Commander W E Annis P G W (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover first edition, 1970, two volumes, in original shipping case from the National Maritime Museum. Both books are in very good condition - Volume Two is lightly cracked at page 398 where the pages of photographs begin. The dust jackets, covered with clear non-adhesive covering, are in good+ condition. Jackets have some edge wear and rubbing. The dust jacket of Volume One has a crease along the bottom at the front, with a tear at the bottom left, going on to the spine. Photographs available on request. Books are heavy and will require extra postage if posted outside Australia. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. An excellent reference on this specialist subject. Includes 140*b/w and colour plates and numerous oter b/w illustrations within the text. . 506pp. Edges of DJ heavily rubbed and scuffed. Several small open and closed tears to edges. Corners lightly bumped. DJ spines sunned. With packaging these books weigh 3kg, please enquire as to delivery options prior to ordering. Annis, P G W & Monday, John & Papps, Michael A & Whittle, Ann (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1970, First Edition. Two Volumes. Folio. 8.5" x 12" approx. xxii, 257pp & 261-398pp plus 140 b&w photo-plates. With a note on the Sword Cutler by J. D. Aylward. Drawings by P. G. W. Annis, John Munday, Michael A. Papps & Anne Whittle. Publisher's cloth, bindings square and firm. In the pictorial dust jackets, some rubbing, creasing and general edge wear. Price clipped. Both jackets in clear protective sleeves. Former owner name stamp and bookplate to end papers. Otherwise generally clean within. A 'Very Good' set. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 2 Vol Set. Grey Cloth Lacking The Dust Jackets. The Books Are Clean And Tight Except For A Bookstore Stamp On Fep In Vol.1 (257Pp) And Previous Owners Name And Date On Top Of Title Page In Both Vols. Color Frontis Of A Sword (Handle) In Both Volumes. Vol. 1 Is Primarily History While Vol. Two (257-398Pp Plus Over 150 Plates) Contains The Glossy Plates Of Photographs Of Individual Swords And The Admiralty (And Other Recipients) That They Were Presented To. End Papers Are Of Ceremonial Swords.…

First Edition. With a note on the Sword Cutler by J. D. Aylward. Drawings by P. G. W. Annis, John Munday, Michael A. Papps & Anne Whittle. In two volumes. Pp. [ii]+xxii+258(last blank)+[iv]+[259]-398, 117 plates (5 coloured, including frontispieces), numerous text figures, pictorial endpapers, biographical notes, indices; narrow med. 4to; beige cloth, spines lettered in purple, the cloth faintly foxed; top edges purple/brown; price-clipped dust wrappers, slightly scuffed, lightly foxed on reverse, edges worn and slightly split, back panel creased at foot Volume I; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on verso of upper free endpapers, some light foxing; His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1970. First edition. *Based on the sword collection in the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich. 'Photographs of some 150 swords, dirks and cutlasses illustrate the more important variations relating to each type . . . with weapons placed in a personal historical context by the provision of brief biographical studies of those by whom they were used' [wrapper blurb]. …

1st Edn.. 2 Vols, xxii 398 pages, large 4to.140 coloured and b/w illustrations from photographs, pictorial end papers in DJs rubbing to edges of the DJs some chips along the top edge personal inscriptions to the half titles. 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.…

1st Edn.. 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.…

First edition. DW. 2 volumes. Quarto. Vol I: xxii, 256pp. Colour frontis. + Illustrated with colour plates and diagrams in text. Wrapper worn and rubbed, with some slight soiling to top margins, spine sunned. Vol II: pp.261-pp.398. Colour frontis. + 140 black and white plates at rear. Wrapper worn and rubbed at extremities, spine sunned, small closed tear to head of spine, some slight soiling to top margins o/w VG+/VG+. ISBN 0112900267.…