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ATHLETICS

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Edwardian overview of athletics from the Isthmian Library series, including chapters on the Clubs at Oxford and Cambridge Universities, plus guidance on performance and training. 

8vo. 356pp. Cloth-covered boards with gold-embossed lettering and design. Wear to cover with fraying to edges in parts. Ageing and discolouration to pages. Ex-Library copy in fair condition with stamps to fly-leaf, half-title page and title-page. Tissue to frontispiece removed. Otherwise intact and pages sound.

Date
1901
Publisher
Ward, Lock & Co., Limited
Author
W. Beach THOMAS

£80.00 (Code: 82874)

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