Second Hand LIttlecote: The English Civil War Armoury
Author : Graeme Rimer, Thom Richardson
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Condition
Used copy with noticeable damage to the top edge, including crushing and creasing at the head of the spine and an upper cover corner, as shown in the close-up photographs. The photographed interior pages appear clean, with no obvious annotations visible in those sections.
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Details
General - Pages : 368 | Images : Contains black & white images | Publisher : Royal Armouries | Place of Publication : UK | Language : English
Hardback - Year of Publication : 2019 | Size : 280mm x 220mm | ISBN : 9780948092688
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Littlecote: The English Civil War Armoury
By Thom Richardson and Graeme Rimer
Published by Royal Armouries
A detailed illustrated history and catalogue of the armoury at Littlecote House, an important surviving collection from the English Civil Wars.
The book explores the history of the house, its owners and the armoury, including the campaign to preserve the collection for the nation during the 1980s. The catalogue examines armour, buff leather clothing and equipment, edged weapons and firearms.
Subjects include breastplates, helmets, cuirassier and pikeman’s armour, buff coats, belts, swords, daggers, matchlock muskets and seventeenth-century flintlocks. Illustrated throughout with photographs and detailed images of individual objects.
A substantial reference book for arms and armour collectors, military historians, researchers and English Civil War enthusiasts.
