Book finds and bargains -- myArmoury.com

Mark T · Posted: Fri 20 May, 2011 4:23 pm Post subject:

One copy of The halberd: And other European polearms, 1300-1650, George Snook, on eBay: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/EUROPEAN-HALBERD-P...35b222eae1

Mark T · Posted: Thu 26 May, 2011 1:38 pm Post subject:

The latest email list from Cavalier Books has lots of relevant titles on historic martial arts, medieval fashion, and so on. Their website is www.caliverbooks.com; sign up there for the newsletter.

Mark T · Posted: Thu 19 Jan, 2012 1:32 pm Post subject:

Matthias Goll is selling some books on the Arms and Armour Forum for the widow of a friend: http://www.armsandarmourforum.com/forum/index...839-false/

You need to be a member of AAF to view threads there.

Mark T

Mark T · Posted: Fri 27 Jan, 2012 2:32 pm Post subject:

Paladin Press is currently having a 70% off sale on their 'scruffy' titles ... some include Techniques of medieval armour reproduction, Price ($18), Medieval and renaissance dagger combat, Vail ($9), German swords and swordmakers, Bezdek ($12) and more: http://www.paladin-press.com/category/Slightl...dium=email

As Paladin titles are often fairly overpriced, and quality is variable, picking them up as 'scruffies' is a good way to pick them up cheap and make your own judgements as to content.

Mark T · Posted: Fri 10 Feb, 2012 3:07 am Post subject:

New book:

Princely Armor in the Age of Durer: A Renaissance Masterpiece in the Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia Museum of Art), Pierre Terjanian

Sean Flynt · Posted: Fri 10 Feb, 2012 7:36 am Post subject:

Whoa! (and Woe!) Thanks, Mark!

Here's another essential new part of a 15th c. arms and armour library:

http://myArmoury.com/books/item.1555953751.html

Sean Flynt · Posted: Fri 10 Feb, 2012 7:53 am Post subject:

Hey, that PMA monograph (it's just 56 pages) was only $18 at Amazon! Great find!

Mark T · Posted: Fri 10 Feb, 2012 4:18 pm Post subject:

Hi Sean,

Yes, though it might only focus on two armours, this is the bit I'm looking forward to:

Sean Flynt · Posted: Fri 10 Feb, 2012 5:19 pm Post subject:

the book has a good essay on the arms and armour, including insight into the brig variant that is more like a fabric-covered divided plate breast than the usual array of small plates. the images alone here are an education. the helmets! the spears! the armour! it's overwhelming. consider this the color supplement to The Medieval Armour From Rhodes, and recall that the latter book now sells for hundreds of dollars when it can be found. i got lucky with both!

Nathan Robinson · myArmoury Admin

Have a look at fellow myArmoury.com member Paul Mortimer's Woden's Warriors: Warfare, Beliefs, Arms & Armour in Northern Europe during the 6-7th Century Northern Europe. It's briefly discussed in this other topic but felt it good to add here too.

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Sean Flynt · Posted: Tue 28 Feb, 2012 11:04 am Post subject:

I don't know the first one below, but the Scottish book is a steal at this price.

http://www.edwardrhamilton.com/titles/3/4/7/3472213.html

http://www.edwardrhamilton.com/titles/3/4/5/3458067.html

Mark T · Posted: Thu 12 Apr, 2012 4:50 pm Post subject:

Steaphen Fick's The Beginner's Guide to the Long Sword: European Martial Arts Weaponry Techniques is now on sale from Black Belt Books for $6.99 until sold out: http://www.blackbeltmag.com/shop/the-beginner...ques-book/

Todd Hawkins · Posted: Thu 12 Apr, 2012 7:23 pm Post subject:

Boydell & Brewer are releasing/re-releasing "European Weapons and Armour From the Renaissance to the Industrial Revolution" by Ewart Oakeshott; in paperback April 19, 2012.

http://www.boydellandbrewer.com/store/viewite...duct=13939

Mark T · Posted: Fri 25 May, 2012 2:50 am Post subject:

The knight and the blast furnace ... for $300!: http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL...e=viewbook

What did it sell for originally? This is the first one I've seen available in a couple of years, but $300?

Chad Arnow · myArmoury Team

$300 is a decent price, when they're available. As you can see, this one was snapped up pretty quickly.

Don Stanko · Posted: Thu 31 May, 2012 4:27 am Post subject:

I see that Alan Williams new book "The Sword and the Crucible: A History of the Metallurgy of European Swords Up to the 16th Century" is coming out this summer. Here is a portion of the abstract from the publisher:

This book aims to tell the story of the making of iron and steel swords from the first Celtic examples through the Middle Ages to the Early Modern period. The results of the microscopic examination of over a hundred swords by the author and other archaeometallurgists are given and explained in terms of the materials available in Europe.

So far, Amazon in Canada has the lowest price of $126.00 USD. Not bad for a 416 page book with 275 illustrations.

Federico B · Posted: Tue 05 Jun, 2012 11:11 am Post subject:

Timo Nieminen · Posted: Mon 02 Jul, 2012 11:28 pm Post subject:

Corey Skriletz · Posted: Wed 04 Jul, 2012 8:01 pm Post subject:

I recently bought Christopher Rothero's "Medieval Military Dress 1066-1500" for $2.85, Charles Henry Ashdown's "European Arms and Armor" for $6.99, and Stephen Bull's "An Historical Guide to Arms and Armor" for $3.45.
http://www.agreatbookshop.com/?page=shop/flyp...ct_id=9071
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/803370.His...Arms_Armor
http://www.ebay.com/itm/EUROPEAN-ARMS-ARMOR-C...0650690998

I don't know if any of those are good deals, because I don't know how highly they're regarded amongst medieval scholars. Does anybody have any of those? Are they pretty good in terms of historical accuracy?