George Bell and Sons, London, 1898, Original quarter vellum spine and green cloth boards. 134 pages, some in-text illustrations, Good condition, some soiling to the boards; together with Wright, F V, The Broadsword-as Taught By the Celebrated Italian Masters, Signors Masiello and Ciullini of Florence, W H Allen & Co,, London, 1889, Pictorial boards. 56, xxxi pages, Some illustrations; Campbell, Lord Archibald, Scottish Swords from the Battlefield at Culloden, Mowbray Company, Rhode Island, 1971, 63 pages, black and white illustrations; Aylward, J.D, The Small Sword In England, Hutchinson, London, 1960, 176 pages, some black and white illustrations; Davidson, H.R. Ellis, The Sword in Anglo-Saxon England, Oxford Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1962, 237 pages, 20 black and white plates; and Latham, John Wilkinson, British Military Swords 1800 to the present day, Hutchinson, London, 1970, 91 pages, without dust jacket (6 volumes)
Provenance
From the library of William 'Bill' Reid, CBE (1926-2014)
Sold for £110
George Bell and Sons, London, 1898, Original quarter vellum spine and green cloth boards. 134 pages, some in-text illustrations, Good condition, some soiling to the boards; together with Wright, F V, The Broadsword-as Taught By the Celebrated Italian Masters, Signors Masiello and Ciullini of Florence, W H Allen & Co,, London, 1889, Pictorial boards. 56, xxxi pages, Some illustrations; Campbell, Lord Archibald, Scottish Swords from the Battlefield at Culloden, Mowbray Company, Rhode Island, 1971, 63 pages, black and white illustrations; Aylward, J.D, The Small Sword In England, Hutchinson, London, 1960, 176 pages, some black and white illustrations; Davidson, H.R. Ellis, The Sword in Anglo-Saxon England, Oxford Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1962, 237 pages, 20 black and white plates; and Latham, John Wilkinson, British Military Swords 1800 to the present day, Hutchinson, London, 1970, 91 pages, without dust jacket (6 volumes)
Provenance
From the library of William 'Bill' Reid, CBE (1926-2014)
Auction: Olympia Timed: Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria December 2024, ending 8th Dec, 2024