The Shove Ha’penny Board Displayed.
£100.00
Publisher
Printed for Christophers, at 22 Berners St., W.1.
Place
London
Date
[1934]
Synopsis
A treatise wherein, together with the history, the whole theory and practice of that diverting art and admirable mystery are described.
Item Description
Small 8vo. 7.25 x 4.75 inches. 96 pp. Bound in original buff cloth, with green titles and pictorial block on front board. A little browning of flyleaves and light spotting of edges; otherwise a very good clean copy. Signature of C. F. Sturges Hinton St. Mary 1934 on second free endpaper. Bookseller's stamp of B. Hanks Clock House Sturminster Newton, Dorset on rear pastedown. Illustrated by line drawings in text and on half title. A light hearted account of the history, equipment and playing of the game known to Samuel Pepys as Shuffleboard. By Trelawney Dayrell-Reed, poet and historian, known for his books on dark age history. A scarce title.
[Stock No. 27873]
