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1900261401900 1900 in12 broché,11,8 x 17,7 cm. 16 pages,ill.,texte bon.
1887B120958Braine-Le-Comte, Imp. Zech & fils 1887 87pp. + 4 planches hors-texte (dont deux en couleurs et deux avec ensemble 48 blasons en n/bl), 23cm., reliure cart. (plats marbrés, dos en toile noire avec titre doré), feuilles de garde marbrées, brochure originale conservée et reliée, bon état, peu commun, B120958
1892010585North American Croquet Association 1892. First Edition. . Soft cover. Good. This is a small 4" x 6" pamphlet. 9 pp. dated October 4 1892 that provides the National Rules of the game that were adopted in NYC on that date. Overall condition is good though the front cover is stained and the bottom inch of the rear wrapper is missing. Scarce! box 182 <br/> <br/> North American Croquet Association paperback
1873317249Boston: n.p. 1873. Second edition variant issue. Illustrations in text. ii blank 42 pp. 4 blank. First and last leaves are blank. 1 vols. 12mo. Grey printed wrappers. some edgewear and chipping. Very good. Second edition variant issue. Illustrations in text. ii blank 42 pp. 4 blank. First and last leaves are blank. 1 vols. 12mo. Drazin A22h [n.p. unknown books
186730452Springfield Mass: Published by Milton Bradley & Co 1867. 1st edition. Not in Drazin. Original publisher's purple cloth binding with gilt stamped decorations. Salmon - colored eps. Slight lean. Light-to-average wear. PO initials to ffep. A VG copy. xi 12 - 244 4 pp. 4 pages of adverts conclude volume. Croquet: pp. 13 - 41; Base Ball: pp 42 - 63. Frontis plus many wood cuts throughout text 8 for Croquet; 3 for Baseball. 12mo. 7-5/8" x 4-7/8" <br/><br/>The volume details to potential players the rules recently adopted in December 1865 as well as field lay-out & description of the divers players' roles & responsibilities. All is introduced with "The game of Base Ball is fast becoming with Americans what Cricket has already become with the English a national game." Here it is 140 years later and that's still quite true today- baseball is the national game. Published by Milton Bradley & Co hardcover books
18821305<p><b>THE FIRST AMERICAN ATTEMPT AT NATIONAL STANDARDIZED RULES OF CROQUET</b></p><p><b>CROQUET. </b><i>Croquet: the Rules governing the game as adopted by the National American Croquet Association October 4 1882. </i>12mo original printed wrappers pp. 11 stapled. New York: 1882. <br /></p><p>Fine copy of the First Edition of the first standard American rules of the game; one of two variants priority unknown. With a page-and-a-half description of the game followed by 53 rules. The National Croquet Association was founded in 1879 but it wasn't until October 4 1882 that representatives of twenty-five American croquet clubs met on the grounds of the New York Croquet Club and adopted a standard set of rules for the popular nine-wicket game. The association was active until the 1890s when the popularity of lawn tennis surged and interest in croquet viewed as a gambling game diminished. "The necessity for a uniform Code of Rules governing Croquet Players throughout the country has for a long time been apparent. During the Fall of 1882 players from New York City Boston Philadelphia and Norwich Ct. joined in a call for a CONVENTION to organize a National Association and adopt National Rules.the following Rules were adopted."-<i>Introduction. </i>Fine copy with an almost imperceptible vertical crease and nine wickets drawn in pencil on unprinted p. 12 by an early owner. Drazin <b>Croquet: A Checklist.2005 Update </b>A102. <b>OCLC </b>locates two copies Univ. of Illinois & Notre Dame. 81576</p>
1826mbb002924England: W Boag Newcastle 1826. no binding. Good/No Jacket. 320x240x1mm. 320x240x1mm35g . . W Boag Newcastle. England. 1826. . . . 1826. Political Broadside hand-out leading up to the General Election of. Slight browning; creasing; slight staining. edge-wear; . There was great rivalry between the Northumberland candidates: Thomas Wentworth Beaumont; Henry Thomas Liddell; Henry Grey Visct. Howick and Matthew Bell. The hand-outs and songsheets are very cutting to rivals. seems politics has not changed much. . . . . Domestic_tracked_OR_registered_flat_rate_FOR_THIS_ITEM_Within_Australia:_AU$12.60 W Boag Newcastle unknown
