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1897-1898 The Encyclopaedia of Sport
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Description
Illustrated, Leather Binding
First edition.
Uniformly bound in half morocco, with cloth boards and marbled endpapers.
Lavishly illustrated throughout, with a frontispiece and nineteen plates to each volume by Archibald Thorburn, and many vignettes. Collated, complete.
Offering a comprehensive encyclopaedia of sporting terms and sports-related knowledge, including references to racing, fishing, hunting, steeplechasing, bull fighting, curling, football and much more.
Compiled by Hedley Peek and F. G. Aflalo.
Condition
Uniformly bound in half morocco, with cloth boards and marbled endpapers. Externally, very smart, with rubbing to the extremities. Marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, with scattered spots to the endpapers and to the tissue guards. Ink impression of 'L. H. Crake' to both volumes' front endpapers.
Very Good Indeed
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