Gunpowder and Firearms in the Mamluk Kingdom: a Challenge to a Mediaeval Society by Ayalon, David - 1956

Valentine, Mitchell, 1956. hardcover. Very Good/Good. 0x0x0. London, 1956; red cloth covered boards; mild edge and corner wear; gray jacket with edge wear and tide mark at bottom edges, bottom corner of front flap clipped; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; end papers toned; From the collection of John Shy, Professor at University of Michigan.; Interior is clean and unmarked; 154 pages.

Vallentine Mitchell, 1956. Hardcover. Good. 1956. First Edition. 154 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Clean pages with noticeable tanning to endpapers. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Small tear to upper front hinge. Boards have light edge wear with minor corner bumping. Mild crushing to spine, with occasional markings overall. Sticker to front board.

Taylor and Francis, 1/1/1956. Hardcover. Like New. 0x0x0. Dust jacket in protective mylar cover. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. 071463090X. This study of firearms analyzes the employment of such weaponry, dated more than 40 years after use in Europe, towards the close of the 1360s.

Taylor and Francis, 1956-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Frank Cass and Company Limited: London, 1978. Hardcover. Second Edition. A Very Good, red binding with gilt lettering on spine, binding sturdy and intact, mild crimping to spine edges, bit of age toning to pages, small scuff marks top text block edge, slightly cocked, in a Very Good, some handling/scuff marks to panels, bit of edge/corner wear, bit of sunning to rear panel and flaps, Mylar protected, Dust wrapper. A nice, clean and unmarked copy. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches]. 154pp., appendix, indexed. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. Please Note: Depending on site, actual book for sale may differ physically from picture listed. Additional scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.

London, Vallentine, Mitchell, 1956. . 8vo.,pp. xvii,153, burgundy cloth, gilt; ex-library, with library bookplate to front paste down endpaper and remains of torn bookplate to front free endpaper, library stamps to title page and to rear index page, ownership autograph to front free endpaper, toned to extremities, otherwise clean and very good.

Paperback / softback. New. This study of firearms analyzes the employment of such weaponry, dated more than 40 years after use in Europe, towards the close of the 1360s.

Totowa, New Jersey: Frank Cass AND Company, 1978. Second Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

London England: Frank Cass and Co Limited, 1978. The introduction of firearms into the Muslim world is a subject which few scholars have ventured to scrutinise in detail. In this work, therefore Professor Ayalon has sought to fill this gap on the basis of material supplied by chroniclers of the Mamluk Kingdom. Having established the first certain date when the Mamluks used gunpowder, the author devotes some attention to fixing the meaning of technical terms. The main part of the work however, is dedicated to the fascinating study of the human aspect of the problem: how the highly organized and stylised world of Mamluk chivalry, displayed a bitter resentment towards the new weapon, which it so rightly saw as a threat to its whole way of life. Not only is this study an important contribution to the highly specialised field with which it deals , but for the less specialized historian the analysis of the role, which firearms play in establishing the destiny of the Middle East is full of interest.… Read More

Routledge, 2016. Paperback. New. 176 pages. 7.80x5.10x0.40 inches.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.