 | Toxophilus: The School of Shooting in Two Books (Leather Bound) by Roger Ascham
It should not be missed by anyone claiming to be interested in medieval archery. Definately top marks.
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 | Longbow: A Social and Military History by Robert Hardy
Buy used from: £29.37 Sir Robert Hardy's book on the longbow. Now including a chapter on the Mary Rose bows and the making of two replicas.
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 | The Traditional Bowyer's Bible volume 1
Buy new: £18.95 / Used from: £28.19 If you want to build your own bows this series is the one to buy. Vol. 1 covers bow design, glues, tillering and much more.
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 | The Traditional Bowyer's Bible Volume 2 by J. Hamn
Buy new: £18.95 / Used from: £3.86 The bowyer's bible epic continues. Vol. 2 covers bows from boards and strings among other things.
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 | The Traditional Bowyer's Bible volume 3
Buy new: £18.95 / Used from: £5.79 Formerly known as the last part in the series. Learn to knap your own stone points among other things.
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 | The Traditional Bowyer's Bible, Volume 4 (Traditional Bowyer's Bible) by Steve Allely
Buy used from: £17.02 The newest volume in the TBB epic. I'll hold my breath until I can get the hardback version.
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 | The Medieval Archer by Jim Bradbury
Buy new: £16.14 / Used from: £7.75 A close look at medieval archery including battle strategies.
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 | Bows of the World by David Gray
Buy used from: £17.85 A look at bow designs other than western european. Interesting but lacking info on arrows and methods of release.
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 | The Traditional Archers Handbook: A Practical Guide by Hilary Greenland
Buy used from: £77.18 If you're just starting this might be a good buy but I'd go for The Bowyers Bible series, this one does not explain why a certain design works. Good tips on bow maintenance.
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 | The Flat Bow by W. Ben Hunt
Buy used from: £97.95 Written prior to the fibre-glass era. Apparently they could make bows without fibre-glass backing
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 | Chinese Archery by Stephen Selby
Buy new: £26.55 / Used from: £25.60 There's nothing new under the sun. The Chinese developed bows too. Some crossbow info as well.
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 | Zen in the Art of Archery: Training the Mind and Body to Become One (Arkana) by Eugen Herrigel
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £3.82 Archery from a completely different point of view. If you're a modern competitive archer I strongly recommend this one.
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 | The Book of the Crossbow by Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey
Buy used from: £22.00 The crossbow information should be taken with a fistful of salt but it has some good info on the Turkish horn bow, albeit a bit short.
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 | The Great Warbow by Robert Hardy
Buy new: £18.99 / Used from: £12.25 Sadly, this tome sits in my bookshelf unread. So many books, so little time. What I've seen so far when browsing through it looks very promising indeed.
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 | The Crooked Stick: A History of the Longbow (Weapons in History) by Hugh David Hewitt Soar
Buy new: £11.99 / Used from: £9.50 Another archery book in the 'to read later' pile. It's not that it doesn't look promising, I simply want to wait until I can give it my undivided attention.
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 | Secrets of the English War Bow by Hugh David Hewitt Soar
Buy new: £17.47 / Used from: £26.46 |
 | The Romance of Archery: A Social History of the Longbow by Hugh Soar
Buy new: £11.18 Released in June 2008, or at least that was the original date. It has now been pushed back to late October.
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 | Crossbows in the Royal Netherlands Army Museum by Jens Sensfelder
Buy new: £4,870.00 / Used from: £46.95 A wonderful catalogue, in three languages, from a wonderful exhibition. Best bought elsewhere though, a price close to £4,9k is robbery, plain and simple.
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 | European Crossbows: A Survey by Josef Alm (Royal Armouries Monograph) by Josef Alm
One of the few good crossbow books. The 1994 translation of the swedish original published in 1947.
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| Die Armbrust by Egon Harmuth
THE crossbow book to own. Hard to find, but worth every penny, especially if you read german.
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 | Arrowstorm The World of the Archer in the Hundred Years War by Richard Wadge
Who were the archers of the Hundred Years' War, and how were they supplied?
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