The book of the long bow / edited by Robert P. Elmer, M.D., and Charles Allen Smart, with illustrations by Will Crawford
1929, First Edition. Garden City, N.Y : Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. First US edition. Limited and numbered edition: 68/450. Near fine copy in the original title blocked cloth with bevelled boards, in a slightly worn, edge-nicked slip case. Stains to rear boards. Remains remarkably well-preserved overall. Item #480898
Physical description; xi p., 206, [2] p., plates : col. ill. ; 24 cm. Notes; "Published ... in an edition of 450 copies, of which nos. 1 through 50 and 151 through 450 are distributed in the United States by Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., and nos. 51 through 150 are distributed in Great Britain by Messrs. William Heinemann, Ltd. This is no. 64" -- colophon. "Readings from the life, in history and legend, of the English long bow." -- Introduction. "A note on books": p. 205-206. Subjects; Archery England History. Longbows England History. Military history, Medieval. Archery Long Bows Longbows Military History Mediaeval.
Price: €125.00