vii, [1], 492 pp. Illustrated with numerous wood engravings throughout. 9x5½, bound in ¾ brown morocco and marbled boards, rebacked with original gilt-lettered spine laid on, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. First Edition.
The first book set by linotype. The copyright page states: "This book is printed without type, being the first product in book form of the Mergenthaler machine which wholly supersedes the use of movable type." Includes a chapter on fishing by Yale Beach. The other sports include archery, horsemanship, baseball, lawn tennis, la crosse, football, cricket, hunting and trapping, photography, yachting, swimming, rowing and canoeing, gymnastics, camping, shot gun and rifle shooting, croquet, cycling, and winter sports, along with other useful facts.
Condition:
Joints and extremities rubbed, occasional chips to leather; bookplate from Jeffrey Norton on the front pastedown, previous owner's signature on front prelim., some darkening to pages, very good to near fine.