The Sporting Life And Other Trifles By Robert Lynd A memoir of english sport. 252 pages. Originally published in 1929. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Obscure Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. Contents Include: The Grand National: the day before and the Liverpool cup The Grand National backing the winner The love of money Seeing ...
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The Sporting Life And Other Trifles By Robert Lynd A memoir of english sport. 252 pages. Originally published in 1929. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Obscure Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. Contents Include: The Grand National: the day before and the Liverpool cup The Grand National backing the winner The love of money Seeing the boat race What a night's boxing is like Test matches: Gregory's attack at Trent bridge Test matches: The crowd barracks Test matches: Disgraceful scenes at Lord's Test matches: Woolley the hero Test matches: Tennyson's captainancy at Leeds Test matches: Brown's amusing innings Test matches: Australia wins the rubber Test matches: A row at the oval Test matches: Mead scores 182 not out Test matches: merely players Sport Bus tickets I am taken for a pick pocket The new half crown My hat Eating On wearing a collar On being shy A small boy's appetite Hampsteadophobia Returning from a holiday Joan bubble makes her fortune Two travellers were talking How many windows has your house? On picture postcards A great cricketer and me The money lender The chemist Sitting up for the new year A defence of nonsense A meditation of milk Child's play Why pay taxes? Old clothes The master Baths The names of horses Captain cuttle wins the derby Royal Hunt cup day at Ascot
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Add this copy of The Sporting Life and Other Trifles to cart. $12.00, very good condition, Sold by Black Cat Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Sag Harbor, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1956 by The Sportsmans Book Club.
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Very Good in Good jacket. Book 1st Sportsmans Book Club edition. Hard bound in dust jacket. Dust jacket shows wear with minor chipping to edges. Pages show toning, otherwise in very good condition.
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Fine in Very Good jacket. First American edition. Spine lettering dimmed, else fine in a very good plus dustwrapper with the spine sunned. Sporting pieces from this Anglo-Irish essayist.
Add this copy of The Sporting Life and Other Trifles to cart. $40.84, new condition, Sold by Ria Christie Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Uxbridge, MIDDLESEX, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2023 by Legare Street Press.
