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THE BOOK OF ATHLETICS

THE BOOK OF ATHLETICS

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Updated edition of the early multi-authored American sports manual first published in 1895, offering advice across a range of sports, with extensive sections on American football and athletics, plus a review of the Olympic Games of 1912, with photographic illustrations throughout.

8vo. 512pp. Pictorial cloth-covered boards. Boards rubbed. Small splash mark to spine. Front endpaper missing. Good condition.

Date
1914
Publisher
Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co.
Author
Paul WITHINGTON (ed.)

£18.00 (Code: 102071)

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