The pictorial history of the sword : a detailed account of the development of swords, sabres, spears and lances, illustrated with over 230 photographs and artworks / Harvey J.S. Withers.
Design of the sword -- The origins of edged weapons -- Bronze Age weapons -- Ancient Egyptian weapons -- Ancient Greek weapons -- Ancient Celtic weapons -- Ancient Roman weapons -- Saxon weapons -- Viking weapons -- Medieval weapons -- Medieval polearms -- Medieval and Renaissance jousts -- Swords of the Renaissance -- 17th- and 18th-century swords -- Scottish Highlander swords -- Napoleonic swords -- The American sword -- Post-Napoleonic swords -- Naval swords and edged weapons -- Swords of the two World Wars -- Japanese swords and polearms -- Chinese and Central Asian swords -- African swords -- Indian swords.