CROSNIER, ROGER

Fencing with Foil: Instruction and Technique

London: Faber & Faber Ltd, 1951. First Edition. Blue hardback cloth cover. 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). 270pp. B/w plates; additional line drawings.. G : in Good condition with torn and soiled dust jacket. Loss to the dust jacket along spine and edges. Endpapers browned .

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Book number: e0629d

Catalogue: Fencing

Keywords: Fencing

HOPE, WILLIAM

A New, Short, and Easy Method of Fencing: Or, the Art of the Broad and Small-Sword

Edinburgh: James Watson, 1707. First Edition. Brown hardback leather cover. 210mm x 170mm (8" x 7"). xviii, 288pp + plates. 2 fold-out plates: 'Scheme of Laws for Fencing Schools and Publick Assaulting' & 'New Method of Fencing'. A very early treatise on fencing and sword-play.. G: in good condition. Rebacked with remains of original spine. New eps. Cloth reinforcements to inner hinges. Some light foxing. Some extinct worming. Occasional ink underlining .

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Book number: g6330

Catalogue: Fencing

Keywords: Fencing Sports 1750 - 1850 Antiquarian Military History