Publisher:
Ottawa, Ontario: Museum Restoration Services, 1964.
Seller ID: 51576bd
Octavo, paperbound (slick, stapled white wrappers), 47 pp. Front cover cleanly detached; otherwise, a very attractive copy, interior clean & tight. From Foreword: Bayonets -- and bayonets. We are all familiar with them, but how much do we really know about them? Even the stoutest of collectors might well quail before the task of identifying a half-hundred angular bayonets, all generally similar, yet each one diferent in its details. Where to start? We might know a few of them, and make educated guesses about more, but on the whole our box score wouldn't be too impressive. The identific... View More...
Publisher:
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., [1970].
Seller ID: 00501sc
Royal octavo, grey cloth, silver letters, 256, xiv pp. Fine, in a Near-Fine (prcie-clipped) dust jacket in protective mylar cover. ÒIn 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 ... View More...
