I hope some of these can find a home under your Christmas tree. Prices include packing/shipping/postage for the lower 48. If you are not familiar with a given title, let me know and I'll provide a more detailed description.
Thanks.
Merry Christmas!
- David
SCOTTISH ART REVIEW Special Number ARMS AND ARMOUR based on the R. L. Scott Collection pb 33 pgs. 1969 also includes Gambers Armour made in the Royal Workshops at Greenwich: Style and Construction. $25
PARK-BERNET GALLERIES catalogue 1950 including Arms & Armour $10
THE MAKING OF ARMOUR by Stephen N. Fliegel. publication by The Cleveland Museum of Art. Pb. 11pgs. C.1995? very basic introduction $15
PARK-BERNET GALLERIES cataogue 1943 including Arms & Armour from the Bashford Dean collection $22
REAL ARMERIA booklet of 20 post cards (b/w photos of armour and weapons) n.d. (best guess and only a guess c.1950) $15
GUIDA UFFICIALE DELLA REALE ARMERIA DI TORINO small, pb. 1905 line drawings and renderings only no photos $22
THE JOHN WOODMAN HIGGINS ARMOUR WORCESTER, MASSACHUESETTS CATALOGUE OF ARMOUR by Stephen Grancsay hb. 1961 ~127 pgs. Many b/w photos $60
ARMI IN OCCIDENTE by Arturo Puricelli-Guerra. 1966 softback (cover is like a heavy plastic) (5 x 7 inch format) ~150pgs. text in ITALIAN ~70 colour plates $30
ARMS AND ARMOR by Stephen Grancsay small hb~40 pgs. Many photos . .. introductory work $15
FIREARMS IN ENGLAND IN THE 14TH CENTURY by Tout. 1968 (first published in 1911) 57pg. 9 b/w plates $18
LE MUSEE DE LARMEE by Hardy 2005 (first published in 1911 a lot going on in 1911!) 68 pg text in FRENCH ~43 b/w plates fuzzy due to reproduction $20
THE ARMS OF THE STIBBERT MUSEUM THE EUROPEAN AND ISLAMIC COLLECTIONS 2000 small catalogue text in ITALIAN and supplemented in ENGLISH small book, but some really fine color photography $22
LE ARMIS BIANCHE LARMERIA REALE DI TORINO small catalogue ~48 pg text in ITALIAN small color photos of edged weapons $16
MUSEO BARDINI LE ARMI small catalogue ~47 pg. Text in ITALIAN and ENGLISH a few color plates, some b/w photos $18
A HISTORY OF THE ART OF WAR IN THE 16TH CENTURY by Sir Charles Oman . 1937 hb ~780 pg. a few maps though Omans political discussion is said to be somewhat dated, his descriptions of the battles are still said to remain some of the most sound $50
A HISTORY OF THE ART OF WAR IN THE MIDDLE AGES (2 volumes) by Sir Charles Oman 2nd edition, enlarged and revised (NOT the heavily abridged reprint of this work) 1924 over 900 pgs total $75
APOLLO ANNUAL 1948 hb includes a small series of Arms and Armour articles $15
PHILIADELPHIA MUSEUM BULLETIN Autumn 1956 pb includes Grancsays A Jousting Harness $12
JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE offprint 1915 of Viscount Dillons The Chesterfield Armour in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY $10
ARCHAEOLOGIA offprint 1930 of Manns The sanactuary of the Maadonna delle Grazie with noes on the evolution of Italiain armour during the 15th Century $40
THE CONNISSEUR hb of vol 25 1909 including Ffoulkes The Armours of Italy Parts I and II. $22
THE CONNISSEUR hb of vol 8 (some loose pages) 1904 including Montgomery-Cambellss The Armour of Schloss Ambras Parts I and II $18
ARMS AND ARMOUR OF THE WESTERN WORLD by Thomas, Gamber, and Schedelmann 1965 hb . oversized book (most of pre-title page cut out for some obscure reason) ~250 pages ~90 plates (many colour) $80
PRUNKWAFFEN by Schobel? hbo versized book ~250 pages text in GERMAN over 140 photos crisp b/w and color $75
THE MEDIEVAL ARMOUR FROM RHODES Karcheski and Richardson 2002 hb160 pgs b/w photos of armour elements $85
ARMS AND ARMOUR IN THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO Karcheski 1995 hb ~ 125 pages, well illustrated, most color $30
ARMS AND ARMOR THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART Fliegel 1998 hb 179 pgs well illustrated, most color $30
STUDIES IN EUROPEAN ARMS AND ARMOR Blair, Boccia, Nickekl Fahy, Norman, Phyrr, La Rocca 1992 pb. ~200 pgs. Many illus some color $40
ARMS AND ARMOR IN COLONIAL AMIERICA 1526-1783 Peterson 1956 hb ~325 pgs. Many b/w illus. Seminal work on this topic. $50
JOURNAL OF THE ARMOUR RESEARCH SOCIETY VOL.I 2005 pb ~100 pgs. illus w b/w photos $ 18
SET OF THREE (3) PHOTOCOPIED NON-ENGLISH BOOKS (photocopied for personal research since I could not find the originals for sale although they show up on rare ocassion) All are spiral bound.
#1 GUERRE E ASSOLDATI IN TOSCANA 1260-1364 text in ITALIAN fascinating interpretations of armour in seldom illustrated 13/14th century Italian effigies
#2 RITTERTUM UND RITTERSCHAFT text in GERMAN
#3 I GUERRIERI DI AVIO (by Boccia) text in ITALIANmination of wonderful early 14th Century wall paintings of infantry and knights at war
. SET OF THREE FOR . $45
ROYAL ARMOURIES YEARBOOK VOLUME 1 1996 pb 122 pgs. includes articles like Richardsons The Barendyne Helmet (jousting helms preserved as funerary elements) $20
ROYAL ARMOURIES YEARBOOK VOLUME 2 1997 pb 195 pgs. includes articles like de Reucks The Armourers Dilemma: Hard or Tough $25
WARFARE IN RENAISSANCE EUROPE Bert Hall 1997 pb. 300 pgs a few illustrations $18
UCCELLO SAN ROMANO THE ART OF WAR Christopher Dobson pb. 2001 59pgs very well illustrated interesting interpretation of arms and armour and their political significance in these panels of early 15th Century Italian Warfare $25
THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART BULLITIN Summer 1991 64 pgs. Most illus. In color devoted to Arms and Armour text by Helmut Nickel $15
THE SWORD IN ANGLO-SAXON ENGLAND Davidson 1962 hb. .. 230 pgs 16 plates some b/w photos , mostly line drawings $30
MONUMENTAL EFFIGIES IN SOMERSET: CHAIN MAIL KNIGHTS reprint of 1916 article by Fryer 47 pages b/w photos a little fuzzy due to reprint $15
THE BOOK OF CHIVALRY OF GEOFFROI DE CHANY Kauper and Kennedy pb. 220 pgs. $15
EUROPEAN WEAPONS AND ARMOUR FROM THE RENINASSANCE TO THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION by Ewart Oakeshott 2000 hb. 288 pgs well illustrated this picks up where Oakeshotts Archaeology of Weapons left off personally I enjoyed his attempt to classify armour styles $50
THE ARMOURER AND HIS CRAFT Ffoulkes 1967 reprint of 1912 original this is the conventional 1967 blue hb repro. $35
CATALOGUE OF EUROPEAN ARMOUR AT THE FITZWILLAM MUSUEM byh Ian Eaves 2002 hb 255 pgs. B/w illus $50
THE SWORD IN THE AGE OF CHIVALRY Ewart Oakeshott 1994 hb classic presentation of Oakeshotts sword typologies $35
THE MEDIEVAL MILITARY REVOLUTION Ayton and Price, editors 1998 hb
anthology of articles $15
WAR AND CHIVALRY Malcolm Vale 1981 hb some b/w illus $25
ULLSTEIN WAFFENBUCH by Helmet Nickel text in GERMAN hb. Overview of history of arms and armour many line drawings some color plates $35
THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF WEAPONS Ewart Oakeshott 1994 hb reprint of 1960 classic $15
almost always the last entry if you alphabetize your library listing
OF HIS ARRAY TELL I NO LENGER TALE ASPECTS OF COSTUME, ARMS AND ARMOUR IN WESTERN EUROPE 1200-1400 by H. M. Zylstra-Zweens 1985 pb 140 pgs. Well illustrated articles in MIXED languages about 1/3 of text in ENGLISH $30
ARMIES, CHIVALRY, AND WARFARE IN MEDIEVAL BRITIAN AND FRANCE anthology edited by Matthew Strickland hb 360 pgs. 53 b/w illus $35
THREE VOLUME SET: ANCIENT ARMOUR AND WEAPONS IN EUROPE by John Hewitt modern pb REPRINT of c.1860-65 original over 1,000 pgs of text in the 3 vols many line drawings somewhat dated, but contains a lot of source references $65 for all three volumes
ARMS AND ARMOUR ..Howard Blackmore sm pb 1965 160 pgs well illus $15
Reprint of CATALOGUE OF THE EXHIBITION OF ANCIENT HELMETS AND EXAMPLES OF MAIL by Baron de Cosson and William Burgess 1985 reprint of catalogue of 1881 pb 139 pgs some plates of line drawings $15
WESTERN WARFARE IN THE AGE OF THE CRUSADES 1000-1300 John France 1999 hb 300+ pages $25
THE BATTLE OF THE GOLDEN SPURS COURTRAI, 11 JULY 1302 by J.F. Verbruggen 2002 (original 1952) hb 260+ pages some b/w illus $30
WAR IN THE MIDDLE AGES Philippe Contamine 1986 .. hb 370+ pgs some illus $30
THE LEGEND OF BOUVINES Georges Duby 1990 hb 200+ pgs few illus $25
WARRIORS AND THEIR WEAPONS AROUND THE TIME OF THE CRUSADES David Nicolle anthology of articles by Dr. Nicolle, this is NOT the two volume work some b/w photos , many line illus $30
WARFARE IN THE LATIN EAST, 1192-1291 Christopher Marshall .. hb 1994. 280+ pgs some b/w photos $25
ARMS, ARMIES, AND FORTIFICATIONS IN THE HUNDRED YEARS WAR editors Curry and Hughes 1999 200+pgs maps and some b/w photos $30
ANGLO-SAXON MILITARY INSTITUTIONS ON THE EAVE OF THE NORMAN CONQUEST 1962 hb 165 pg $20
MEDIEVAL WARFARE Terrence Wise 1976 hb 250 b/w illus $20
LONGBOW .. A SOCIAL AND MILITARY HISTORY Robert Hardy 1992 hb 240+ pgs many b/w illus great appendicies on technical considerations of the bow and its target $25
CRUSADING WARFARE (1097-1193) by R. C. Smail 1956 hb 230 + pgs $18
ARMIES AND WARFARE IN THE MIDDLE AGES THE ENGLISH EXPERIENCE Michael Prestwich 1996 hb 360+ pages b/w illus $25
THE ROUTLEDGE COMPANION TO MEDIEVAL WARFARE Jim Bradbury 2004 hb 370+ pgs a few b/w illus $18
Bound PHOTOCOPY of Wendelin Boeheims MEISTER DER WAFFENSCHMIEDEKUNST VOM XIV. BIS INS XVIII JAHRHUNDERT Berlin: 1897. over 200 pgs. 20+ b/w plates THIS IS A PHOTOCOPY. Text in GERMAN. $20
Modern 2005 REPRINT of Charles Ffoulkes EUROPEAN ARMS AND ARMOUR IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD 1911. pbk ~70 pgs. 15+ b/w plates $18
HARNISCHUND UND HELM / LANDESZEUGHAUS GRAZ by Dr. Peter Krenn Text in ENGLISH and GERMAN. 1987. pbk ~60 pgs ~20+ nice color plates $15
SCHWERT UND SPIESS / LANDESZEUGHAUS GRAZ by Dr. Peter Krenn Text in ENGLISH and GERMAN. 1997. pbk ~60pgs ~20+ nice color plates $15
J. G. Scotts EUROPEAN ARMS AND ARMOUR AT KELVINGGROVE 1980 pbk 40pg well illus b/w & color $15
CATALOGUE DE LA COLLECTION DARMES ANCIENNES EUROPEENNES ET ORIENTALES DE CHARLES BUTTIN MODERN (1996) PAPERBACK REPRINT of 1933 catalogue 280+pgs many small illustrations TEXT in FRENCH $20
NICELY HARDBOUND (c.1958) articles by James Mann THE LOST ARMOURY OF THE GONZAGAS .. (Parts I and II) c. 1948 originally? ~200 +pgs 35+ b/w plates and other illustrations many period inventory notes, etc. Essential study for the serious student for armor $100
Phyrr, LaRocca, and Breiding THE ARMOURED HOURSE IN EUROPE 1480-1620 pbk from the MET 2005 ~80 pgs. Well illus many in color $18
ARMI ANTICHE No. 1 1966 Italian journal articles in ITALIAN pbk ~240 pgs. B/w illus articles on Japanese swords , in ENGLISH Lindsays Gunpowder or How it All Didnt Start etc. $12
OFF PRINT SUMMARY OF ARTICLES BY Joseph- Frederic Fino ARMES ET ARMEES DU MOYEN AGE in FRENCH 1979 pbk articles originally printed in various issues of GLADIUS ~100 pgs.
B/w illus of so-so quality $12
Stephen V. Grancsay (Introduction) and others MADE OF IRON 1967 ppbk 200 pgs, many b/w illustrations exhibition of iron objects including arms and armour $20
SPECIAL EDITION of ANTIQUES AND OBJECTS OF ARTS . Claude Blair and Lionello G. Boccia ARMES ET ARMURES text in FRENCH 1990 ppbk 75+ pgs. Very nice illus most color $18
Maurizio Mauros ARMERIA DELLA ROCCA MOSTRA DI ARMI ANTICHE 1989 140 pgs b/w illus TEXT in ITALIAN great trivia have you been fascinated by those chopper type weapons that appear in the 13th C. Maciejowski Bible this catalogue has a surviving 18th C. weapon that is almost identical ( oh yeah, the choppers do show up in other 13th c. manuscript illustrations also) $18
James Manns EXHIBITION OF ARMOUR MADE IN THE ROYAL WORKSHOPS AT GREENWICH ppbk 1951 60 pg text 30+ b/w plates $25
Alan Williams and Anthony de Reuck THE ROYAL ARMOURY AT GREENWICH 1515-1649 A HISTORY OF ITS TECHNOLOGY (Royal Armouries Monograph #4) ppbk 130+ pgs many b/w illus and micrographs $25
TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE ppbk ..Spring 1960 includes E. Martin Burgess A Reply to Cyril Stanley Smith on Mail Making Methods. $15
HISTORICAL METALLURGY Vol.15(1) 1981 ppbk includes Colin Brewers Metallographic Examination of Medieval and Post-Medieval Iron Armour $20
LONDON PARK LANE ARMS FAIR (Spring 2005) . ppbk .. includes Medieval Swords of Leeds Castle INGELRII: A Continuing Tradition of Early Medieval Swordsmiting Claymores etc. 70pgs. Well illustrated the advertisements in these catalogues are great resources for illustrations of rare arms before they are lost to private collections $20
MUESO STIBBERT FIRENZE LA CAVALCATA with ENGLISH and ITALIAN text ppbk 2004 78 pgs. some excellent b/w and color photography $20
EISEN-KLEIDER PLATTNERARBEITEN AUS DREI JAHRHUNDERTEN ppbk 1992 120 pgs b/w illus of arms and armour text in GERMAN $18
Esther Camerons SHEATHS AND ACABBARDS IN ENGLAND AD400-1100 BAR British Series 301 ppbk 2000 233 pgs. Line drawings, b/w photos $20
Luciano Rebuffos ITALIENISCHE RUSTUNGEN text in GERMAN hardback 1959 ~ 50 pgs (not numbered) about ½ nice full page b/w plates $25
John Waldmans HAFTED WEAPONS IN MEDIEVAL AND REANISSANCE EUROPE (History of Warfare #31) hardback 2005 200+ pgs well illus $160
Pyhrr, LaRocca, & Ogawa ARMS AND ARMOR NOTABLE ACQUISITIONS 1991-2002 (at the MET) ~60 pgs wonderful illus many color $ 18
MODERN (2003) HARDBOUND REPRINT of James Manns series of STUDIES OF EUROPEAN ARMOUR (most date from the 1930s) Italian Wars, Sanctuary of the Madonna & more notes on the same, Spanish Armour German Armour hdbk 145+ pgs b/w photo illus $80
Sims Roman Chain-Mail: Experiments to Reproduce the Techniques of Manufacuture (from BRITANNIA 28) ppbk 1997 ~10 pgs line drawings $10
Cameron's SHEATHES AND SCABBARDS IN ENGLAND -- PENDING
Rebuffo's Italienische Rustungen -- PENDING
Eaves' Catalogue of European Armour at the Fitzwillam Museum - -PENDING
Smail's Crusading Warfare -- PENDING
Journal of Armour Research Society - PENDING
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