The Ames Sword Company Catalog: An Exact Reprint of the Original 19th Century Military and Fraternal Sword Catalog

A direct reprint of an extremely rare copy of the original Ames Sword Company catalog (c. 1881-1883), this book is a valuable resource for sword collectors & enthusiasts as it illustrates hundreds of Ames swords, serving as an aid in their identification. The catalog is the earliest documentation of the Ames product line that included military swords of the time as well as those of the Civil War and earlier that were still available for sale after the war. Also listed and illustrated are the numerous fraternity swords and society swords that were sold in that era. As a resource bonus, pages from the Horstmann's 1877 catalog are reproduced showing all the swords and related items they had for sale.Stuart C. Mowbray is the author of 'The Ames Sword Company Catalog: An Exact Reprint of the Original 19th Century Military and Fraternal Sword Catalog', published 2003 under ISBN 9781931464062 and ISBN 1931464065.