Robert Hales Book

harrywagner · 6th August 2015, 05:58 PM

Does anyone have a copy of "Islamic and Oriental Arms: a lifetime's passion"? Can you recommend it? Thanks.

Harry

Loedjoe · 7th August 2015, 07:34 AM

I would certainly recommend it highly. See
http://roberthales.co.uk/
for some details.

kahnjar1 · 7th August 2015, 07:45 AM

Yes I definitely agree. Well worth having. Any well researched book featuring our interests is IMHO a must to add to the library....and sooner rather than later, when some of these publications become too expensive.
A recent example of this is Elgood's Arms and Armour of Arabia, now asking huge prices.
Stu

Jim McDougall · 7th August 2015, 04:42 PM

Well noted, and indeed references like David Harding's four volume work on arms of the East India Company, are now priced completely out of reach of the average collector! The same is true of Christian Aries long series of books on French swords.

Mr. Hales in as long as I can remember in collecting and the study of arms, Islamic in particular, was always the 'go to' guy. I recall several issues of catalogs issued by him and Jonathan Barrett back in I think it was the 80s. Those relatively simple, but well photographed and thoroughly described catalogs have become expensive collectors items themselves today!

The reason is that even then, Robert Hales was a powerful figure in the study of these arms. Thus, I would highly recommend any reference by him!

Kubur · 7th August 2015, 04:50 PM

For me, it's a beautiful catalog with very nice photographs.
But it's not a research or a scientific book.

6th August 2015, 05:58 PM	#1
harrywagner Member Join Date: Jul 2015 Posts: 373	Robert Hales Book Does anyone have a copy of "Islamic and Oriental Arms: a lifetime's passion"? Can you recommend it? Thanks. Harry

7th August 2015, 07:34 AM	#2
Loedjoe Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Oxford (UK) Posts: 96	I would certainly recommend it highly. See http://roberthales.co.uk/ for some details.

7th August 2015, 07:45 AM	#3
kahnjar1 Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: CHRISTCHURCH NEW ZEALAND Posts: 2,729	Yes I definitely agree. Well worth having. Any well researched book featuring our interests is IMHO a must to add to the library....and sooner rather than later, when some of these publications become too expensive. A recent example of this is Elgood's Arms and Armour of Arabia, now asking huge prices. Stu

7th August 2015, 04:42 PM	#4
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 9,739	Well noted, and indeed references like David Harding's four volume work on arms of the East India Company, are now priced completely out of reach of the average collector! The same is true of Christian Aries long series of books on French swords. Mr. Hales in as long as I can remember in collecting and the study of arms, Islamic in particular, was always the 'go to' guy. I recall several issues of catalogs issued by him and Jonathan Barrett back in I think it was the 80s. Those relatively simple, but well photographed and thoroughly described catalogs have become expensive collectors items themselves today! The reason is that even then, Robert Hales was a powerful figure in the study of these arms. Thus, I would highly recommend any reference by him!

7th August 2015, 04:50 PM	#5
Kubur Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 2,145	For me, it's a beautiful catalog with very nice photographs. But it's not a research or a scientific book.