THE CROSSBOW: MEDIEVAL AND MODERN. MILITARY AND SPORTING. ITS
by Payne-Gallwey, Sir Ralph
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About This Item
1903. 1903 Payne-Gallwey, Sir Ralph THE CROSSBOW: MEDIEVAL AND MODERN MILITARY AND SPORTING ITS CONSTRUCTION HISTORY AND MANAGEMENT WITH A TREATISE ON THE BALISTA AND CATAPULT OF THE ANCIENTS London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1903 328pp, index, 220 illustrations Also included: APPENDIX TO THE BOOK OF THE CROSSBOW AND ANCIENT PROJECTILES London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1907 28 illustrations 4to Three-quarter leather/green buckram, 5 raised bands, spine stamped in gold, aeg, marbled end papers Original black cloth cover and spine bound-in at the rear Binding by Leonard Mounteney who worked for RR Donnelley "With the Author's kind regards" written in ink on the second blank page The lower corner tips are a little rubbed along the bottom edges, otherwise this is a Very Fine leatherbound hardcover.
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- Bookseller
- Columbia Books, Inc. ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 86682
- Title
- THE CROSSBOW: MEDIEVAL AND MODERN. MILITARY AND SPORTING. ITS
- Author
- Payne-Gallwey, Sir Ralph
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Date Published
- 1903
- Keywords
- HUNTING, CROSSBOW, LITERATURE, ILLUSTRATION
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art and textiles, poetry, children\'s and illustrated, Missouriana, antiquarian books.
Prints and maps are stocked as well.
Established 1977, member ABAA/ILAB
Glossary
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- AEG
- All Edges Gilt. Describes a book in which the top, fore edge and bottom of the outside of the pages are decorated with gold...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...