United Kingdom. Three Edged Weapons Books: Naval Swords; Rapiers; Scottish Swords and Dirks

1. Naval Swords - British and American Naval Edged Weapons 1660-1815. Hardcover, maroon cloth cover, with dust jacket, entitled "Naval Swords - British and American Naval Edged Weapons 1660-1815" by P.G.W. Annis, published in the U.S.A. by Stackpole Books of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in 1970, printed in Great Britain, copyrighted by the author, P.G.W. Annis and Lionel Leventhal Limited in 1970, Library of Congress Catalog No. 75-114732, SBN 8117-1104-8. It begins with a Table of Contents, followed by an Introduction and a Section entitled Naval Swords (General History 1600-1815, Sword-knots, Nomenclature). The bulk of the book is devoted to detailed descriptions of various swords and sheaths, accompanied by multiple black and white photographs. It concludes with a Select Bibliography, Principal Collections and The Wearing of Swords. The book contains 80 pages of text and photographs, printed in black ink, on a white paper stock, measuring 142 mm (w) x 220 mm (h) x 12 mm (d).

2. Rapiers - An Illustrated Reference Guide to the Rapiers of the 16th and 17th Centuries, and Their Companions. Hardcover, maroon cloth cover, with dust jacket, entitled "Rapiers - An Illustrated Reference Guide to the Rapiers of the 16th and 17th Centuries, and Their Companions" by Eric Valentine, published in the U.S.A. by Stackpole Books of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in 1968, printed in Great Britain, copyrighted by the author, Eric Valentine in 1968. It begins with a Table of Contents, followed by an Introduction and a Section entitled The Rapier History (The Estoc, Development of the Rapier, The Rapier Hilt, The Rapier Blade, Authentication and Renovation, Cleaning and Preservation, Collecting Rapiers). The bulk of the book is devoted to detailed descriptions of various swords and sheaths, accompanied by multiple black and white photographs. It concludes with four Appendices (Weights of various types of rapiers, Swordsmiths, Bibliography, List of Museums). The book contains 76 pages of text and photographs, printed in black ink, on a white paper stock, measuring 142 mm (w) x 220 mm (h) x 12 mm (d).

3. Scottish Swords and Dirks - An Illustrated Reference Guide to Scottish Edged Weapons. Hardcover, maroon cloth cover, with dust jacket, entitled "Scottish Swords and Dirks - An Illustrated Reference Guide to Scottish Edged Weapons" by John Wallace, published in the U.S.A. by Stackpole Books of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in 1970, printed in Great Britain, copyrighted by the author, John Wallace and Lionel Leventhal Limited in 1970, Library of Congress Catalog No. 76-134899, SBN 8117-1509-4. It begins with a Table of Contents, followed by Acknowledgements and an Introduction. It is divided into four basic sections: 1 - Cross-Hilt Swords (Single-hand swords, The claymore, 'Lowland' swords); 2 - Basket-Hilt Swords (Signed basket-hilts, The parts of a basket-hilt sword); 3 - Dirks (The development, Full development, The degeneration); 4 - Miscellaneous Edged Weapons. The bulk of the book is devoted to detailed descriptions of various swords and dirks, accompanied by multiple black and white photographs. It concludes with a List of Makers and their Marks. The book contains 80 pages of text and photographs, printed in black ink, on a white paper stock, measuring 142 mm (w) x 220 mm (h) x 12 mm (d).

Two of the books exhibit foxing on the top of the pages, while all three dust jackets have wear and discolouration evident, however, the pages contained within remain unaffected. Very fine.

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