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Croquet.

Name: Croquet.
Author: REID, Captain Mayne.

Book Description

First edition; slim 8vo; engraved frontispiece of a croquet lawn, age-toned, a few light spots, hinges split but firm, otherwise internally very good; publisher’s limp pinkish-orange beaded cloth, gilt lettering to front cover, rubbed, a few marks, otherwise still bright and in very good condition. Drazin A8a; Sadleir 2020; Wolff 5732.

Dealer Notes

A very rare, first edition, we know of no other currently on the market.

Thomas Mayne Reid (1818-1883) was a Scots-Irish American novelist, who fought in the American-Mexican War. In addition to this book on croquet he wrote adventure novels similar to those of R.L. Stevenson.

Author REID, Captain Mayne.

Date 1863

Publisher London, Charles James Skeet

Price: £575.00

Offered by Shapero Rare Books Ltd

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