[Jean Thibodeau]

Here is the European publisher of Manouchehr book on arms and armour from Iran. The price is more affordable if one goes directly to the publisher: 177 Euros including shipping to Canada or around $235 U.S. or $275 Canadian.

I ordered the book and it was easy to do as they accept Paypal.

Link to the publisher: http://www.legat-verlag.de/shop/index.php?lang=en_EN

Manouchehr Moshtagh Khorasani
Arms and Armor from Iran
The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period
Legat Publishers
780 pages, 30,5 x 27 cm
over 2,800 color images
over 600 black-and-white images;
over 1,000 cross-references,
Map of Iran, Timetable
10 tables and over 160 illustrations (line drawings)
Hardcover with jacket
ISBN-13: 978-3-932942-22-8


If you navigate the site you casn easily find the information you need about shipping etc ....

By the way I got very fast replies to my e-mails.

I haven't browsed the whole site yet to see what other books I might find interesting.

I decided to look into this after reading about the book in this Topic thread: http://www.myArmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=9633

I did P.M. Manouchehr to get the name of his publisher and I'm passing along the information if others also want the book at the best price.

[Jean Henri Chandler]

[Jean Thibodeau]

[Jean Henri Chandler]

[Jean Thibodeau]

Just received the book and it's too early for a review of it that would do it justice as it's going to take some time to read it all !

But a first impression just flipping the pages and looking at the photographs is ALL GOOD.

Seems like the subject is treated in much more depth and variety of approach than the usual picture book that touches mostly on the art history aspects and a bit of history: Again, at a glance, there is a full historical background and a lot dealing with the use and design of Iranian weapons and armour. Exactly the sort of thing one wants to read when one's interest in in historical weapons and what most " scholarly books " written by art historians or museum curators usually don't mention at all.

The book is also physically HUGE and weighs a good 10 pounds One can get a workout just carrying it from room to room.

The book is divided into 50% of it's thickness being solid gold as far as information with simple line drawings and black & white photography. The last 50% of the book is filled with some of the best full colour photography I have seen anywhere and the captions next to the Photos so that one need not look at the first part of the book to get a description of what one sees on each page.
( something a bit tedious in some books where one has to look many hundreds of pages away to read about what is on the picture page. )

There are parts of the book dealing with such various things as the physical fitness exercises used traditionally by Iranian warriors to build strength and stamina. ( just one thing out of many I have just had time to skim. The are months worth of reading here and enjoying eye-candy ).

The price was fully worth it for me.

[Jean Thibodeau]

Just ran across a review of the book in the Nov. 2007 edition of Tactical Knives in their book & video review section, by Steven Dick page 31: A short couple of quotes from the review: " Every once in a while I come across a book I consider, beyond doubt, monumental. " Arms and Armour from Iran " is one of those works ". " This book will be a must read for every serious student of antique edged weapons ".

http://www.tacticalknives.com/ Unfortunately the link to the magazine doesn't give you access to the actual article.

Also they give an American distributor link: http://www.artstockbooks.com/ (847) 381-6530
The specific link to the book: http://www.artstockbooks.com/book.php?id_book=54

Also seems like a good site to look at as there are other history/art related books.