Author: Dean, Bashford.
Title: Handbook of Arms and Armor, European and Oriental, Including the William H. Riggs Collection / Donation. [FIRST EDITION, printed in January 1915 in a limited edition of 1,000 copies].
Description: New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1915. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Royal octavo. Pp. xiv, 161. Plus 65 plates. Bound in the original stiff wrappers, with decorated dust-jacket, this worn and neatly preserved laid-down on wraps. In a very good condition, fine interior, overall a lovely copy. ~ The rare FIRST EDITION, printed in January 1915 in a limited edition of 1,000 copies. The second edition was printed in March that year in an edition of 2,000 copies. Later edition appeared in 1930. Z-4 OUT .

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