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OXFORD VERSUS CAMBRIDGE: A RECORD OF INTER-UNIVERSITY CONTESTS FROM 1827-1930

OXFORD VERSUS CAMBRIDGE: A RECORD OF INTER-UNIVERSITY CONTESTS FROM 1827-1930

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A compendium of results of all the sport played between the two universites, including some of the lesser-known pursuits like billiards, chess, water polo, bandy, joi-jitsu and signalling. Something of a statisticians dream.

Large 8vo. xvii + 620pp. Pencil inscription to fly-leaf. Dust-wrapper, chipped to edges with some closed tears. Good condition.

Date
1931
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Author
Harold Maurice ABRAHAMS & John BRUCE-KERR

£35.00 (Code: 102051)

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