Gentleman and Warrior. The Legend of W.E. Fairbairn. The Shanghai Years
( FAIRBAIRN-SYKES knife ) ROBINS,, Paul, Nicholas, TYLER, Paul R., CHILD.
Research by Peter Robins and Nicholas Tyler. Compiled and edited by Paul R. Child.
FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL BOARDS
Published: [CQB Publications Harlow], [2005]
Stock code: 46592
Price: £940.00
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with title-vignette and very numerous illustrations in the text; pictorial boards, backstrip lettered in black, a fine copy.
Surely the definitive account of Fairbairn's pre-war service with the Shanghai Municipal Police, in which arduous context he developed his 'defendu' system of self-defence and compiled the immensely influential self-defence manuals now forever linked to his name. Indeed, it was in the pages of 'Scientific Self-Defence' (1931) that the immortal Fairbairn-Sykes Knife was born. The 'Commando Knife', as it was later known, was standard issue for British and some Allied Special Forces throughout WWII, and became one of the iconic hand weapons of the conflict. EXCEEDINGLY SCARCE.