Pageantry of sport from the age of chivalry to the age of Victoria / by John Arlott and Arthur Daley; with selections from the writings of William Hazlitt and many others; illustrated with 16 colour plates and 144 contemporary drawings, engravings and paintings
1968, 1st edition. London : Elek. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and strong. Item #405856
Physical description; [1], 129 pages illustrations (including 16 color), facsimiles 28 x 40 cm. Notes; Illus. on lining papers. Illus. (some col., 1 on title-page, 1 on cover) incl. end-papers. Contents; Introduction -- Pageantry of sport / John Arlott -- THe American scene / Arthur Daley -- Angling -- Honest, civil, quiet men / Izaak Walton -- Let me live harmlessly / Izaak Walton -- Archery -- Philologe to shoote streyght / Roger Ascham -- Boxing -- The gas-man v. Bill Neate / William Hazlitt -- Champions of the Ring / Pierce Egan -- Cock-fighting -- Of dieting and ordering a cock for battle / Charles Cotton -- The cocking-main / Mark Twain -- Cricket -- Tricks of the trade / James Pycroft -- Cricket match between twenty-two females / Pierce Egan -- Singular cricket matches and races / Pierce Egan -- Alfred Mynn / William Jeffrey Prowse -- John Small / Pierce Egan -- Fencing -- Backswordsmanship / John Godfrey -- Letters concerning the Hungerford Revel at Mr Figg's new amphitheatre / William Hone -- Football -- A dispensation granted by Pope John XXII -- A beastly furie / Thomas Elyot -- Covent Garden / John Gay -- Eche Time and Season / Alexander Barclay -- Gownboys v. rest of school / Wilmot and Smeatfield. Gaming -- Rat killing extraordinary / Pierce Egan -- Justice Higden / Theophilus Lucas -- Deep play / Pierce Egan -- Thimble and pea / William Hone -- Stool-ball / Robert Herrick -- Curious wager -- Walking against eating / Pierce Egan -- Golf -- Goff / Joseph Strutt -- Golf / Pierce Egan -- D -- d Scotch croquet / Horace G. Hutchinson -- Hunting -- Among the hounds / Henry Fielding -- Larking / Nimrod -- Wild Meltonians and other hazards / Squire Osbaldeston -- Letter to the spectator reprinted in the gentleman's magazine -- Racing -- Mule-racing / Mark Twain -- Clinker v. Clasher / Squire Osbaldeston -- The touter / Martingale -- Steeplechase for one thousand sovereigns / Pierce Egan -- Skating -- A time of rapture / William Wordsworth -- How the Pickwickians disported themselves upon the ice / Charles Dickens -- Tennis -- The king on court / Samuel Pepys -- Parker's piece / James Kenneth Stephen. Subjects; Sports History. Sports. Sports Great Britain History.
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