Ball, Bat and Bishop; 5000 Years of Sport
New York: Rockport Press, 1947. First edition. Hardcover. First edition (stated). Quite scarce. Hardcover in buff buckram cloth decorated in brown. xx +220 pp. Index and bibliography.Illustrated. A cornerstone title that traces the history of games with balls from ancient times. With an extensive section on baseball and also chapters on tennis, football, golf, billiards, and obscure games such as stoolball and "bridal ball". A generally fine example but with a bookplate on the front free endpaper and newspaper clipping about the author affixed to the front pastedown.In very good jacket with a 1" chip to the head of the spine and rubbing to the spine folds. Near Fine / very good. Item #E19944
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