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THE POPULAR RECREATOR - A KEY TO IN-DOOR AND OUT-DOOR AMUSEMENTS (2 VOLUMES IN 1)

THE POPULAR RECREATOR - A KEY TO IN-DOOR AND OUT-DOOR AMUSEMENTS (2 VOLUMES IN 1)

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High-Victorian manual offering guidance and inspiration for a wide variety of sports and pastimes, including cricket, golf, cycling, rowing and fishing, featuring beautifully etched plates. In two volumes bound as one with a good index to the whole.

Large 8vo. 780pp. Original cloth-covered boards with tooled-leather spine. Considerable wear to boards and spine, with a few chips and losses. Marbled endpapers. Binding is a little shaky in places. Index pages loose, otherwise fully intact. A good copy.

Date
1873
Publisher
Cassell, Petter & Galpin

£95.00 (Code: 86172)

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