THE MACHINERY OF WAR, An Illustrated History of Weapons,
by Peter Young
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Ours is an ex-library copy with usual stamps, stickers, pocket, barcode, etc. Some pencil underlining to text. GOOD book in GOOD
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McCrae, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Hart-Davis, MacGibbon, publishers, London - first UK edition 1973 hardcover, 8½" x 12", with dust jacket Ours is an ex-library copy with usual stamps, stickers, pocket, barcode, etc. Some pencil underlining to text. GOOD book in GOOD price-clipped dust jacket This ambitious volume selects the most decisive moments in man's martial progress from the wooden club to the fire-hardened spear to the profusion of weapons in today's world of conventional and guerrilla wars - the uneasy contests in which political ends are pursued by violent means, even nuclear arsenals.
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- Seller
- Pegasus Book Orphanage (AU)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 34516
- Title
- THE MACHINERY OF WAR, An Illustrated History of Weapons,
- Author
- Peter Young
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover, 8½" x 12", with dust jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Ours is an ex-library copy with usual stamps, stickers, pocket, barcode, etc. Some pencil underlining to text. GOOD book in GOOD
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hart-Davis, MacGibbon, publishers, London - first UK edition
- Date Published
- 1973
- Pages
- 128 pages
- Keywords
- NOAMZCOM Nuclear Bombs Arms Weapons Middle Ages Muzzle Loaders Breech Armour Military Army Navy
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McCrae, Victoria
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