THE NEW HANDBOOK OF CROQUET
Published by George Routledge and Sons in London [1870]
SKU: 58661
£45.00
Revised Edition ("When I wrote my 'Handbook of Croquet' about six years ago... the rules that I made then have become incomplete and rococo; and I have therefore been obliged to write a new Hand-book..."). 16mo. hardback (approx. 17 x 10.5cm) with illustrated boards. 64pp., illustrated in b/w. Advertisements to rear cover and Publisher's Lists to endpapers. A clean copy with no previous owners' markings or inscriptions. Backward lean to text block and wear to spine with some loss to top and base, exposing webbing (please see photos). Light soiling and rubbing to boards but still a attractive Good Copy.