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08-31-2023-2319 - draft (The Badminton Library, called in full The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes)




Tennis, Lawn Tennis, Rackets, Fives (1890), standard trade edition, decorated brown cloth cover

The Badminton Library, called in full The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes, was a sporting and publishing project conceived by Longmans Green & Co. and edited by Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort (1824–1899). Between 1885 and 1902 it developed into a series of sporting books which aimed to cover comprehensively all major sports and pastimes. The books were published in London by Longmans, Green & Co.[1] and in Boston by Little, Brown & Co.

The series was dedicated to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, "one of the best and keenest sportsmen of our time".[2][3]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badminton_Library

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