Horace Ford was born in 1822. He began his working life in the office of his father, a London Solicitor. Later he managed a colliery in Wales. In the mid 1840s there was a great revival of archery as .....

The book by Adrian Eliot Hodgkin was first published large format in 1951. This photo-reduced paperback reprint has been produced primarily to cater for those who wish to make bows, especially longbow.....

A facsimile reprint......