Item #54572 AN ALMANAC OF TWELVE SPORTS. Rudyard Kipling, William Nicholson.
AN ALMANAC OF TWELVE SPORTS.
AN ALMANAC OF TWELVE SPORTS.
AN ALMANAC OF TWELVE SPORTS.

AN ALMANAC OF TWELVE SPORTS.

New York: R. H. Russell, 1898 [1897]. First U.S. edition. Published in 1897 with title page dated 1898 per Richards A106. Two-page calendar for 1898 followed by twelve color woodblocks by Nicholson--one for each month of the year--with verses by Kipling on opposing pages. Each month illustrates a different sport: "Hunting," "Racing," "Boating," "Fishing," "Skating," "Boxing," "Golf," "Shooting," "Archery," etc. Quarto tan, illustrated paper boards backed with plain brown cloth; unpaginated, Overall rubbing and light soiling to binding with loss at spine ends and corners revealing boards. Still good or better with interior bright, free from foxing and showing just a few small scattered stains.
Item #54572

Price: $600.00

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