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A Scientific and Practical Treatise on American Football for Schools and Colleges ... Revised to Date
by Stagg, A[mos] Alonzo & Henry L. Williams
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- Condition
- Original cloth with with football player stamped in gilt on upper cover. A very fine copy in the original plain dust jacket
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: D. Appleton, 1894. First Appleton edition. Illustrated with numerous diagrams. Pp. [i-iv], 3-4, [1-2], 3-275. 1 vols. 12mo. Original cloth with with football player stamped in gilt on upper cover. A very fine copy in the original plain dust jacket. First Appleton edition. Illustrated with numerous diagrams. Pp. [i-iv], 3-4, [1-2], 3-275. 1 vols. 12mo. Mint in Original Plain Dust Jacket. One of the earliest and most important books on the game by the "grand old man" of American Football, athletic pioneer and legendary coach, Amos Alonzo Stagg. This Appleton edition of 1894 is revised from the Hartford edition of 1893.
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- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32630
- Title
- A Scientific and Practical Treatise on American Football for Schools and Colleges ... Revised to Date
- Author
- Stagg, A[mos] Alonzo & Henry L. Williams
- Format/Binding
- Illustrated with numerous diagrams. Pp. [i-iv], 3-4, [1-2], 3-275. 1 vols. 12mo
- Book Condition
- Used - Original cloth with with football player stamped in gilt on upper cover. A very fine copy in the original plain dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Appleton edition
- Publisher
- D. Appleton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1894
- Keywords
- Football | Americana | Dust Jackets
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana; Sets & Fine Bindings; Sports & Games;
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About the Seller
James Cummins Bookseller
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New York, New York
About James Cummins Bookseller
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- Cloth
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- Fine
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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