Skating [and] Figure-Skating, with contributions on Curling, Tobogganing, Ice-Sailing [and] Bandy. The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes
by HEATHCOTE, J.M. (1834-1912), TEBBUTT, C.G. (1860-1944), WITHAM, T. Maxwell, KERR, Rev. John, HAKE, Ormond, and BUCK, Henry A
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- Adrian Harrington Rare Books (GB)
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- Title
- Skating [and] Figure-Skating, with contributions on Curling, Tobogganing, Ice-Sailing [and] Bandy. The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes
- Author
- HEATHCOTE, J.M. (1834-1912), TEBBUTT, C.G. (1860-1944), WITHAM, T. Maxwell, KERR, Rev. John, HAKE, Ormond, and BUCK, Henry A
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1894
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