SWIMMING. Large Paper Edition. The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes.
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). Very good condition. Item #019224
xviii, 486 pages of text including an index. Full leather binding with both boards rehinged; spine is darkened and there is minor shelfwear. This is a vanity binding personally bound for Henry Arthur Johnstone, with his monogram in gilt on the front cover, and leather endpapers with his nautical themed bookplate impressed into the leather-covered first free endpaper. Another bookplate, that of Howard Gould, is affixed to the inside front cover. Large paper edition, hand-numbered 130 of 250 copies published. Illustrated. The text is generally clean and is unmarked. First edition.
Price: $875.00