Athletic Sports In America, England and Australia.
Comprising History, Characteristics, Sketches of Famous Leaders, Organization
And Great Contests Of Baseball, Cricket, Football, La Crosse, Tennis, Rowing and Cycling.
Also Including
The 66 Famous "Around the World" Tour of American Baseball Teams,
Their Enthusiastic Welcomes, Royal Receptions, Banquets, Great Games Played
Before Notables of Foreign Nations, Humorous Incidents,
Interesting Adventures, Etc., Etc.
By Harry Clay Palmer, J. A. Fynes, Frank Richter, W. I. Harris
Assisted by Quigley and Hanlon, on Aquatics; Priall, on Cycling; Banshee
And Kellogg, on Tennis; And Other Leading Authorities On Athletic Sports.
Introduction by Henry Chadwick.
The Whole Most Elegantly Illustrated.
FIRST EDITION
ILLUSTRATED WITH BLACK AND WHITE AND COLOR PLATES
SCARCE
Publisher: Hubbard Brothers, Publishers, Philadelphia
Copyright: 1889
CONDITION: This book is in good condition. Hardcover. Beveled brown cloth pictorial covers are worn along edges and corners and surface rubbed. Hinges and binding sturdy. Color frontispiece guarded by a tissue guard. The text block and illustrations are crisp and clean. Appendix pages are creased along lower right corner. This fantastic Victorian sporting reference is profusely illustrated in both color and black and white.
709 pages, 7" x 9.5"
LOC BRN B4 SH1
Comprising History, Characteristics, Sketches of Famous Leaders, Organization
And Great Contests Of Baseball, Cricket, Football, La Crosse, Tennis, Rowing and Cycling.
Also Including
The 66 Famous "Around the World" Tour of American Baseball Teams,
Their Enthusiastic Welcomes, Royal Receptions, Banquets, Great Games Played
Before Notables of Foreign Nations, Humorous Incidents,
Interesting Adventures, Etc., Etc.
By Harry Clay Palmer, J. A. Fynes, Frank Richter, W. I. Harris
Assisted by Quigley and Hanlon, on Aquatics; Priall, on Cycling; Banshee
And Kellogg, on Tennis; And Other Leading Authorities On Athletic Sports.
Introduction by Henry Chadwick.
The Whole Most Elegantly Illustrated.
FIRST EDITION
ILLUSTRATED WITH BLACK AND WHITE AND COLOR PLATES
SCARCE
Publisher: Hubbard Brothers, Publishers, Philadelphia
Copyright: 1889
CONDITION: This book is in good condition. Hardcover. Beveled brown cloth pictorial covers are worn along edges and corners and surface rubbed. Hinges and binding sturdy. Color frontispiece guarded by a tissue guard. The text block and illustrations are crisp and clean. Appendix pages are creased along lower right corner. This fantastic Victorian sporting reference is profusely illustrated in both color and black and white.
709 pages, 7" x 9.5"
LOC BRN B4 SH1