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

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.

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

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.

New book:

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

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This striking publication examines two masterful armours for man and horse recently acquired by the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Among the earliest complete European examples in existence, these German works demonstrate the superior design and craftsmanship of princely armour in the early 16th century. The celebrated master Wilhelm von Worms the Elder (d. 1538) of Nuremberg made the luxurious, exquisitely decorated steel horse armour for Duke Ulrich of Wurttemberg (1487-1550). The man armour was crafted by Matthes Deutsch (last documented c. 1505) of Landshut, another distinguished armourer patronized by German princes; it is his latest and richest known work. "Princely Armor in the Age of Durer" discusses the function, design, decoration, and manufacture of these masterpieces and situates them within German art, culture, and politics, and within the development of European armour in the late Middle Ages and Renaissance.

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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

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

Hi Sean,

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

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"Princely Armor in the Age of Durer" discusses the function, design, decoration, and manufacture of these masterpieces and situates them within German art, culture, and politics, and within the development of European armour in the late Middle Ages and Renaissance.

Thanks so much for spotting the Pastrana Tapestries book! This will be a great source for those of us (there must be at least 4 or 5! :D ) interested in brigandines with spaulders.

For those not familiar with the Patrana Tapesteries, that thread has some examples of the wonderful detail captured in the tapestries, some rarely seen in paintings. I'm reallly looking forward to seeing more of them, and reading more about their production and the context:

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An impressive rendition in wool and silk woven by Flemish weavers, the tapestries display multicolored scenes of the day: military, royalty, and maritime life. The images are an anomaly in that they portray current experiences and not ancient or Biblical events.

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!

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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This book explores some of the ideas and resources used by warriors in Anglo-Saxon England and Northern Europe during the 6th and 7th centuries. This was a time of great change following a period of migration. Warrior kings and their followers gave expression to their status and wealth through the creation of embellished war gear made with great craftsmanship and artistry. It was a time when traditional beliefs and power structures faced challenges from a centralised and powerful Church. In the turmoil of the time, traditional ideas about identity and belief were mingling with new Christian values. The aim of this book is to provide a glimpse of what it was like to be part of a warrior society. The author looks in detail at the weapons and armour used, and the attitudes and beliefs that inspired the warriors and shaped their societies.

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

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/

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

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?

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

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.

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?