Majesty the Queen.
Edinburgh.
xii 20 pages, 4to frontis with 6 b/w drawings of armour jousting etc.4 double-page hand-coloured plates The March to the Tilting Ground, The 3 of which show knights Tilting, The Tilting Ground, Knights Tilting, the Lord of the Tournament Tilting. The text has some page browning, the plates clean and colouring bright. Bookplate of Michael Moad to front paste down. Recently bound in green cloth with gilt title to the upper cover very good. Contemporary engraved armorial bookplate of William Hugh Logan. A fine contemporary record of the great re-enactment of a medieval joust and revel held that was held at Eglinton Castle in Scotland on Friday 30 August 1839.
[23673] |
£265.00 |
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AUCTION CATALOGUE |
Catalogue Of A Selected Portion Of The Renowned Collection Of Arms And Weapons Formed By Robert Curzon
10 November 1920.
Sothebys.
42 pages, 16 pages illus, 211 lots, paper covers, vg.
[373] |
£60.00 |
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BARBASETTI Luigi |
The Art Of The Foil With A Short History Of Fencing
nd 1933.
Hutchinson & Co.
xii 276 pages, frontis illus of the author + numerous full page and text illus, publishers blue cloth, slight fade mark to rear boards, author's observations on the theory of fencing and its development through half a century with a short history of fencing through the ages.
[21228] |
£65.00 |
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BLACKMORE Howard L. |
Hunting Weapons
1971.
1st Edn,.
Barrie Jenkins.
XVII 401 pages, numerous full page illus and text illus, label neatly pasted over names? on front past down, vg in repaired dj, A detailed account of weapons, bows, guns etc.
[7511] |
£20.00 |
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BLACKMORE Howard L. |
Hunting Weapons
1971.
1st Edn,.
Barrie Jenkins.
XVII 401 pages, numerous full page illus and text illus, vg in dj, A detailed account of weapons, bows, guns etc.
[21809] |
£25.00 |
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BOUTELL Charles |
Arms And Armour In Antiquity And The Middle Ages Also A Descriptive Notice Of Modern Weapons
1876.
rep Edn,.
New York.
XVI 196 pages, Advs, illus, pictorial gilt covers, top of spine pulled, corners rubbed, vg-.
[1316] |
£16.00 |
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BOUTELL Charles |
Arms And Armour In Antiquity And The Middle Ages Also A Descriptive Notice Of Modern Weapons
1893.
reprint Edn,.
Reeves And Turner.
XVI 296 pages, full page and text illus, publishers brown cloth, gilt decorated spine, vg.
[13442] |
£20.00 |
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CARRINGTON-PEIRCE P. |
A handbook Of Court And Hunting Swords 1660-1820
1937.
1st Edn.
Bernard Quaritch.
100 pages + appendix and blank pages for notes, errata slip, illus in b/w from photographs, publishers 1/4 cream cloth, black paper cover boards. A very good copy of a scarce work which may well be considered a modest continuation of Sir Guy Lakings European Armour and Arms which terminated with the 17th century.
[20998] |
£220.00 |
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CARTER Anthony |
German Ersatz Bayonets 1. A concise Illustrated History Of The Emergency All Metal Designs 1914-18
1976.
1st Edn.
The Lyon Press.
Brighton.
large 4to., 64 pages, illus in b/w from photographs and line drawings, personal presentation inscription on FEP to Tom Mason signed by Anthony Carter, publishers red cloth binding, a fine copy in dj, dj light rubbing to head of spine with some fading to spine. A detailed study on the subject.
[21488] |
£520.00 |
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CARTER Anthony |
Volume I The Models 98/02 and 98/05 Volume II The models 71/84, 69/98, 71/98, 98, KS98, 1914 and 84/98. Volume III The Ersatz, Requisitioned and Captured Bayonets. Volume IV The Regulation Pattern Sword Bayonets 1860-1900.
1984, 1991, 1992, 1994.
1st Edn.
Tharston Press.
Norwich.
124, 239, 303 384 pages, 4 volumes, large 8vo., numerous b/w illus from photographs and line drawings. Vol. I in the original pictorial card covers, the other volumes in publishers blue cloth, Vols III and IV have personal presentation inscription to Tom Mason and signed by Anthony Carter. A vg set of what must be the definitive work on the subject showing bayonets, variations, markings etc.
[21490] |
£520.00 |
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Comfort Sim |
Naval Swords and Dirks; A Study of British, French and American Naval Swords, Cutlasses and Dirks During the Age of Fighting Sail
2008.
1st Edn.
Sim Comfort Associates.
2 volumes and supplement xvi- 540 ?(vi) Supplement (16) 4to illustrated with over 1750 photos in colour detail of the hilts and makers marks etc with commentary which describes each individual piece. A fine set in DJ in the blue cloth covered slipcase, limited to 750 numbered sets signed by Sim Comfort. Volume 1 covers British swords, hangers, cutlasses and dirks up to 1803. Volume 2 continues with British, American & French weapons. The card covered supplement covers The Relics of Captain Robert Cuthbert", "The Surviving Commander of HMS Majestic, under the command of Admiral Lord Nelson The Battle of the Nile, 1 August 1798.
[23121] |
£170.00 |
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DICKINSON Tania, HARKE Heinrich |
Early Anglo-Saxon Shields
1992.
94 pages, 4to., illus, fine in dj.
[12240] |
£15.00 |
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DICKINSON Tania, HARKE Heinrich |
Early Anglo-Saxon Shields
1992.
94 pages, 4to., illus, fine in dj.
[13129] |
£15.00 |
|
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DUFFY Arthur Richard |
European Armour In The Tower Of London
1968.
1st Edn,.
Her Majesty''s.
17 pages, 4to, index, 164 plates with text notes, showing almost 400 pieces of armour with accompanying descriptions, vg in dj. the photographic illustrations are of a high standard. A substantial pictorial record of the collection.
[21706] |
£50.00 |
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FFOULKES Charles J. |
European Arms And Armour In The University Of Oxford
1912.
1st Edn,.
Oxford.
64 pages, small folio, 29 full page plates, blue cloth gilt ruled borders and gilt title and crest to upper board, a fine copy of a scarce title still in the original dj, dj has small loss to top of spine and some chipping to rear top edge.
[3493] |
£120.00 |
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FFOULKES Charles J. |
Inventory And Survey Of The Armouries Of The Tower Of London
1916.
1st Edn,.
2 Vols, X1,499 pages, 4to illus original covers Vol 2 has small mark on front board, top of spine a little pulled still a vg set of an important work
[1239] |
£300.00 |
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FUKUSHIMA Y. |
A Lecture On "Teijo Goto And His Works" Delivered By Mr Y Fukushima Before Ko-Haku-Bai-Kwai on 15 December 1926
1926.
13 pages, 12 pages of illus of 35 items. Loose complimentary slip from Fukushima, some neat marginal notes in ink, original card covers string bound, vg.
[14659] |
£30.00 |
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GARDNER J.Starkie |
Armour In England From The Earliest Times To The Reign Of James The First: Foreign Armour In England
1897-1898.
1st Edn,.
Seeley & CO.
100 96 pages, 2 volumes in one, large 8vo, illus in colour and black and white from photographs drawings etc ,. gilt crest to upper board, vg.
[9146] |
£80.00 |
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GORDON Anthony |
A treatise on the science of defence for the sword, bayonet, and pike, in close action
1805.
1st Edn.
B McMillan printer to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.
66mpages, 4to 19 plates 1 folding of line drawings, some erratic browning and toning. Bookplate and bequeathed label and stamp to the front paste down. Recased in the contempoary ? calf boards with later matching spine. According to Hutton, as quoted in Thimm "This is the earliest known work giving any idea of attack and defence with the bayonet." The plates show the use of the bayonet in attack and defence as well as the sword in close action on foot and mounted.
[23111] |
£680.00 |
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GORMAN Major J.T. |
Modern Weapons Of War
1942.
1st Edn,.
158 pages, illus, vg
[9865] |
£15.00 |
|
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HARDIN Albert N Jr |
The American Bayonet 1776 - 1964 Albert N Hardin Jr
1964.
1st Edn.
Riling and Lentz..
Philadelphia U.S.A.
xii ? 234 pages, 4to illustrated throughout in b/w from photographs and line drawings, pictorial end papers. Publishers blue cloth titled in silver with title and crossed bayonets to the upper cover. DJ present but has a clear film laminated over not removable, vg. Includes important variations of many standard models an in depth reference with detailed photographs..
[23182] |
£95.00 |
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HARDING John |
The Greatest Makers Of Sword Furniture, Compiled From Japanese Bulletins And Publications
nd Circa 1960.
unpaginated 10 pages, published by the author, 4 page illus + 1 list loose, card covers, vg. Presumably put together for the compilers on reference.
[14811] |
£20.00 |
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HEATH E.G. |
A History Of Target Archery
1973.
1st Edn,.
Newton Abbot.
208 pages, illus, vg in dj.
[8725] |
£20.00 |
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HELD R. |
A Review Of 162 Antique Arms And Pertinent Objects
1976.
1st Edn,.
159 pages, 4to, illus, text in Italian And English, card covers, vg.
[5497] |
£25.00 |
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HELD R. |
A Review Of 162 Antique Arms And Pertinent Objects
1976.
1st Edn,.
159 pages, 4to, well illus including colour, text in Italian And English, card covers, vg.
[15185] |
£25.00 |
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HEWITT John |
Ancient Armour And Weapons In Europe From The Iron Period Of The Northern Nations To The End Of The 17th Century
1860, 1860, 1860.
1st thus Edn,.
John Henry and James Parker.
3 Vols, XXV 387, XVIII 343, VI 348 to 764 pages, TEG, numerous full page and text engravings, light spotting to title page, bookplate of Frank Broomhead, publishers blue cloth, gilt borders and corner pieces to upper board with gilt central decorative device. A very good clean set, primary a work on edge weapons and armour but includes early artillery incendiaries and gunpowder, pistols etc., Riling 657.
[15642] |
£80.00 |
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HOFF Arne, SCHEPELERN H.D., BOSEN Gudmund |
Royal Arms At Rosenborg
1956.
1st Edn,.
Danish Arms And Armour Society.
Copenhagen.
2 Vols, 222 pages, 4to., 1 volume of text + volume of 93 plates with description. Both volumes bound in red calf, gilt crest to upper cover, slight rubbing to bottom of spine, dj chipped on spine of volume 1, volume 2's dj vg., both volumes contained in card slipcase. A near fine copy of the de-luxe edition. 48 plates of guns, 44 of edges weapons.
[15586] |
£185.00 |
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JOHNSON Thomas M. |
Collecting The Edged Weapons Of the Third Reich Volume I
1977.
2nd Edn,.
privately printed.
Columbia, South Carolina.
xi 343 pages, illus in b/w from photographs, some occasional spotting to prelims, publishers cloth, title in red, vg in dj, small closed tear to head of spine.
[21734] |
£35.00 |
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JOHNSON Thomas M. |
Collecting The Edged Weapons Of the Third Reich Volume II
1976.
1st Edn.
privately printed.
Columbia, South Carolina.
xiv 352 pages, illus in colour and b/w from photographs, publishers cloth title in red to upper board, vg in dj. A classic in the field of Nazi edged weapons.
[21733] |
£40.00 |
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JOHNSON Thomas M. |
Collecting The Edged Weapons Of the Third Reich Volume V
nd 1985.
1st Edn,.
privately printed.
Columbia, South Carolina.
330 pages, illus in colour and b/w from photographs, publishers cloth title in red to upper board, vg in dj.
[21597] |
£40.00 |
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JOHNSON Thomas M. |
Collecting The Edges Weapons Of the Third Reich Volume III
1978.
1st Edn,.
privately printed.
Columbia, South Carolina.
362 pages, illus in colour and b/w from photographs, publishers cloth, title in red, vg in dj. A major work on the Nazi dagger.
[21732] |
£35.00 |
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JOHNSON Thomas M. |
Collecting The Edges Weapons Of the Third Reich Volume IV
1981.
1st Edn,.
privately printed.
Columbia, South Carolina.
XVIII 349 pages, illus in colour and b/w from photographs, publishers cloth title in red to upper board, vg in dj, light rubbing to head of spine.
[18622] |
£30.00 |
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Johnson, Thomas M. and Wittmann Thomas. T |
Collecting the Edged Weapons of the Third Reich, 8 Volume Set
N/D circa1975/N/D circa 1981/1.
1st/2nd/2nd/1st/1st/1st/1st/1st.
privately printed.
Columbia, South Carolina.
Small 4to illustrated in colour and b/w from photographs, line drawings, armourers' marks etc. Volume I, SIGNEND by both authors and numbered 190, Volume VIII with loose ex libris plate SIGNEND "With best regards Thomas M. Johnson". All volumes in original bindings in DJs and in very good condition. A complete set of a monumental and definitive work on the subject with excellent illustrations of the weapons
[23863] |
£265.00 |
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KIESLING Paul |
Bayonets Of The World (4 volumes)
nd Circa 1973, 1974, 1974, 197.
1st Edn.
Military Collection Services.
Kedichem, Holland.
(128) - 131 - 136 - 189, four volume set, illus with over 1000 drawings publishers binding in DJs. A very good + set in DJs, an extensive guide to the weapons both common place and rare.
[23928] |
£120.00 |
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KOTTENKAMP Dr F. |
The History Of Chivalry And Armour With Descriptions Of The Feudal System, The Practices Of Knighthood, The Tournament, And Trials By Single Combat
1988.
rep Edn,.
New York.
110 pages, oblong 4to., 60 colour plates some folding, vg in dj. The original was translated from the German in the mid nineteenth century.
[10093] |
£30.00 |
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LAKING Sir Guy Francis |
The Collection Of Arms And Armour And Objects Of The Late Sir Guy Francis Laking Bart, Sales Catalogue
April 19 1920.
Christies.
67 pages, 14 full page illus from photographs, neatly written in ink by each lot the price realised, original paper covered boards, title in black to upper board, recent matching spine a vg clean copy. Laking was keeper of the King's Armory, The Wallace Collection and keeper of the London Museum.
[20226] |
£180.00 |
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LATHAM John Wilkinson |
British Military Bayonets From 1700 To 1945
1967.
1st Edn,.
Hutchinson & Co.
x 94 pages, large 8vo. Coloured frontis and 33 plates in b/w from photographs showing the bayonets + text drawings armorers marks etc. VG. 119 bayonet types illustrated and identified and catalogued.
[23174] |
£26.00 |
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LAUBIN Reginald and Gladys |
American Indian Archery
1980.
1st Edn,.
Oklahoma,USA.
XII 179 pages, large 8vo., illus, vg in dj.
[10090] |
£25.00 |
|
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LUBBE, Klaus |
Deutsche Uniformen und Seitengewehre - German Uniforms and Bayonets, 1841-1945
1999.
1st Edn.
Niemann, Germany.
161pp, 4to illustrated from photographs with"676 pictures of soldiers with bayonets" English and German text. Publishers pictorial binding a fine copy. A survey of uniforms, weapons, and bayonets of the German Army between the mid-19th and mid-20th centuries, with an emphasis on the World War I period
[23189] |
£30.00 |
|
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Mackenzie Ross |
Culloden the Swords And The Sorrows, An Exhibition To Commemorate The Jacobite Rising Of 1745 And The Battle Of Culloden
1996.
1st.
The National Trust.
96 pages, 4to, finely illustrated in colour form photographs showing the swords, weapons and battle related objects. Pictorial card covers. items from the exhibition which took place from 16 April to 20 September 1996 at Drumossie Moor Visitors Centre. A fine copy.
[23764] |
£26.00 |
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MAVRODIN Valentin |
Fine Arms From Tula, Firearms And Edged Weapons In The Hermitage, Leningrad. Translated From The Russian By Rostislav Drapkin
1977.
New York.
16 + 137 pages, 4to., illus, fine in dj.
[8301] |
£38.00 |
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MAY Commander W.E., ANNIS P.G.W. |
Swords For Sea Service
1970.
1st Edn,.
HMSO.
2 Vols, xxii 398 pages, large 4to., 140 plates, pictorial end papers in Djs light rubbing to part edges of DJs small 3cm closed tear to top edge of vol 2, now in clear removable sleeves a VG set. Based on the collection of the National Maritime Museum, many weapons outside the collection have also been examined including foreign weapons, photographs of some 150 swords, dirks and cutlasses. The books also provide information about the British sword trade and an extensive list of makers and retailers.
[23515] |
£170.00 |
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MEYRICK Samuel Rush |
A Critical Inquiry Into Ancient Armour As It Existed In Europe But Particularly In England From The Norman Conquest To The Reign Of King Charles II
1842.
Second edition corrected and enlarged..
Henry G Bohn.
lxv, 179, 247, 125 pages, (138pp) glossary, bound with 1/2 titles and title page to each volume 3 Vols, folio, with all edge's gilt. Frontis and 80 etched aquatint plates by Bridges and Maddox, 71 finely hand coloured some heightened with gold and silver, 10 are uncoloured plates of armour and weapons. There are also 27 hand coloured chapter initials also heightened with gold, plate 22 has a small smudge mark to the colouring. Bound in contemporary ? red Morrocco spine in compartments with armorial motifs, some rubbing to the spines, wth later cloth slipcases. The first edition published by Robert Jennings, appeared in 1824 This second and best edition of 1842 the colouring is more brilliant and stronger than that found in the 1st and has been corrected and enlarged the frontis of showing a joust did not appear in the 1st. One of the best colour plate books on Armour. And an important guide to ancient armour Meyrick who was a historian and collector of arms and armour, and he constructed Goodrich Court specifically to display his collection of arms and armour.
[23468] |
£1350.00 |
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MOLLO Eugene |
Russian Military Swords 1801-1917
1969.
1st Edn,.
Historical Research Unit.
56 pages, Illustrated in B/W from photographs showing the swords also some colour images of Sword Knots and crests. Ownership signature and stamps to the front end papers and stamp to title page of H.J. Woodend includes a loose presentation slip from the publishers to him. Herbie Woodend was librarian and researcher for The Proof House. A very good copy in DJ
[24083] |
£25.00 |
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MURTHA Gary |
The Samurai Sword, An American Perspective
1980.
1st Edn.
H.S.M. Publications.
USA.
4to, 126 pages, illus in colour and b/w from photographs and drawings. the original errata slip taped to front paste down with ownership name and details inked out on front paste down. Publishers red pebbled cloth binding in dj, dj lightly rubbed on edges and corners, head of spine chipped, well illus. The book includes index of artists and schools, characters in sword signatures, care cleaning etc.
[21736] |
£35.00 |
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OAKESHOTT Ewart |
European Weapons And Armour From Renaissance To The Industrial Revolution
1980.
1st Edn,.
Lutterworth Press.
XVIII 288 pages, lge 8vo, illus from photographs and drawings, vg in dj.
[16197] |
£45.00 |
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OAKESHOTT R.Ewart |
The Sword In The Age Of Chivalry
1981.
revised Edn,.
156 pages, illus, vg in dj.
[8551] |
£30.00 |
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PARTINGTON J.R. |
A History Of Greek Fire And Gunpowder
1960.
1st Edn,.
W.Heffer & Sons.
Cambridge, England.
XVI 381 pages, illus, lge 8vo, vg in dj. A comprehensive and detailed survey.
[3712] |
£25.00 |
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PETERSON Harold L |
The American Sword 1775-1945
.
Robert Walter.
New Hope, PA.
xiv 274 + (i) pages, illus in b/w from photographs, drawings etc. pictorial end papers, publishers blue cloth, title in silver with vignette of cavalry officer to upper board, vg in dj. DJ rubbed and chipped on edges, now in clear removable sleeve. A survey of the swords worn by the uniform forces.
[21846] |
£25.00 |
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PETERSON Harold L. |
Daggers And Fighting Knives Of The Western World From the Stone Age Till 1900
1968.
1st Edn,.
Herber Jenkins.
90 pages, illus from photographs, vg in dj.
[18562] |
£15.00 |
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ROBINSON H.Russell |
Oriental Armour
1967.
1st Edn,.
257 pages, illus, vg in dj. dj has scratch mark to upper cover.
[7668] |
£38.00 |
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ROGERS Colonel H.C.B. |
Weapons Of The British Soldier
1960.
1st Edn,.
259 pages, illus vg in dj
[7943] |
£28.00 |
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ROGERS Colonel H.C.B. |
Weapons Of The British Soldier
1960.
1st Edn,.
259 pages, illus, vg in dj
[2577] |
£16.00 |
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ROGERS Colonel H.C.B. |
Weapons Of The British Soldier
1960.
1st Edn,.
Seeley Services.
259 pages, illus, vg in dj
[15900] |
£16.00 |
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SNODGRASS A.M. |
Arms And Armour Of The Greeks
1982.
rep Edn,.
117 pages, illus, vg+ in dj.
[10122] |
£24.00 |
|
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TWEEDALE Geoffrey |
The Sheffield Knife Book, A History And Collectors' Guide
1996.
1st.
The Hallamshire Press.
Sheffield.
320 pages, large 8vo., illus in colour and b/w from photographs, drawings old adverts etc., pictorial laminated cover. A fine copy covers profiles of Sheffield's leading knife manufacturers the history, the knives, identification and dating, leading manufacturers etc.
[22377] |
£120.00 |
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TWEEDALE Geoffrey |
Stan Shaw, Master Cutler: The Story of a Sheffield Craftsman
1993.
1st.
The Hallamshire Press.
Sheffield.
96 pages, Illustrate throughout wit photographs, old adverts, line drawings etc. Pictorial card covers a fine clean copy. Stan Shaw one of the most skilled and dedicated cutlers of any era.
[23100] |
£50.00 |
|
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Very, Lieut Edward W (United States Navy) |
The Hotchkiss Revolving Cannon : descriptions and illustrations of the systems as designed for Naval service, Field Artillery and flank defence, together with Firing Tables, Proving Ground Tests And Official Reports.
1888.
1st thus.
Printed for Private Circulation.
76 pp,. 4to 30 full page plates 16 are from photographs, also line drawings of gun breakdowns, targets, diagrams etc. Some foxing to the prelims and the last page. Bookplate of Henk Visser to front paste down with his signature to the front-end paper. Publishers blind stamped red cloth with gilt title to the upper cover, a Vg copy. 2 copies of the Paris publication of 1885 of this title located in the UK libraries at the National Maritime Library and the National Army Museum no copy located of this 1888 London printing. During 1873 until 1883 this gun was constantly under test at the French Navel Testing ground at Gavre, which may explain the early Paris publication. Details of the guns, mounts, ammunition, effects of shot, care, and cleaning etc, both for Military and Naval use. "a mass of information is presented from which the artillerist is enabled to form a true and exact judgement not only of the absolute value of the Hotchkiss Revolving Cannon but also of the comparative value of all other machine guns". Very much a promotional catalogue of the gun for presentation?
[23586] |
£850.00 |
|
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Wallace, John |
Scottish Swords and Dirks: an Illustrated Reference Guide to Scottish Edged Weapons
1990.
1st.
Arms and Armour Press.
80 pages, Illustrations from photographs showing individual weapons. Publisher red cloth, DJ chipped at head and tail of the spine and a few small, closed tears to the edges, DJ now in clear removable sleeve. The development of various Scottish edged weapons.
[24073] |
£55.00 |
|
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WALTER John |
The German Bayonet, A Comprehensive Illustrated History Of Regulation Patterns 1871-1945
1976.
1st Edn,.
Arms and Armour Press.
128 pages, small 4to., illuys in b/w from photograph and line drawig, makers marks etc, vg in dj. A detailed and well illustrated book on the subject.
[22576] |
£40.00 |
|
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WALTER John |
THE SWORD AND BAYONET MAKERS OF IMPERIAL GERMANY 1871-1918
1973.
1st Edn.
Arms & Armour Press.
Illus with line drawings of the bayonets etc and armorers marks. vg in dj. list some 220 names together with details on when and where the companies worked.
[22584] |
£32.00 |
|
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WATTS John, WHITE, Peter |
The Bayonet Book
1975.
1st Edn,.
The authors.
504 pages, 4to., 1052 b/w illustrations of the bayonets from photographs, with details of sizes etc. Publishers red cloth, gilt title, bayonet vignette to spine in dj. dj shows some loss to the head of the spine rubbing to edges and corners now in removable clear sleeve. A vg copy of a detailed guide to the bayonets past and present used by the major countries of the world. A major reference book on the subject.
[22582] |
£200.00 |
|
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WATTS John, WHITE, Peter |
The Bayonet Book
1975.
1st Edn,.
The authors.
504 pages, 4to., 1052 b/w illustrations of the bayonets from photographs, with details of sizes etc. Publishers red cloth, gilt title, bayonet vignette to spine in dj. dj shows some repairs to rear and some creasing, now in clear removable sleeve. vg copy of a detailed guide to the bayonets past and present used by the major countries of the world. A major reference book on the subject.
[23930] |
£200.00 |
|
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WILKINSON LATHAM J. |
Pictorial History Of Swords And Bayonets Including Dirks And Daggers
1973.
1st Edn,.
viii 88 pages, 300 illus, vg
[21077] |
£20.00 |
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YUMOTO John M. |
The Samurai Sword A Handbook
1992.
rep Edn,.
Vermont.
191 pages, illus, marks etc, vg in dj.
[10038] |
£20.00 |
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