Arms & ArmorFull-color photos. An eye grabber: large, clear photographic layouts of weapons share pages with explanatory text and definitive illustrations. Each double spread covers a subject, from primitive weapons to the 'Guns That Won the West'; it's easy to forget their function in the beauty of the pieces and their clever designs. The weapons from the Middle Ages are breathtaking simply as art. A plum pudding of a book.-- Kirkus. |
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19th century aborigine archers arms army arrowheads arrows attaching ball barrel bascinet battle battle-axe bayonet blunderbuss Bolt bowstring brass breastplate broadsword Bronze Age BRONZE AGE SWORD bullet mold butt cap carried cartridge cavalry century B.C. Colt crossbow cutting edge dagger decorated double-edged blade dueling pistols early engraving European fighting firearms fired flint flintlock Flintlock mechanism foot soldiers French gorget grenades grip gunpowder hammer HAND AXES handle helmet hilt HOLSTER PISTOL horn hunting Indian infantry iron knife knights known leather loaded lock longbow matchlock matchlock musket medieval metal muzzle neck painting pavise percussion PINFIRE plate armor pocket pistol POLEYN police pommel popular powder flask priming pan protected ramrod rapier revolver SABATON samurai scabbard SCOTTISH CLAYMORE shaft shield short sword Single-edged blade SMALLSWORD spears steel Stone Age straps thrusting tilting TIPSTAFF tomahawk tournaments trigger vambrace VIKING wakizashi war hammer warriors weapons wearing wheel-lock wooden worn