"the sword and same"

hello all,

im not sure where to post this ,

i have this book and am interested in knowing more about it.

it does not have a copyright page and i can find no clue to its publishing date other than its preface, signed:

"h. l. joly"

4, glebe place, chelsea,

london, s.w.

january, 1913.

it is softcover

here are some pics

the black and white on the red cover are stickers.the last image shows the worst of the binding issue ,there is only 2 or 3 of these and page 17 is the only loose page.the rest of the book is in pretty good condition.

thank you for looking

scott

Honcho gunkiko?, lovely old book especially a section where a chap was angry to ,find after buying a sword that the Sam'e had been faked.

Sold a first edition without the authors signature on ebay a few years ago, it made £500.

Roy

Hi, Scott:

I've heard of this book but haven't read it. Amazon has it listed, but unavailable except through private sellers. Here's a link you can explore: http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/ ... ition=used. It seems to be worth between $100-$125 depending on condition.

Ken

More listings:

http://www.edaugusts.com/?p=2239

http://www.africasia-primitive-and-antiques.com/items/370080/item370080store.html

This is a great book, from the era before the internet and a pile of books on Nihonto in English.

Joly may have made mistakes, but so have they all.

I may be shot down in flames here by fellow board members, but any book by Joly is worth reading and the big ones, Hawkshaw, Naunton, Etc are great learning tombs.

Time spent with books and handling as many examples as possible is never wasted time.

Regards

David (A Joly fan)

thanks everybody for the great information.ive had this book for a while now and am thinking of selling it as i m recently unemployed.