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Francis M. Kelly and Randolph Schwabe.
A Short History of Costume and Armour, Chiefly in England, 1066-1800.
Published London: Batsford, 1931 (date presumably refers to original publication rather than to this reissue; previously issued as two separate volumes, 1931, here reprinted unaltered in one volume).
[No ISBN].
Binding: hardback, stitch bound.
Printed in the UK by Morrison and Gibb.
Size: 168x254x38mm.
Page count: xii,82pp; x,86pp (pagination retained from original publications).
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair: this copy has no dustjacket; boards rather grubby, starting to fray at the edges and corners, and a rip to the backstrip at the top of the spine; the binding feels a bit loose, some splits starting here and there, though no pages are detached; gift inscription and previous owner’s name on the front endpapers, and some pencilled doodling on at least 1 page.

This item £15.00
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[Dover paperback in print at $14.95]
Weight without packaging:1154g.

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Contents: Civilian (Vol. 1): "Shirts"; "Shapes"; Houppelandes, etc.; Burgundian modes;
Armour (Vol. 1): Mail; "Mixed" armour; Pre-Gothic "alwite" harness; "Gothic" armour;
Civilian (Vol. 2): Transitional (1485-1515); Era of puffs & slashes (1515-45); Spanish trend ((1545-1620); "Cavalier" modes (1620-60); French modes & c. (1660-1720); Heyday & decline of powder (1720-1800);
Armour (Vol. 2): Early Tudor era (to 1545); Late Tudor (1545-1600); Stuart (1600-1650).

Illustrations: 96 text figures and 59 pages of plates, all monochrome, and 12 pages of colour plates
Maps & plans: no

Notes: at foot of page
Tables: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: this copy has some definitions included in the indexes
Bibliography: 7pp
Index: one for each volume

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See also | Costume & fashion | Arms & armour |
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