This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 Excerpt: ...is little of the extraordinary in this, but a good deal in what he declared was the fact--that on crossing over he discovered that he had twentyfour hits and twenty-four reds! The story is well known, and was always related as above. I have made many inquiries about it, and, strange as it sounds, may say that an archer ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 Excerpt: ...is little of the extraordinary in this, but a good deal in what he declared was the fact--that on crossing over he discovered that he had twentyfour hits and twenty-four reds! The story is well known, and was always related as above. I have made many inquiries about it, and, strange as it sounds, may say that an archer now living, who probably knew Edwards better than anyone else, told me with reference to this very story 'that he had never found him untruthful.' Dean Hole, in his pleasant' Memories, ' p. 10, has an anecdote of Edwards: --Mr. Edwards, of Birmingham, a successful archer, communicated to me an incident which blended tragedy and comedy in a remarkable degree. He had received a dozen new arrows from Buchanan, and went forth to try these in a paddock adjoining his house. He had made eleven successive hits at 60 yards, and was delighted with his purchase, when.a cow which he had not observed slowly approached the target and pushed it down with her horns. 'You will guess what I did, ' he continued. 'It was no longer in my power to make a bull's eye, but I touched up the other end of the cow'--and I think Dean Hole must have touched up the story. It is generally believed that Mr. Edwards's private practice was far beyond his public shooting. He has been heard to say that, though Mr. Ford had been able to land only seventy-one out of the seventy-two arrows shot at 100 yards in the targets (missing his fifty-ninth arrow), he (Mr. Edwards) had put all his seventy-two arrows into the target at the same distance.--Ford on Archery, Butt, p. 293. Edwards died about 1870. THOMAS LANE COULSON (BRISTOL AND CLIFTON) Mr. Coulson is another instance of fair success attained with the bow when only taken up for the first time very late in life. He was fifty-one year
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Add this copy of Archery to cart. $20.00, very good condition, Sold by Princeton Antiques Bookservice rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Atlantic City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1967 by FREDERICK UNGAR.
Add this copy of Archery (the Badminton Library) to cart. $24.75, good condition, Sold by Second Story Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Rockville, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1894 by Longmans, Green and Co.
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Book. Octavo; G+; dark blue 1/2 spine with gilt text; no jacket; cloth exterior shows only mild wear; gilt create design to reddish brown front board; slight wear to joints; good binding with straight boards; exterior head edge to textblock gilt; remaining edges have moderately age toned; deckled tail edge; dark blue endpapers have whitish spotting; previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown; former bookshop's small sticker to front pastedown; slight cracking to rear hinge at advertisement page; frontispiece with tissue guard; interior good; numerous illustrations; ribbon marker; pp 534. 1365441. FP New Rockville Stock.
Add this copy of Archery, (the Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes) to cart. $25.00, good condition, Sold by Resource for Rare Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Ivoryton, CT, UNITED STATES, published 1894 by Longmans, Green and Co.
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Good. Size: 8vo.; First edition. Frontispiece tissue guard missing, bottom corner of front cover chipped, intermittent cracking to spine though sound, ownership marking on FFEP, solid hinges, tail of spine and bottom edge of rear cover has water staining as well as section of rear pages along bottom gutter. Well packaged, ships with tracking.
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Add this copy of Archery to cart. $31.04, like new condition, Sold by Bibliodisia Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Chicago, IL, UNITED STATES, published 1967 by Frederick Ungar.
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Photographs. Fine. A classic in the field, offering a history of archery, its techniques and skills from ancient to modern times. Reissue of the scarce 1897 edition, from the original plates. Octavo.
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Add this copy of Archery to cart. $45.00, very good condition, Sold by Gardner's Used Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Tulsa, OK, UNITED STATES, published 1992 by Derrydale Press.
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Very good. Beautiful hardcover Limited Edition (#463 of 1, 250) with gold page edging. Clean throughout with strong binding, little to no visible wear. Tulsa's best used bookstore. Located on South Mingo Road since 1991. No-hassle return policy if not completely satisfied.
