Buy this book on-line Parker, G A : South African Sports : Cricket, Football, Athletics, Cycling, Tennis, Racing, Polo, Golf, Gymnastics, Boxing, Shooting, &c. : An Official Handbook with Portraits of Leading Athletes and OfficialsSampson Low, Marston, and Company, London, 1897
234 pages (complete). A hardy, much owned copy. The boards are bold ; they are worn and marked all about. They are steady and congenial. The contents are aged. They still retain a patina of heartiness. The early pages were repaired at some stage with scotch tape. There are rushes of foxing here and there; there is wear from usage and age; they are still keen, clean(ish), clear, very certain. fk. Book Condition: Fair. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: No Jacket Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Parker, G A : South African Sports : Cricket, Football, Athletics, Cycling, Tennis, Racing, Polo, Golf, Gymnastics, Boxing, Shooting, &c. : An Official Handbook with Portraits of Leading Athletes and Officials. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. PARKER, G.A : South African Sports. Cricket, Football, Athletics, Cycling, Tennis, Racing, Polo, Golf, Gymnastics, Boxing, Shooting EtcSampson Low Marston and Company, 1897
First Edition. A very good copy in the original red cloth, light wear to extremities, staining to fore-edge margin rear board, contents clean and tight. The first book devoted to South African sports, and a mine of information relating to late 19th century activity in the sports covered. The breakdown of the contents is as follows: cricket (48pp); football (49pp); athletics (23pp); cycling (14pp); lawn tennis (12pp); golf (21pp); polo (6pp); turf (17pp); shooting 96pp); boxing (4pp); bowls (2pp); skittles (1p); gymnastics (3pp); Rhodesian sports (5pp). Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of PARKER, G.A : South African Sports. Cricket, Football, Athletics, Cycling, Tennis, Racing, Polo, Golf, Gymnastics, Boxing, Shooting Etc. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres d'occasion, out-of-print books, livres illustrées, fine bindings and atlases. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |