32 pages, about 6" x 8", glossy soft-cover in full color. New re-print restored and digitally enhanced from a nice original. Printed on high quality 20# 97 bright acid-free paper. Fully Illustrated.

Contents - Index:

• Pages: 32

• Japanese Firearms by Robert E Kimbrough
• Japanese 1542 Matchlock Guns from the Portuguese
• Adm Perry and Japanese Arms
• Colt Copies in Japan
• European Matchlocks
• Hand Cannon
• Japan 1871 Banned Swords to be worn
• Japanese Snaphaunce
• The Koptipter Lock
• Tokugawa Period of Japanese Arms
• Tricker Matchlock 1498