Bates John Davis James Henry (10 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good-. Excellent book on knives and knife making; Includes history, production methods, design, steel, and other cutting edge topics. Very well done book: informative, concise, interesting, with many photos, color and black and white. Large, 8x11 inches; Brown, leather covered boards w/silver titling on front and spine w/no visible wear; Text on high quality semi-gloss paper; Binding strong w/minor shelf wear. DJ is scuffed, edges are chipped and torn, illustrated with a fine knife. Professional book seller with storefront since 1975. All orders carefully packaged and promptly shipped. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good in Very Good DJ. No reference to printing (most likely a first), very good + hardcover shows touch of bumping to bottom corners, small bump/tear to top edge of rear cover and some other mild trace wear, in a very good dust jacket (price at flap) that shows rubbing, hint of exposure toning along spine, along with some mild edgewear. 112 pages full of black & whites. Remains an attractive copy of this work that is the ".second in a series by the authors, dealing with the fastest growing area of arms collecting today.". …

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. The book is as new except for some slight dusting along the top edge. The dust jacket shows signs of shelf wear and has a small tear along the top edge back cover.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. The Custom Knife. II: The Book of Pocket Knives and Folding Hunters by John Davis Bates, Jr. and James Henry Schippers, Jr. A limited series print, this is number 394 of 500 and signed by both authors. Very good condition. Pages look free of notations. Wear to the exterior. Please see pictures for condition. Signed.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS; LIMITED, NUMBERED EDITION. Hardcover is faux green leather, with silver lettering on front and spine. signed on front end paper. #213 in a limited series of 500. pages are clean and tight. Extensively illustrated with 100+ b/w photographs and drawings of knives, knives, knives! Sections: History; Production and Design; Decoration; Makers; Sharp Steel; Knife Makers Guild; Guarantees and Catalogs; notes; directory; photo credits. ; B&W Illustrations; 8 1/2 x 11; 112 pages; SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS; LIMITED, NUMBERED EDITION. Cover has slight bumping. DJ has sunning, rubbing/scuffing, shelf wear, many small, closed tears and crimps along edges; in a mylar cover. ; Signed by All Authors.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No dust jacket. Book has a light storage odor, very light foxing to top edge of pages, light toning to spine. otherwise book is very nice, clean and sharp, with a solid binding.

Condition: Good. Clean and well bound text, though with the slightest hint of mustiness between the pages; minor shelfwear only. DJ rubbed at edges and faces, sound, with slight wear at corners; now in protective wrapper. Signed by both authors, being number 301 of a limited series of 500.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good with wear. no dust jacket. First Edition. Signed by author/ some wear including a crack to the inner spine.

Original Wraps. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. An excellent copy of a rare book. The cover shows some shelf wear. This is book no. 473 of a limited edition of 1800, signed by the author.