Billiards

London: Longmans Green and Co 1901. 8vo.Illustrated. xii, 455 (4) pp. Original publisher's decorated brown cloth with gilt lettering and decoration to spine, and decorated endpapers. History of and guide to billiards; plates, diagrams and in-text illustrations throughout by Lucien Davis; publisher's catalogue at rear. Spine ends and corners a little rubbed, but boards clean; page edges foxed and spotting… Read more about this item

London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1897. Cloth. Good. 8" by 5.5". Lucien Davis. Published as part of the Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes series, this illustrated volume celebrates and provides guidance on billiards. An early edition of this volume on Billiards, with frontispiece, ten plates, and numerous in text illustrations, collated and complete. … Read more about this item

London & Bombay: Longmans, Green & Co., 1896. Finely bound in half leather by Hatchards of Picadilly. Dark blue morocco spine and corners, with gilt ruled borders.Five raised bands on the spine, gilt title lettering, and date, with sporting emblems decorating four compartments.Top edge gilt.Ochre cloth boards, and marbled endpapers.. xii, 455 pages. Illustrated with numerous full page engraved plates… Read more about this item

London and Bombay: Longmans, Green, and Co.. Three quarter blue leather with orange sides and gilt frontispiece and title to spine. 455pp. b/w plates and illus. Top text block is trimmed and gilt. Side and bottom are untrimmed. Spine has damage inc. tears and leather also has extensive rubbing. Pages have foxing but contents… Read more about this item

London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1901. Lightly rubbed and bumped. Closed edges heavily foxed, some foxing throughout, endpapers browned, owner name to ffep, content clean and firm.. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo.