The Game's Afoot!
An Anthology of Sports, Games and the Open Air
Sidgwick and Jackson, 1926.
First edition. 8vo. Original green cloth lettered in gilt. A very good copy.
An anthology proving Bernard Darwin's commitment to the connection between literature and sport. Includes excerpts by Charles Darwin on horseriding, Charles Dickens on Coaching, Walter Scott on shooting, William Hazlitt on boxing and Erskine Childers on sailing. Other sports covered include: Riding and Racing; Shooting; Dogs; Cricket; Football; Golf; Tennis; Fishing and Hiking.
Bookplate of one Charles Hereward Brackenbury to the front pastedown and a gift inscription to the front free endpaper.
Stock ID: 37089
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