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West Coast Rare Books

West Coast Rare Books

Westport / Ireland

Peek, The Encyclopaedia of Sport.

Peek, The Encyclopaedia of Sport.

Peek, Hedley / Aflalo, F.G. The Encyclopaedia of Sport. First volume available. London, Lawrence and Bullen, Ltd., 1897. 27.1cm x 19cm. X, 632 pages. With historic illustrations. Original Hardcover. Good condition with only minor signs of external wear. With gilt cover and spine illustrations, and gilt edges. Front endpaper loose.

Includes for example the following chapters: Angling / Archery / Athletics (Cross-Country, High Jumping, Long Jumping, Pole Jumping / Throwing the Disc, etc) / Badminton / Bowling in the north / Boxing / Butterfly and moth collecting / Canoes and canoeing / Cricket / Croquet / Curling / Cycling / Driving / Falconry / Football / Rugby / Golf / Gymnastics / Highland Sports / Hockey / Irish Sport / Lacrosse / Lawn Football / Lawn Tennis, etc.

Our price: EUR 60,-- 

Peek, The Encyclopaedia of Sport.
Peek, The Encyclopaedia of Sport.

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