Antique Book Sports Lithographs Hunting Fishing Cricket Archery Golf Boxing

First library edition published in 1898 by William Heinemann, London. Printed on Japanese vellum, bound in cloth. 12 full-page color lithographed illustrations: Hunting (January), Coursing (February), Racing (March), Boating (April), Fishing (May), Cricket (June), Archery (July), Coaching (August), Shooting (September), Golf (October), Boxing (November) and Skating (December). Each lithograph is accompanied by a whimsical verse by Rudyard Kipling.

Rubbing to extremities. Front and rear hinges are cracked. Bottom corner of FFEP is creased. All page edges red. Tissue guards are absent.