Lot 241
Croquet - Reid, Capt. Mayne
Rare Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auction: 11 January 2012 at 11:00 GMT
Description
Croquet, a treatise. London, 1865. Second edition, 8vo, original soft green cloth gilt; Rules Rules for the game of croquet as played at Sheriff Hutton Park in the year 1863, amended 1865, 67, 68, 69. [No place], 1869. 8vo, original green paper wrappers, some creasing to wrappers; The Croquet Association The laws of croquet. London, 1914. 8vo, original yellow wrappers, wrappers stained, staples rusted; Patents A collection of patents, all relating to croquet, to include Lee, George Sanford Improved apparatus to be used in playing a new game with balls and mallets. London, 1874. 8vo, folding plate, original blue wrappers, some neat tape repairs, lacking rear wrapper, upper wrapper torn at edges; Webster, William Croquet balls, patent no. 1548. London, 1874. 8vo, blue upper wrapper, torn at edges; Ayres, Frederick Improvements in mallets or like strikers for use in playing games with balls, patent no. 8187. London, 1895. 8vo, one plate, ex-library stamp; and 19 others (25)