Author: Carl A. ThimmPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
A Complete Bibliography of the Art of Fence, Comprising that of the Sword and the Bayonet, Duelling, Etc., as Practised by All European Nations, from the Earliest Period to the Present Day
Author: Carl A. ThimmA Complete Bibliography of Fencing and Duelling
Author: Thimm, F. R. G. S., Carl A.Publisher: Pelican Publishing
ISBN: 9781455602773
Category : Dueling
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
Originally an examination of the sport "as practiced by all European nations from the Middle Ages to the present day," with 1896 being the "present day," this bibliography today serves as an exemplary historical reference. In addition to the informative bibliography, the "Notes on Fencing and Duelling" section fascinates readers with its accounts of duels as reported in various publications of the time. One story from the September 21, 1890, edition of the Sunday Times startlingly reveals, "After a French duel, if 'honor has been satisfied, ' and nobody has been assassinated, a grand breakfast usually takes place."
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: B.H. Blackwell
Author: B.H. Blackwell LtdPublisher:
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Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 1944
Book Description
Printing and Bibliography
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Type and type-founding
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Schools and Masters of Fence
Author: Egerton CastlePublisher:
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Category : Fencing
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Publisher and Bookseller
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1758
Book Description
Vols. for 1871-76, 1913-14 include an extra number, The Christmas bookseller, separately paged and not included in the consecutive numbering of the regular series.
Bookseller and the Stationery Trades' Journal
Author: Discipline and Punish
Author: Michel FoucaultPublisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307819299
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
A brilliant work from the most influential philosopher since Sartre. In this indispensable work, a brilliant thinker suggests that such vaunted reforms as the abolition of torture and the emergence of the modern penitentiary have merely shifted the focus of punishment from the prisoner's body to his soul.
Broad-sword and Single-Stick
Author: R G Allanson-WinnPublisher: Antiquarius
ISBN: 9781647985387
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
In Broad-sword and Single-Stick, authors Winn and Wolley state: "One of the prettiest little compliments you can pay a man is to call him a 'good old sportsman'." This may be true, particularly in 1918, when the book was initially published. In it, the authors aim to educate those "good old sportsmen" on techniques of fighting and defense with the broadsword (a medieval throwback) and the single-stick, a wooden weapon with a basket hilt vaguely reminiscent of a fencing foil. Dripping with English machismo, it shouldn't come as a surprise that Allanson-Winn, 5th Baron Headley was also a boxing enthusiast and wrote a book on that subject as well. What may come as a surprise, however, is that in 1913 the Baron converted to Islam, and authored several books on Islam under the name Shaikh Rahmatullah al-Farooq.