- Octavo, softcover bound in stapled printed gray wraps with vignette of pistols in black on the front wrap. The extremities are darkened & there is a felt pen notation on the front wrap. [iv] & 39 pp. plus colophon. B&W illustrations. Very good.
- Quarto, 11-3/4 inches high by 8-1/4 inches wide. Softcover, bound in pictorial black wraps. A substantial unpaginated catalog listing and illustrating 48 items for sale with descriptive and historical text illustrated in color and black & white throughout. Near fine. Peter Finer's sixth catalog includes armor and visors, pavises, swords, pistols, flintlocks, walking sticks, and so on. View More...
London: H. G. Bohn, 1848.. 1848.. Good. - Small octavo, green cloth titled in gilt on the spine. The spine & extremities are darkened with the head of the spine torn & the tail chipped. The covers are bumped & stained. xii & 216 pages. Illustrated with 23 black-and-white plates, including a frontispiece & 2 folding plates. The hinges are starting. The plates in the rear are foxed & there is a crease to each of the folding plates with a small piece out of 1 of them. Good working copy.
- Quarto [approximately 11-5/8 inches high by 10 inches wide], light gray cloth titled in blind in a dust wrapper. 217 & [2] pages plus colophon. Profuse photographic color illustrations. Near fine.
The Styrian Armory at the Landesmuseum Joanneum in the Austrian city of Graz, is the world's largest historic armory and attracts visitors from all over the world. It holds approximately 32,000 pieces of weaponry, tools, suits of armor for battle and ones for parades. Dust jacket present. View More...
Rutland, VT and Tokyo, Japan: Charles E. Tuttle Company, Inc., (1968).. (1968).. Very good. - Octavo, light tan buckram in a dust wrapper. The head of the dust jacket spine is lightly creased. [vii] & 298 pages plus colophon. Profusely illustrated in color and black & white. There is a tiny area of soiling to the bottom edge. Near fine.
First American edition. Dust jacket present. First Edition. View More...
- Quarto [14 inches high by 10-1/2 inches wide], decorative silver & tan paper covered boards backed wiith cream cloth & titled in gilt & red on the spine. The book is housed in a cream, green & black cardboard slipcase titled in green & black on the spine & both panels. The dust jacket is very lightly rubbed & chipped with some light soiling to the jacket spine. The slipcase is lightly rubbed, soiled & chipped with its spine & extremities darkened. 250 pages. 186 illustrations, many in full color & many full-page, together with 121 black-and-white textual illustrations, depicting Samurai armo... View More...
- Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial color wrappers. The binding is slightly bumped & the tail of the spine is lightly chipped. 223 pages plus colophon. Profusely illustrated in color with a few illustrations in black & white. Very good.
La storia, gli ambienti e la descrizione di 120 opere dall'antichita classica all'Ottocento, con oltre 200 illustrazioni a colori [from the rear wrap copy].
Torino [Italy]: Umberto Allemandi & C., (2003).. (2003).. Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial wrappers. The binding is very slightly bumped & the film surface is lightly chipped along the bottom edge of the rear wrap. 253 & [2] pages plus colophon. Illustrated in color and black & white. Very good.
Published on the occasion of an exhibition curated by Paolo Venturoli. The text is in Italian. View More...
Rutland, VT: Charles F. Tuttle Company, (1959).. (1959).. Good. - Octavo, pictorial rust brown cloth with a design in black on the front cover. The spine & the adjacent edge of the rear cover are faded & the titling on the spine is rubbed. 191 pages. Black-and-white photographic illustrations, drawings & tables, including a chart of inscriptions and a list of swordsmiths with provinces, dates & values. Good.
Second printing. Dust jacket present. View More...