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SWIMMING

SWIMMING

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Comprehensive history and bibliography of swimming.

1st edition. 8vo. 488pp. illustrations and diagrams. Internally very clean. In the original yellow cloth. Gutter exposed, particularly at back. In the original, very rare, dust-wrapper which is heavily chipped to top edge and head of spine, with a larger piece missing from the lower spine. A good copy.

Date
1904
Publisher
Sampson Low, Marston & Co
Author
Ralph THOMAS

£80.00 (Code: 40070)

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