Item Display - Islamic and oriental arms and armour : a lifetime's passion

Item Details

A Look Inside
• Place Hold
• Buy now
• Find more by this author
• Find more on these topics
• Nearby items on shelf

• Item Information
• Catalog Record

• Bibligraphic Information

  Title

  Islamic and oriental arms and armour : a lifetime's passion

  Author

  Hales, Robert, 1945-  

  Publisher:

  Robert Hales C.I. Ltd.,

  Pub date:

  2013.

  Pages:

  xiv, 386 pages :

  ISBN:

  9780992631505

  Item info:

  2 copies available at MIA.
  

  • Holdings

    Holdings

    MIA	Copies	Material	Location
    U830.9 .H34 2013	1	Book	Public Reading Room
    	Note: JE.191.2007 (P.55).
    	1	Book	Scholar's Collection

• MARC Record

  Islamic and oriental arms and armour : a lifetime's passion
  Hales, Robert, 1945-
  

  Fixed field data:

  131231s2013 enka bc 001 0 eng d

  ISBN:

  9780992631505

  ISBN:

  0992631505

  LC Call Number:

  U830.9 .H34 2013

  Personal Author:

  Hales, Robert, 1945-

  Title:

  Islamic and oriental arms and armour : a lifetime's passion / Robert Hales.

  Edition:

  First edition.

  Physical description:

  xiv, 386 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm

  General Note:

  JE.191.2007 (P.55).

  Bibliography note:

  Includes bibliographical references (pages 384-386) and index.

  Summary:

  The book illustrates over 1,000 items of Islamic and Oriental arms and armour which represent the finest and most interesting examples originating from Islamic and Hindu cultures and beyond, including Russia, China, Tibet, Mongolia, Korea and South East Asia. All the items illustrated have passed through the hands of Robert Hales during the last 45 years. Divided into four sections: daggers, swords, firearms, and armour, with the occasional transgression, the publication also includes a useful glossary of terms. The text is concise and descriptive as well as containing information that is being published for the first time.

  Held by:

  MIA

  Subject term:

  Islamic armor--Catalogs.

  Subject term:

  Islamic armor--History.

  Subject term:

  Armor--Asia--Catalogs.

  Subject term:

  Islamic weapons--Catalogs.

  Subject term:

  Weapons--Asia--Catalogs.

  Subject term:

  Firearms--Islamic countries--Catalogs.

  Subject term:

  Armor. (OCoLC)fst00814840

  Subject term:

  Firearms. (OCoLC)fst00925573

  Subject term:

  Islamic armor. (OCoLC)fst00979907

  Subject term:

  Islamic weapons. (OCoLC)fst00980091

  Subject term:

  Weapons. (OCoLC)fst01173008

  Subject term:

  Islamische Kunst

  Subject term:

  Rüstung

  Subject term:

  Waffe

  Geographic term:

  Asia. (OCoLC)fst01240495

  Geographic term:

  Islamic countries. (OCoLC)fst01244130

  Geographic term:

  Orient



Share |