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Item Details
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| Author: |
Greville, Lady, ed. |
| Title: |
The Gentlewoman's Book of Sports, Vol. I |
| Place: |
London |
| Publisher: |
Henry & Co. |
| Date: |
[c.1900] |
| Item # : |
126716 |
| Offered by: |
PBA Galleries
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| End Date |
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01/27/2003 19:00:00 CST |
| Price realized |
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$ 75 |
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Item was sold in an online auction !
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| Description: |
| Vol. I only. 227 + [12] ad pp. Small portrait from a photograph at each chapter of each of the woman contributing authors. 7x5, gilt-stamped green cloth, top edge gilt. First Edition. |
| Part of the Victoria Library for Gentlewomen series under the patronage of the Queen, edited by W.H. Davenport Adams. Includes chapters on: Trout Fishing; Salmon Fishing; Sailing; Boating and Sculling; Swimming; Skating; Lawn Tennis; Cricket; Archery; Golf (by Miss A.M. Stewart); and Fencing. |
| Condition: |
| From the U.S.G.A. library with their call-number tag taped on the spine and bookplate on the front free endpaper. Cloth spine detaching with both joints splitting and tearing, shelf wear, light soiling, corners a bit bumped; binding shaken and hinges cracking; contents clean and unmarked, else a fair to good copy of this scarce title. |
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