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THE BOOK OF SPORTS & PASTIMES - HOME, PETS, HOBBIES AND MANY OTHER INTERESTING RECREATIONS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

THE BOOK OF SPORTS & PASTIMES - HOME, PETS, HOBBIES AND MANY OTHER INTERESTING RECREATIONS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

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A wide-ranging early 20th-century A-Z introduction to numerous major and minor sports plus many other mainstream and obscure activities, with explanatory illustrations throughout.

8vo. 344pp. Pictorial boards. Boards lightly rubbed to edges. Small closed-tear to title-page. Occasional foxing. Gift inscription to original owner to flyleaf. A good copy. First edition.

Date
1907
Publisher
C. Arthur Pearson
Author
J.K. BENSON (ed.)

£40.00 (Code: 101266)

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