WALKER, Donald. Games and Sports; being an appendix to "Manly Exercises" and "Exercises for Ladies", London: Thomas Hurst, 1837, 8°, FIRST EDITION, engraved frontispiece and 33 engraved plates (occasional light spotting, marginal dampstaining to 2 plates just affecting image), original brown cloth gilt (head of spine faded, corners slightly rubbed), g.e.

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WALKER, Donald. Games and Sports; being an appendix to "Manly Exercises" and "Exercises for Ladies", London: Thomas Hurst, 1837, 8°, FIRST EDITION, engraved frontispiece and 33 engraved plates (occasional light spotting, marginal dampstaining to 2 plates just affecting image), original brown cloth gilt (head of spine faded, corners slightly rubbed), g.e.

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The book covers a multitude of early sports and games, both indoor and outdoor, including a very early form of lawn tennis known as long or open tennis. See illustration

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