THE vintage ARCHERY
COLLECTION
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A truly unique and wonderful
collection of over 50 rare, out-of-print books compiled together for the first
time on one DVD covering all aspects of the ancient sport of ARCHERY.
Learn
how to master the skills and techniques required in using a bow and arrow.
Discover the complete history of archery throughout the ages. Study the
principles, construction, theory and practice of firing the longbow and
crossbow, various methods of arrow release and the ancient art of archery as a
whole. Some of the books contained within this collection are extremely
hard-to-find and will provide a valuable library of reference material.
Overall, an absolute must for anyone with an interest in longbows, crossbows, bow-hunting,
and all aspects of archery. The full list of titles included speaks for
itself….
This superb compilation of
53 vintage books on DVD data disc provides literally 1,000’s of pages of great
content and fabulous photos / illustrations for the reader. All of the books
have been scanned in high quality and preserved forever in pdf format - easy to
read on your laptop or computer, or transfer to tablet, smartphone, kindle or
e-reader. You can also print entire books or select pages.
This is without doubt the
most extensive collection of its kind - compiled over time by
rare-book-collections, and only available here!
The Full List of Titles
Included is as Follows:
A dictionary
of sports; Containing explanations of every term applicable to racing,
shooting, hunting, fishing, hawking, archery, etc. - H. Harewood (1835)
A history of
the Royal toxophilite society, from its institution to the present time by The
Royal Toxopholite Society (1867)
A study of
bows and arrows - S. T. Pope (1923)
A study of
the Eskimo bows in the U.S. National Museum by J. Murdoch (1890)
Additional
notes on arrow release by E. S. Morse (1922)
American
archery; a vade mecum of the art of shooting with a long bow by R. P. Elmer
(1917)
An essay on
archery - W. M. Moseley (1792)
Ancient and
modern methods of arrow-release by E. S. Morse (1885)
Anecdotes of
archery by E. Hargrove (1792)
Appendix to
the book of the crossbow and ancient projectile engines by R. Payne-Gallwey
(1907)
Archery - H.
A. Ford (1856)
Archery and
archness - Robin Hood (pseud.) (1834)
Archery rules
by C. Hinrichs (1870)
Ascham's
Treatise on Archery - R. Ascham (published 1866)
Bogen und
pfeil bei den völkern des altertums by E. Bulanda (1913)
Bowhunting
the Bay State - D. McGuiness (1981)
Bows and
arrows in central Brazil
by H. Meyer (1898)
Die
afrikanischen Bögen, ihre Verbreitung und Verwandtschaften by F. Ratzel (1893)
Die Bogen der
Oceanier - L. Frobenius (1901)
Essentials of
archery - L E. Stemmler (1904)
Glues for
wood in archery uses by The Forest Products
Laboratory (1922)
Handbook of
summer athletic sports, comprising; walking, running, jumping, hare and hounds,
bicycling, archery, etc - F. Whittaker (1880)
Homing and
related activities of birds & The acquisition of skill in archery - K. S.
Lashley (1915)
How to Train
in Archery - M. Thompson (1879)
Illustrated
and descriptive price list of base ball, cricket, archery, and sporting goods
in general - Peck & Snyder, New York (1868) (Catalog)
North
American bows, arrows, and quivers - O. T. Mason (1894)
On the
structure and affinities of the composite bow by H. Balfour (1889)
Records of
the Woodmen of Arden
from 1785 (1885)
Seafowl
shooting sketches, with several additional chapters, a few notes on birds,
guns, and accessories, and on stringing the cross-bow - D. Higson (1909)
Shakespeare
an archer - W. L. Rushton (1897)
Spalding
official archery guide by L. W. Maxson (1906)
Spalding
official archery guide by L. W. Maxson (1910)
Teaching of
archery by D. Craft (1921)
The archer's
bow in the Homeric poems. An attempted diagnosis by H. Balfour (1921)
The Archer's
Complete Guide Or, Instructions for the Use of the Long Bow - An Expert
(pseud.) (1878)
The archer's
manual - United Bowmen of Philadelphia
(1830)
The archery
by O. Judd Company, New York
(1879)
The Art of
Archery Published, with Notes, from a Manuscript of the 15th Century - H.
Gallice (1903)
The art of
war in the Middle Ages, A.D. 378-1515 - C. Oman (1885)
The bicycling
world & archery field (Vol. 2 Nov. 1880-Apr. 1881)
The book of
archery - being the complete history and practice of the art, ancient and
modern by G. A. Hansard (1841)
The Book of
the Crossbow by R. Payne-Galloway (1905)
The British
archer; or, Tracts on archery - T. Hastings (1831)
The cross-bow
- C. Stevenson (1899)
The Crossbow,
Mediæval And Modern, Military And Sporting Its Construction, History And
Management - R. Payne-Gallwey (1904)
The English
bowman; or, Tracts on archery - T. Roberts (1801)
The sporting
repository - containing horse-racing, hunting, coursing, shooting, archery,
etc. (1904)
The theory
and practice of archery by H. A. Ford (1887)
The witchery
of archery - a complete manual of archery by M. Thompson (1878)
Toxophilus by
R. Ascham (1545) - Edited by E. Arber (1868)
Wilkinson's
score book for archers, adapted to all rounds by J. Wilkinson (1880)
Yahi archery
by S. T. Pope (1918)
An absolute must
for anyone with an interest in the history, theory, principles and practice of
ARCHERY – an unbelievable treasure trove of information for a very small price!
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All of the files are
hi-resolution scans presented in pdf format, easy to read on your computer,
laptop, tablet, smartphone, or any modern Kindle / ebook reader that can read
pdf files. All files can be printed or transferred between devices.
For some devices you may need to convert the pdf files. A free program
called Calibre can be used to do this and can be included on the DVD if
requested.
Please note that this is a data DVD disc that will contain all of the
books, documents and material listed in this auction. It will work in a laptop
or computer (including MAC) but will NOT work on a normal DVD player, X-Box or
audio CD player.
** Main
photo is for illustration purposes only – other photos are example pages from
the books included on the disc **
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