The Big Book of Fencing

There is a lot of good information here - it's particularly useful for reviewing at home and understanding what you heard while training hands-on. Lots of great info and images of correct stance and motion.

However, it appears never to have been proof-read by anyone, which is not excusable in a Third Edition.

The book is laced with typos and formatting errors on nearly every page, starting with the Title on the front cover, which translates as "Big Free of Fencing", because he mis-spelled the French word for book (livre) and turned it into the term for free or freedom (libre). 

He also persistently misuses words such as "phalanges", for which he substitutes "flanges", which drives me crazy and makes the content seem extremely unprofessional. It is hard to tell whether the author is unfamiliar with English, or is simply a lousy speller.

If he ever took the time to edit and proof it, it would be readable, and it is certainly an excellent compendium of information not readily available elsewhere, but as it stands, it is hard to get past the really awful lack of editing and low-grade self-publishing.

I rate the book as "good" for content, and "Poor" for writing/editing/proofreading/publishing.