Croquet: An Annotated Bibliography from the Rendell Rhoades Croquet Collection Tapa dura - 1992

Scarecrow Press, London, first edition, 1992. Cloth, white cover-title and gilt croquet hoops, small 8vo,. xx, 214 pp. 679 entries. Rendell Rhoades was a distinguished American scientist of many interests, including a particular enthusiasm for croquet : by the time of his death in 1976 he had built up a collection of nearly 1,000 pieces of croquet literature.This bibliographical catalogue of some 679 items well brings out the glorious diversity of the collection: in addition to the principal section on croquet's history and rules, there are chapters on croquet in literature, in biography, in art and music; manufacturer's catalogues, and much more including miscellaneous croquet ephemera. Each entry is annotated to indicate its content or significance. Top edges of textblock and endpapers smokestained, otherwise Very Good.

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Scarecrow Press, 1992-06-28. Hardcover. New.

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