Author: WHITE, E:
Title: A Practical Treatise on the Game of Billiards: accurately exhibiting the Rules and Practice.... illustrated with a Numerous Collection of Cases....calculations for betting, tables of odds etc.
Description: W. Miller, London, 1807. First edtion of the first book in English devoted to the game of billiards. Engraved frontis and 16 plates, without the half title, but with the publisher's catalogue at the end. Contemporary half calf a bit rubbed, joints split, back cover a bit "wobbly" beng mainly secured by the cords. Still a pleasant copy.

Keywords: billiards, carambole,


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