(J1) REGULATION MILITARY SWORDS J. Wilkinson - Latham, Star, 1970, 32 pages in card covers, 16 photo plates, good plus, £3.95
(J2) JAPANESE SWORDS, ARMOUR, BLADES, DAGGERS, 21 1970, 37cm x 27cm, beautifully illustrated in colour and black and white, photographs, List of illustrations in English and Japanese the bulk of the book just in Japanese caricatures, Listed 186 plates, also pointing out National Treasures and Important Cultural Property, Book V.G. in V.G.D.J. in Slip Case, I Library Stamp on the back, £65.00
(J3) THE ENGLISH MASTER OF ARMS FROM THE TWELFTH TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY J.D.Aylward, Routledge & Kegan Paul, first edition 1956, 284 pages, with 16 illustrations, from the Mediaeval and Tudor Masters to Renaissance, Book Good + Ex Library with 3 stamps, £24.00
(J4) WEAPONS. B.E. Sargeaunt, Hugh Rees, 1908, Quarto, 54 pages, with 11 black and white plates, A Brief Discourse on Hand-Weapons other than Fire-Arms, Book Good . £7.50
(J5) THE FIELD OF HONOUR, BEING A COMPLETE AND COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY OF DUELLING IN ALL COUNTRIES Major Ben C. T. Truman, Fords, Howard, & Hulbert, 1884, 599 pages, the judicial duel of Europe, the private duel of the civilised World etc., some contemporary notes to front end pages otherwise Good+, £59.50
(J6) THE ROMANCE OF DUELLING IN ALL TIMES AND COUNTRIES Andrew Steinmetz, Chapman and Hall, London 1868 first edition, 2 volumes 336 and 384 pages, carefully rebacked using original spines, Good+, £270.00
(J7) ROYAL ARMS AT ROSENBORG – (DELUXE LEATHER BOUND EDITION) Danish Arms and Armour Society 1956, 2 volumes, quarto, Vol. 1, 223 pages of text, Volume 2, 93 photo plates with descriptions, both volumes VG in dustjackets in original slipcase, 44 plates of edged weapons and 48 of firearms, mostly flint, both volumes of this de-luxe edition bound in red calf leather, excellent set, £155.00
(J9) RAPIERS Eric Valentine, Arms & Armour Press 1968, 74 pages with 58 photo illustrations, an illustrated guide to the Rapiers of the 16th and 17th centuries with their companions, Book Good+ in DJ, £35.00
(J10) MODERN BRITISH FENCING :A HISTORY OF THE AMATEUR FENCING ASSOCIATION C .L de Beaumont, Kaye 1966, 192 pages with photo ills., Ex library, but generally good in DW, £12.00
(J13) BRITISH CUT AND THRUST WEAPONS John Wilkinson Latham, David & Charles 1971, quarto, 112 pages, 75 photo illustrations and 17 intext line drawings, Good+ in DJ, £25.00
(J17) GERMAN SWORDS AND SWORD MAKERS – EDGED WEAPON MAKERS FROM THE 14TH TO THE 20TH CENTURY Richard H. Bezdek, Paladin 2000, 22cm x 29cm, 235 pages with list of makers, makers marks, photographs and full page detail drawings, Book VG in DJ £50.00
(J18) STORIA DELL ARMA BIANCA ITALIANE Cesare Calamandrei, Editoriale Olimpia, second edition 1999, 31cm x 22cm, 501 pages, full of very clear illustrations and photographs of Swords, Daggers, Bayonets etc., Da Waterloo al Nuovo Millennio, 1814 – 2000, text in Italian, Book V.G. in V.G.D.J. £75.00
(J20) SWORDS & DAGGERS Frederick Wilkinson, ward Lock 1972, 256 pages including 195 photo plates, Book Good+ in DJ, £22.00
(J22) BRITISH MILITARY SWORDS FROM 1800 TO THE PRESENT DAY R.J.Wilkinson Latham, Hutchinson first edition 1966, Quarto, 91 pages, plus 73 illustrations, Infantry Swords, Household Cavalry, Cavalry, Artillery, Engineers and Corps Swords, Etc., Book Good in torn D.J. £27.00
(J26) DAS ZEREMONIALSCHWERT DER ESSENER DOMSCHATZKAMMER Alfred Pothmann, Aschendorff Munsteer, 1995. Band 4, 153 pages, with illustrations in colour and black and white, line drawings, plus 2 fold out plates in pocket at rear, Text in German, Book V.G. in V.G. D.J. £20.00
(J32) RUSSIAN MILITARY SWORDS 1801 – 1917 Eugene Mollo, Historical Research Unit, 1969, 22cm x 21cm, 56 pages, with 44 illustrations in colour and black and white, plus Sword Knots at the rear, Book covers in English the swords of the Imperial Russian Army, Ex Library with usual stamps, Book Good in Good D.J. £22.00
(NJ33) KALASHNIKOV BAYONETS – THE COLLECTOR’S GUIDE TO BAYONETS FOR THE AK AND ITS VARIATIONS Martin D. Ivie, folio, 220 pages, gloss paper, , all photographs in colour, £37.50
(J34) SWORDS & DAGGERS Frederick Wilkinson, ward Lock 1972, 256 pages including 195 photo plates, Book Good+ in DJ, £20.00
(J40) ARMS & ARMOUR OF OLD JAPAN B.W. Robinson, Victoria & Albert 1970, 17 pages plus 26 plates in card wraps ,Book Good. Ex Library with usual stamps, £5.00
(J41) EUROPEAN SWORDS AND DAGGERS IN THE TOWER OF LONDON Arthur Richard Dufty, H.M.S.O. 1974, 24cm x 31cm, 35 pages of text plus index plus 105 excellent photo plates, Good in DJ, Ex Library with usual stamps, £40.00
(J55) SECRETS OF THE SWORD Translated from the original French of Baron De.Bazancourt by C.F.Clay with illustrations by F.H.Townsend, George Bell 1900, written in a chatty, happy vein mainly about fencing, Book Good, back strip frayed and rubbed, Ex Library with usual stamps, £37.50
(J56) SWORD, LANCE & BAYONET Charles Ffoulkes and Captain E.C.Hopkinson, Cambridge University Press first edition 1938, 143 pages, with 3 plates and 80 illuatrations, a record of the Arms of the British Army and Navy, with an Appendix, Muskets, Rifles and Carbines, Book Good only, Ex Library with usual stamps, £28.00
(J58) RAPIERS Eric Valentine, Arms & Armour Press 1968, 74 pages with 58 photo illustrations, an illustrated guide to the Rapiers of the 16th and 17th centuries with their companions, Book Good+ in DJ, Ex Library, £28.00
(J64) THE SWORD AND THE CENTURIES : OR OLD SWORD DAYS AND OLD SWORD WAYS Alfred Hutton, Grant Richards, 1901, 367 pages, with illustrations, being a description of the various swords used in civilized Europe during the last five centuries, and of single combats which have been fought with them, nice tight copy restitched and rebound, Ex Library with usual stamps to rear and front, Book Good + £85.00
(J67) ARMS AND ARMOR IN COLONIAL AMERICA 1526 - 1783 Harold L. Peterson, Bramhall, 1956, large quarto, 350 pages, many photo ills., includes some firearms and armour, G in DW, £35.00
(J68) MEMOIR ON SWORDS, ETC. Colonel Marey, Translated from the French by Capt. & Lieut.-Col. Henry Hamilton Maxwell, John Weale 1860, 18cm x 11cm, 90 pages plus 22 pages of advertisements at rear, with an additional 8 plates of diagrams, covering, Of arms used for cutting, On arms used for thrusting, On arms used for cutting and thrusting, and Recapitulation of these principles, restitched and rebound in modern binding, Book Good + Ex Library with usual stamps, £70.00
(J69) ANGELO’S BAYONET EXERCISE Adjutant-General’s Office, Horse Guards. July 1857, John W. Parker, 18cm x 11cm, 39 pages plus advertisements at rear, with 12 line diagram plates, restitched and rebound in modern binding, with original front cover inside, Book Good + £40.00
(J72) THE FENCER’S COMPANION Leon Bertrand, Gale & Polden 1951, 18cm x 10cm, 83 pages, with 54 intext diagrams plus plates at rear showing the development, the return to guard, the backward spring, the balestra attack, Book Good +, D.J. has some loss, £12.00
(J77) THE AMERICAN EAGLE-POMMEL SWORD. THE EARLY YEARS – 1794 -1830 E.Andrew Mowbray, Man at Arms, first edition 1988, 23cm x 31cm, 244 pages, with 12 colour plates and many intext photographs, Historical background,Colonial and Revolutionary Eras, Classical Period and Domestic Productions, Book V.G. in Slightly torn D.J. £32.0000
ARMS & ARMOUR SOCIETY JOURNALS WITH SIGNIFICANT ARTICLES
JUNE 1982 - SILVER SWORD HILTS ASSAYED AT BIRMINGHAM £3.00
JUNE 1969 - THE POLISH CORONATION SWORD £2.00
NEW BOOKS ON EDGED WEAPONS
(NJ1) THE AMES SWORD COMPANY CATALOG Introduction by Stuart Mowbray,n An exact reprint of the original 19th century military and fraternal sword catalog, shows 541 swords and many other items, £22.50
(NJ2) THE PLUG BAYONET – AN IDENTIFICATION GUIDE FOR COLLECTORS R.D.C. Evans, 22cm x 30cm, 263 pages full of excellent photographs covering plug bayonets worldwide, pages of markings etc., £42.50
(NJ3) BOARDERS AWAY – WITH STEEL, EDGED WEAPONS AND POLEARMS William Gilkerson, 22cm x 29cm, many coloured and mono photo illustrations, 159 pages, edged weapons and polearms from the age of fighting sail, 1626 – 1826, £29.50
(NJ4) THE SCOTTISH DIRK - REALITY AND ROMANCE James D. Forman, 56 pages in paper wraps, photo ills., £5.95
(NJ5) AMERICAN MILITARY BAYONETS OF THE 20TH CENTURY Gary Cunningham, quarto, 116 pages in card wraps, a guide for collectors including notes on the makers, markings, finishes, variations etc., £13.95
(NJ6) PREUSISCH – DEUTSCHE SEITENGEWEHRE 1807 – 1945 ( 5 VOLUMES) Rudiger W.A. Franz, Volume 1 1807 – 1914, 574 pages, Volume 2 1807 – 1870, 566 pages, Volume 3 1871 – 1883, Volume 4 1884 – 1897, 609 pages, Volume 5 1871 – 1883, 486 pages, numerous detailed photo illustrations, undoubtedly the most comprehensive coverage of the German Bayonet, text in German, £130.00
(NJ7) ALLIED MILITARY FIGHTING KNIVES AND THE MEN WHO MADE THEM FAMOUS Robert A. Buerlein, Large Quarto, 185 pages in soft covers, with well over 250 photo illustrations, £19.95
(NJ9) LE NOUVEL ATLAS DE LA BAIONNETTE DE COLLECTION – VOLUME 1 Jean Pierre Vial, 22cm x 30.5cm, 416 pages, excellent identification guide to bayonets, country by country, worldwide, classified by blade length, volume 1, 40mm to 444mm, photographs, marks, dates etc., text in French, £42.00
(NJ10) LE NOUVEL ATLAS DE LA BAIONNETTE DE COLLECTION – VOLUME 2 Jean Pierre Vial, 22cm x 30.5cm, 432 pages, excellent identification guide to bayonets, country by country, worldwide, classified by blade length, volume 2, 445mm to 608mm, photographs, lengths, marks, dates etc., text in French, £42.00
(NJ11) AMERICAN SWORDS FROM THE PHILIP MEDICUS COLLECTION Flayderman & Mowbray, 22cm x 29cm, contains 141 full page plates with descriptions and illustrating a total of 604 swords, £32.50
(NJ12) THE HALBERD AND OTHER EUROPEAN POLEARMS 1300 - 1650 George Snook, 32 pages in paper wraps, 63 photo and line drawn illustrations, £6.40
(NJ13) THE EARLIEST COMMANDO KNIVES Dr. William Windrum, 80 pages in card covers, Shanghia, Fairbairn and variants, many photographs, £7.50
(NJ14) BAYONETS – AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY Martin J. Brayley, 31cm x 23cm, 256 pages in card covers with more than 500 photographs, mostly in colour, covering 300 bayonets, £18.99
(NJ17) BRITISH SERVICE SWORD & LANCE PATTERNS Ian Skennerton, 48 pages in card wraps, quarto, line drawings etc., £7.00
(NJ18) MEDIEVAL SWORDSMANSHIP : ILLUSTRATED METHODS AND TECHNIQUES John Clements, quarto, 324 pages with many line drawings, £29.50
(NJ19) INDIAN AND ORIENTAL ARMS AND ARMOUR Lord Egerton Of Tatton, originally published as ‘an illustrated handbook of Indian arms’ in 1880, 178 pages in soft covers, with drawings and photo illustrations, £19.95
(NJ20) THE BOWIE KNIFE – UNSHEATHING AN AMERICAN LEGEND Norm Flayderman, 24cm x 31 cm, 512 pages full of superb colour photographs, printed on art paper, comprehensive and probably the best Bowie knife book to date. £47.50
(NJ21) CIVIL WAR CAVALRY & ARTILLERY SABERS – A STUDY OF UNITED STATES CAVALRY AND ARTILLERY SABERS 1833 – 1865 John H. Thillmann, 9in x 11in, 520 pages, 1373 illustrations, 16 page colour section, markings, makers, identifying fakes etc., lavishly produced on glossy paper, £49.50
(NJ22) THE SPIRIT OF THE PIKE : BRITISH SOCKET BAYONETS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY Graham Priest, 21cm x 30cm, 352 pages, Superb in depth study , many fine detailed photographs and original specifications and drawings, covers all Lee Enfields, also submachine guns, Frogs, markings etc., £49.00
(NJ23) BOWIES, BIG KNIVES AND THE BEST OF BATTLE BLADES Bill Bagwell, 22cm x 28cm, 175 pages in soft covers, Bill Bagwell on the history, collecting and the use of big knives, many photographs, £17.50
(NJ24) KNIVES OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY – WORLD WAR II Michael W. Silvey, quarto, 249 pages lavishly illustrated with colour photographs, wonderful identification guide, £49.50
(NJ26) LES EPEES PORTEES EN FRANCE, DES ORIGINES A NOS JOURS Jean L'hoste, Quarto, 480 pages full of photographs and drawings, a great identification guide, text in French, £39.50
(NJ27) THE SOCKET BAYONET IN THE BRITISH ARMY 1687 - 1783 Erik Goldstein, Quarto, 134 pages in soft covers, all patterns well illustrated with detail photographs and line drawings, £18.35
(NJ28) POCKET KNIVES OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY Michael W. Silvey, 19cm x 21cm, 135 pages, many superb photographs, all in colour, makers marks, £20.00
(NJ29) SWORDS AND SWORD MAKERS OF ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND Richard H. Bezbek, Fiolio, 394 pages, which includes a 267 page list of makers, plus 125 pages section of photographs, an excellent addition to the sword collectors library, £45.50
(NJ31) THE SAMURAI SWORD – A HANDBOOK John M. Yomoto, 191 pages, an excellent primer in Japanese swords, many photo ills., £14.50
(NJ32) THE AMERICAN SWORD 1775 – 1945 Harold L. Peterson, 348 pages, many photo illustrations, includes section on silver mounted swords, £28.50
(NJ34) EICKHORN EDGED WEAPONS EXPORT - VOLUME 1 - LATIN AMERICA Quesada & Hickox, quarto, 121 pages, reprint of the catalogue illustrations with new descriptive text, line drawings, £8.95
(NJ35) AMERICAN SWORDS & SWORD MAKERS – VOLUME II Richard H. Bezdek, folio, 9in x 11in, 370 pages with a further alphabetical list of sword makers, U.S. Cavalry sword makers, plus many photographs, £45.50
(NJ37) U.S. NAVAL OFFICERS – THEIR SWORDS AND DIRKS Peter T. Tuite, 29cm x 22cm, 248 pages, full of colour photographs, featuring the collection of the United States Naval Academy Museum, £40.00
(NJ38) CUTTING EDGE – JAPANESE SWORDS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM Victor Harris, 23cm x 28cm, 160 pages with photographs and descriptions of 99 swords and blades, plus many more intext photographs and also a colour photo section, £25.00
(NJ39) THIRD REICH DAGGERS 1933 – 1945 – A GUIDE TO IDENTIFICATION, REPRODUCTION RECOGNITION, AND VALUES J. A. Bowman, 485 pages, with many photographs and other illustrations by Brian Molloy, very useful reference, with reproduction comparison photographs, £38.50
(NJ40) KNIVES OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY IN VIETNAM M. W. Silvey, 22cm x 29cm, 139 pages full of excellent coloured photographs, with descriptions, £35.00
(NJ42) COMBAT KNIFE THROWING ; A NEW APPROACH Ralph Thorn, 114 pages in soft covers, line drawings, £9.50
(NJ43) SOCKET BAYONETS OF THE GREAT POWERS – A COLLECTORS GUIDE Robert W. Shuey, 21.5cm x 28cm, 96 pages in card covers, A to Z, America to Switzerland, photographs, line drawings and descriptions, £16.95
(NJ44) THE BEST OF U.S. MILITARY KNIVES , BAYONETS & MACHETES H.M. Cole, Edited by Michael Silvey, folio, 334 pages full of the drawn illustrations as in the original 4 volumes of this work, superb reference, £39.50
(NJ46) RANDALL KNIVES – RARE, UNIQUE & EXPERIMENTAL Robert E. Hunt, 22cm x 29cm, 176 pages illustrated profusely with excellent colour photographs, and description, £47.50
(NJ47) AMERICAN PRIMITIVE KNIVES 1770-1870 Gordon B.Minnis, 22cm x 29cm, 100 pages inc. num. large photo ills very early knives through to American Bowies, £19.50
(NJ49) LUFTWAFFE GRAVITY KNIFE Mack A. Pattarozzi, 24cm x 16cm, 268 pages, with many black and white photographs, a detailed reference on the World War 11 Luftwaffe gravity knife, origin, purpose, evolution and history, £29.50
(NJ50) GERMAN DAGGERS OF WORLD WAR 11. A PHOTOGRAPHIC REFERENCE. Thomas M.Johnson, large 31cm x 24cm, 224 pages, many full page colour photographs of the bayonets, and mono photographs of the wearers, £49.50
(NJ51) SEITENGEWEHR – HISTORY OF THE GERMAN BAYONET 1919 – 1945 Geaorge t. Wheeler, 328 pages with many detailed photographs, frogs and knots, some in colour, £27.50
(NJ52) BRITISH & COMMONWEALTH BAYONETS Skennerton & Richardson, 22cm x 28cm, 404 pages including many detail photo ills., markings, etc., comprehensive work, £35.00
(NJ53) A SURE DEFENCE : THE BOWIE KNIFE BOOK Kenneth J. Burton, quarto, 8in by 10in, 99 pages with photographs and descriptions of 110 bowies, plus a large list of makers, £25.00
(NJ54) WKC SALES CATALOGUE German catalogue of swords and daggers, Solingen circa 1930’s, 22cm x 29cm, 14 pages plus price list, bound in card covers with tie as original, £5.95
(NJ55) KNIFEMAKERS OF OLD SAN FRANCISCO Bernard R. Levin, 29cm x 22cm, 160 pages in soft covers, photo ills., History, makers etc., second edition, £18.50
(NJ56) PETER FINER CATALOGUE 2006 22cm x 31.5cm, 306 pages hardbound, containing details and superb colour photographs of 50 items, armour, firearms, edged weapons and crossbows, an excellent high quality reference, £37.00
(NJ57) MILITARY KNIVES – A REFERENCE BOOK FROM THE PAGES OF KNIFE WORLD MAGAZINE 22cm x 29cm, 255 pages with many photo illustrations, 67 articles on knives from many eras and countries, £13.50
(NJ58) THEATER MADE MILITARY KNIVES OF WWII Bill & Debbie Wright, 22cm x 29cm, 264 pages full of superb colour photographs, from fairly crude to beautifully finished examples, £39.50
(NJ59) THE YASUKUNI SWORDS – RARE WEAPONS OF JAPAN 1933 – 1945 Tom Kishida, 20cm x 27cm, 156 pages, many photographs, plus lineage tables etc., £27.50