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Mrak E.Smith
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 Posted: Wed 19 Jan, 2011 12:16 am Post subject: A new but curiously rare book on Graz wheellcik collection |
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Months agoI bought a massive book on Graz collection of wheellock guns titiled
Landeszeughaus Graz, Austria, Radschlosssammlung/Wheellock Collection ,
978-0-9795532-0-2
Landesmuseum Joanneum 2007
730 pages
22.0 cm x 30.5 cm x 5.0 cm
in a relatively cheap price
It's quite an detailed catalogue with colour photographs and basic typology study
inner pages below:
but curiously, although this book was published in 2007, I can't find it on any internet bookstores trying to find some reviews
So anyone has any idea about this book?
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Nathan Robinson
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Mrak E.Smith
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| Posted: Wed 19 Jan, 2011 12:55 am Post subject: |
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Yap it's curious. I myself bought it in a local bargin second-hand bookstore without dustjacket and some minor flaws caused by storing damage.
After brought it home I found it a hugh and comprehensive work on early modern wheellock firearms in Graz collecion.
contents including:
forwards and two short articles about history of Landeszeughaus
Catalog part is devided into following parts:
1 Introduction and glossary
2 Early wheellocks 1510-1550
3 Decorated military wheellock pistols 1566-1600
4 Transition period 1600-1630,from costly puffers to plain military pistols
5 Military wheellock long guns
6 Undecorated military wheellock pistols 1620-1700
7 Wheellock accessories
8 Civilian wheellocks in the landeszeughaus
9 Basic wheellock designs which carried over into flintlock pistols by virtue of a change in the lock
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Scott Hrouda
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| Posted: Wed 19 Jan, 2011 6:36 am Post subject: |
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| Mrak E.Smith wrote: | | I myself bought it in a local bargin second-hand bookstore... |
Congratulations on a very nice find. Your post has reminded me that I haven't been to my favorite (independent) used book store in quite some time. These are the type of places that can produce some great finds every now and then.
...and that, my liege, is how we know the Earth to be banana shaped. - Sir Bedevere
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Sean Flynt
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Mrak E.Smith
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| Posted: Wed 19 Jan, 2011 10:26 am Post subject: |
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Sean, thank you and your super secret methodology! It;s a kind of little joy seeing the price there 'cause I bought the title in a little more than $50 and without any shipping cost  and its a massive heavy book
But I'm still very interested in the bargin price books I searched and understanding all of them are some 60-100 pages books, but are the pics good? are they colour photos or B/W ？
Gratitutes for helping me to strive to establish my little library on arms and armour~
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Sean Flynt
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Mrak E.Smith
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| Posted: Wed 19 Jan, 2011 11:24 pm Post subject: |
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| Sean Flynt wrote: | | I have Imperial Austria and Harnisch und Helm. I'd be happy to have Schwert und Spiess, especially for 1 Euro. Check Amazon before buying Imperial Austria from a non-U.S. vendor because the title was created specifically for an exhibit touring in the English-speaking world. You can probably find a copy in the U.S. The 1 Euro books will be harder to find here. |
Great! I'll start to raise some money for recent interesting books!
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