THE LONSDALE ANTHOLOGY OF SPORTING PROSE & VERSE.
Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd. London.,1932, 1932.
FIRST EDITION. 8vo. Illustrated with 22 plates including a full colour frontis, by various artists. Contains writings by many authors, including Izaak Walton, John Buchan, William shakespeare, Neville Cardus, Bernard Darwin, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and many others. Sports covered include Boxing, Archery, Tennis, Golf, Football, Hunting, Polo, and Cricket. Some foxing to fore edge of pages but overall very clean internally. Bound in the publishers delux quarter green leather binding, spine ruled in blind and lettered in gilt.Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. A lovely copy.:.
Item #5845
Price: £125.00