Green Eustace White (2 results)

HARDCOVER. 1st edition. 231pp, illustrated, red octavo cloth, gilt title to spine, decorative boards. A very scarce entry in The National Library of Sports and Pastimes series. tight binding, owner name and info inked on front endpaper, some cover wear/soiling, Good+.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Montague Dixon (illustrator). First edition. The scarce first edition of this illustrated work on Hockey from the National Library of Sports and Pastimes. First edition of Hockey by Eric H. Green and Eustace E. White in the original publisher's cloth binding.A scarce work with only three of the first editions held in libraries.Illustrated with thirty two action photographs, all but numbers 31 and 32 taken by photographer Montague Dixon. Collated, complete. A few of the plates are working loose.Published from The National Library of Sports and Pastimes.With fifteen pages of advertisements to the rear. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, sound. There is bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. The spine is faded and there are some markings to the boards. The hinges are slightly strained but firm. Internally, generally firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean with some odd spotting and light age toning. A few of the plates are working loose. Good. book.