The Book of the Sword.

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Richard Burton's classic work on the sword, including its history in Persia and the Middle-East. Burton intended this to be the first part of a comprehensive three-volume work on t he sword, but parts II and III were never published.First edition; royal 8vo; original grey cloth, spine lettered in gilt and decorated in brown, front board decorated in brown with crossed-sword motif and arabesques, light wear, spine faded, corners bumped, a very good copy; xl, 299 pp.Casada 27; Penzer, pp. 107–8. Show more