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Can anyone help out here. Trying to locate a book Indian Arms and Armour. by Dr. Pant.
had a look on the net but had no joy. thanks Rod
 
Someone, maybe John Powell, will be conversant with it.

( Just a guess, what do I know. Amazing what the folks here come up with, though. )
 
For possible sources search, see the last entry.

For more detailed info on the books you're asking for:
Google it:
http://www.google.com/search?q=+"In...um=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&as_qdr=all&filter=0

Detail:
1:
Pant, G.N., Dr. Indian Arms and Armour, 3 vols. New Dehli: S. Attar Singh, 1978; -80; -83 (resp.).

2:
(K43) INDIAN ARMS AND ARMOUR – VOLUME 1
Dr. G. N. Pant, Delhi, Army Educational Stores 1978, large folio, 184 pages of text with 3 tipped in colour plates plus 89 photo illustrations of early Indian offensive and defensive arms, book Good+ in DJ, in worn case,_ £85.00

3:
Pant, Gayatri Nath, Indian Arms and Armour: Volume II, Swords and Daggers (New Delhi: Army Educational Stores, 1980. The evolution, origins and classification of various types of sword blades and hilts are covered in detail.

4:
Pant, G. N. Indian Arms and Armour Volume 3: Human Armour and the Shield. Army Educational Stores: New Delhi. 1983.

5:
Pant, G.N.
Catalogue of Edged Arms and Armour in Salarjung Museum
Salarjung Museum, 1989

6:
Another book that is huge-but terribly published,
with a lot of data that is important is
Indian Arms and Armour by Dr. G.N.Pant Vol II
Publ in India 1980...hard to find ..maybe Rutgers
Books in NJ.Not cheap.

The best is probably the reprint of Lord Egertons
Handbook of Indian Arms from the 1880s..this is
somtimes around in a paperback reprint,search
outfits can help...
best bet Ken Trotman Books England on internet

http://www.vikingsword.com/ethforum/messages/602.html
http://www.vikingsword.com/ethforum/messages/599.html

7:
http://www.hammeredsteel.com/gaa/armour/armourarticles/islamic-refs.html
"In order to find and purchase rare or foreign books, I would suggest the services of KEN TROTMAN LTD.; Unit 11, 135 Ditton Walk; Cambridge CB5 SQD; ENGLAND. (Mr. Richard Brown, who currently operates KEN TROTMAN LTD, accepts MasterCard, so you can avoid the bother of international bank drafts.) KEN TROTMAN LTD handles rare books on all aspects of military history, firearms, edged weapons, and armour"

8:
Which leads to trying:
Cut and past this next line into the www.google.com query line:
bookseller OR "book sales" military weapon history OR historical used

Somehow I can't get a full content link to work.
You should be able to find someplace on this list to buy the books (set of 3)
 
Dean, thanks very much, It is most likely me being dumb, but having done the google thing and checked the links you most kindly provided still cant find a copy to buy. I will keep trying. Cheers from Aussie. Rod
 
If I believed this actually happened I'd go insane.

Come to think of it, itis time for my medication, as a matter of fact.
 
Originally posted by Rod Allen
Can anyone help out here. Trying to locate a book Indian Arms and Armour. by Dr. Pant.
had a look on the net but had no joy. thanks Rod
Click to expand...

Have you tried abebooks @:
http://www.abebooks.com/

171. Pant, G.N.
Mughal Weapons in the Babur-nama
, , , IIBF No.: 260-Agm Size 29 cm, pp. xxxi, 247, Illus., (Col.). 1989. Bookseller Inventory #37167
Price: US$ 55.56 (Convert Currency)
Bookseller: Books From India or Oscar Publications, Delhi, DEL, India (Search this Seller's Books)(Ask Bookseller a Question)


176. Pant, G.N. Size 29 cin, pp. 279, Illus., (Col.), I 997
Horse and Elephant Armour
, , , IIBF No.: 201-Agm ISBN No.: 81-7230-006-8. Bookseller Inventory #37110
Price: US$ 92.59 (Convert Currency)
Bookseller: Books From India or Oscar Publications, Delhi, DEL, India (Search this Seller's Books)(Ask Bookseller a Question)


Pant, G.N.
Indian Archery
, , , IIBF No.: 208-Agm Size 26 cm, pp. xxiv, 416 Illus., 1993 (Second Edition) ISBN No.: 81-7230-014-9. Bookseller Inventory #37117
Price: US$ 55.56 (Convert Currency)
Bookseller: Books From India or Oscar Publications, Delhi, DEL, India (Search this Seller's Books)(Ask Bookseller a Question)
 
Thanks Clearblue, yes these are other titles by Pant . unfortunatley not the one I am looking for. Thanks anyway , very much appreciated. Regards Rod
 
Pant's books are not my personal favorites because much of what he has is a rehash of previously published pieces. Volume 2 is the only one that deals in any depth with kukris and koras. That information is taken from Stone's Glossary which is another neccesary book.

Get an Egerton reprint and definitely add Rawson's "Indian Sword" (one just sold on eBay for less than $40! A steal!!!). For military information find Ron Flook's "British and Commonwealth Military Knives". Out of print, but I have seen it on Amazon.

Rod, send me an email directly and maybe I can give you another source.
 
You might also try bookfinder.com

I have found some hard to find books thru them. They are almost a clearing house for all those mentioned. I can't say enough good things about abe.books and Amazon really backs up what they sell.
 
Amazon.com didn't have this particular volume, but had several of the ones that Mr. Powell mentioned. I just bought a used copy of Stone's Glossary for $19 shipped from them.

Steve
 
Thanks to everyone,this is however now I think just about mission impossible,
seems the book is out of print , cant find any used copies.Rod
 
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