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Sword: Myth and Reality: Technology, History, Fighting, Forging, Movie Swords by Thomas Laible 9780764348778
RRP: £45.99Booksplease Price: £32.65The history, manufacture, and ancient and modern uses of swords in Europe from the 5th century to today can be found here in one convenient source. Learn sword nomenclature and classification,... -
Japanese Swords: Cultural Icons of a Nation; The History, Metallurgy and Iconography of the Samurai Sword Colin M. Roach 9784805313312
RRP: £29.99Booksplease Price: £20.97With over 300 stunning photographs and woodblock prints along with extensive historical and cultural commentary, Japanese Swords is the ultimate authority on Samurai weaponry.Historically, Japanese... -
The Samurai Sword: A Handbook by John M. Yumoto
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £11.75The samurai sword: a symbol of the spirit of old Japan, it embodies the samurai's steel discipline, unswerving devotion and peerless skill. With its creation, a feat of craftsmanship passed down by... -
Samurai Swords - A Collector's Guide: A Comprehensive Introduction to History, Collecting and Preservation - of the Japanese Sword Clive Sinclaire 9784805314579
RRP: £24.99Booksplease Price: £18.89Japanese swords, particularly those wielded by famous samurai warriors, hold a continuing fascination for collectors of fine arts and historical military weapons. This book is designed to enhance... -
Cutting Edge: Japanese Swords in the British Museum by Victor Harris
RRP: £29.95Booksplease Price: £27.52The Japanese sword has long been appreciated both as a weapon and as an object of art. Only in Japanese culture has the sword been developed to such a level of technological excellence and spiritual... -
The Art of the Japanese Sword: The Craft of Swordmaking and its Appreciation Yoshindo Yoshihara 9784805312407
RRP: £39.99Booksplease Price: £29.70In The Art of the Japanese Sword, master swordsmith Yoshindo Yoshihara offers a detailed look at the entire process of Japanese sword making, including the finishing and appreciation of Japanese... -
Don’t!: Misadventures of a Sword Guy by Michael Craughwell 9781645678786
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £13.63Micheal Craughwell's homemade weapons were an overwhelming success the moment they hit the Internet, from his replica of Cloud Strife's sword to his infamous Pride Month-themed Big Gay Sword. His... -
Sword of Forgiveness by Debbie Lynne Costello 9780986182013
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £12.66Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780986182013Author Debbie Lynne CostelloFormat PaperbackPage Count 394 -
The Black Sword by Marsha C Lyn 9781629670898
RRP: £14.95Booksplease Price: £11.94Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629670898Author Marsha C LynFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint < -
The Sword: Form and Thought Lisa Deutscher 9781783274277
RRP: £65.00Booksplease Price: £63.54A multidisciplinary overview of current research into the enduringly fascinating martial artefact which is the sword. The sword is the most iconic of all weapons. Throughout history, it has... -
The Sword Defiant by Gareth Hanrahan
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.02'Hanrahan's outstanding first outing in the Lands of the Firstborn series will thrill fantasy readers' Booklist, starred reviewTHE SWORD CARES NOT WHO IT CUTS Many years ago, Sir Aelfric and his nine... -
King of Swords: Unleashing Sacred Masculinity by Zachary A McCready 9781777767709
RRP: £15.00Booksplease Price: £10.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781777767709Author Zachary A McCreadyFormat PaperbackPage Count 86Imprint -
The Sword of Gabriel: Ten Days on Earth by Tom Holloway 9780692813683
Booksplease Price: £18.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692813683Author Tom HollowayFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint < -
Antique Swords and Daggers by Mircea Veleanu
RRP: £72.99Booksplease Price: £50.80This noteworthy and exceptionally comprehensive book features edged weapons dating from the Neolithic period to the early 20th century. These fascinating antiques come from all over the globe,... -
Sword's Edge: the Role-Playing Game by Todd Crapper 9780987909473
RRP: £20.13Booksplease Price: £19.34Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780987909473Author Todd CrapperFormat PaperbackPage Count 106Imprint < -
For Simple Coin: Four Tales of Sword Noir by Fraser Ronald 9780987909435
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £8.64Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780987909435Author Fraser RonaldFormat PaperbackPage Count 92Imprint -
Two Handed Sword History, Design and Use by Neil Melville 9781526733139
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £19.29The two-handed swords found in modern museums are often so large and elaborately decorated that the onlooker might question whether such an apparently impractical weapon could ever have been a... -
Swords in the Mist by Fritz Leiber 9781497699946
RRP: £14.95Booksplease Price: £10.88Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser take to the sea in the third installment of this seminal sword and sorcery series that "has lost none of its luminous magic" (San Francisco Chronicle).Swords in the Mist,... -
Swords Against Wizardry by Fritz Leiber 9781504068925
RRP: £16.95Booksplease Price: £14.72Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser search for treasure in book four of the genre-defining sword and sorcery series. Fafhrd and Mouse are not innocents; their world is no land of honor and righteousness. It... -
Swords and Cinema: Hollywood vs the Reality of Ancient Warfare Jeremiah McCall 9781399078429
Booksplease Price: £20.34The battles and sieges of the Classical world have been a rich source of inspiration to film makers since the beginning of cinema and the 60s and 70s saw the golden age of the swords and sandals... -
Living by the Sword: Weapons and Material Culture in France and Britain, 600–1600 by Kristen Brooke Neuschel 9781501752124
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £17.46Sharpen your knowledge of swords with Kristen B. Neuschel as she takes you through a captivating 1,000 years of French and English history. Living by the Sword reveals that warrior culture, with the... -
Of Muscles and Men: Essays on the Sword and Sandal Film Michael G. Cornelius 9780786461622
RRP: £21.99Booksplease Price: £19.59Few movie genres have highlighted the male body more effectively than the "sword-and-sandal" film, where the rippling torso and the bulging muscle are displayed for all to appreciate. Carrying his... -
The Swords of Lankhmar by Fritz Leiber 9781504068949
RRP: £19.95Booksplease Price: £16.98[Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser is] one of the great works of fantasy in this century." -Publishers WeeklyThe Swords of Lankhmar finds the city characteristically plagued by rats. Fafhrd and the Gray... -
The Knight and Knave of Swords by Fritz Leiber 9781504068918
RRP: £21.95Booksplease Price: £17.09The final book in the seminal sword and sorcery series featuring Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser from the Grand Master of Science Fiction and Fantasy. After their adventures in Swords and Ice Magic,... -
Swords of the Viking Age by Ian Peirce
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £22.92Representative examples of swords from 8th-11th century, fully described and illustrated, with general overview. This beautifully illustrated work fills a gap in the literature in English on the... -
The Sword of Rome: Marcus Claudius Marcellus by Jeremiah McCall 9781399078405
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £11.78Marcellus military exploits were largely unmatched by any other aristocrat of Roman Middle Republic. As a young soldier in the First Punic War, he won a reputation for his skill in single combat. In... -
To the Hilt: A Sword Swallower's History of Sword Swallowing Marc Hartzman 9780764368820
RRP: £40.99Booksplease Price: £27.93An authoritative compendium on sword swallowing, featuring historical biographies, expert insights, rare photos, and behind-the-scenes stories from modern sword swallowers. To the Hilt offers... -
The Sword Unbound by Gareth Hanrahan 9780356516547
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.02He thought he was saving the world. That was his first mistake.Twenty years ago, Alf and his companions defeated the Dark Lord and claimed his city. Now, those few of the Nine that remain find... -
Officer Swords of the German Navy 1806-1945 by Claus P. Stefanski 9780764316746
RRP: £54.99Booksplease Price: £38.13Finally, a thorough work on the swords worn by German naval officers and non-commissioned officers from 1806-1945. The authors, both experienced collectors, have extensively researched in archives... -
Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990 by Roy Kinnard 9781476662916
RRP: £28.99Booksplease Price: £25.19Produced in Italy from 1908 the sword and sandal (or peplum) films are one of the screen's most neglected and marginalized film genres. The sword and sandal films were present in Italian cinema from... -
The Sword in the Age of Chivalry Ewart Oakeshott 9780851157153
RRP: £24.99Booksplease Price: £19.99A comprehensive history and typology of the European knightly sword from c.1050 to c.1550, that draws on evidence from literature and art as well as from archaeology. The resplendent image of the... -
The Destiny of the Sword by Dave Duncan 9781497640368
RRP: £19.95Booksplease Price: £13.89A sword-and-sorcery classic from the Aurora Award-winning author of the King's Blades series. Wally Smith, having died on Earth, finds himself reincarnated as a swordsman in another world and... -
The Sword of Hachiman by Lynn Guest
RRP: £13.75Booksplease Price: £13.29At the dawn of the Shogun era two mighty warrior clans, the Minamoto and the Taira, struggle for power under the Cloistered Emperor. The Taira are in uneasy control, but the three Minamoto sons,... -
Sword Quest by Nancy Yi Fan 9780007278367
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £8.74The Prequel to Swordbird - another epic fantasy from fourteen-year-old child prodigy Nancy Yi Fan, with beautiful illustrations by Mark Zug. Sworquest will be published globally by HarperCollins. An... -
The Perfect Sword: Forging the Middle Ages by Edoardo Albert
RRP: £22.00Booksplease Price: £15.67The story of the Bamburgh Sword - one of the finest swords ever forged. In 2000, archaeologist Paul Gething rediscovered a sword. An unprepossessing length of rusty metal, it had been left in a... -
Tv Antiquity: Swords, Sandals, Blood and Sand by Sylvie Magerstadt
RRP: £85.00Booksplease Price: £61.61TV antiquity explores representations of ancient Greece and Rome throughout television history. The first comprehensive overview of the 'swords and sandals' genre on the small screen, it argues that... -
The Legend of Zelda, Vol. 6: Four Swords - Part 1 by Akira Himekawa 9781421523323
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £6.78Link, now a Hylian Knight, serves Princess Zelda at Hyrule Castle. When Shadow Link kidnaps Princess Zelda, Link once again must prepare himself to defeat the forces of evil. To do so, he needs the... -
The Legend of Zelda, Vol. 7: Four Swords - Part 2 by Akira Himekawa 9781421523330
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £7.20The Green, Red and Blue Links reach Death Mountain, where they challenge Shadow Link and Violet Link in battle. Then, inside the Fire Temple they learn a terrible secret about the Dark World and the... -
The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords -Legendary Edition- by Akira Himekawa 9781421589633
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £11.75The Legend of Zelda: Legendary Edition contains two volumes of the beloved The Legend of Zelda manga series, presented in a deluxe format featuring new covers and color art pieces by Akira Himekawa... -
Sword of Honour by Evelyn Waugh
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £12.73Fictionalising his experience of service during the Second World War, Evelyn Waugh's Sword of Honour is the complete one-volume edition of his masterful trilogy, edited with an introduction by Angus...