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Author: Harvey J.S. Withers
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Published: 2008
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780980491470
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn authoritative history and visual directory of edged weapons from around the world, shown in over 600 stunning colour photographs. Featuring many fascinating weapons, including Napeoleonic swords, cavalry sabres, American pole-arms, the rapier and the naval cutlass.
Author: Harvey J. S. Withers
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Published: 2010
Total Pages: 256
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Harvey J. S. Withers
Publisher: Southwater Publishing
Published: 2012-01-20
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781844769865
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSwords.
Author: Ben Boos
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Published: 2008-09-09
Total Pages: 97
ISBN-13: 0763631485
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDescribes the details of design and history of swords.
Author: Sir Richard Francis Burton
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Published: 1884
Total Pages: 352
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Harvey J. S. Withers
Publisher: Lorenz Books
Published: 2012-11
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780754825630
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis comprehensive boxed set offers two authoritative encyclopedias on sharp-edged weapons through history and around the world. The first section of each book is a fascinating overview of edged weapons, from the pole arms and ballock daggers of medieval Europe, and the cavalry sabers of the 17th century to the swords of the Russian Empire and classic commando knives of World War II. The second sections offer complete visual directories, featuring each weapon's capabilities and individual specification.With over 1500 illustrations, this is essential reading for everybody interested in the history of military conflicts and sharp weapons.
Author: Ewart Oakeshott
Publisher: Boydell Press
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 314
ISBN-13: 184383720X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe story of arms in Western Europe from the Renaissance to the Industrial Revolution. A treasury of information based on solid scholarship, anyone seeking a factual and vivid account of the story of arms from the Renaissance period to the Industrial Revolution will welcome this book. The author chooses as his starting-point the invasion of Italy by France in 1494, which sowed the dragon's teeth of all the successive European wars; the French invasion was to accelerate the trend towards new armaments and new methods of warfare. The authordescribes the development of the handgun and the pike, the use and style of staff-weapons, mace and axe and war-hammer, dagger and dirk and bayonet. He shows how armour attained its full Renaissance splendour and then suffered itssorry and inevitable decline, culminating in the Industrial Revolution, with its far-reaching effects on military armaments. Above all, he follows the long history of the sword, queen of weapons, to the late eighteenth century, when it finally ceased to form a part of a gentleman's every-day wear. Lavishly illustrated. EWART OAKESHOTT was one of the world's leading authorities on the arms and armour of medieval Europe. His other works on the subject include Records of the Medieval Sword and The Sword in the Age of Chivalry.
Author: Harvey Withers
Publisher: Harvey Withers Military Publishing
Published: 2013-07-01
Total Pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9780954591069
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTHIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND BY AMAZON CREATESPACE PRINTERS This is Volume One of an exciting four part series to be produced by Harvey J S Withers on the history of the sword in Britain from 1600-1945. This extensive work contains over 900 full colour photographs and illustrations of the types of swords (both English and Continental) carried within Britain during the 17th Century. These include: INFANTRY SWORDS CAVALRY SWORDS RAPIERS AND SMALLSWORDS HUNTING SWORDS NAVAL SWORDS Each page is lavishly illustrated with detailed close-up shots of the sword hilt, blade and decoration. It is an ideal reference for both the collector and student of British military history.
Author: Kōkan Nagayama
Publisher: Kodansha International
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9784770020710
DOWNLOAD EBOOKConnoisseur's Book Japanese Swords is a Kodansha International publication.
Author: Harvey J.S. Withers
Publisher: Paladin Press
Published: 2009-08-01
Total Pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9781581607130
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Scottish sword has played an important role in the military history of Scotland, and this new book presents an accessible and highly visual chronicle of that role from the 17th through the 20th centuries. With more than 1,200 gorgeous, full-color photographs and authentic period illustrations,The Scottish Sword pays tribute to the swords most associated with the Highland soldier, including Two-handed swords English basket hilts Jacobite basket hilts Regulation basket hilts Nonregulation swords A chapter on sword makers and retailers who supplied the swords and a comprehensive bibliography detailing the most informative books on the subject round out this handsome compilation.
