Daggers and Fighting Knives of the Western World

From the Stone Age Till 1900

• Author(s): Harold L. Peterson,
• Publisher: Courier Corporation
• Pages: 90
• ISBN_10: 0486417433
  ISBN_13: 9780486417431
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Antiques & Collectibles / Firearms & Weapons ,

Description:... Profusely illustrated, full-scale reference by a leading authority on edged weapons provides a clearly written historical analysis of the entire range of weapons used in hand-to-hand combat — from prehistoric flint knives and bronze daggers of 1000 BC to eared daggers of the mid-16th century and 19th-century British and American naval dirks. 108 halftones.