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AFLALO, F. G. (ed.).
The Sports of the World with Illustrations from Drawings and Photographs.

Description:
pp. viii, 217-416. Frontispiece and profuse illustration to each volume. Very good copies in the original cloth.

*The contents describe 44 sports in v.I - these include Sport in the Rockies; Public School Football; In Praise of Fencing; Trotters and Trotting in England; Westward Ho and Modern Golfers; Japanese Wrestling and Sleight of Body; and 43 sports in v.II - these include Tennis and Its Popularisation; Woodcock Shooting at Constantinople; Australian Cricket; Maori Sports; Famous Long Distance Swimmers; Roller Skating; the Fascination of Yachting; Military Sports in India; Whippet Racing. COPAC records only two locations - Universities of Durham and Manchester.

Cassell. London; A. B. Nelson and Son. Bristol.

Date Published: [1902-1903]. 2 volumes. SPECIAL EDITION.

Stock No. 65254

Price: £60.00

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