Eric Chaim Kline, Bookseller

Eric Chaim Kline, Bookseller
Item #46278 The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes: Archery. C. J. Longman, Col. H. Walrond.
The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes: Archery
The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes: Archery
The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes: Archery
The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes: Archery
The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes: Archery
The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes: Archery

The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes: Archery

Boston, London: Little, Brown & Co.; Longmans, Green & Co., 1894. First edition. Hardcover. 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. g. Item #46278

Price: $75.00

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