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• Fencing -- Political aspects
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• The Art of Fencing, or, The Use of the Small Sword (Dublin: James Hoey, 1734), by Labat, trans. by Andrew Mahon
  • PDF at MSU
  • Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
• The Sentiment of the Sword: A Country-House Dialogue, by Richard Francis Burton (HTML at ejmas.com)

• Brief Instructions Upon My Paradoxes of Defence, by George Silver (HTML at pbm.com)
• The Flower of Battles, With Harness and Without, on Horse and on Foot (modern literal translation of 15th century Flos Duellatorum), by Fiore dei Liberi, trans. by Hermes Michelini (illustrated HTML at aemma.org)
• Paradoxes of Defence, by George Silver (illustrated HTML at pbm.com)

• Politics of the Sword: Dueling, Honor, and Masculinity in Modern Italy (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press,), by Steven C. Hughes (PDF at Ohio State)

• A Treatise Upon the Useful Science of Defence, Connecting the Small and Back-Sword, and Shewing the Affinity Between Them (London: T. Gardner, 1747), by John Godfrey (PDF page images at MSU)

• The Three Musketeers, by Alexandre Dumas, contrib. by Auguste Maquet
  • Gutenberg multiple formats
  • HTML at FireBlade
  • HTML at Bibliomania
• The Three Musketeers (2 volumes "translated from the latest French edition"; New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1915), by Alexandre Dumas, contrib. by Auguste Maquet, illust. by Maurice Leloir
  • Part 1: page images at HathiTrust
  • Part 2 (volume titled "Milady"): page images at HathiTrust

Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.

• A Treatise Upon the Useful Science of Defence, Connecting the Small and Back-Sword, and Shewing the Affinity Between Them (London: T. Gardner, 1747), by John Godfrey (PDF page images at MSU)

• His True Art of Defense (spelling modernized and Americanized), by Giacomo di Grassi (HTML at musketeer.org)

• A Treatise Upon the Useful Science of Defence, Connecting the Small and Back-Sword, and Shewing the Affinity Between Them (London: T. Gardner, 1747), by John Godfrey (PDF page images at MSU)

• Athletic Sports for Boys: A Repository of Graceful Recreations for Youth (New York: Dick and Fitzgerald, c1866) (page images at MOA)
• British Manly Exercises: In Which Rowing and Sailing Are Now First Described, and Riding and Driving Are for the First Time Given in a Work of This Kind (London: T. Hurst, 1834), by Donald Walker (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Official Athletic Almanac of the American Expeditionary Forces, 1919: A.E.F. Championships; Inter-Allied Games (New York: American sports Pub. Co., c1919), ed. by Wait C. Johnson and Elwood S. Brown, contrib. by J. Newton Colver and William Unmack (page images at HathiTrust)
• Walker's Manly Exercises; To Which is Now Added Racing, Hunting and Shooting (seventh edition, revised by Carleton under "Craven" pseudonym; London: W. S. Orr and Co., 1843), by Donald Walker, ed. by John William Carleton (multiple formats at archive.org)

• The New Gymnastics for Men, Women, and Children; With a Translation of Prof. Kloss's Dumb-Bell Instructor and Prof. Schreber's Pangymnastikon (fourth edition; Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1863), by Dio Lewis, contrib. by M. Kloss and Daniel Gottlieb Moritz Schreber
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• The New Gymnastics for Men, Women, and Children; With a Translation of Prof. Kloss's Dumb-Bell Instructor and Prof. Schreber's Pangymnastikon (seventh edition; Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1864), by Dio Lewis, contrib. by M. Kloss and Daniel Gottlieb Moritz Schreber
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • page images at MOA

• Bacchylides: The Poems and Fragments (main text in Greek, with English notes and prose translation; Cambridge, UK: At the University Press, 1905), by Bacchylides, trans. by R. C. Jebb
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• The Extant Odes of Pindar, Translated Into English, With Introduction and Short Notes (1904), by Pindar, trans. by Ernest Myers (Gutenberg text)

• Greek Athletics (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1925), by Christine Alexander (page images at Chicago)

• A Treatise Upon the Useful Science of Defence, Connecting the Small and Back-Sword, and Shewing the Affinity Between Them (London: T. Gardner, 1747), by John Godfrey (PDF page images at MSU)

• A Treatise Upon the Useful Science of Defence, Connecting the Small and Back-Sword, and Shewing the Affinity Between Them (London: T. Gardner, 1747), by John Godfrey (PDF page images at MSU)

• The American Fistiana: Containing a History of Prize Fighting in the United States, With All the Principal Battles for the Last Forty Years, and a Full and Precise Account of All the Particulars of the Great $10,000 Match Between Sullivan and Hyer, With Their Method of Training for the Fight (New York: H. Johnson, c1849), by Patrick Timony
  • multiple formats at Google
  • page images at HathiTrust

• Athletic Journal (partial serial archives)

• Athletic Journal (partial serial archives)
• Knightfile, by Calvin College (partial serial archives)

• Journal of Athletic Training (and predecessor journals; 1956-) (partial serial archives)
• The South African Journal of Sports Medicine (with predecessor title; 1982-) (full serial archives)

• Active Travel Studies (full serial archives)

• Bicycling and Walking in the United States: Benchmarking Report, by Alliance for Biking & Walking (full serial archives)

• Bicycling and Walking in the United States: Benchmarking Report, by Alliance for Biking & Walking (full serial archives)

• Bicycling and Walking in the United States: Benchmarking Report, by Alliance for Biking & Walking (full serial archives)

• Life and Reminiscences of a 19th Century Gladiator (Boston: J. A. Hearn and Co.; London: G. Routledge and Sons, 1892), by John Lawrence Sullivan and Dudley Allen Sargent (multiple formats at archive.org)

• The Admirable Bashville: or, Constancy Unrewarded (New York: Brentano's, 1913), by Bernard Shaw (Gutenberg text)

• A Treatise Upon the Useful Science of Defence, Connecting the Small and Back-Sword, and Shewing the Affinity Between Them (London: T. Gardner, 1747), by John Godfrey (PDF page images at MSU)

• Restoring the Balance: Dollars, Values, and the Future of College Sports (2010), by Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics (PDF and Javascript-dependent HTML at knightcommission.org)
• Reports of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics (includes Keeping Faith with the Student-Athlete (1991); A Solid Start (1991); A New Beginning for a New Century (1993); combined online edition with updates issued 1999), by Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics (PDF at knightcommission.org)

• Restoring the Balance: Dollars, Values, and the Future of College Sports (2010), by Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics (PDF and Javascript-dependent HTML at knightcommission.org)

• Batting to Win: A Story of College Baseball (New York: Cupples and Leon Co., c1911), by Lester Chadwick (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Eight-Oared Victors: A Story of College Water Sports (New York: Cupples and Leon Co., c1913), by Lester Chadwick
  • Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• For the Honor of Randall: A Story of College Athletics (New York: Cupples and Leon Co., c1912), by Lester Chadwick (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Rival Pitchers: A Story of College Baseball (New York: Cupples and Leon Co., c1910), by Lester Chadwick (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• A Quarter-Back's Pluck: A Story of College Football (New York: Cupples and Leon Co., c1910), by Lester Chadwick (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Winning Touchdown: A Story of College Football (New York: Cupples and Leon Co., c1911), by Lester Chadwick (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

• The Fine Art of Jujutsu (London: W. Heinemann, 1906), by Diana Watts, illust. by G. W. Beldam (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Japanese Physical Training: The System of Exercise, Diet, and General Mode of Living That Has Made the Mikado's People the Healthiest, Strongest, and Happiest Men and Women in the World (New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1904), by H. Irving Hancock, illust. by George J. Hare
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only
• Jiu-Jitsu Combat Tricks: Japanese Feats of Attack and Defence in Personal Encounter (New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, c1904), by H. Irving Hancock, illust. by A. B. Phelan
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only
• Jiu-Jutsu (Cleveland: Rikko Art Co., 1918), by K. Yamanaka (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Secrets of Jujitsu: A Complete Course in Self Defense (1920), by Allan Corstorphin Smith
  • book 1: illustrated HTML at ejmas.com
  • book 2: illustrated HTML at ejmas.com
  • book 3: illustrated HTML at ejmas.com
  • book 4: illustrated HTML at ejmas.com
  • book 5: illustrated HTML at ejmas.com
  • book 6: illustrated HTML at ejmas.com
  • book 7: illustrated HTML at ejmas.com

• Walking, by Henry David Thoreau (Gutenberg text)
• Tramping and Trailing with the Girl Scouts (New York: Girl Scouts, Inc., ca. 1930), by Girl Scouts of the United States of America (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Hoosier Tramp (Chicago: Prairie Club, 1928), by Samuel A. Harper (page images at HathiTrust)

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