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BASKETBALL: FUNDAMENTALS—DEFENCE—OFFENCE—OFFICIATING—COACHING—RULES

BASKETBALL: FUNDAMENTALS—DEFENCE—OFFENCE—OFFICIATING—COACHING—RULES

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The first book published on basketball. Its author was a founder member of the Amateur Basketball Association of England and Wales. Three further editions issued up to 1964.

First Edition. 12mo. 156pp. 27 full-page illustations, diagrams. Greenish-blue cloth, sl rubbed. Dust-wrapper, in pieces but more or less complete, loosely inserted at the back. Previous owner's signature to end-paper. Uncommon.

Date
1949
Publisher
Pitman
Author
William BROWNING

£30.00 (Code: 17950)

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