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			Well, you might have some trouble locating a copy of Kris Disk. They come up on eBay every now and then, but AFAIK it's out-of-print. 
I lifted the following list off Alan Maisey's website. Not all these works are perfect, but they can all be valuable references in one way or another. 
Off this list i would particularly recommend The World of the Javanese Keris (#3) and The Javanese Kris by Groneman (#21).  
You will also find great value in reading material about the related culture. I highly recommend Margret Wiener's Visible and Invisible Realms for a perspective on Bali.  
 
1. Krisses-A critical Bibliography-David van Duuren.Pictures Publishers,Polstraat 52,4261  
BV,Wijk en Aalburg,Holland.I highly recommend this book. 
2.  Keris Jawa-antara Mystik dan Nalar-Haryono Haryoguritno- P.T. Indonesia  
Kebanggaanku-Jakarta, ISBN: 979-25-2530-0. Text in Indonesian. 
The most beautiful book on the keris that has ever been published. 
3.  The World of the Javanese Keris-Garrett and Bronwen Solyom,East-West  
Centre-Hawaii,1978. An enormous amount of solid information in a limited number of pages.  
This book has my complete endorsement. 
4.  Ensiklopedi Keris- Bambang Harsrinuksmo, Gramedia- Jakarta, ISBN:   
979-22-0649-3.Text in Indonesian; a comprehensive reference. 
5. The Kris-An Earthly Approach to a Cosmic Symbol-David van Duuren.Pictures Publishers 
Polstraat 52,4261 BV,Wijk en Aalburg,Holland. An excellent book for beginners; I highly  
recommend this book. 
6.  'Origin of the Keris and its Development to the 14th. Century'-A.Maisey(article) 
Published in "Arms Cavalcade"-The Official Journal of the Antique Arms Collectors Society of 
Australia ,Vol.I,No.2, April 1998. 
7.   "An Interpretation of the Pre-Islamic Javanese Keris"- A.Maisey (article) 
Published in  "Arms Cavalcade"- The Official Journal of the Antique Arms Collectors Society of  
Australia Co-op Limited,  May 2013  ISSN 1325-779X   
8. De Kris-Magic Relic of Old Indonesia-Vols.I,II and III Ing. G.J.F.J. Tammens.Holland, 
1992/1993/1994.Parallel text in English and Dutch. 
9. Origin of Early Kerises-Martin Kerner A4,152p.,50 ill.in black/white,ISBN 3-9520980-9-4 
10.  A Glossary of the Construction,Decoration ,and Use of Arms and Armour-George Cameron 
Stone .(Several editions.The standard reference on Eastern Edged Weaponry).AKA-"Stones  
Glossary" 
11.  The Keris and Other Malay Weapons-A.H.Hill,Journal of the Malay Branch of the Royal  
Asiatic Society,Vol.XX Part II,1947. 
12.  The Kris-E.Frey,Oxford University Press,Singapore. 
13.  Keris-Drs.Hamzuri,P.T. Midas Surya Grafindo-Jakarta,1984. 
14.  Keris and Other Weapons of Indonesia-Moebirman,Yayasan Pelita Wisata,Jakarta,1973. 
15.  The Invincible Krises 2- Vanna Ghiringhelli, Saviolo Publisher, USA, 2007, 
ISBN 978-88-95125-05-3 
16.  Kris the Invincible(Kris Gli Invincibili)-Vanna e Mario Ghiringheli,Be-Ma Editrice,Milano 
1991. 
17.   'An Introduction to the Javanese Keris'-Hardiono H.B.(article). Published in "Arts of  
Asia",Vol.9,No.3 May-June 1979, 1309 Kowloon Centre,29-30 Ashley Road,Kowloon H.K. 
18.  The Keris and the Naga-A.G.Maisey(article). Published in "Arms Cavalcade"-The Official  
Journal of the Antique Arms Collectors Society of Australia,Vol.I,No.3,December 2000. 
19.  'The Great Blades of Java'-A.Maisey (article). Published in "Knives '90" DBI Books Inc.  
Northfield,Illinois 
20. The Keris in the Magic World View-Martin Kerner A4,62p.,ill. black/white.ISBN  
3-9520980-2-7,1999 
21.   The Javanese Keris-Isaac Groneman, C.Zwatenkot Art Books, Leiden, 2009. 
ISBN 978-90-5450-006. A collection of articles on the keris, including the landmark papers by 
Isaac Groneman, immensely valuable from the historical perspective of study of the keris.
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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