Book mild soiling to fore-edge pages. DJ panels rubbed, mild shelfwear head/foot of spine, top portion of rear panel somewhat creased from middle top edge to about an inch below top spine edge, a few small tears. Overall a tight solid sound copy. ; Oblong 4to, brown cloth with gilt lettering spine, DJ, 239pp. , major collections of hilt weapons, bibliography, photographs & illustrations, index. Profusely illustrated with over 400 illustrations including new drawings and photographs.

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Bibliographic Details

Title: Swords and Hilt Weapons
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, New York
Publication Date: 1989
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1555842909
ISBN 13: 9781555842901
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: First American Edition; First Printing.
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-

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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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