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Condition: very_good. Book is in very good condition and may include minimal underlining highlighting. The book can also include "From the library of" labels. May not contain miscellaneous items toys, dvds, etc. . We offer 100% money back guarantee and 24 7 customer service.

Condition: good. Book is in good condition and may include underlining highlighting and minimal wear. The book can also include "From the library of" labels. May not contain miscellaneous items toys, dvds, etc. . We offer 100% money back guarantee and 24 7 customer service.

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Paperback. Condition: Fair. The standard reference on historical swordsmanship since its 1885 publication, this volume is still widely considered the definitive work on fencing history and the art of European swordsmanship. The author, Egerton Castle, traces fencing from its roots in the unschooled brawling of the Middle Ages to its latter-day precision and refinement, focusing particularly on the 16th-century development of the rapier and the weapon's popularity in Renaissance Italy, where Italian masters founded the modern art of swordsmanship.Envisioning the history of the sword as a history of humanity, the author proposes that the changes in modes of fencing corresponded to changes in manners. The rough, untutored fighting of the Middle Ages, for example, mirrored the supremacy of brute force in social and political life. The more subtle Renaissance era led to the ascendancy of the rapier and dagger, weapons of vicious elegance rather than sturdy brutality. Subsequent years saw a dwindling incidence of dueling, the decline of the sword to an article of gentlemen's apparel, and the reduction of swordsmanship to a courtly accomplishment akin to dancing.The subject is full of interest, the author notes in his Introduction, not only for the fencer who looks upon his favourite pastime as a science, but also in a high degree for the novelist, the painter, the actor, and the antiquarian. All will welcome the return of this abundantly illustrated and long-out-of-print work.…

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Paperback. Condition: Fair. The standard reference on historical swordsmanship since its 1885 publication, this volume is still widely considered the definitive work on fencing history and the art of European swordsmanship. The author, Egerton Castle, traces fencing from its roots in the unschooled brawling of the Middle Ages to its latter-day precision and refinement, focusing particularly on the 16th-century development of the rapier and the weapon's popularity in Renaissance Italy, where Italian masters founded the modern art of swordsmanship.Envisioning the history of the sword as a history of humanity, the author proposes that the changes in modes of fencing corresponded to changes in manners. The rough, untutored fighting of the Middle Ages, for example, mirrored the supremacy of brute force in social and political life. The more subtle Renaissance era led to the ascendancy of the rapier and dagger, weapons of vicious elegance rather than sturdy brutality. Subsequent years saw a dwindling incidence of dueling, the decline of the sword to an article of gentlemen's apparel, and the reduction of swordsmanship to a courtly accomplishment akin to dancing.The subject is full of interest, the author notes in his Introduction, not only for the fencer who looks upon his favourite pastime as a science, but also in a high degree for the novelist, the painter, the actor, and the antiquarian. All will welcome the return of this abundantly illustrated and long-out-of-print work.…

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hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. The cover and pages show normal wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Red hardback with gold print on spine and gold embossed print and decoration on front board. Spine is faded to a light brown Fraying/bumping to edges and corners of boards. Very slight cocking to book. Pages tight but book will lay open (pages detached along inside spine/gutter). Pages clean/unmarked. 298 pages. Two short lines of pencil writing on back endpaper. Very Good Minus condition overall. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.…

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. No Jacket. Red covers.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. The Bath Comedy: A Novel by Agnes Castle and Egerton Castle, published in 1900 by Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York. It is a romantic/social novel set in fashionable Bath, England.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 6th Printing. Sixth printing. Spine lightly toned, ink and pencil names on front endpaper. 1899 Hard Cover. xx, 434 pp. Red boards. Top page ridge gilt. Excerpt: "Alone in the south and seaward corner of the great bight on the Lancastrian coast - mournfully alone some say, gloriously alone to my thinking - rises in singular unexpected fashion the islet of Scarthey; a green oasis secure on its white rocky seat amidst the breezy wilderness of sands and waters. There is, in truth, more sand than water at most times round Scarthey. For miles northward the wet strand stretches its silent expanse, tawny at first, then merging into silver grey as in the dim distance it meets the shallow advance of briny ripple. Wet sand, brown and dull, with here and there a brighter trail as of some undecided river seeking an aimless way, spreads westward, deep inland, until stopped in a jagged line by bluffs that spring up abruptly in successions of white rocky steps and green terraces. Turn you seaward, at low tide there lies sand again and shingle (albeit but a narrow beach, for here a depth of water sinks rapidly) laved with relentless obstinacy by long, furling, growling rollers that are grey at their sluggish base and emerald-lighted at their curvetting crest. Sand yet again to the south, towards the nearer coast line, for a mile or perhaps less, dotted, along an irregular path, with grey rocks that look as though the advance guard of a giant army had attempted to ford its insecure footing, had sunk into its treacherous shifting pits, and left their blanching skull-tops half emerging to record the disaster. On the land side of the bight, far away beyond the grandly desolate, silent, yellow tract, a misty blue fringe on the horizon heralds the presence of the North Country; whilst beyond the nearer beach a sprinkling of greenly ensconced homesteads cluster round some peaceful and paternal looking church tower. Near the salty shore a fishing village scatters its greystone cabins along the first terrace of the bluffs. Outwards, ever changing in colour and temper roll and fret the grey waters of the Irish Sea, turbulent at times, but generally lenient enough to the brown-sailed ketches that break the regular sweep of the western horizon as they toil at the perpetual harvest of the deep. Thus stands Scarthey. Although appearing as an island on the charts, at low tides it becomes accessible dry-foot from the land by a narrow causeway along the line of the white shallow reefs, which connect the main pile to the rocky steps and terraces of the coast. But woe betide man or beast that diverges many feet from the one secure path! The sands of the great bay have already but too well earned their sinister reputation. …

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good hardcover. No DJ. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show light edge wear with rubbing/light scuffing. Binding is tight, hinges strong. Previous owners bookplate on inside front cover.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 12mo. 260 pages. Hardcover bound in light purple cloth with cover designs embossed in gilt. The binding is rubbed, worn and a bit soiled from handling and is slightly cocked. Inner hinges secure. Illustrated with color plates. The tissue guard for the frontis is heavily foxed, and the title page also has foxing. Occasional stains in the text. Early owner's signature on the front pastedown and half title reads, "Bettie L. Nash." The Nash family was from North Carolina. Ethel Franklin Betts (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 289 Pages; 23 Chapters. Pages Tight; Moderate Page Wear; Page Edges Somewhat Darkened; Inner Spine Crease Weakened But Pages Intact. Frontispiece Is Color Image Of "The Creation Of "Iphigenia". Dark Faded Maroon Hard Covers With Gild Lettering And Illustration On Front Cover And Spine. Corners Bumped; Some Wear On Spine Ends And Corners. Few Smudges, Scuffing On Covers. Moderate Shelf Wear. Vintage Copy Of This Novel.…

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