SCHOTT'S SPORTING, GAMING AND IDLING MISCELLANY

Schott, Ben

ISBN 10: 074756924X / ISBN 13: 9780747569244

Published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom, 2004

About this Item

A Fine 1st edition hardcover (full numberline ends in '1'), with ribbon marker and lightly toned edges. Price-clipped dustjacket is very lightly shelf-worn. A nice, tight copy. Carefully packaged and despatched within 48 hours from our wee bookshop in Scotland. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 160 pages.

Seller Inventory # 58951

Bibliographic Details

• Title: SCHOTT'S SPORTING, GAMING AND IDLING MISCELLANY
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 074756924X
• ISBN 13: 9780747569244
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition; First Printing.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

About this title

Synopsis

What other sporting book will explain the rules of elephant polo; the perils of the Cresta Run; the intricacies of the Palio; the breathtaking antics of Kabaddi; or why surfing is the 'Sport of Kings' (in Hawaii). Which other volume will inform you of the importance of snooker to nuns; the correct temperature of a 'hot bath'; the words of the Haka (and Swing Low Sweet Chariot); the myriad participants of the 'Wacky Races'; or what W. G. Grace considered cheating. Where else will you stumble across famous sleepers; tips for solving cryptic crosswords; pub games and parlour games; or every sporting ailment from joggers' nipple to housemaid's knee.

About the Author

Ben Schott is the author of Schott's Original Miscellany and Schott's Food and Drink Miscellany. A photographer, designer and miscellanist he lives in London, and divides his time between Highgate and the British Library.