SCIENTIFIC BILLIARDS: Garnier's Practice Shots, with hints to Amateurs
Published by D. Appleton & Company, New York, 1880
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.Type Punch Matrix
AbeBooks seller since September 8, 2020
Condition: Used - Very good
US$ 600.00
Quantity: 1 available
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First edition of this Gilded-Age manual for the recently "much improved" game of three-ball billiards. "The great superiority of the three-ball billiards must be sufficiently evident to all who have studied and practiced the modern game," writes Garnier in his preface for this nifty 19th century game guide. Each page contains a vivid color diagram of a particular practice shot, with descriptive instructions. 6.5'' x 8.25''. Original brown cloth, stamped with black, green, red and silver blliiard design to front board with blind-stamped ruling, lettered in gilt to front board and spine, rebacked with original spine laid down. 109 pages. Previous owner signature to front fly leaf. Some wear to boards. Tiny closed tear to front fly leaf, a bit of cracking to front hinge (still sound). Bright.
Seller Inventory # 51881
Bibliographic details
- Title
- SCIENTIFIC BILLIARDS: Garnier's Practice Shots, with hints to Amateurs
- Author
- Garnier, Albert
- Publisher
- D. Appleton & Company, New York
- Publication year
- 1880
- Condition
- Very good.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Dimensions
- 6.5'' x 8.25''.
- Seller catalogs
- Sports
Type Punch Matrix
Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
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Type Punch Matrix is a rare book firm founded by Rebecca Romney and Brian Cassidy. Between them, they bring over 30 years of experience in the antiquarian book trade. TPM sells a mixture of beloved classics and innovative texts from throughout print history, for collectors and institutions alike. Handpress and modern books, archives and manuscripts, letterpress and ephemera: TPM aims to make collecting both more accessible and more diverse, and believes in the mindful acquisition, preservation, and celebration of the materials of our literary cultures. …
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Type Punch Matrix Inc.
1111 East West Highway, Suite 300
Silver Spring, MD U.S.A. 20910
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