HOPE, William. A New, Short, and Easy Method of Fencing: or, the Art of the Broad and Small-Sword rectified and compendiz'd, Edinburgh: by James Watson, 1707, 4°, FIRST EDITION, one folding engraved plate and one folding letterpress table (plate and table both with long but clean tear, browned), contemporary speckled calf (rebacked with old spine relaid, recornered, somewhat rubbed), ownership inscription of John Wood to title and bookplate of Mark Dineley -- LABAT, maître d'armes. The Art of Fencing, or, the Use of the Small Sword, translated by Andrew Mahon, Dublin: James Hoey, 1734, 8°, FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, 12 engraved plates, one partly hand-coloured (browned), contemporary calf (rubbed), bookplate of Mark Dineley. With 4 other books on fencing, including George Roland A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of the Art of Fencing (first edition, Edinburgh, 1823, upper margin of title and dedication torn away, with loss to title), and Alfred Hutton The Swordsman. A Manual of Fence for the Foil, Sabre, and Bayonet (limited to 50 copies, London, 1891). (6)