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Let us to billiards: prize essays on billiards as an amusement for all
classes. Manchester 1873.
Cook, W. Billiards. Ed A. G. Payne [1884].
Buchanan, J. P. Hints on billiards. 1895.
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Everton, C. History of snooker and billiards. 1986.
Boxing
Bibliographies
Magriel, P. D. Bibliography of boxing: a chronological check list of
books in English published before 1900. New York 1948.
Hartley, R. A. History and bibliography of boxing books: a collector’s
guide to the history of pugilism incorporating a bibliography
containing some 2,100 titles on all aspects of pugilism
published in the English language. Acton? 1988.
Periodicals
The Fancy, or true Sportsman’s Guide: being authentic memoirs of
the lives, actions, prowess and battles of the leading pugilists. 55
nos 1821–5, 2 vols 1826. Irregular.
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A treatise on boxing. 1802.
Egan, P. Boxiana: or sketches of antient and modern pugilism. 1812,
1818–24 (with 3 additional vols).
Pancratia, or a history of pugilism: containing a full account of
every battle of note from the time of Broughton and Slack down
to the present day. 1812.
Mendoza, D. Memoirs of the life of Daniel Mendoza. 1816; ed P. D.
Magriel 1951.
‘One of the Fancy’ (Thomas Moore). Tom Crib’s memorial to congress.
1819. Boxing verse.
‘Corcoran, Peter’ (J. H. Reynolds). The fancy: a selection from the
poetical remains of the late Peter Corcoran, with a brief memoir
of his life. 1820; ed J. Masefield [1904].
Humphries, R. The memoirs of John Scroggins the pugilistic hero,
with authentic annals of pugilism from the early days of Figg
1719 to those of Spring and Langan 1824. 1827.
Hazlitt, W. The fight. In his Literary remains vol 2, 1836.
[Dowling, F. D.] Fistiana or the oracle of the ring: comprising a
defence of British boxing, a brief history of pugilism with
chronological tables of prize battles from 1780–1840. 1841, 1842
etc (annual rev edn with suppl until 1870).
Borrow, G. H. In his Lavengro, 1851.
[Dowling, F. D.] Fights for the championship and celebrated prize
battles from the days of Figg and Broughton to the present time.
1855, 1860 (as The championship of England).
‘Walker, Johnny’ (J. Badman). The life and adventures of the
renowned Johnny Walker. Winchester [1857].
Sayers, T. Memoirs of Tom Sayers, champion of England. 1858.
History of the great international contest between Heenan and
Sayers at Farnborough on the 17th April 1860. 1860.
The fight of Sayerius and Heenanus: a lay of ancient London. Punch
28 Apr 1860.
Miles, H. D. Pugilistica: the history of British boxing. 1866, 3 vols
[1880–1], Edinburgh 1906.
Miles, H. D. Tom Sayers, sometime champion of England: his life
and pugilistic career. 1866.
Donnelly, ‘Ned’. Self defence: or the art of boxing. [1879].
Shaw, G. B. Cashel Byron’s profession. 1886, [1889], 1901 (Novels of
his nonage 4; also includes The admirable Bashville, a play from
the novel, and Note on modern prize-fighting).
Henning, F. W. J. Some recollections of the prize ring. 1888.
Doyle, A. Conan. Rodney Stone. 1896. Novel.
‘Thormanby’ (W. W. Dixon). Boxers and their battles: anecdotal
sketches and personal recollections of famous pugilists. 1900.
Individual Sports
Henning, F. W. J. Fights for the championship: the men and their
times. 2 vols [1902].
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Bettinson, A. F. and W. O. Tristram (ed). The National Sporting Club
past and present. 1901.
Sayers, H. Fights forgotten: a history of some of the chief English
and American prize fights since the year 1788. [1909].
Wignall, T. C. The story of boxing. 1923.
Shepherd, T. B. (ed). The noble art: an anthology. 1950.
Deghy, G. Noble and manly: the history of the National Sporting
Club. 1956.
Brailsford, D. Bareknuckles: a social history of prize fighting.
Cambridge 1988.
Shipley, S. Boxing. In Sport in Britain: a social history, ed T. Mason,
Cambridge 1989.
Bowling
Haynes, A. H. The story of bowls. 1972.
Pilley, P. From Drake to Bryant: the story of bowls. 1987.
Cards
Bibliographies
Horr, N. T. A bibliography of card-games and of the history of
playing cards. Cleveland 1892.
Jessel, F. A bibliography of works in English on playing cards and
gaming. 1905.
Hargrave, C. P. Bibliography of cards and gaming. In her History of
playing cards, New York [1930].
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Mathews, T. Advice to the young whist-player. Bath 1804 etc. Author
given as ‘Matthews’ until 1822 (13th edn).
The Faro table: or the gambling mothers. 2 vols 1808.
Singer, S. W. Researches into the history of playing cards. 1816.
Read, W. Rouge et noir: a poem in 6 cantos. 1821.
‘Elia’ (Charles Lamb). Mrs Battle’s opinions on whist. In his Elia:
essays which have appeared under that signature in the London
Magazine [first ser], 1823.
The St James’ guide: or the sharper detected. 1825. Treatise exposing
methods of cheating.
Garner, W. Garner’s miscellaneous recitations: or whims of the loo
table. 1827.
[Luttrell, H.] Crockford-house: a rhapsody in two cantos. 1827.
‘An amateur’ (G. F. Pardon). Whist: its history and practice. 1843.
Chatto, W. A. Facts and speculations on the origin and history of
playing cards. 1848.
Pettigrew, J. J. On the origin and antiquity of playing cards. 1853.
‘Cavendish’ (H. Jones). The principles of whist. [1862], 1863 (5th edn
as Laws and principles of whist), 1901 (24th edn).
Taylor, E. S. (ed). The history of playing cards. 1865.
‘Cavendish’ (H. Jones). Card essays. 1879.
Courtney, W. P. English whist and English whist players. 1894.
Includes 3 chs on the lit of whist.
‘Portland’ (J. Hogg) (ed). The whist table: a treasury of notes on the
royal game. [1895.]
Chess and other board games
Bibliographies
Simpson, R. Catalogue of books on the origin, history and practice
of the game of chess. 1863.
Svendsen, K. Chess fiction in English to 1945: a bibliography.
Langston, Hampshire 1950.
Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: a catalogue of the chess
collection in the Royal Library, the Hague. Hague 1955.
Periodicals
The Chess-Monthly. 1879–96.
The Chess-Player’s Chron. 1841–56, 1859–62. Monthly.
British Chess Mag. Huddersfield 1881– . Monthly.
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