SWORDS FOR SEA SERVICE

Published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1970

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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].

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Title
SWORDS FOR SEA SERVICE
Author
May, Commander W. E.; Annis, P. G. W.
Publisher
His Majesty's Stationery Office, London
Publication year
1970
Edition
First Edition.
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Arms, Armour & Firearms, Military, Naval, Aviation History

Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller

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Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller Pty Ltd 156 Collins Street, Melbourne Vic 3000 Australia books@kaycraddock.com +61 3 9654 8506 ABN: 16 007 334 312 Director: Kay Craddock Established in 1965, a salon-style bookshop in the heart of Melbourne's central business district. The shop has a large and varied stock of antiquarian and secondhand books, ranging from the fifteenth to the twenty-first centuries, covering most subjects and price ranges. Specialities include fine press and illustrated books, literature, children's books, books about books and militaria.

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