NOTES ON CROQUET: AND SOME ANCIENT BAT AND BALL GAMES RELATED TO IT

The author attempts to throw light on the origin of croquet which is generally thought to have derived from Pall-Mall which itself came from a game played on horseback called chicane.

8vo. 58pp + [1] Frontispiece (tissue-guard, foxed), 5 further plates. Original reddish sand-grained cloth, title in gilt lettering to front. Head and tail of spine sl rubbed. A very good copy.

Date

1872

Publisher

Williams & Norgate

Author

Richard Chandler Alexander PRIOR

£250.00 (Code: 1092)

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