The Art and History of Personal Combat

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 Bibliography. Contents in Ten 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, and Other Ways to Kill a Man.