* Very Rare * Bowler's Complete Guide By James Hartley (Crown Green Bowls) 1935

Author: James Hartley

Title: Bowler’s Complete Guide To The Crown Green and Rink Games & Ladies Advent to the Game 

Publication: Popular Edition Published By The British Pictorial Press Ashton-On-Ribble Preston Lancashire 1935………… (See Pictures) 

Condition Of Book and Dust-Jacket: 

This is a Very Good + Copy of this Book in Publisher’s Original Pictorial Soft Cover Wraps and housed in it’s original dust-jacket which mirrors that of the book itself.The book has no former owner’s names or inscriptions present.Binding of the book remains firm with no hinge weakness.This rare work is complete with 7 diagrams illustrating the art and technique of the sport plus 4 illustrations including the Scottish Champions,Layton Women Bowlers,Preston Women Bowlers in tournamnet play and Talbot Bowling Green,plus there are 7 photographs of men and women who played a significant part in the promoting and running of the sport.There is as you would expect an amount of spotting internally to the pages,but it remains in remarkably good condition given it’s age and fragility.There is a foreword by Mr Horam President of the Lancashire Amateur Bowling Association.A genuinely rare expose on the Game of Bowls,never seen a copy anywhere before.Several adverts appear at the beginning of the book and there is an appendix at the rear of the book on the Rules of the Game.Certainly a rare item and one for the collector,8vo 94pp [1935] 

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