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A Bibliography of Archery: An Indexed Catalogue of 5,000 Articles, Books, Films, Manuscripts, Periodicals and Theses on the Use of the Bow for Hunting, War, and Recreation, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day
by Lake, Fred and Hal Wright
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Lyon, Mississippi: Derrydale Press, 1994. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Signed by Other. SIGNED by Glenn St. Charles, Commissioner of the Legends of the Longbow Library and Founder of the Pope and Young Club. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Green textured leather covers with gilt lettering and illustration to front and spine, all edges gilt quite finely. Decorated endpapers. This valuable tome identifies U.S. and British library-located copies for all the scarcer, more rare volumes circa 1974, this being a reprint of the 1974 reprint of the original true First Edition of 1971 by Frederick Herbert Lake (born in 1929) and Harold Francis Wright (born in 1927). Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. Apparently unread, spine still crackles. xvii, 2-497 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
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- Title
- A Bibliography of Archery: An Indexed Catalogue of 5,000 Articles, Books, Films, Manuscripts, Periodicals and Theses on the Use of the Bow for Hunting, War, and Recreation, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day
- Author
- Lake, Fred and Hal Wright
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- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
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- Reprint Edition
- Publisher
- Derrydale Press
- Place of Publication
- Lyon, Mississippi
- Date Published
- 1994
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- 8vo 8" - 9" tall
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- 0.00 lbs
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- Derrydale Press Legends of the Longbow archery Hal Wright Fred Lake Glenn St. Charles signed bibliography
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