Fencing, Boxing, and Wrestling

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A Sotheran bound copy of this Badminton Library illustrated volume of fencing, boxing, and wrestling. Bound by Sotheran.The third edition.Part of the 'Badminton Library' an extensive series of volumes on various sports and pastimes.This volumes focuses on fencing, boxing, and wrestling. With practical instructions on how to master the sports, alongside fascinating history.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and forty plates.Collated, complete.By Walter H. Pollock, F. C. Grove, Camille Prevost, E. B. Michell, and Walter Armstrong.Bookplate of Ernest Terah Hooley to the front paste down. Hooley was a financial fraudster, who bought promising companies and resold them to the public at inflated prices, leading him to be bankrupt four times and served two prison terms. In a half crushed morocco binding with marbled paper to the boards, bound by Sotheran. Externally, smart. Light discolouration to the extremities. Spine is faded. Minor rubbing to the joints. Bookplate to the front paste down. Spots to the fore edge. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with scattered spots. Very Good. N° de ref. del artículo 952P34

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