Rowing and Track Athletics by Samuel Crowther - Track Athletics by Arthur Ruhl

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1905.. First edition (so stated). Thick 8vo. Frontispiece and 11 b/w halftone illustrations. Full gilt stamped contemporary dark green morocco by Stikeman, t.e.g., others uncut, the spine with gilt stamped horse head, fish and sporting dog devices (small scratches), else fine. Heraldic bookplate of M.C.D. Borden on the front pastedown. 449 pages. Number 20 of 100 copies on large paper. The American Sportsman Library. Printed by the Norwood Press, Norwood, Massachusetts. Part 1 Rowing. Part 2 Track Athletics. Includes chapters on: Collegiate rowing; Yale and Harvard; American Rowing Association; Coaching; Equipment; Beginnings of Modern Track Athletics; Sprinting; Hurdling; Weights; Walking.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine. (Inventory #: 306805)