Halbritter's Arms through the ages
Subtitle: An introduction to the secret weapons of history.
Publisher: Viking Press
Published: 1979
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Translated from: ger
Translation of: Wafflenarsenal
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 158
Subjects: Military art and science -- History -- Humor.; Military weapons -- Humor.; German wit and humor, Pictorial.
Other titles: Halbritter's Armoury
First sentence: What distinguishes this book from all other histories of weaponry is that it principally examines an aspect of the subject hitherto unexplored: design failure.
Notes: Translation of Waffenarsenal.
Previous English ed. published under title: Halbritter's Armoury.
"A Seaver book."
Includes index.

Set in Linotype Century Schoolbook.