SCS Publication, VA. Superb reference work by this well known researcher and historian. Loaded with black and white photographs and illustrations. Very good copy of the first edition done with pictorial laminated boards. 174 pages. Seller Inventory # 29944

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Title: Historic American Swords

Publisher: SCS Publication, VA

Publication Date: 1999

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Edition: 1st Edition

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An invaluable reference. The book includes all the basic swords in American military history, swords of men and officers 1607 through the 1960s, military regulation and militia swords, swords of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps., Swords of the Confederacy 1861-1865, Fraternal and military society swords. There are detail views of maker's markings, proof marks, and blade engraving for many. Pictured also are sword belts, plates and other accoutrements of the swords. Also a history of the sword; sword types and terminology; the role of the US Ordnance Department; makers - U. S., foreign and Confederate; nomenclature; details of designed, production and use.

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Over 4,000 volumes in our inventory, specializing in the American Civil War, but also encompassing all American military history as well as Napoleonic titles.

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