8vo, (xii), 264, (4, index), 8 (advt) pp., half-title, additional steel-engraved title, frontispiece, 44 plates (one with a clean tear), illustrations and diagrams, original green cloth, blocked in blind and gilt. Eighth edition, revised by John William Carleton. A very good copy. Thomas, Swimming, p. 243; McNab, et al, Athletics compendium, E9; Hartley 1903.

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Title: Walker's manly exercises; containing rowing, sailing, riding, driving, racing, hunting, shooting, and other manly sports. The whole carefully revised, or written, by "Craven."
Publisher: London: Wm. S. Orr and Co., 1847
Binding: Hardcover

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Owners: James and Anne Burmester. Established 1986, but working full-time in the antiquarian book trade since 1968. Occasional catalogues issued of rare and unusual English books printed before 1840.

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