Antique Weapons for Pleasure and Investment

220 Pages·1969·28.753 MB·English

by  Richard Akehurst

ANTIQUE
WEAPONS
for pleasure and investment
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ANTIQUE
WEAPONS
for pleasure
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investment
RICHARD AKEHURST
By
ARCO PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC
New York
Richard Akehurst 1969
First published in the United States
by Arco Publishing Company, Inc.
219 Park Avenue South, New York, N.Y. 10003
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Library ofCongress Catalog Number 79-108998
Standard Book Number 668-02277-9
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Acknowledgements
The author and publishers wish to thank the following for their
kind help with theillustrations:
FrankAndersonEsq.,ColourPlates:5, 19. Plates:27,89photographed
by C. Crosthwaite Esq.
Author, Colour Plates: 6, 10, 11, 13, 14, 18, 20, 22, 23, 24. Plates: 29,
43,53,55,56,58,63,80,93,95,96,97photographedbyC. Crosthwaite
Esq.
Christie's, Plates: 92, 98, 99, 100
PeterDale Ltd., Plates: 1,2,3,5,6, 7,8, 11, 12, 13, 17, 19,20,21,22,
26, 39, 42, 44, 45, 46, 59, 61, 66, 67, 69, 71, 75, 76, 84, 85, 86, 94, 104
Frost & Reed Ltd., Colour Plate: 12
John McMaster, Colour Plates: 8, 9
W. Keith Neal Esq, Colour Plates: 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 15, 16, 17, 21. Plates:
14, 18, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 40, 49, 51, 52, 54, 57, 60, 62, 79, 82,
83, 90 photographed by owner.
Sotheby's, Plates: 4, 9, 10, 15, 16, 25, 28, 47, 48, 50, 68, 101, 103
Wallis & Wallis, Plates: 31, 65, 72, 73, 77, 78, 81, 87, 88, 91, 102, 104
CONTENTS
Introduction 1
1. European personalweapons 5
2. Military and navalweapons 47
Sporting weapons 77
4. WeaponsoftheAmerican frontier 103
5. Weapons ofthe Near Easl 1 19
6. WeaponsofIndia and Indonesia 135
7. Weapons ol Japan 149
8. Some hints on the restorationofweapons 163