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Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Oak Knoll Press, New Castle, Delaware, 2000, frst edition; large 8vo, 160 x 240mm; pp xx, 508; dark blue cloth, spine gilt, pictorial dust wrapper, all in very good to near fine condition. . . . . . The work is the first to tackle seriously and systematically the literature on croquet. This book look in separate sections at printed works such as books and pamphlets, both seen or known with certainty or surmised on good evidence, and at patents relevant to the game. Details are given some 403 specialist titles, 493 subsequent editiona and variations, and 158 patents. Most of these documents are in English but other languages, including French, German, Italian, Swedish, Afrikaans, Chinese and Japanese are also represented. There are indexes of titles, authors and other contirbutors, abd of publishers and printers. . . . . . The author's intention was to compile a comprehensive listing, a catalogue raisonée, of iterature on the game, a later volume (or volumes) taking in fiction touching on croquet, plays, music and anything to do with the game in a variety of media, but it seems that that ambition is yet to be realised. . . . . . NOTE that as the volume weighs some 1.2kg overseas (but not domestic) orders may require a small carriage supplement.…

A NEW BOOK . SPECIALIST BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS COMPLETE FROM 1853 TO 1997. INCLUDES OVER 1000 ENTRIES, OVER 500 PAGES.