About this title: Tremendously detailed and thorough account of premodern weapons of war -- from the prehistoric Bronze and Iron Ages and the breakup of the Roman Empire, to the Viking era and the Age of Chivalry.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Frederick A. Praeger, New York
Date Published: 1960
Description: Very Good. [10]. 359 pages, 12 plates, many illustrations of daggers, longbows, crossbows, helmets, swords, shields, spears and more, maps, cloth, very good. From the introduction: "The archaeology of weapons and of war is a study of arms tied down to no particular time or place, followed throughout history as one might follow a dark thread running through a tapestry. In the sketch I have tried to follow the development of European arms in logical sequence, showing how changes were wrought by ... read more
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Lutterworth Press, London
Date Published: 1960
Description: Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall 359 pp. Light green cloth with gilt-lettered spine. Pictorial endpapers. B&w plates and in-text drawings. Slight mark to cloth, otherwise a very clean and fresh copy. 8d. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New York; 1960 Praeger
Description: 6" X 9"-359pp. -Well illustrated-1st edition-previous owners name on top corner of end sheet-near new in like DJ-a cornerstone in the field of armour. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Frederick A. Praeger, New York
Date Published: 1960
Description: Arms and Armor from Prehistory to the Age of Chivalry. First US Edition, same year as the First UK. 360pp. Frontispiece and twenty-two other plates, line-drawn illustrations to the text, maps to the endpapers. Very good in the original red and black cloth in slightly rubbed dust jacket, a little split on the fold of the front turn-in. Important work in history of the study of weaponry and its use. Oakeshott was probably the most widely-respected sword researcher in the World and based all of ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: DOVER PUBN INC
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780486292885ISBN:0486292886
Description: New. Tremendously detailed and thorough account of premodern weapons of war--from the prehistoric Bronze and Iron Ages and the breakup of the Roman Empire, to the Viking era and the Age of Chivalry. Profusely illustrated with a host of armor and weapons... read more
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1963, New York
Date Published: 1963
Description: Very Good in Good+ jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Very small hole in top of spine of DJ. Many B&W photos and illustrations. Hard to find. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Lutterworth Press, London
Date Published: 1960
Description: Very Good+ in Very Good+ jacket. 8vo-over 5¾"-6¾" Tall. This is a Very Good + Copy of this book in the Publisher's original beige hardover cloth with bright gilt title lettering to spine, in a Very Good + Dust-Jacket with NO chips or tears to the outer edges of the dust-jacket. Slight sunning to spine. Not price clipped and the book has No previous owner's names or inscriptions present. This copy has a firm binding with no hinge weakness and there is NO leaning or rolling to spine. This copy ... read more
Description: 1963. Lutterworth Press. Hard Cover. Book-VG, spine sunned, gilt titles on spine. 9x6. 358pp. Some b/w line illus. Map endpapers. B/w photo frontis. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: LUTTERWORTH PRESS
Date Published: 1960
Description: Ex-Library Published by LUTTERWORTH PRESS in 1960, 359 pages, ex-library copy-usual stamps & marks, hardback (no D/J), medium size, no D/W, covers good, slight foxing, boards good, gilt titled spine, ex. library copy-usual stamps and marks, illustrated frontispiece, illustrated in black & white, index. Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
"Product Description Tremendously detailed and thorough account of premodern weapons of war - from the prehistoric Bronze and Iron Ages and the breakup of the Roman Empire, to the Viking era and the Age of Chivalry. Profusely illustrated with a host of armor and weapons: daggers, longbows, crossbows, helmets, swords, shields, spears and more.
This is a very useful tome for anyone needing to research historical weaponry or anyone interested in weaponry. Probably not for light reading, but lots of good information."
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