The Crossbow, Medieval and Modern, Military and Sporting, Its Construction, History and Management, with an appendix including a Treatise on The Balista and Catapult of the Ancients and The Turkish Composite Bow, London, 1903 (the appendix 1907), 220 (plus 28) Illustrations, 328 (plus 47) pages (with library label for W.F. Paterson, heavy wear to cover, especially spine, binding loosening), together with: Payne-Gallwey, Bt., Sir Ralph, Projectile-Throwing Engines of the Ancients with a Treatise on the Turkish and other Oriental Bows, London, 1907 (two copies, one with the frontispiece with the signature of Thomas M. Parr, light wear, slightly heavier to the top and bottom of the spine, the other with heavier wear and faded cover); Blackmore, Howard L., Hunting Weapons, London, 1971 (light wear to jacket); Richter, Holger, Die Hornbogenarmbrust, Ludwigshafen, 2006; Baron de Cosson, The Crossbow of Ulrich V Count of Wurtemburg 1460, 1893 (xerox copy); Bartlett Wells, H. (trans.), European Crossbows: A Survey by Josef Alm, Royal Armouries Monograph 3, 1994 (very light wear); Liebel, Jean, Springalds and Great Crossbows, Royal Armouries Monograph 5, 1998; Paterson, W.F., A Guide to the Crossbow, Society of Archer-Antiquaries, limited edition number 888/1000, 1990; Harmuth, E., Die Armbrust, Graz, 1975; Boccia, Lionello G., Nove Secoli di Armi da Caccia, Firenze, 1967 (with library label for W.F. Paterson, cased, case damaged); Phoebus Gaston, The Hunting Book, London, 1984 (slight wear to jacket); and Bailey, De Witt, et al, Guns & Gun Collecting, London, 1972 (slight wear) (13 volumes)

Provenance

Edward McEwen (1934-2020)

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