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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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