Excerpt from The Art of Attack: Being a Study in the Development of Weapons and Appliances of Offence, From the Earliest Times to the Age of Gunpowder Some years back, the author's attention was drawn by certain papers, (written now nearly forty years ago), by the late General pitt-rivers (then Colonel lane-fox) to the apparent development of certain weapon types from others. Or from natural forms and it seemed to him worth while to gather further material, and to try how far it would be possible to draw up a tabular ...
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Excerpt from The Art of Attack: Being a Study in the Development of Weapons and Appliances of Offence, From the Earliest Times to the Age of Gunpowder Some years back, the author's attention was drawn by certain papers, (written now nearly forty years ago), by the late General pitt-rivers (then Colonel lane-fox) to the apparent development of certain weapon types from others. Or from natural forms and it seemed to him worth while to gather further material, and to try how far it would be possible to draw up a tabular pedigree of all types from the most primitive down to gunpowder and developed explosives. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Good. Hardcover with gilt stamped blue cloth boards, 1906, octavo, 312pp., illustrated in b&w. Book good with toning and edgewear to spine, front joint worn through at center, mild rubbing and cornerwear to boards, binding tender with inner front hinge cracked at top, endpapers off-set, text clean and unmarked but gently toned throughout. No DJ.
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Very Good in Clipped; chipped jacket. Size: 8x5x1; Reprint of 1906 ed.; 312 p., clean and unmarked anywhere on strong unaged paper; binding tight; sepia boards with still bright gilt lettering on spine have minimal wear; pictorial d.j. is chipped at upper edge of front panel and at crown of spine panel.
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Add this copy of The Art of Attack: Being a Study in the Development of to cart. $26.52, good condition, Sold by Common Crow Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Pittsburgh, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1906 by W. Holmes.
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Very Good- No Jacket. 312 pp. Very good-copy in green cloth. Light shelfwear. Front hinge a little shaken. Small old bookseller sticker on bottom of flyleaf, some offsetting. Contents clean. Illustrated.
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