Carl A. Thimm. Complete Bibliography of Fencing and Duelling; As Practised by All European Nations from the Middle Ages to the Present Day. London: John Lane/Bodley Head, 1896.

Price: US$195.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 538 pp. Hardcover, rebound in buckram, fore-edge un-cut. Library stamps on the title-page and a few text leaves.

Seller: Moroccobound Fine Books, IOBA, Lewis Center, OH, U.S.A.

Thimm, Carl A.. A Complete Bibliography of Fencing and Duelling as Practised by All European Nations from the Middle Ages to the Present Day.. John Lane, The Bodley Head, London, 1896.

Price: US$275.00 + shipping

Description: Large paper copy. Original decorated (red sword hilt) oatmeal cloth a bit soiled, with gilt-lettered faded red cloth spine; corners and spine ends creased. Hinges partly cracked but strong; plate facing p.153 supplied in facsimile. A very good copy of this essential bibliography, superbly illustrated with many plates. The bibliography is followed by an extensive subject index, and 100 pages on "Notes on Fencing and Duelling" reprinting various published reports of duels from Shakespeare's time to the late 19th century.

Seller: Wilfrid M. de Freitas - Bookseller, ABAC, Montreal, QC, Canada