Pageantry of Sport from the Age of Chivalry to the Age of Victoria. With selections from the writings of Hazlitt, Egan, Nimrod, Walton, Twain, Fielding, Dickens... Illustrated... by ARLOTT, John & DALEY, Arthur

Elek, 9/1/1968. Hardcover. Very Good. Oblong folio. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Ships daily. This is an oversized or heavy book, that requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.

New York: Hawthorn Books. Very Good/Very Good. 1968. First Edition. Hard Cover. Folio - over 12" - 15" Tall (oblong) Used Features selections from William Hazlitt, Pierce Egan, Nimrod, Izaak Walton, Mark Twain, henry Fielding, Charles Dickens and many others, together with 16 colour plates and 144 b/w drawings &tc. folio (oblong) (light spotting to edges).. Keywords: Pageantry, of, sport, from, the, age, of, chivalry, to, the, age, of, Victoria.

NY: Hawthorn Books, Inc.. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. [c1968]. First American Edition. Hardcover. Oblong folio; 128p., illustrated, 16 color plates. **With selections from the writings of William Hazlitt, Pierce Egan, Nimrod, Izaak Walton, Mark Twain, Henry Fielding, Charles Dickens and many others. .

Hawthorn Books, 1968. First edition. Hard cover. Very Good/Good. The dustjacket has some short tears and edgewear. Illustrated with 16 color plates and 144 contemporary drawings, engravings and paintings. 128 pages illustrations (some color), portraits 28 x 40 cm. Contents: Introduction --Pageantry of sport / John Arlott --THe American scene / Arthur Daley --Angling --Honest, civil, quiet men / Izaak Walton --Let me live harmlessly / Izaak Walton --Archery --Philologe to shoote streyght / Roger Ascham --Boxing --The gas-man v. Bill Neate / William Hazlitt --Champions of the Ring / Pierce Egan --Cock-fighting --Of dieting and ordering a cock for battle / Charles Cotton --The cocking-main / Mark Twain --Cricket --Tricks of the trade / James Pycroft --Cricket match between twenty-two females / Pierce Egan --Singular cricket matches and races / Pierce Egan --Alfred Mynn / William Jeffrey Prowse --John Small / Pierce Egan --Fencing --Backswordsmanship / John Godfrey --Letters concerning the Hungerford… Read More

New York: Hawthorn Books, Inc., 1968. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Wonderful, breezy survey of sports history and ideal coffee table book. Oblong, 15.5 by 10.75 inches.

New York: Hawthorn, 1968. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First American edition. Fine in a very good, sunned, price-clipped dustwrapper with a few tape repairs.

New York: Hawthorn Books, 1968. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 10.7x15.6x0.9in. light wear to bottom tips, dust jacket light worn at extremities with small tear at bottom edge of front panel. Dust jacket in clear protector. Illustrated with 16 color plates and 144 contemporary drawings, engravings and paintings. 128pp 4.17lb 10.7x15.6x0.9in

N Y: Hawthorn Books, Inc., 1968. Oversize Hardback. Good/Poor. XL. Full green cloth boards worn and faded at edges. Tattered dust jacket. Small stain on side page ends. Tight binding. Large oblong format: 15 1/2""w x 10 3/4""h. 128 pages. Many b&w and color illustrations.

NY: Hawthorn. VG in VG DJ. (1968). 1st Amer ed. A colorful, lavish, breathtaking panorams of great sports of the 12th through the 19th century in England and the U.S. . Illus endpapers, DJ tanned toward edges. .

New York: Hawthorn, 1968. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First American edition. Fine in a fine dustwrapper save for a bit of yellowing to the back panel.