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THE OUT OF DOOR LIBRARY - ATHLETIC SPORTS (INCLUDING GOLF, TENNIS, CYCLING, SURFING ETC.)

THE OUT OF DOOR LIBRARY - ATHLETIC SPORTS (INCLUDING GOLF, TENNIS, CYCLING, SURFING ETC.)

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Includes chapters on athletics, golf, lawn tennis, cycling, surf and surf-bathing and hunting in America. Authors include H.J. Whigham (US Open Golf Champion in 1896), Robert D Wrenn (US Open Tennis Champion in 1896) and Duffield Osborne, who contributed the very interesting chapter on early surf-bathing (surfing without the board!). Contains many illustrations.

8vo. First edition. 318pp. Original green cloth boards, lightly rubbed. A very good copy.

 

Date
1897
Publisher
Charles Scribner's Sons
Author
D.A SARGENT, H.J. WHIGHAM, Robert D. WRENN .....

£35.00 (Code: 66763)

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