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100% response ~ 26 YEARS ON ~ 5-STAR SERVICE1840 Donald Walker – Games and Sports – 33 Plates
Early illustrated British sporting compendium coveringgolf, cricket, football, tennis, archery, billiards, curling, bowling, racket, chessand many traditional games and pastimes.
Walker published the work as an appendix and companion to hisManly ExercisesandExercises for Ladies.
230 pages + 7 pages Hurst ads;33 full-page engraved plates; 4½ x 7 inches; all edges gilt.
Near Very Good:spine showing some separation but holding nicely; generalized exterior rubbing. Binding tight. Interior exceptionally clean, with no names, writing and virtually no foxing. See Condition Description and photos.
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GAMES AND SPORTS; Being an Appendix to “Manly Exercises” and “Exercises for Ladies”
Donald Walker
London: Joseph Thomas, 1840. New Edition.
A remarkable early Victorian compendium ofBritish games and sports, illustrated with33 full-page engraved platesand containing substantial sections ongolf, cricket, football, tennis, archery, billiards, curling, bowling, nine pins, hand ball, racket, chess, draughts and numerous traditional games and pastimes.
Walker conceivedGames and Sportsas the companion and appendix to his earlierManly ExercisesandExercises for Ladies, extending his program of physical education to active games, competitive sports and social recreation.
The contents range from Blind Man’s Buff and Hide and Seek through golf, archery and cricket to football, tennis and seasonal sports, followed by an extensive and wonderfully period section on social games and forfeits.
230 pages plus 7 pages of publisher’s advertisements. 33 engraved plates. Approximately 4½ x 7 inches. All edges gilt.
Condition:Near Very Good. Spine showing some separation but holding nicely; generalized rubbing to covers, spine ends and corners. Binding tight. Interior exceptionally clean, with no names or writing and virtually no foxing. Please see photographs for the binding and exterior condition.
An unusually appealing copy internally of an important early illustrated survey of British sport and recreation.
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