The “New” Swords of Imperial Japan is AT THE PRINTER - AVAILABLE FOR SHIPPING about December 10, 2007

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	The Cyclopedia Edition is a greatly expanded revision of the 1996 sword book. Everything is new. Over 900 plus photographs are in color. Featured swords include kyu-guntō, cavalry swords, artillery swords, the army Red Cross sword, early naval swords, youth organization swords, court swords, police bureau swords, fire service swords, railroad swords, colonial empire swords, Manchukuoan swords, and the sword pistols developed for the cavalry to add firepower to the Type 32 saber. The best known swords of the Japanese military, the shin-guntō and kai-guntō of WWII, are presented in over seventy photographs. A Special Section features the gensui-tō, the 1918 sword awarded to field marshals and fleet admirals. The Cyclopedia Edition draws heavily on Japanese government documents now preserved as historical archives. Collections featured are from the United States, Japan, Australia, Israel, France, Britain, and Germany. A decade of research and two years in actual production have resulted in the finest of references, handsomely produced.

Swords of Imperial Japan

1868-1945

Cyclopedia Edition

Jim Dawson

448 pages

8 1/2 X 11 Hardbound

Over 900 Full Color

photographs

ISBN: 978-0-9719127-2-4

$125.00 US

plus insured shipping

Stenger-Scott Publishing

Swords of Imperial Japan 1868-1945 Cyclopedia Edition is now for sale with expected delivery about December 10, 2007. On the ordering page you will notice PayPal buttons for U.S., Canada and Mexico, and all other international. We are using U.S. Post Office (USPS) Priority Mail “flat rate” boxes for all shipping, and there are three rates, one for the U.S., one for Canada and Mexico, and one for other international. The USPS has greatly simplified its rate structure, most probably to stay ahead of UPS and FedEx. You will also note that for each of the three (U.S., Canada and Mexico, and all other international) there are two buttons, one to order a single copy and one to order two copies. This is more than a shameless attempt to get you to order two copies. We can ship two copies insured for the same postage as one copy insured in the USPS flat rate boxes. Some collectors have already told us that they intend to order two copies, one to keep in mint condition and one to use on a daily basis. Want to know what my first Fuller and Gregory Japanese sword book looks like after 17 years of constant use?