(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
(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+, £220.00
(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, £125.00
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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, £35.50
(NJ4) THE SCOTTISH DIRK - REALITY AND ROMANCE James D. Forman, 56 pages in paper wraps, photo ills., £8.50
(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., £16.50
(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
(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, £8.50
(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. £55.50
(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, £54.50
(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
(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 in soft covers, which includes a 267 page list of makers, plus 125 pages section of photographs, an excellent addition to the sword collectors library, £38.50
(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, £43.00
(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, £49.50
(NJ45) BAYONETS FROM JANZENS NOTEBOOK Jerry l. Janzen, 22cm x 29cm, 258 pages with line drawings of bayonets from over 49 countries, easy to use, markings etc., £35.00
(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
(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
(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, £7.99
(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
(NJ60) THE LONDON KNIFE BOOK – AN A TO Z GUIDE OF LONDON CUTLERS 1820 – 1945 Ron Flook, 20cm x 29cm, 230 pages with many exceptional colour photographs, excellent reference guide, Bowie type knives, multi purpose and folding, £45.00
(NJ61) IMPERIAL GERMAN EDGED WEAPONRY - VOLUME ONE, ARMY AND CAVALRY Ltc. Thomas M. Johnson, 24cm x 32cm, 328 pages full of superb colour and mono photographs of the weapons and the wearers, £63.00
(NJ62) KNIVES OF WAR Hughes, Jenkins & Buerlein, 21cm x 28cm, 119 pages in card covers, detailed line drawings, An international guide to military knives from world war I to the present, £15.25
(NJ63) THE HERITAGE OF ENGLISH KNIVES David Hayden- Wright, 23.5cm x 31.5cm, 329 pages, full of colour photographs on gloss paper depicting bowie, folding and combination knives, plus history, £63.50
(NJ65) BAYONETS OF THE WORLD – THE COMPLETE EDITION Paul Kiesling, 22cm x 30.5cm x 5cm thick, 669 pages, a newly produced edition of this 4 volume classic, now complete in one volume, detailed descriptions and line drawings of more than 1000 bayonets, £75.00
(NJ66) DUELLING WITH THE SWORD AND PISTOL Peter Kirchner, 468 pages in card covers, a look at 400 years of one to one combat, £22.50
(NJ67) THE SCOTTISH SWORD 1600 – 1945 AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY Harvey J.S. Withers, 22cm x 29cm, 252 pages in soft covers, with over 1200 full colour photographs and illustrations, £31.50
(NJ68) THE U.S. KRAG BAYONET – HISTORY, VARIATIONS, MODIFICATIONS Donald J. Hartman, 23cm x 29cm, 311 pages on art paper, many coloured and mono photographs, scabbards etc., £83.50
(NJ69) THE MILITARY KNIFE & BAYONET Homer M. Brett, 22cm x 29cm, 392 pages full of excellent colour photographs with descriptions, 74 countries from Afghanistan to Yugoslavia, £57.00