Collectors' Guide to Ames U.S. Contract Military Edged Weapons: 1832-1906 (1992 Edition)

Written by Ron G. Hickox. Deals primarily with edged weapons made by the Ames Manufacturing Company, but also refers to other manufactures of United States swords. Illustrated with accurate drawings by Raymond E. Giron, ED.D., providing additional identification of swords, bayonets and knives. Original invoices, correspondence and tabulations of deliveries offers detailed information. 70 pp.