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JEUX DE BALLE ET DE BALLON

JEUX DE BALLE ET DE BALLON

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From the series Encyclopedie des sports, the guide to ball games, concentrates on Football, Palm (Pelota variant) and Lawn Tennis, but also features, boules, lacrosse etc. French language text.

1st edition. 8vo. 229pp. plus index and col. Beautiful illustrations in-text and diagrams. Internally bright and clean, pages very mildly browned, some foxing to occasional leaves, very good. Small administrative stamp doubled up to top of half title. Gilt page edges. In original decorative red cloth gilt. Some fraying to extremities and corners, fraying to head and tail of spine, and separation to lowest portion of upper spin join, but remains tight. A rare item.

Date
1894
Publisher
Paris: Librairies-Imprimeries Reunies
Author
M. Philippe DARYL [series editor]

£140.00 (Code: 22202)

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