Swords and Hilt Weapons
- ISBN-10
- 1555842909
- ISBN-13
- 9781555842901
- Series
- Swords and Hilt Weapons
- Category
- Swords
- Pages
- 239
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1989-01-01
- Publisher
- Grove Press
- Author
- Michael D. Coe
Description
This book is about the history of swords and daggers throughout the world, but it is intended to be more than a history of the shapes and forms of the artefact.
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