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.

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Title: SWORDS AND HILT WEAPONS.
Publisher: Grove Pr
Publication Date: 1989
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1555842909
ISBN 13: 9781555842901
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Printing: 1st Printing
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Covering nearly 4000 years of sword-making history from the Bronze Age to World War II, this book examines the hilt weapons of Africa, Mesoamerica, China, Central Asia and Indonesia, paying special attention to European, Japanese and Islamic swords.

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Victor Harris - Curator of Japanese Antiquities, British Museum; Michael D Cole - Professor of Anthropology, Yale University; Peter Connolly - Inst. of Archeology, Uni of London; Anthony Harding -Sr Lecturer in Archeology, Uni of Durham; Donald J. La Rocca - Arms and Armour Dept, Metropolitan Museum of Art; Anthony North - V&A Museum; Thom Richardson - Curator of Armour, the Royal Armouries, Tower of London; Christopher Spring - British Museum; Frederick Wilkinson - President of the Arms and Armour Society

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