Isbn: 9780241103081 - Arms and the Men (4 results)

1stEdition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 315 pages; Description: xii, 315 p. , 4 leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm. Includes index. Bibliography: p. [293]-299. Subjects: Defence industries --History --Firearms industry and trade. 2 Kg.…

1stEdition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 315 pages; Description: xii, 315 p. , 4 leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm. Includes index. Bibliography: p. [293]-299. Subjects: Defence industries --History --Firearms industry and trade. 2 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. 8vo, original red cloth, illustrated throughout, 315 pages, fine in fine unclipped dustwrapper.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Hardback. The author's fascinating book is about the genesis and development of the international trade in arms, the relations that have subsisted at various times between arms manufacturers and governments, and the means by which nations have equipped themselves for war. He gives a chapter on that extraordinary tycoo, Sir Basil Zaharoff, a man of mystery to the end. Illustrated. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.).…