COMPLETE BOWLER: Being the History and Practice of the Ancient and Royal Game of Bowls
by Manson, James A. ("Jack High")
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1912. 248 pp. Original green cloth covers, lightly rubbed. Spine sunned; ends bumped. Previous owner's name on front blank endpaper; owner's blindstamp on front blank endpaper, title page, and page 143. Light scattered foxing. Red colored pencil marks to few leaves. Includes 14 full-page illustrations and eight diagrams in the text.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good+/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 131SPMSC
- Title
- COMPLETE BOWLER: Being the History and Practice of the Ancient and Royal Game of Bowls
- Author
- Manson, James A. ("Jack High")
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Adam and Charles Black
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1912
- Keywords
- SPORTS BOWLING HISTORY BOWLERS BOWLS GAME FUN GAMES RECREATION NONFICTION GENERAL ILLUSTRATED PHOTOGRAPHS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sports; Fun; Sports - Misc;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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- First Edition
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- Leaves
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- Blindstamp
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- Cloth
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