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CROQUET: TWELVE HINTS TO BEGINNERS

CROQUET: TWELVE HINTS TO BEGINNERS

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2nd edition reprint of articles from the Croquet Association Gazette, the first edition being in 1929, the original title was Hints to Long-Bisquers but this was apparently changed on the recommendation of the association's publicity department.

12mo. stapled pamphlet. 16pp. Very good condition, clean and bright in original mint green stiff card wraps, faintly foxed but square and bright. [Drazin, A147 (b)]

Date
1949
Publisher
Croquet Association
Author
R.L.J

£25.00 (Code: 26249)

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