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REMINISCENCES OF AN OLD SPORTSMAN - A GOSSIP OF MEMORIES AND MOODS

REMINISCENCES OF AN OLD SPORTSMAN - A GOSSIP OF MEMORIES AND MOODS

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Autobiography of the redoubtable Oxford oarsman Walter Bradford Woodgate who was a member of two Boat Race winning crews of the 1860s and contributed the classic volume on 'Boating' to the Badminton Library series, with photographic plates throughout.

8vo. 499pp. Cloth-covered boards. Covers rubbed, particularly to spine. Original owner's name in pencil to flyleaf. Some pages lightly foxed. A good copy. First edition.

Date
1909
Publisher
Eveleigh Nash
Author
W.B. WOODGATE

£24.00 (Code: 101270)

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