The Norther Armory : The United States Armory at Springfield, Massachusetts, 1795 – 1859
by Hartzler & Whisker
$The Springfield Armory, more formally known as the United States Armory and Arsenal at Springfield located in the city of Springfield, Massachusetts, was the primary center for the manufacture of United States military firearms from 1777 until its closing in 1968. It was the first federal armory and one of the first factories in the United States dedicated to the manufacture of weapons.
The site is preserved as the Springfield Armory National Historic Site, Western Massachusetts’ only unit of the national park system. It features the world’s largest collection of historic American firearms.
U. S. Krag Bayonets – History, Modifications, Variations. Signed
by Donald Hartman
$ 90The Springfield Armory made about 500,000 Krag Rifles between 1894 and 1904. It was the main rifle of the US Army thru the era of the Spanish American War.
This book categories the Krag Bayonets, from prototypes to production models.
It also looks are variations including bolo and bowie designs, entrenching tool prototypes, and scabbards for all of them.
STRAPS : The Evolution of US Army Shoulder Straps
by Lanham
$ 35This extensively researched and documented book traces one of the oldest item of insignia still used by the United States Army. Shoulder straps (shoulder boards) were used as an insignia of grade (rank) by the U.S. Army since the 1830s. The book traces their evolution from their introduction to modern times with a particular focus on the Civil War period.
Civil War Letters of Lt. Milton Campbell – 12th West Virginia Infantry (US)
by Linda Cunningham Fluharty
$ 30This book contains 37 letters written by Lt. Milton B. Campbell during his service in the Civil War. He was in Company “I” of the 1st (W) Virginia Infantry, organized at the outset of the war to serve for three months. When the 12th West Virginia Infantry mustered into service in August 1862, Campbell enlisted and served with Company “I” until September 1864.
Major George Trimble – 11th West Virginia Infantry (US)
by Linda Cunningham Fluharty
$ 30Few things in life generate more anguish, anger and frustration than being unjustly accused of wrongdoing. But, according to Major George C. Trimble of the Eleventh West Virginia Infantry, that’s what happened to him.
Trimble, previously a captain in the First West Virginia Infantry, had the potential to be a great leader in the Civil War. Instead, he was “dismissed the service,” along with his superior, Colonel John Castelli Rathbone, for cowardly conduct in surrendering their command at Spencer Court House, Roane County, (West) Virginia on September 2, 1862.
Pratapaditya Pal. Tibetan Paintings : A Study of Tibetan Thankas, 11th-19th Centuries.
by Pratapaditya Pal.
$ 35.00Pratapaditya Pal. Tibetan Paintings : A Study of Tibetan Thankas, 11th-19th Centuries. Art Media Resources 2000 Hardcover in DJ. Like New/Like New Unused Quarto 223 pp
Wright, Elaine. Look of the Book : Manuscript Production in Shiraz, 1303-1452.
by Wright, Elaine.
$ 45.00“Book assesses the role of the city of Shiraz in Iranian book production between the early fourteenth and mid-fifteenth centuries. It is the first detailed analysis of all aspects of the book – illumination, codicology, illustration, calligraphy, and binding – during this significant era when the look of the book was transformed. Four periods of change are identified: the years following 1340 until the end of Injuid rule in Shiraz; the later 1350s and the 1360s, during Muzaffarid rule; the years from 1409 to 1415, when the Timurid prince Iskandar Sultan was governor of Shiraz; and the decade (1435-45) following the death of Ibrahim Sultan, Iskandar’s cousin and successor as governor. Although the focus is Shiraz, the author’s comparative and chronological approach to the material means production elsewhere in Iran is also considered, while the results of the study increase our understanding of the history and development of the arts of the book not only in Shiraz, or even Iran as whole, but also in other centers of the Islamic world that followed the Iranian model. Highlights of this book, which is heavily illustrated with exquisite illuminated manuscript pages, are its examination of illumination, an overlooked area of book production; the codicological aspects of the manuscripts, including paper and text layout; and the development of nasta’liq script. “
Leskov, AM The Maikop Treasure.
by Leskov, AM
$ 32.00
“Leskov’s Maikop Treasure is not just a beautifully compiled catalogue of a significant group of items from various periods offering a study of Northern Caucasian art but also the successful attempt of an experienced scientist to compile in a few pages the history and context of a culture little known so far to international scholarship.
The author, Aleksandr M. Leskov, is a Research Associate in the Program for the Archaeology of Ukraine, University of Pennsylvania. His field of specialty is the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age of Eastern Europe. He has led several expeditions to the south of Ukraine and to the Northern Caucasus. Previously, he was also appointed Head of the Department of Archaeology and Ancient Art at the Museum of Oriental Art in Moscow.
What makes a publication of the Maikop treasure so important, even to scholars with no previous engagement with the subject? Maikop is the name given to the culture that extended throughout the Northern Caucasus, from the Caspian to the Black Sea, after the location of a barrow. Discovered in 1897, the barrow was one of the richest in Europe and dated from the end of the 4th to the beginning of the 3rd millennium BC. The contacts between the bearers of the Maikop culture and the nomadic tribes of the Eastern European steppes, where Balkan imports are known, made possible the comparison of the two most investigated chronological systems, the Near Eastern and the Balkan. Based on that comparison, it has been possible to synchronize the principal archaeological cultures of south Eurasia from the 4th to the 3rd millennium BC with the antiquities of the Near East and of the Balkan Peninsula.” Bryn Mawr Classical Review
John Walmsley, edit.. Widows, Heirs and Heiresses in the Late Twelfth Century.
by John Walmsley, edit.
$ 27.00
Sawyer. Brigit. Heimskringla : An Interpretation.
by Sawyer. Brigit.
$ 22.00
“After brief summaries of early Norwegian history, Snorri Sturluson’s career, and previous studies of Heimskringla , the core of this book is a detailed and comprehensive analysis of the text. It is normally treated as a collection of sagas about Norwegian kings, but there is no evidence that Snorri planned such an arrangement. Indeed, in his preface Snorri described the book as an account of ‘chieftains who had dominium in the North and were speakers of the Danish tongue, ‘ that is, not only kings but others ‘of exalted lineage.’ Some of these chieftains and their kin figure more prominently and are judged more favourably by Snorri than most kings. Moreover, most of the conflicts described by Snorri were not between individuals but involved their families and adherents, including women who often have important and active roles, and sometimes apparently express Snorri’s own views. The main conclusion of this study is that Snorri — who was himself a chieftain ( go i) — wrote Heimskringla during the reign of Hakon Hakonsson (1217-1263) to criticize the development of the central power of king and church at the expense of the traditional authority of chieftains. A comparison with Gesta Danorum by Snorri’s Danish contemporary Saxo Grammaticus, shows that they were both masters of the art of ambiguity. “