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BURTON, RICHARD F., Sir. 1884 The Book of the Sword.

The Book of the Sword. 293 text illustrations. Initial blank and half-title. 4to, original pictorial gray cloth, spine darkened, ends rubbed; minor foxing on endleaves; uncut and largely unopened. Brockley Hall Library bookplate. London, 1884

  • Notes: first edition, all published of a projected 3-volume work, "an imaginative presentation of a wealth of socio-historical research on the weapon" (DLB). Casada 27; Penzer, pages 107-08.
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