Edged Weapons by Frederick Wilkinson (23 results)

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

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

hardcover. Condition: Fine copy in fine dust jacket. Profusely illustrated (illustrator). 1st. 8vo, 256 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Light gray cloth-effect paper covered boards, lettered in silver foil. Lacking dust jacket, otherwise only slight shelf wear, virtually as issued. [viii],256,xiv pp., illus. w/ 218 figures, including color plates. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American Edition. This work traces the story of all the main categories of hand weapons, from neolithic times up to the ceremonial weapons of the twentieth century. Photographs, illustrations, and an index are included. Light shelfwear to the jacket, now in mylar; otherwise, this copy is clean and solid.

hardcover. Condition: near fine. Many color and black & white illustrations. 8vo, white cloth, d.w. Doubleday, (1970). Near Fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st. UK hardback edition,book and dust jacket both in VG condition without inscription or price cut,see 5 photos.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. hardback, small quarto, evidence of some minor hot press adhesion else a very good tightly bound copy in a well preserved pictorial dust jacket, the text is clean and unmarked, illustrated in colour and b&w, 256 + xiv pp.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. N/A (illustrator). 1970. Guinness Signatures, London, 1970. Hard cover. Book condition : Very good, A very clean unmarked copy. Appears little read. Superb photographs, some in colour. Book will be sent by UK postal service. Bookseller Inventory #011927. N/A.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. 256 numbered pages. Profusely illustrated. Fine condition in a very good dust jacket that has slight discoloration and wear on front and back covers. (AA12).

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 156 pages; Description: 3-156, [1] p. : ill. (some col. ) , coats of arms, facsims. (some col. ) ; 31 cm. Bibliography: p. 153. Col. Ill. On lining papers. Subjects: Weapons & Armour -History--Juvenile literature. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First impression of the true first edition, published in medium-format hardcover in 1970. Profusely illustrated throughout in monochrome and colour. ***Near fine in light-grey cloth-covered boards, with silver titles to the spine. The boards are clean and only slightly marked on the front board. Slight creasing at the head and tail of the spine - no other creases or bumps. Corners sharp. Page block edges clean. No reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. Internally also near fine, with no inscriptions, and no marks or foxing to the interior pages. Pages clean and bright. No creases or tears. Published on nice quality but thin paper. Loosely inserted is a publisher's review slip, giving the published date as Monday 26th January 1970. There is also a small magazine clipping showing a photograph from the book (please see scans). ***In a very good colour-illustrated dustwrapper, which has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of 84s. The dustwrapper has some light creasing to the edges, but is complete with no serious creases and no tears. Some light marks on the front panel. No fading. Dustwrapper bright. ***242mm x 180mm. 256 pages plus a xiv page Index at the back of the book. ***'In this book Frederick Wilkinson traces the story of all the main categories of hand weapons, from neolithic times up to the ceremonial weapons of the twentieth century, with the same blend of deep knowledge and high readability which distinguished his widely acclaimed "Antique Firearms". The superb colour plates, commissioned especially for the volume from Paul Forrester, provide a brilliant panorama of the evolution of the edged weapon, and a fitting sequel to his impressive series of studies in the earlier volume.' (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper)***A first impression of the true first edition, published in 1970 - this copy a publisher's review copy with inserted review slip. A lavishly illustrated study of bladed weapons by type. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust jacket has been taped into its protective covering, so unable to view detail on boards, corners straight. Book body clean, heavily illustrated in b&w and color. Off-white illustrated dust jacket shows moderate shelf wear and staining to edges, corners, and head and tail of spine, red and black titles at front, black titles at spine, price intact, archival Brodart protected.

Royal octavo, grey cloth, silver letters, 256, xiv pp. Fine, in a Near-Fine (prcie-clipped) dust jacket in protective mylar cover. "In this book Frederick Wilkinson traces the story of all the main categories of hand weapons, from neolithic times up to the ceremonial weapons of the twentieth century, with the same blend of deep knowledge and high readability which distinguished his widely acclaimed Antique Firearms. The superb colour plates, commissioned especially for the volume from Paul Forrester, provide a brilliant panorama of the evolution of the edged weapon, and a fitting sequel to his impressive series of studies in the earlier volume." Edged Weapons, Firearms, Weapons, Swords, Knives, Arrows, Daggers, Rapiers, Axe.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 156 pages; Description: 3-156, [1] p. : ill. (some col. ) , coats of arms, facsims. (some col. ) ; 31 cm. Bibliography: p. 153. Col. Ill. On lining papers. Subjects: Weapons & Armour -History--Juvenile literature. 1 Kg.

In 8°, tela edit. + sovracop. ill., pp. 256 su carta patinata. Buon es. su carta patinata. Ricco apparato iconografico anche a col.

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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Forrester; Pryor; Dyer et al (photos) (illustrator). 1st. 256pp.+index; HB palegray w/silver; fine condition w/clean,tight pgs. DJ white w/orange&blk.; slight rub. " .traces the story of all the main categories of hand weapons, from neolithic times up to the ceremonial weapons of the twentieth century. " color & b/w photos throughout.

Hardback. 1970, First edition. A very good copy only marked by age tanning of the edges and previous owner stamps on the title and contents pages. The d/w is good with edge rubbing and light tanning/soiling. Now in a protective cover. Scans available if required.

Hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Relié. Condition: Bon état. in-8 Description :256, XIV pp. Jaquette défraîchie, insolée, avec un reste d'autocollant. Langue : Français Nb de volumes : 1.

1st edition dust jacket Very Good quarto 256 + xivpp., col. & b/w pls., bibliog., index, Inc. rapiers, smallswords, knives & daggers, hand bows, crossbows, naval swords, African & SE Asian weapons, Japanese, Indian & German weapons. Neat ownership signature o/w nice copy.

1st edition dust jacket Nice Copy quarto 256 + xivpp., col. & b/w pls., bibliog., index, Inc. rapiers, smallswords, knives & daggers, hand bows, crossbows, naval swords, African & SE Asian weapons, Japanese, Indian & German weapons.