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Football » Football Books » Football History » FOOTBALL: THE RUGBY UNION GAME ... THE ASSOCIATION GAME ...

FOOTBALL: THE RUGBY UNION GAME ... THE ASSOCIATION GAME ...

FOOTBALL: THE RUGBY UNION GAME ... THE ASSOCIATION GAME ...

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Charles Marriott contributes the Rugby Union section while Alcock covers the Association game. This is the very scarce second edition, expanded and revised from the first, which was published as "Football: The Rugby Union Game" in 1894.

Second, revised, edition. 8vo. [iv] + 128pp. Frontispiece, 2 plates. Original illustrated red cloth with illustration of footballer preparing to take a kick. Original decorative red cloth, rubbed to edges with some minor staining and fading. Neat owner's name inside. A good copy of a very rare book.

Date
1903
Publisher
George Routledge
Author
Charles John Bruce MARRIOTT & Charles William ALCOCK

£220.00 (Code: 95711)

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