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Hardcover. Third Impression. Demy folio, [27.5cm/11inches], full chrome-embossed gray cloth with mylar-protected dust jacket, pp. 239, indexed. Illustrated with b-w halftones, colour plates &tc. Please feel free to ask for particulars and/or additional photographs. . Goodreads notes: "Covers nearly 4,000 years of sword-making history, emphasizing the weapons of Africa, Mesoamerica, China, Central Asia & Indonesia. Also describes the excellence and cultural significance of European, Japanese and Islamic swords." In exceptionally good condition In exceptionally good condition.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First American Edition; First Printing. Book mild soiling to fore-edge pages. DJ panels rubbed, mild shelfwear head/foot of spine, top portion of rear panel somewhat creased from middle top edge to about an inch below top spine edge, a few small tears. Overall a tight solid sound copy. ; Oblong 4to, brown cloth with gilt lettering spine, DJ, 239pp. , major collections of hilt weapons, bibliography, photographs & illustrations, index. Profusely illustrated with over 400 illustrations including new drawings and photographs.…

hardcover. Condition: near fine. very good(+). First. 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.…

hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st. Square 4to, 239 pp. Fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket. Profusely illustrated (illustrator).

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. A comprehensive survey of the swords, knives and daggers of Europe, Japan, North and South America, the Islamic world, Africa, India, China, and Central and Southeast Asia from the Stone Age to the present day. Over 400 illustrations, including many new drawings and photographs.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dumbarton Oaks Collection, Washington DC, 1963. Softcover, 70 numbered pages, plus about 60 non-numbered pages of black & white plates. A record of the Central & South American art and artifacts collected by American diplomat Robert Woods Bliss (1875-1962). Near fine.…

Softcover. Condition: Very good. Very good condition. Binding is tight. Pages are clean and unmarked.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First American Edition. Hardcover in dust jacket. Later printing of first American edition. Book is As New, crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. Unpriced dust jacket is also As New, fresh and bright. Illustrated throughout with color and black and white photos and plates. Square folio. 239 pp. including index. In protective Mylar. Heavy--will require additional postage if shipped priority or outside the U.S. From the estate of Donald Skinner, Canadian military collector extraordinaire.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Reprint, landscape 4to, 239pp, colour and b/w photo illustrations, line drawings, head of spine bumped o/w VG Copy in VG DJ a little worn and creased at head of spine; NB This is a large heavy book well outside the preset postage tariffs; however for simplicity this item has been priced accordingly and no extra postage will be required unless buyer wants overseas sending. Overseas, which includes Europe and the Republic of Ireland, both surface and air would involve extra postage and would be expensive proportionate to the price of the book Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First American Edition. HEAVY. 239 pages, with more than 400 illustrations, including new drawings and full-color photos, bibliography, index. Cloth boards in jacket. Very slight edge wear to jacket. Compiled by a team of arms and armor specialists, the book covers nearly 4,000 years of sword-making from the beginnings of the Stone Age cultures, going on to document the flowering and versatility of the sword, both as a practical tool and as a work of art, throughout history. On the grounds of technical excellence, cultural significance and evolutionary vigor, pride of place is given to European, Japanese and Islamic swords. Size: 4to.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Dustwrapper, landscape 4to, pp.239. Illustrated. Well illustrated survey of the design, crafting and use of swords from their origins some 4000 years ago to the present day, with some emphasis on European, Japanese and Islamic weapons. Nine authorities contribute to the book, with a useful bibliography and list of major collections at the rear. Dustwrapper has one small edge split to rear edge, some light creasing to edges but is clean and sound otherwise. Minor mark to leading edge of front endpaper else contents clean and tight. Near fine in VG dustwrapper. Heavy book weighing c 1950g when packed, and thus extra postage ( at cost ) will be requested to cover shortfall from default postage quotation for 1000g for UK first class mailing ( second class not affected ) and overseas orders. Quote can be given if requested prior to order. .…

Paperback. Condition: Used, like new. Almost perfect condition. This is a very large black softcover with statue on front cover, 1995, 344pp, gorgeous color photos. Slightest (barely visible) edgewear, tiny red mark on outer page edges. **Oversize - overseas orders may require additional shipping. ** We are a small family business selling fine new and pre-owned books online since 1999. We provide professional service and individual attention to your order, daily shipments, and sturdy packaging. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. 1st ed. 239p. Photos surviving examples & period art work. Very Oversize. Fine/Fine Copy. Book.

Oblong quarto, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 239pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minor discolouration to boards, light bruising to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sl cracking at front & rear gutters) in d/w, VG (minor creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to front, light chafing & soiling).…

Hardcover. Black cloth boards with stamped design and gilt lettering on spine. Glossy black dust jacket with color-illustration and lettering in red and white. xi, 344 pp. BW and color illustrations. Catalogue of an exhibition from December 16, 1995 to February 25, 1996 at Princeton University Art Museum and from April 14 to June 9, 1996 at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Contents as follows: Foreword and acknowledgments / Allen Rosenbaum -- Preparing the way / David A. Freidel -- Olmec archaeology / Richard A. Diehl and Michael D. Coe -- Art, ritual, and rulership in the Olmec world / F. Kent Reilly, III -- Art in Olmec culture / Carolyn E. Tate -- Shamanism, transformation, and Olmec art / Peter T. Furst -- The Rainmakers: The Olmec and their contribution to Mesoamerican belief and ritual / Karl A. Taube -- The Olmec Mountain and Tree of Creation in Mesoamerican cosmology / Linda Schele -- Rocks and minerals employed by the Olmec as carvings / George E. Harlow. Catalogue of the Exhibition -- I. Regeneration and shamanism -- II. The shamanic landscape and journey -- III. Images of supernaturals -- IV. The Axis Mundi -- V. Rulers and regalia -- VI. The young lord -- VII. The shamanic bundle -- VIII. Regional manifestations of the Olmec style. VG/VG (scuffs & scratches to cloth boards; shelf-wear. light sunning to lower spine & edges. spine slightly rattled; textblock & pgs firm/intact. dustjacket scuffed & scratched w/ edge-wear & rubbing; light panels of sunning/fading to upper & lower edges).…

Condition: NEW.

Weidenfeld & Nicholson: NY 1989. 11 x 12", oblong, cloth 239pp, well illustrated in color and b/, bib, index, foot of spine bumped else vg in vg dw. FIRST PRINTING.

Square quarto, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp Olmec motif to front board, illus eps, frontispiece, xi + 344pp, illus, Near FINE (previous owner's name & inscription in ink to prelims) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges with sl surface loss, light chafing to covers).

In 4° (28x30 cm) 240 pp. Over 400 illustrations, including new drawings and colour photographs. A guide to nearly 4000 years of sword making all over the world. Ex libris. Hardcover, dust jacket. As new. All books are in stock in fine condition or described meticulously. Very safe packaging ***Books dated over 70 years old: ONLY SHIPPING WITHIN ITALY - please do not order if locaded abroad***.…

1st edition hardback with dust jacket Nice copy quarto xi + 344pp., col. & b/w pls., text ills., maps, bibliog., index, Superb production.

Quer-4°, 239 S., zahlr. Abb., Kart. m. OU, Tadell. Mt ausführlicher Widmung von Bundesrat Georges-André Chevallaz als Dank für die Einladung an das Sechseläuten 1996 durch die Zunft zur Meisen. (edion francais). 2200 gr. Schlagworte: Militaria-Waffen, Helvetica - Zürich.