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A few rare books:
Charrier's
Book (1837 or before, very scarce), illustrated by a plate signed
Charrier shown on the right.
Quoted in 'Bibliographie de la France, ou, Journal général
de l'imprimerie et de la librairie, n° 52, p. 639, 1837'.
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The books by Teyssèdre (1827, very rare), by Berger (1855, quite rare), by Faraill (1879?, very rare),
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by an amateur (Adolphe de Beauvais, 1860, rare) and by Lalanne (1866, quite rare).
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These
five old French books are sewn. They have only the printer's single stitch
holding them together and a simple printed paper cover. They are therefore
fragile. Note that the book by Lalanne is rarely complete because its
two etchings are wanted by collectors.
The book by an Englishman, Dufton (1867), shown below is very rare.
It has a strong Bradel binding but, owing to its extremely brittle pages (see e.g. the left side of the author's portrait page), it is however very fragile.
Bound books written by Mardon (1858), Burroughes & Watts (1889), Broadfoot (1896),
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and Dawson (1904) and some volumes of 'Billiards Expounded' (Mannock, volume 2, 1904),
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'Billiards.The Strokes of the Game' (Levi, volume III, 1912) and 'Billiards for the Million' (Levi, volume III, c.1925).
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'Billiards'
(Joseph Bennett, 1881).
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Geyer,
'Precision
Billiards'. Ed. Sedborough House, Mussoorie, India, 1928, 272 p.
Very
rare work about the mental side of the game.
'The
Alcock Book of Billiards'. Fifth edition. Re-written to date and
enlarged with Roberts (Sen. and Jun.) revisions and edited by Henry Upton
Alcock. With illustrations, diagrams, and original breaks; also rules
of billiards (in all forms) brought to date of latest authorities. Melbourne,
Australia, 1901, 210 p. The first edition was issued in 1863, nearly forty
years earlier.
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STODDARD,
'The
Science of Billiards with Practical Applications'. Ed. Butterfield, Boston,
United States, 1913 1st ed., 160 p.
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OGDEN,
'English Billiards Made Easy'. Ed. Brunswick…,
Toronto, Canada, 1924, 273 + 8 p.
One of the rare Canadian books.
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TAYLOR,
'Billiards
for Beginners'. Ed. Taylor, Milwaukee, United States, 1914, 21 p.
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Ultra rare privately published lessons.
McCLEERY, 'The McCleery method of billiard playing', Ed. McCleery, San Fransisco, United States, 1890, 144 p.
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Very rare book.containing 100 coloured diagrams.
ANONYM0US.
La physiologie du billard par un amateur. Ed. Ledoyen, Paris, France,
1860. 64 p.
. This very rare book is interesting as his author, a billiard fan, describes the period 1800-60 during his lifetime.
