Reference Books & Related Artifacts & Collectibles

ARTIFACT: This is a 1963 copy of the Victoria and Albert Museum "Swords and Daggers" by John Hayward. The book covers swords and daggers in the Museum's collection, treated as weapons as well as part of the masculine attire, from the very end...

ARTIFACT: This is a hardcover copy of "Orders and Decorations" by Vaclav Mericka, a history of various religious, secular and military awards from the Greeks and Romans to modern times. The book has almost two hundred illustrations, many of...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1965 Standard & Poor's stock guide published for a Merrill Lynch broker in New York City. It has an index of tables in front and the broker's stamp is on the front cover. VINTAGE: Circa 1965. SIZE: 256 pages; approximately...

ARTIFACT: This is a hardcover copy of "Aircraft Camouflage and Markings 1907-1954" by Bruce Robertson, a British author. This book contains many photographs and illustrations, some in color, of aircraft markings from around the world. The...

ARTIFACT: 1946 ??? 1947 Jane's Fighting Ships, large, just-post WWII edition. This edition was published by the "United States of America and Canada by the MacMillan Company in New York and by Sampson Low, Marston, & Co. LTD. in London". The book...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1949 New York Times publication entitled "Financial News: How to Read and Interpret It". The book has a glossy two-color cover and includes many black and white photographs and a glossary of financial terms at the end...

ARTIFACT: Cool 1943 What's That Plane: How to Identify American and Jap Airplanes by Walter Pitkin, Jr., a Penguin Book printed for the Infantry Journal. The soft cover of the Second Edition printing shows a group of Republic "Thunderbolts"...

ARTIFACT: 1929 First Edition The Book of Dow: Genealogical Memoirs Compiled by Robert Piercy Dow. This large, hardcover reference book was published by the Tuttle Company in Rutland, Vermont. The cover page reads: "THE BOOK OF DOW GENEALOGICAL MEMOIRS",...

ARTIFACT: This is an exact reprint of the Sears, Roebuck and Co. 1918 Military Equipment Catalogue, produced at the time for "Officers of the United States Army, Members of the Aviation Corps and officials of Military Schools". The catalog...

ARTIFACT: 1883 People's Cylopedia of Universal Knowledge (Vol II only). Full calf leather binding by W.H. De Puy, A.M., D.D. Published in New York by Phillips & Hunt VINTAGE: Circa 1883 SIZE: 7 ??" x 11" CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Calf...

ARTIFACT: This is a paperback first edition copy of "Grenades & Mortars", Weapons Book Number 37 in the Ballantine's Illustrated History of the Violent Century series. Written by Ian Hogg, this volume deals with the explosive resurrection of both...

ARTIFACT: This is a nice hardcover copy of Stanley C. Johnson's "Chats on Military Curios". The book was published by Unwin Brothers Limited in 191The book concerns itself with everything from military uniforms and medals to war money and soldier's...