Lot Details & Additional Photographs
As follows: Laffont, Robert.
The Ancient Art of Warfare (Paris: Robert Laffont,1966), two volumes, red cloth boards with gilt decoration, quarto (10.5 in.), illustrated throughout, presented in conforming black slipcase (old mildew to exteriors; tape reinforcement to slipcase, else fine condition throughout); plus three slip-cased military history titles lavishly illustrated with high quality photography, published in Milan by Bramante Editrice, to include: Vianello, Gianni.
Armi e Armature Orientali (1966); Boccia, L. G. and Coelho, E. T.
L'Arte Dell'Armatura in Italia (1967); Gaibi, A.
Le Armi da Fuoco Portatili Italiane dalle origini al Risorgimento (1968), all large quarto (12.5 in.), green leather spines with gilt titles (very good condition; slipcases with tape reinforcement).
From the Collection of Patricia Ann Leahy, Fayetteville, North Carolina