Brown boards lettered in gilt. 239 pages. A comprehensive survey of the swords, knives and daggers of Europe, North and South America, Japan, the Islamic world, India, China, Central and Southeast Asia and Africa from the Stone Age to the present day. Over 400 illustrations, including new drawings and photographs. First American edition, not the more common reprint. Fine condition in a fine bright pictorial dustjacket. [No International shipping on this item] Size: 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall.

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Title: SWORDS AND HILT WEAPONS
Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicholson, New York
Publication Date: 1989
ISBN 10: 1555842909
ISBN 13: 9781555842901
Binding: Hard Cover
Edition: First Edition (Stated).
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

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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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