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HISTORY OF CURLING With 50 Years Royal Caledonian Curling Club by John Kerr 1890
HISTORY OF CURLING With 50 Years Royal Caledonian Curling Club by John Kerr 1890
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HISTORY OF CURLING
Scotlands Ain Game and Fifty Years of The Royal Caledonian Curling Club
By John Kerr
Scotlands Ain Game and Fifty Years of The Royal Caledonian Curling Club
By John Kerr
Published by David Douglas, Edinburgh, 1890. First Edition. Hardback, blue cloth binding, 8vo. xiv + [2] + 440pp + [16] publisher's illustrated catalogue at the rear of the book. Portrait frontis. (Marquis of Breadalbane with hunting dog), engraved titlepage, 14 full-page engraved plates, numerous text illustrations, chapter head and tail-pieces, illuminated initials. I
CONTENTS INCLUDE:
Ancient Curling
Modern Curling
The Origin of the Game
A Study of Stones
Ancient Curling Societies
The Transition Period 1800 - 1838
The Art of Curling
The Victorian Era
Curling Equipment
The Science of Curling
The Art of Curling
The work is divided into three parts: the first section deals with the origin of the sport and the study of the "stones"; the second part covers curling during the years 1800-1838, the birth of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club and the curluing "furth" of Scotland (England, France, Canada, Russia, etc); while part three deals with equipment, the science, the art of curling and "Bibliotheca Curliana"
CONDITION
A good copy. The cloth binding is good with a mark to the upper board as can be seen in the main image provided. Endpapers good. All contents present and pages in good clean condition throughout. "From Peter Shaw" is written in pencil to the front endpaper, along with a note in pen which points to the footnote on page 377 where Peter Shaw is mentioned. Small ink stamp to half-title page and one other to the last page of the index. Overall a good copy.
Curling Equipment
The Science of Curling
The Art of Curling
The work is divided into three parts: the first section deals with the origin of the sport and the study of the "stones"; the second part covers curling during the years 1800-1838, the birth of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club and the curluing "furth" of Scotland (England, France, Canada, Russia, etc); while part three deals with equipment, the science, the art of curling and "Bibliotheca Curliana"
CONDITION
A good copy. The cloth binding is good with a mark to the upper board as can be seen in the main image provided. Endpapers good. All contents present and pages in good clean condition throughout. "From Peter Shaw" is written in pencil to the front endpaper, along with a note in pen which points to the footnote on page 377 where Peter Shaw is mentioned. Small ink stamp to half-title page and one other to the last page of the index. Overall a good copy.
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