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An Almanac of Twelve Sports. An Almanac of Twelve Sports.

NICHOLSON, William. An Almanac of Twelve Sports. Words by Rudyard Kipling. 4to. William Heinemann. 1898
Illus., 1p. ad. on verso of final leaf. Orig. illustrated paper boards, cloth spine; some sl. rubbing to extremities. Internally exceptionally bright, a very nice copy in its original state.

¶Stewart pp156-8. A calendar for 1898 composed of illustrations of seasonal sports by Nicholson and accompanying short verses by Kipling. June is the month of Cricket: 'Thank God who made the British Isles / And taught me how to play, / I do not worship crocodiles / Or bow the knee to clay! / Give me a willow wand and I, / With hide and cork and twine, / From century to century / Will gambol round my Shrine.'
Stock #56705
£500


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