Swords & Blades of the American Revolution
by George C. Neumann
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- Seller
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Greenwich CT: Promontory Press, 1973. Book. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Promontory Press reprint. Oversize hardcover, 288 pp. w/ 1600 illustrations. Comprehensive study of bladed weapons (bayonets, swords, polearms, knives and daggers, and axes) with 700 examples from private collections and institutions. Details tactics, production, and evolution from European and Colonial models. Book Condition : Good; USPS auction stamp inside front cover, no other text marks; some wear to cover corners and spine ends; toning near bottom cover edges. Dust Jacket Condition : Fair/Poor; creases, tears, rubbing..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Adamstown Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 222797
- Title
- Swords & Blades of the American Revolution
- Author
- George C. Neumann
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Publisher
- Promontory Press
- Place of Publication
- Greenwich CT
- Date Published
- 1973
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military; History / United States / Colonial America; History / United States / Revolutionary War;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Adamstown Books
Biblio member since 2015
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
About Adamstown Books
Adamstown Books is an online antiquarian and used book dealer in Lancaster PA. Our presence began in Adamstown, aka America's Antiques Capital. The Adamstown tradition is boosted by our proximity to the emerging antiques presence in Columbia PA, and the rich religious and cultural history of Lancaster County and Pennsylvania. With Gettysburg a 1 1/2 hour drive away, the American Civil War is naturally one of our key categories.
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- Jacket
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- Rubbing
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...