First edition. 12 woodcut illustrations of different sports for each month of the year. Large 4to. Pictorial brown boards, with publisher's device to the rear. Boards a little rubbed, corners bumped, little nicking to head and tail of spine otherwise a very good copy. The sports depicted are: Hunting (January), Coursing (February), Racing (March), Boating (April), Fishing (May), Cricket (June), Archery (July), Coaching (August), Shooting (September), Golf (October), Boxing (November) and Skating (December).

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Title: An Almanac of Twelve Sports: with words by Rudyard Kipling.
Author: KIPLING, Rudyard, NICHOLSON, William illustrator.
Publisher: London, William Heineman, 1898
Publication year: 1898
Seller catalogs: Antiquarian, Art

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An Almanac of Twelve Sports: with words by Rudyard Kipling.

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