British & Commonwealth bayonets [Hardcover]

Ian D Skennerton (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 404 pages
• Publisher: Distributors, I.D.S.A. Books; 1st edition (1984)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0949749044
• ISBN-13: 978-0949749048
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,661,401 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Born in Maryborough, Qld., Australia in 1948 and schooled at Redcliffe until 1964, Ian then won a scholarship to the Conservatorium of Music. An orchestral clarinet & saxophone player, Ian graduated from the Conservatorium with performing & teaching diplomas for piano and clarinet in 1968.

Ian was drafted into the Australian Army in 1969, serving in Vietnam in 1970. After discharge from the armed forces, Ian studied service arms in England during 1980-81, and catalogued arms and filed records at HM Tower of London & RSAF Pattern Room, Enfield.

He was awarded research grants by the Australian War Memorial in 1975 & 1987-89 and has authored and published about 100 titles on British & Empire arms & edged weapons since 1976.

Ian was awarded the annual medal by the British Arms & Armour Society in 1995, and recently nominated a Fellow of the Australian Institute for History and the Arts in 2008. He currently lives on the Gold Coast in Australia.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Superb, November 2, 2011

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This review is from: British & Commonwealth bayonets (Hardcover)

A large, handsome, well-designed, nicely-illustrated piece of work.

This book, first published by Skennerton in 1984, was distributed in North America by I.D.S.A. and in New Zealand by Bruce Gorton. Yellow cloth over boards with black details; dustjacket; sewn binding. 2.75 pounds. 404 pp. B&w illustrations throughout: mostly photographs with some line drawings which explicate details. Indexed.

- over 1300 illustrations
- separate sections on Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, and South Africa
- a section on fakes and reproductions with illustrated descriptions
- manufacturer production figures
- catalogue numbers
- a new identification system for varieties of early socket bayonets
- 3 Appendices

Here's the blurb: this book "introduces a considerable amount of new material and many previously unrecorded bayonets in a well-ordered sequence which is equally useful for novices, advanced collectors, students, museum staff, and dealers."
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