The art and history of personal combat Unknown - 1972

New York Graphic Society, United States, 1972. 1st US Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. AddThis Sharing ButtonsShare to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to PinterestShare to EmailEnter your emailA comprehensive history of classical and historical swordsmanship, this volume details uses of the broadsword, two-hander, and rapier as well as the dagger, bayonet, and halberd. Vintage engravings, line art, photographs, and other illustrations grace nearly every page and the author touches on other types of modern weapons, including rifles and handguns. Size: 250mm - 350mm. 256 pages. Dust Jacket has some shelf-wear as well as some bumping to corners and extremities. Covers have some shelf-wear as well as some bumping to corners and extremities. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Sociology & Culture; History. ISBN: 0821204459. ISBN/EAN: 9780821204450. Inventory No: 50135. . 9780821204450

Greenwich, Connecticut: Arma Press: New York Graphic Society Ltd, 1972. Very Good condition. Mild bump to one corner. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean and unmarked. Illustrations throughout, including several beautiful full color plates. Preface and 10 chapters: In the Beginning Early Attitudes, The Individualists, The Ascendancy of the Sword, Cut or Thrust?, The Supremacy of the Point, Transition, The Perfection of Theory and Practice, The Decline of the Sword, Gun Fighters, Other Ways to Kill a Man. Bibliography. Index. Oversize Hardcover. 8.25" wide by 11.25" tall. This large, heavy book may require extra postage for Priority and International shipments, but only the standard charge for media mail. Bound in the original cloth. . First American Edition. Oversize Hardcover. Very Good condition/No dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 256pp. + color plates. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Arma Press, 2072-01-01. hardcover. Good. 11x8x1. 1972 used hardcover copy. Missing dust jacket, sunning to pages, no pen markings, stains fast shipping with tracking number.

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Greenwich Connecticut: Arma Press - New York Graphic Society Ltd., 1972. First American Edition Stated . Hard Back. Very Good/Good. 8" X 11. 356 Pages Indexed. Tan cloth with gold spine lettering. Dust jacket has some edge wear and minor chipping. Flap price $16.50 is not clipped. Wise traces the development of the theory and practice of individual combat from the earliest descriptions, David and Goliath, through the heyday of the sword fight will all the formality of its science, to the techniques used in the American West, in commando raids and in gang warfare. He has drawn on a mass of illustrations from the works of Lebkommer, Meyer, Agrippa, St. Didier, Fabris, Thibault and Angelo. The history of violence is the history of humanity. It is the ultimate arbiter of conflict. This is a book about fighting to kill. Photographic and line drawn illustrations on almost every page with some of them in color. A 1972 American release of a 1971 Great Britain Copyright. Includes Preface and… Leer más