Fencing Books

The following list of books on the sport of fencing should not be thought of as complete.  Online bookstores and databases (e.g., amazon.com) are a good resource to search for more information.

You can also visit the Fencing.Net Site Directory for in-depth descriptions of several fencing books.

• Alaux, Modern Fencing (Charles Scribner, 1975)
• Anderson, All About Fencing (Arco, 1970)
• Anderson, Tackle Fencing (Paul, ?)
• Angelo, The School of Fencing (Land's End Press, 1971)
• Barbasetti, The Art of the Foil (EP Dutton, 1932)
• de Beaumont, All About Fencing (Coles, 1978)
• de Beaumont, Fencing: Ancient Art and Modern Sport (ES Barnes, 1978)
• de Beaumont, Teach Yourself Fencing (McKay, 1968)
• de Beaumont, Your Book of Fencing (Transatlantic, 1970)
• Beke & Polgar, The Methodology of Sabre Fencing (Corvina Press, 1963)
• Bower, Foil Fencing 7th Ed. (Brown & Benchmark, 1993)
• Campos, The Art of Fencing (Vantage Press, 1988)
• Castello, The Theory and Practice of Fencing (Charles Scribner, 1933)
• Castello, Hugh, Fencing (Ronald Press, 1962)
• Castle, The Schools and Masters of Fence (Arms & Armour Press, 1969)
• Crosnier, Fencing with the Foil (Faber & Faber, 1951)
• Curry, Fencing (Foresman, 1969)
• Curry, The Fencing Book (Human Kinetics, 1983)
• Deladrier, Modern Fencing (U.S. Naval Institute, 1948, reprint 1954)
• Evangelista, Encyclopedia of the Sword (Greenwood, 1995)
• FIE, Rules of Competition (AFA, CFF, USFA, etc., every year)
• Garret, Foil Fencing (Penn State, 198?)
• Garret et al, Foil, Sabre, and Epee Fencing (Penn State, 1994)
• Gaugler, Fencing Everyone (Hunter, 1987)
• Gaugler, History of Fencing (Laureate, 1997)
• Hutton, The Sword and the Centuries (Charles E. Tuttle, 1980)
• Kogler, Planning to Win (CounterParry)
• Lukovich, Electric Foil Fencing (Corvina Press, 1971)
• Lukovich, Fencing (Corvina Press, 1986)
• Manley, Complete Fencing (Doubleday, 1979)
• Morton, A-Z of Fencing (Queen Anne, 1988)
• Nadi, The Living Sword: A Fencer's Autobiography (Laureate Press, 1995)
• Nadi, On Fencing (G.P. Putnam, 1943) (Laureate Press, 1994)
• Nelson, Winning Fencing (Henry Regnery, 1975)
• Norcross, Fencing: the foil (Ward Lock)
• Palffy-Alpar, Sword and Masque (FA Davis, 1967)
• Pitman, Fencing, Techniques of Foil, Epee, and Sabre (Crowood, 1988)
• Manley, Compleate Fencing (Doubleday, 198?)
• Selberg, Foil (Addison-Wesley, 1976)
• Selberg, Revised Foil (Spotted Dog Press, 1993)
• Shaff, Fencing for All (Scribner, 1981)
• De Silva, Fencing: The Skills of the Game (Crowood, 1992)
• Simmonds and Morton, Start Fencing (Sportman's Press, 1989)
• Simmonds and Morton, Fencing to Win (Sportman's Press, 1994)
• Simonian, Basic Foil Fencing 2nd Ed. (Kendall/Hunt, 1982)
• Skipp, Fencing (Know the Sport) (Stackpole, 1997)
• Szabo, Fencing and the Master (Corvina Kiado, 1982)
• Bac Tau, Fencing (self published, 1994)
• Vass, Epee Fencing (Corvina, 1976)
• Wyrick, Foil Fencing (W.B. Saunders, 1971)