The Big Book of Fencing

One of the English language's greatest resources on fencing. It comes in an unassuming form, a vanity publication with letter-size pages and plastic binding. Within the book is a comprehensive collection information about fencing -- from history, to drills, to strategies, to exercises. There are chapters on parries, disengages, lunges, repairs, fencing dummies. If you're new to fencing, this book will be informative and useful. If you're an advanced fencer, this book might not tell you anything new (though I doubt that... there's a lot of information here)... but at least it will tell you in a new way. It's also a great foundational text for new or starting coaches, which is how I used it.