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An almanac of twelve sports / by William Nicholson ; words by Rudyard Kipling.

Accession number
PML 146198
Creator
Nicholson, William, 1872-1949.
Published
London : William Heinemann, 1898, c1897.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Volume entirely lithographed, illustrated with color-printed lithographs after woodcuts by Nicholson.
The text was issued separately in 1897 as: Verses written for Nicholson's "Almanac for sports for 1898." Cf. Livingston 144.
"The library edition of this almanac is printed on Japanese vellum bound in cloth, a few copies printed directly from the original woodblocks, hand-coloured and signed by the artist"--T.p. verso.
This is the ordinary trade issue.
Description
[32] p. : col. ill. (lithograph) ; 32 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed in ink on front flyleaf, "T. Balston Jan. 1922".
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Publisher's illustrated boards.
Classification
Department