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THE GAME OF BILLIARDS. SCIENTIFICALLY EXPLAINED, AND PRACTICALLY SET FORTH, IN A SERIES OF NOVEL AND EXTRAORDINARY STROKES; AND ILLUSTRATED BY NUMEROUS APPROPRIATE DIAGRAMS. TO WHICH IS ADDED THE RULES AND REGULATIONS WHICH GOVERN THE NUMEROUS GAMES AS THEY ARE PLAYED AT THE PRESENT DAY IN ALL THE COUNTRIES OF EUROPE
by Kentfield, Edwin
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About This Item
London: Smith Elder & Co., 1839. Folio, in original cloth binding, rebacked. Gilt-lettered title on front cover and spine. Folding frontis [in facsimile], plus 93 plates [plates 36 and 56 supplied in facsimile]. [10], 48, Plates 1-93 [printed on rectos only], [1 - engraved advertisement for John Thurston, Billiard Table Manufacturer] pp. Except as noted, Very Good.
Kentfield was the King of Billiards in his day, contemporary observers noting his "extraordinary performances" and his revolutionary improvements to the game. [Broadfoot, Major W.: BILLIARDS, London: 1896, p.13, accessed at Google Books.] This is the first edition of his masterwork, printed because "all the works published on Billiards, twenty or thirty years ago, are now comparatively useless, in consequence of the many alterations and improvements that have been successively introduced, and which have so greatly contributed to the state of perfection to which this noble amusement has at length arrived."
OCLC records only a few locations, some of which are apparently facsimiles.
Kentfield was the King of Billiards in his day, contemporary observers noting his "extraordinary performances" and his revolutionary improvements to the game. [Broadfoot, Major W.: BILLIARDS, London: 1896, p.13, accessed at Google Books.] This is the first edition of his masterwork, printed because "all the works published on Billiards, twenty or thirty years ago, are now comparatively useless, in consequence of the many alterations and improvements that have been successively introduced, and which have so greatly contributed to the state of perfection to which this noble amusement has at length arrived."
OCLC records only a few locations, some of which are apparently facsimiles.
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- Bookseller
- David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24029
- Title
- THE GAME OF BILLIARDS. SCIENTIFICALLY EXPLAINED, AND PRACTICALLY SET FORTH, IN A SERIES OF NOVEL AND EXTRAORDINARY STROKES; AND ILLUSTRATED BY NUMEROUS APPROPRIATE DIAGRAMS. TO WHICH IS ADDED THE RULES AND REGULATIONS WHICH GOVERN THE NUMEROUS GAMES AS THEY ARE PLAYED AT THE PRESENT DAY IN ALL THE COUNTRIES OF EUROPE
- Author
- Kentfield, Edwin
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Smith Elder & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1839
- Bookseller catalogs
- AMERICANA;
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David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC
All items guaranteed as described, and subject to prior sale. Any item returnable for any reason within ten days after receipt, in same condition as sent, for refund of purchase price. My liability limited to purchase price paid. Wrappers described when present; 'dbd' means disbound. Non-U.S. shipments charged at cost. We observe all customs regulations.
About the Seller
David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC
Biblio member since 2005
Woodbridge, Connecticut
About David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC
The Company, formed in 1989, specializes in the cultural, political, and social history of the Americas. Since 1993 David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC has been a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers. David M. Lesser is also a member of the American Antiquarian Society. Located in New Haven's suburb of Woodbridge, Connecticut, visitors are welcome by appointment. We issue six printed catalogues annually.
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