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The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes: Archery
by Longman, C. J.; Col. H. Walrond
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- g
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
Boston, London: Little, Brown & Co.; Longmans, Green & Co, 1894. First edition. Hardcover. g. Octavo. xvi, 534pp., 23 plates, incl. frontispiece, 1 folding map. Original illustrated brown cloth with black and silver lettering on cover, gilt vignette, black, silver and gilt lettering on spine. Decorative endpapers. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Portrait of Sir Ashton Lever on title page. Fascinating work on the history and technique of Archery. Profusely illustrated with twenty-three b/w offset reproductions of photographs and artwork, and numerous in-text drawings."There is no modern encyclopaedia to which the inexperienced man, who seeks guidance in the practise of various British Sports and Pastimes, can turn for information... The Badminton Library is offered to supply the want." (Editor). The color folding map at rear indicates the distribution of various types of bows worldwide. Starting lightly at verso of frontispiece, and pages xiv, 96 and 368. Light wear along edges of binding. Privious owner's name inked to vero of frontispiece. Binding and interior in overall good condition.
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- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46278
- Title
- The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes: Archery
- Author
- Longman, C. J.; Col. H. Walrond
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - g
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Co.; Longmans, Green & Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston, London
- Date Published
- 1894
- Keywords
- Games and hobbies, Archery, history and technique, Illustrated, First edition, Folding map, Reference, drawing, b/w photography
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About the Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
Santa Monica, California
About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
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