The cost of sport / by the Earl of Coventry, the Hon. Gerald Lascelles, Major Gerald Ricardo, Major F. Herbert, Mr. Edward Whymper, Mr. E.T. Sachs, Mr. Walter Winans, Mr. C.E.A. Rumbold, Mr. J.D. Inverarity, Mr. Warrington Baden-Powell, Mr. W.H. Grenfell, Mr. H.A. Bryden, and many others ; edited by F.G. Aflalo, joint-editor of the "Encyclopedia of Sport."
Published / Created:
London : John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1899.[Edinburgh] : Edinburgh Press, 9 and 11 Young Street, [1899]
Physical Description:
[5], viii-xiv, [2], 364 pages ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in publisher's gilt-stamped green cloth.
Contents:
I. Shooting and fishing -- Shooting, Brishing Islands generally -- Fishing, British Islands generally -- Sporting licenses. -- II. Hunting and racing -- Hunting, the hunting establishment -- Racing -- Trotting. -- III. Boating and yachting -- Boating -- Canoeing -- Punting -- Yachting. -- IV. Games -- Cricket -- Curling -- Golf -- Lawn tennis -- Polo -- V. Various -- Archery -- Coursing -- Cycling -- Falconry / Hon. G. Lascelles -- Ice Sports -- Mountain climbing in the Alps / Edward Whymper.
Aflalo, Frederick G. (Frederick George), 1870–1918, editor. | Baden-Powell, W. (Warington), 1847–1921. | Bryden, H. A. (Henry Anderson), 1854–1937. | Desborough, William Henry Grenfell, Baron, 1855–1945, author. | Herbert, F. | Lascelles, Gerald, 1849–1928. | Inverarity, J. D. | Ricardo, Gerald. | Rumbold, C. E. A. | Sachs, Edwin Thomas, -1910. | Whymper, Edward, 1840–1911. | Winans, Walter, 1852–1920. | John Murray (Firm), publisher. | Edinburgh Press, printer.