BOOKS ON WEAPONS
1 Agthe, Johanna. et al. EHE DIE GEWEHRE KAMEN. TRADITIONELLE WAFFEN IN AFRIKA.
312 pp.; 149 b/w illus., 6 maps, biblio.. Series: Roter Faden zur Austellung 8. Monograph on African weapons. Text: German. Exh. cat. Ethnology Museum, Frankfurt, 1985. Pbk. (1816) EUR 20,00
2 Agthe, Johanna; Strauss, Karin. WAFFEN AUS ZENTRAL-AFRIKA.
388 pp.; 341 b/w illus., tables, 1 folded map, biblio.. Series: Afrika-Sammlung 2. Monograph on weapons from Central Africa kept at the Ethnographic Museum, Frankfurt. Text: German & English. Frankfurt, 1985. Hbk. (1815) EUR 30,00
3 Benitez-Johannot, P.; Barbier, Jean Paul. SHIELDS: AFRICA, SOUTHEAST ASIA, AND OCEANIA. FROM THE COLLECTIONS OF THE BARBIER-MUELLER MUSEUM.
256 pp.; 120 colour & 340 b/w illus., index, biblio.. Transl. from French. Munich, 2000. Cloth. (4720) EUR 50,00
4 Berardi, Marianne. STANDING ON CEREMONY. TRADITIONAL AFRICAN ARMS FROM THE DONNA L. AND ROBERT H. JACKSON COLLECTION.
52 pp.; 39 colour illus., map, biblio.. Exh. cat. Cleveland, 2004. Pbk. (9013) EUR 20,00
5 Bezemer, T.J. (introduction). INDONESISCHE KUNSTNIJVERHEID, PLATENATLAS.
170 pp.; 245 b/w illus. on plaiting, weaving, batik, bamboo, statues, brass, iron, gold and silver, wayang, keris, etc.. Introductory text in Dutch. Captions in Dutch, English, French, & German. The Hague, n.d. (c. 1940?). Hbk. Dustjacket slightly damaged. (1485) EUR 65,00
¶ With 37 b/w photographs of Keris, Kerishandles, a few Mandau and Shields.
6 Brakel, J.H. van et al. BUDAYA INDONESIA. KUNST EN CULTUUR IN INDONESIË/ ARTS AND CRAFTS IN INDONESIA.
280 pp.; 359 b/w and colour illus., 5 essays, maps. This book describes and depicts part of the Indonesia collection of the Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam. Especially strong on metal, stone, woodcarvings, keris and other weapons, pottery, lacquer etc..Text: English & Dutch. Exh. cat.Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam, 1987. Pbk. (913) EUR 65,00
7 Budiarti, Hari. KRIS AND OTHER INDONESIAN TRADITIONAL WEAPONS.
12 pp.; 15 colour illus., 2 in b/w., biblio.. In: Arts of Asia, Volume 33, no. 5, (pp. 73-85). Hong Kong, 2003. Pbk. (8613) EUR 30,00
8 Caetano, Joaquim; Pimenta Macedo, Fatima; Caravana, Jorge. (eds.). RITES OF POWER, ORIENTAL WEAPONS/RITUAIS DE PODER, ARMAS ORIENTAIS.
199 pp.; 109 colour plates, colour text illus. throughout, 6 essays, biblio.. Text in English and Portugese. Exh. cat. Evora. Casal de Cambra, 2010. Cloth. (10746) EUR 75,00
¶ Damaged at the corners due to insufficient packing during transit.
9 DAIMYO. SEIGNEURS DE LA GUERRE. CASQUES ET COTTES D'ARMES EXTRAORDINAIRES.
88 pp.; 60 colour plates of helmets and (armoured) dress etc., chronology. Europalia Exh. cat. Liège, Belgium, 1989. Brussels, 1989. Pbk. (4804) EUR 20,00
10 Dauphin, Cedric le. THE HILTS OF THE KRISS/LES POIGNÉES DE KRISS.
21 pp.; 93 colour illus. of Keris hilts from Indonesia, maps. Text: English & French. In: 'Kaos - Parcours des Mondes', No. 1, September 2002. (pp. 148-169). Paris, 2002. Pbk. (7979) EUR 30,00
11 DHAPUR. BUKU GAMBAR BENTUK KERIS DAN TOMBAK.
15 pp. introductory text + 211 pp. illustrated text. Publication consisting of photocopy reprint of a 1920 manuscript recently acquired at the kraton of Surakarta (Central Java) presenting an in-depth description of names of krisses and pike tips, 160 b/w line drawings of krisses,
49 b/w line drawings of pike tips. Deals with kelompok bilah lurus, kelompok bilah keluk: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11,13, 15, 17-29. Kelompok tombak: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11. All with short descriptions in Javanese and Indonesian. Vademecum for the devotee, collector, dealer or museum curator.
Surakarta, 1998. Hbk. (9313) EUR 45,00
12 DODELIJK MOOI. WAPENS UIT CENTRAAL AFRIKA.
263 pp.; 506 colour & b/w illus. of weapons, maps, drawings, field photographs, biblio.. 14 essays. Text: Dutch. Exh. cat. Brussels on weapons & shields from Central Africa. Dutch edition of: BEAUTE FATALE. ARME D'AFRIQUE CENTRALE. Brussels, 1992. Pbk. (2051) EUR 250,00
13 Duuren, D. van. THE KRIS - AN EARTHLY APPROACH TO A COSMIC SYMBOL.
95 pp.; c.60 illus,, biblio.. Outstanding introduction to the Indonesian kris. Transl. from Dutch. Wijk en Aalburg, 1998. Cloth. (1585) EUR 30,00
15 Duuren, David van. KRISSEN. EEN BEREDENEERDE BIBLIOGRAFIE.
118 pp.. Annotated bibliography on the keris. Text: Dutch. Amsterdam, 1998. Pbk. (1582) EUR 15,00
16 Ettig, Wolfgang. (ed.). ALTE JAPANISCHE WAFFEN. AUFSÄTZE AUS DEN MITTEILUNGEN DER DEUTSCHEN GESELLSCHAFT FÜR NATUR-UND VÖLKERKUNDE OSTASIENS DER JAHRE 1884-1908.
183 pp.; b/w illus. throughout, 4 essays, chronology, glossary. Text: German. Reprint in one volume of: Die Wichtigsten Trutzwaffen Alt-Japans by G. Müller-Beeck, Das Japansche Schwert by Georg Hütterott, Pfeil und Bogen in Japan by Albert Schinzinger, Alte Japanische Waffen by Albert Schinzinger. Series: Monographien zur Kunst- und Kulturgeschichte Japans - Band 3. Schmitten, 2005. Pbk. (9492) EUR 20,00
17 Falgaytettes-Leveau. Ch. et al. CHASSEURS ET GUERRIERS.
280 pp.; 148 colour & 20 b/w illus., maps, index, biblio.. Text: French. Exh. cat. Musée Dapper, Paris, 1998. Cloth. (2589) EUR 65,00
18 Falgaytettes-Leveau, Ch. et al. CHASSEURS ET GUERRIERS.
280 pp.; 148 colour & 20 b/w illus., maps, index, biblio.. Text: French. Exh. cat. Musée Dapper, Paris, 1998. Pbk. (6499) EUR 50,00
19 Felix, Marc L.; Elsen, Jan. (eds.). FATAL BEAUTY. TRADITIONAL WEAPONS FROM CENTRAL AFRICA.
375 pp.; c.500 weapons and shields illus., 121 b/w figs., many field photographs, numerous detailed maps, biblio.. Text: English & Chinese. Exh. cat. National Museum of History, Taipei. Brussels, 2009. Pbk. (10678) EUR 195,00
¶ Monumental monograph on Weapons from Central Africa. Standard work.
20 Felix, Marc L. KIPINGA. THROWING BLADES OF CENTRAL AFRICA.
208 pp.; 97 duotone illus., two maps in the text, 1 two-colour foldout map, biblio.. Text: German & English. München, 1991. Cloth, in slipcase. (1992) EUR 60,00
21 Frelih, Marko. SUDANSKA MISIJA 1848 - 1858. IGNACIJ KNOBLEHAR - MISIJONAR, RAZISKOVALEC BELEGA NILA IN ZBIRALEC AFRISKIH PREMETOV/ SUDAN MISSION 1848 - 1858. IGNACIJ KNOBLEHAR - MISSIONARY, EXPLORER OF THE WHITE NILE AND COLLECTOR OF AFRICAN OBJECTS.
164 pp.; 197 illus., map, biblio.. Text in Slovenian and English. Ljubljana, 2009. Pbk. (10625) EUR 48,00
¶ This book shows and describes the objects collected by Ignacij Knoblehar now housed in the Slovene Erthnographic Museum and the Museum für Völkerkunde in Vienna. Many weapons and objects of adornment have been illustrated.
22 Gardner, Gerald B. KERIS AND OTHER MALAY WEAPONS.
133 pp.; 91 b/w illus., glossary, biblio.. Bangkok, 2009. Pbk. Reprinted from the 1936 edition. (10763) EUR 30,00
23 Groneman, Isaäc.; Duuren, David van. (introduction and preface). THE JAVANESE KRIS.
288 pp.; 43 b/w line drawings, 32 b/w illus. of kris as published in the original text, enhanced with 269 illus. of Javanese kris and krishafts from the collections of the National Museum of Ethnology in Leiden, the Tropenmuseum in Amsterdam, the Worldmuseum in Rotterdam and several private collections. Leiden, 2009. Cloth. Standard work. (9243) EUR 75,00
¶ English translation of Dr. I. Groneman's articles published as 'Der Kris der Javaner' in German (1910-1913) in the Internationales Archiv für Ethnographie (IAE 19 & 21). An epoch-making early study of the Javanese kris, in which Groneman reports on his sessions with the empu Karja di Krama to the international forum of ethnologists. Not only does it survey, step by step, the creation of five krisses using 'proto pamors' but it also deals with the smithy and all the individual tools used. Groneman furthermore describes in great detail the experiments which, with the purpose of reviving the art of Javanese weapon forging, took place on his initiative with new pamor materials such as lumps of Chinese nickel and slices of German Krupp nickel. An allround history of the kris, as recorded by the Javanese themselves in chronicle or manuscripts, and an extensive alphabetical list of Javanese kris-related terms are included.
24 Harsrinuksmo,Bambang; S. Lumintu. ENSIKLOPEDI BUDAYA NASIONAL. KERIS DAN SENJATA TRADISIONAL INDONESIA LAINNYA.
239 pp.; c.350 illus. throughout, , maps, index, biblio.. Text in Indonesian. Jakarta, 1988. Cloth. (5596) EUR 150,00
25 Hill, A.H. et al. THE KERIS AND OTHER MALAY WEAPONS. Including: G. Hodgson: 'Keris Types and Terms' (1956), G.C. Woolley: 'The Malay Keris: its Origin and Development' (1947), G.C. Woolley: 'Origin of the Malay Keris' (1938), H.G. Keith: 'Keris Measurements from North Borneo' (1938), G.C. Woolley: 'Keris Measurements' (1938), G.M. Laidlaw: 'Some Notes on Keris Measurements' (1947), G.C. Woolley: 'A new book on the Keris' (1938), G.B.Gardner: 'Notes on Two Uncommon Varieties of the Malay Keris' (1933), E.Banks: 'The Keris Sulok or Sundang' (1940), Abu Bakar bin Pawanchee: 'An Unusual Keris Majapahit' (1947), G.C. Woolley: 'Notes on Two Knives in the Pitt Rivers Museum' (1947), G.C. Woolley: 'Malay Cannon'.
179 pp.; illus. throughout, glossary, biblio.. Series: MBRAS, Reprint No. 16. Singapore, 1998 (1933-1956). Hbk. (5957) EUR 30,00
¶ 12 articles on the Keris and other weapons published between 1933 and 1956 in the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, bound together in one volume.
26 Jasper, J.E. & Mas Pirngadie. DE INLANDSCHE KUNSTNIJVERHEID IN NEDERLANDSCH INDIË VOL. 5 - DE BEWERKING VAN NIET-EDELE METALEN (KOPERBEWERKINGEN EN PAMORSMEEDKUNST).
279 pp.; 28 colour plates, 347 b/w illus.. Text: Dutch. Facsimilé of the 1930 edition. Leiden, 2009. Cloth. Standard work on weapons and copperwork from Indonesia. FORTHCOMING. Price approximately: (10461) EUR 90,00
¶ The size of this publication has been slightly trimmed to 21 x 30 cm.
27 Jensen, Karsten Sejr. KRISDISK. KRISSES FROM INDONESIA, MALAYSIA AND THE PHILIPPINES.
450 pp.; 250 colour illus., biblio.. This CD in PDF file (size 680 MB) is an English language supplement to: 'Den Indonesiske Kris, et symbolladet våben'. Copenhagen, 2007. (9783) EUR 50,00
28 Jessup, Helen Ibbitson. COURT ARTS OF INDONESIA.
288 pp.; 225 illus., 140 in colour, glossary, chronology, index, biblio.. Accompanies a travelling exh. and presents objects such as jewelry, sacred weapons (kris), royal textiles, carvings, regalia etc. New York, 1990. Pbk. (2908) EUR 38,00
29 Jessup, Helen Ibbitson. COURT ARTS OF INDONESIA.
288 pp.; 225 illus., 140 in full colour, glossary, chronology, index, biblio.. This book accompanies a travelling exhibition in the USA and presents objects of the court tradition such as jewelry, sacred weapons, royal textiles, carvings, regalia, etc. New York, 1990. Cloth. (1444) EUR 75,00
30 Kishida, Tom. THE YASUKUNI SWORDS. RARE WEAPONS OF JAPAN. 1933-1945.
155 pp.; c.200 b/w illus., chronology. Tokyo, 2004. Cloth. (8944) EUR 50,00
31 Mellen, Francisco; Zamarron, Carmen. CATALOGO DE ARMAS Y ARTEFACTOS DE LAS ISLAS DEL OCEANO PACIFICO CENTRAL Y AUSTRALIA DEL MUSEO DE MADRID.
94 pp.; 51 b/w and 9 colour illus., 8 maps & tables, biblio.. Monograph on Pacific weapons. Text: Spanish. Madrid, 1993. Pbk. (593) EUR 20,00
32 Meyer, Laure. LES MÉTAUX PRÉCIEUX DANS L'ART D'AFRIQUE NOIRE.
175 pp.; 125 b/w & colour illus. of metal objects, maps, field photos, biblio.. Text: French. Paris, 1999. Cloth. Dustjacket slightly damaged. (3543) EUR 55,00
33 Mohamed, Bashir. THE ARTS OF THE MUSLIM KNIGHT. THE FURUSIYYA ART FOUNDATION COLLECTION.
432 pp.; 569 colour illus., index, biblio.. Milan, 2008. Cloth. (10398) EUR 80,00
34 Nagayama, Kokan. THE CONNOISSEUR'S BOOK OF JAPANESE SWORDS.
355 pp.; 223 b/w illus., glossary, index, biblio.. Tokyo, 1997. Cloth. (8137) EUR 85,00
35 Noble Richard, Naomi. (ed.). COURT AND SAMURAI IN AN AGE OF TRANSITION. MEDIEVAL PAINTINGS AND BLADES FROM THE GOTOH MUSEUM, TOKYO.
127 pp.; Illus. with 19 paintings and calligraphies and 23 sword blades from the Kamakura period, maps, biblio.. Exh. cat. Japan Society Gallery,
New York, 1990. Pbk. (9851) EUR 30,00
36 Noor, Farish A.; Khoo, Eddin. SPIRIT OF WOOD. THE ART OF MALAY WOODCARVING. WORKS BY MASTER CARVERS FROM KELANTAN, TERENGGANU AND PATANI.
176 pp.; c.300 colour illus., maps, glossary, index, biblio.. Includes a 34 pp. article on the Malay kris with c.50 colour illus. of kris hilts. Singapore, 2003. Cloth. (8557) EUR 45,00
37 Paul, Jaiwant. E. ARMS & ARMOUR: TRADITIONAL WEAPONS OF INDIA.
144 pp.; c.150 colour illus., biblio.. New Delhi, 2005. Hbk. (9324) EUR 25,00
38 Ratti, Oscar; Westbrook, Adele. SECRETS OF THE SAMURAI. THE MARTIAL ARTS OF FEUDAL JAPAN.
483 pp.; numerous b/w drawings throughout, index, biblio.. An important study. Edison, 1999. Cloth. (6674) EUR 28,00
39 Schmidt, A.M.; Westerdijk, P. THE CUTTING EDGE. WEST CENTRAL AFRICAN 19TH CENTURY THROWING KNIVES IN THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ETHNOLOGY - LEIDEN.
112 pp.; 83 throwing knives illustrated in colour, 12 b/w 19th century field photographs, drawings, map, biblio.. Exh. cat. National Museum of Ethnology, Leiden, 2006. Cloth. (9648) EUR 30,00
¶ This publication describes and shows one of the oldest collections of African throwing knives from West Central Africa. (Congo).
The catalogue offers an insight into the diversity of the collection and its fascinating early history.
40 Solc, Vaclav (text); Forman, Werner (illus.). SCHWERTER UND DOLCHE INDONESIENS.
41 pp. text + 38 b/w and 5 colour plates. On traditional weapons from Indonesia. Text: German. Prague: Artia, 1958. Cloth. (1567) EUR 75,00
41 Solyom, Garrett and Bronwen THE WORLD OF THE JAVANESE KERIS.
64 pp.; 170 b/w illus., map, glossary, biblio.. Exh. cat. East-West Centre, Honolulu, 1978. Pbk. (10429) EUR 60,00
42 Spring, Christopher. AFRICAN ARMS AND ARMOUR.
144 pp.; 30 colour & 130 b/w illus., index, biblio.. London, 1993. Cloth. (2068) EUR 45,00
43 Thomson, M. (ed.). JAVA UND BALI. BUDDHAS - GÖTTER - HELDEN - DÄMONEN.
292 pp.; 274 b/w illus. + 24 pp. of colour plates, glossary, maps, index. Exh. cat. Linden Museum (Stuttgart) on the material culture of Java and Bali: puppets, masks, textiles, jewelry, weapons, etc.. Text: German. Stuttgart, 1980. Hbk. (1114) EUR 55,00
¶ With dedication on first page by previous owner.
44 Treide, Barbara. IN DEN WEITEN DES PAZIFIK-MIKRONESIEN. AUSGEWÄHLTE OBJEKTE AUS DEN SAMMLUNGEN DER MUSEEN FÜR VÖLKERKUNDE ZU LEIPZIG UND DRESDEN.
248 pp.; 198 b/w & colour illus. of sculpture, weapons, jewelry, etc., 40 b/w text illus., maps, field photographs, biblio.. Text: German. Wiesbaden, 1997. Hbk. Important Exh. cat. on the Micronesia collection in the ethnography museums of Dresden & Leipzig. (581) EUR 68,00
45 Westerdijk, Peter. THE AFRICAN THROWING KNIFE - A STYLE ANALYSIS.
508 pp.; numerous b/w illus. throughout, maps, biblio.. Text: English, with a summary in Dutch. Thesis. Utrecht, 1988. Pbk. (1865) EUR 95,00
46 Zonneveld, Albert G. van. TRADITIONAL WEAPONS OF THE INDONESIAN ARCHIPELAGO.
160 pp.; c.650 illus., indices, drawings, maps, hundreds of cross-references throughout, biblio.. Text: English. Leiden, 2001. Cloth. (6699) EUR 60,00
¶ Reference work on Indonesian edged weapons (andar, badek, balato, baluse, barong, bayu, buko, golok, jimpul, kalasan, kampilan, keris/kris, kudi, ladieng, mandau, niabor, palitai, pandat, parang, pedang, sewar, sumpitan, tumbok lada, wedung, etc). In addition, shields, spears, war hats and war dresses are illustrated and described. The unicity of this book is that an edged weapon can be determined by the shape of its blade using a scheme and without knowing its Indonesian name. The illustrated pieces have been drawn from the National Museum of Ethnology at Leiden (the Netherlands) as well as from several private collections. Among them some 65 keris and keris hilts in part collected during the 19th century and now regarded as masterpieces held at the above-mentioned museum.
