comprising: Werner, Jerzy, Polska Bron, Warsaw, 1974; Klopsteg, Paul E., Turkish Archery and the Composite Bow, second edition, 1947 (two copies, one cased, with case heavily worn) and third enlarged edition, Manchester, 1987; Turkiye Makaleler Bibliyografyasi, IV, 1970 (heavily worn); Faris, Nabih Amin & Elmer, Robert Potter, Arab Archery, New Jersey, 1945 (slight damage to dust jacket); Yayinlari, Vakiflar Genel Mudurlugu, Ok Meydani Ve Okculuk Tarihi, 1974 (two copies, one very worn, back cover separated); Latham, J.D. & Lt. Cdr. Paterson, W.F., Saracen Archery, London, 1970 (cover worn, binding loose, with hand-written dedication by Lt. Cdr. Paterson to Edward McEwen); J. Hein, Bogenhandwerk und Bogensport bei den Osmanen from “Der Islam”, Strassbourg, 1925/6 (ex-British Museum, covers missing), T.M. Hamilton, Colonial Frontier Guns, Chadron, 1980 (with hand-written dedication from the author to Edward McEwen); Mason, Otis Tufton, North American Bows, Arrows, and Quivers, reprinted with Berke, Ernest, Chipped Arrow Heads, New York, 1972; Inuit Eskimo People of the North American Arctic, Museum of Mankind Exhibition Handlist, 1984; Laubin, Reginald & Gladys, American Indian Archery, Oklahoma, 1980; T.M. Hamilton, Native American Bows, first edition, York, 1972, and second edition, Columbia, 1982 (each with hand-written dedication from the author to Edward McEwen); and Heath, E.G. & Chiara, Vilma, Brazilian Indian Archery, Manchester, 1977 (17 volumes)
Provenance
Edward McEwen (1934-2020)
Sold for £70
comprising: Werner, Jerzy, Polska Bron, Warsaw, 1974; Klopsteg, Paul E., Turkish Archery and the Composite Bow, second edition, 1947 (two copies, one cased, with case heavily worn) and third enlarged edition, Manchester, 1987; Turkiye Makaleler Bibliyografyasi, IV, 1970 (heavily worn); Faris, Nabih Amin & Elmer, Robert Potter, Arab Archery, New Jersey, 1945 (slight damage to dust jacket); Yayinlari, Vakiflar Genel Mudurlugu, Ok Meydani Ve Okculuk Tarihi, 1974 (two copies, one very worn, back cover separated); Latham, J.D. & Lt. Cdr. Paterson, W.F., Saracen Archery, London, 1970 (cover worn, binding loose, with hand-written dedication by Lt. Cdr. Paterson to Edward McEwen); J. Hein, Bogenhandwerk und Bogensport bei den Osmanen from “Der Islam”, Strassbourg, 1925/6 (ex-British Museum, covers missing), T.M. Hamilton, Colonial Frontier Guns, Chadron, 1980 (with hand-written dedication from the author to Edward McEwen); Mason, Otis Tufton, North American Bows, Arrows, and Quivers, reprinted with Berke, Ernest, Chipped Arrow Heads, New York, 1972; Inuit Eskimo People of the North American Arctic, Museum of Mankind Exhibition Handlist, 1984; Laubin, Reginald & Gladys, American Indian Archery, Oklahoma, 1980; T.M. Hamilton, Native American Bows, first edition, York, 1972, and second edition, Columbia, 1982 (each with hand-written dedication from the author to Edward McEwen); and Heath, E.G. & Chiara, Vilma, Brazilian Indian Archery, Manchester, 1977 (17 volumes)
Provenance
Edward McEwen (1934-2020)
Auction: Olympia Timed Spring 2024, ending 21st Apr, 2024
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