[Rarebooks] FS: College Football, 1893

[Charles Agvent]

CHURCH,  James.  UNIVERSITY FOOT-BALL. THE PLAY OF  EACH  POSITION
TREATED  BY A COLLEGE EXPERT. New York: Scribner 1893. First  Edition.
[12],  133  pp. Green cloth with gilt lettering and a gilt  decoration
on  the  front  cover  of  a   football  surrounded  by  small  flags.
Illustrated  with  photographs and diagrams. Different  positions  are
described  by  experts accompanied by a photograph of the expert  with
chapters  as  well on formations, training, referees, and rules.  From
the  quarter-back  chapter  as  described  by  one  Edgar  Allan  Poe,
apparently  a  well-known player of the time: "It was not  until  1882
that  a player was specially assigned to the place." Full of early and
fascinating  information.  A  few signatures are  pulled  with  cracks
within  text  block,  but  nothing  is  detached.  University  library
bookplate  on  the front pastedown, blindstamp on the title page,  and
white  numbers  on the spine with two small deaccession ink stamps  on
the front and rear endpapers. Very Good and quite uncommon.    $200.00

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