Scottish Swords from the Battlefield at Culloden
Providence: Mowbray Company, 1971. B/w plates and illustrations. 63 pages. Slim 8vo, blue cloth with silver gilt graphic. Providence: Mowbray Company, (1971). A fine copy. Scarce. More
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Dress Regulations; for the Officers of the Army, (including the Militia), 1900
London: Arms and Armour Press, 1969. Illustrate d 79 plates. vii + 118 pages + unpaginated plate block. 4to, maroon cloth, d.w. (some edgewear). London: Arms and Armour Press, (1969). A fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Swords and Hilt Weapons
New York: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1989. Illustrated in color and black & white. 239 pages. Oblong 4to, brown cloth with gilt lettering at the spine, pictorial d.w. (price-clipped, very faint dampstain at the interior). New York: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, (1989). First American edition. A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Nippon-To Art Swords of Japan: The Walter A Compton Collection
Profusely illustrated in color and b/w. 134 pages. Thin folio, original stiff printed wrappers (lightly scuffed). Tokyo: Japan House Gallery, Japan Society, (1976). A near fine copy. Scarce. One of the most significant catalogues of Japanese art Swords. More
The Art of Attack: Being a Study in the Development of Weapons and Appliances of Offence, From the Earliest Times to the Age of Gunpowder
Ulverston: W. Holmes, 1906. 361 illustrations. xviii + 312 pages, 8vo, blue cloth; light wear at spine ends. Ulverston: W. Holmes, 1906. A very good copy. More
Catalogue of European Daggers, Including the Ellis, De Dino, Riggs, and Reubell Collections
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1929. vii, 200pp with some figures in the text, followed by 85 handsomely printed plates (331 daggers), printed one side only and protected with tissue. Thick 4to, handsomely bound in full burgundy leather with red morocco label. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1929. Limited edition of 900 copies. A fine copy of this exceedingly rare catalogue. Plates printed at the Imprimerie de Vanguard, Paris. More
Court and Samurai in an Age of Transition: Medieval Paintings and Blades from the Gotoh Museum, Tokyo.
New York: Japan Society, 1990. Illustrated in color and b/w. 127pp. Thin 4to, gray cloth, d.w. (New York: Japan Society, 1990). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. Scarce in hardcover. More
The Peabody Museum Collection of Japanese Sword Guards With Selected Pieces of Sword Furniture
Salem: The Peabody Museum, 1975. Black & white illustrations throughout, some in color. 43 pages. Slim 4to, matte pictorial wrappers (slightly dust-soiled, several small colored pencil marks at the front). Salem, MA: The Peabody Museum, 1975. Internally pristine. A near fine copy. More
One Hundred Masterpieces From the Collection of Dr. Walter A. Compton: Japanese Swords, Sword-Fittings and Accoutrements
New York: Christie, Manson & Woods, 1992. Essays by William Tilley and Walter Compton II. Catalogue by Robert Haynes and D. Martin Lorber. 100 items illustrated in beautiful, detailed photographs, several with more than one picture. 321pp., large 4to, black cloth, d.w., pictorial board slipcase; minor handling of the dust wrapper. New York: Christie, Manson & Woods, (1992). A fine copy in a very good (+) dust wrapper. Essays by William. More
The Japanese Sword and its Fittings; From the collections of the members of the Japanese Sword Society Of New York and The Cooper Union Museum, New York - Exhibition held from March 26 through May 28, 1966.
New York: Cooper Union Museum, 1966. Numerous black & white illustrations, slim 4to, red & black printed wrappers, staple bound exhibition catalog . New York: Cooper Union Museum, 1966. Near Fine. Comes with 26 stapled pages entitled "Catalogue THE JAPANESE SWORD AND ITS FITTING From the collections of the members of the Japanese Sword Society of N.Y." More
Art of the Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armor, 1156-1868
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2009. More than 200 illustrations, many in color. xii + 344 pages. 4to, stiff, glossy, pictorial wrappers. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, (2009). First softcover edition. Front cover is just a bit scratched, else fine. With contributions by several authors. Catalogue published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name. More
Schwert. Degen. Sabel
Hamburg: Helmut Gerhard Schulz, 1962. Illustrated throughout in b/w. 75 pages in German. Very slender 8vo, pale gray cloth, d.w. (some edgewear to spine ends). Hamburg: Helmut Gerhard Schulz, 1962. Toning to edges of leaves. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Swords and Daggers
London: Hamlyn, 1975. Many b/w illustrations. 253 pages. 12mo, natural cloth (toned at edges), pictorial d.w.; (price-clipped, corner torn). London: Hamlyn, (1975). A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Swords & Daggers
Suffolk: Ward Lock Ltd, 1972. B/w illustrations. 256 pages.Small 8vo, black cloth, pictorial d.w. (toned). Suffolk: Ward Lock Ltd., (1972). Third printing. A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Pictorial History of Swords & Bayonets
London: Ian Allen, 1973. Profusely illustrated in b/w. 88 pages of text. 8vo, green cloth, pictorial d.w. London: Ian Allen, (1973). A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
British Cut and Thrust Weapons.
Rutland: Charles Tuttle, 1971. Illus. Thin 4to, black cloth, d.w. Rutland: Charles Tuttle, (1971). Very good. More
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