The Property of Nicole and William M. Keck II BURTON, RICHARD F. 1821-1890. The Book of the Sword. London: Chatto & Windus, 1884. 4to. Text illustrations. Initial blank and half-title present. Modern black morocco decorated with gilt sword and foliate motifs and gilt-ruling, gilt decorated dentelles, marbled endpapers, edges gilt, original publisher's cloth bound in at rear. Minor smudging to covers, browning to page edges. FIRST EDITION. This was the only volume published of a proposed 3-volume work on the cultural history of the sword. Penzer, pp 107-08.
The Property of Nicole and William M. Keck II BURTON, RICHARD F. 1821-1890. The Book of the Sword. London: Chatto & Windus, 1884. 4to. Text illustrations. Initial blank and half-title present. Modern black morocco decorated with gilt sword and foliate motifs and gilt-ruling, gilt decorated dentelles, marbled endpapers, edges gilt, original publisher's cloth bound in at rear. Minor smudging to covers, browning to page edges. FIRST EDITION. This was the only volume published of a proposed 3-volume work on the cultural history of the sword. Penzer, pp 107-08.
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