By Stephen Potter
London   Rupert Hart-Davis
7.5" by 5" x, 13-128pp
A smart edition of Stephen Potter's first parody on how to secure an unfair advantage, illustrated throughout the text.
By Stephen Potter

1951 The Theory and Practice of Gamesmanship or The Art of Winning Games Without Actually Cheating

London   Rupert Hart-Davis
7.5" by 5" x, 13-128pp
A smart edition of Stephen Potter's first parody on how to secure an unfair advantage, illustrated throughout the text.
£30.00
: 0.5kgs / : 910Y21

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Description

Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper

The fourth impression of this work. 

In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.

With charming illustrations throughout. 

A humorous satirical guide to gamesmanship from Stephen Potter. Although not originating from it, this book popularised the term.

His series of humorous books on how to secure an unfair advantage began with this work, originally published in 1947. 

Condition

In the original cloth binding. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart with shelf wear. Dust wrapper is edgewear and sunning to the spine. Handling marks and light spots to the wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with offsetting and scattered spotting to the endpapers.

Very Good Indeed

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