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THE BILLIARDS,

POOL & SNOOKER

COLLECTION

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A truly unique and wonderful collection of over 30 rare, out-of-print books compiled together for the first time on USB flash drive covering all aspects of the games of SNOOKER, POOL & BILLIARDS.

Discover the history of one of the world’s most popular pastimes and study the art of playing billiards. Learn how to make breaks and take advantage of ball positions. Study the technical abilities necessary in order to master control of the balls, angles and different strokes. Some of the books contained within this collection are extremely hard-to-find and will provide a valuable library of reference material. Packed full of diagrams offering tips and advice, this is an absolute must for anyone with an interest in billiards, snooker and pool. The full list of titles included speaks for itself….

This superb compilation of 32 vintage books on USB flash drive provides literally 1,000’s of pages of great content and fabulous photos / illustrations for the reader. All of the books have been scanned in high quality and preserved forever in pdf format - easy to read on your laptop or computer, or transfer to tablet, smartphone, kindle or e-reader. You can also print entire books or select pages.

This is without doubt the most extensive collection of its kind - compiled over time by rare-book-collections, and only available here!

The Full List of Titles Included is as Follows:

A complete hand-book of standard rules of all the prominent games of billiards and pool as practiced by great professionals and other leading players in all parts of the world - Brunswick Corp. (1909)

A complete hand-book of standard rules of all the prominent games of billiards and pool as practiced by the great professionals and other leading players in all parts of the world - Brunswick Corp. (1908)

Amateur billiard championship of America (Class A) (1899)

Ball to ball billiards - E. F. Hoskin (1911)

Billiard and pool tables - catalogue from J. W. Goodman's Sons (Athol, Mass.) (1900 ca.)

Billiards - E. R. Marden (1858)

Billiards - T. Reece (1915)

Billiards by W. Broadfoot (1896)

Billiards simplified or, How to make breaks; illustrated by sixty-eight diagrams of the actual play of Cook, Bennett, Roberts, Peall, Mitchell, and Taylor (1893)

Billiards simplified - unknown author (1882)

Billiards, its theory and practice - with the scientific principle of the side-stroke, the spot-stroke, etc. the rules of the various games, hints on betting, and a chapter on bagatelle - G. F. Pardon (1880)

Championship billiards - J. A. Thatcher (1898)

Daly's billiard book - M. Daly (1913)

Gleanings from the history of billiards - Brunswick Corp. (1896)

History Of Bowling And Billiards - L. C. Doran (1922)

Modern billiards. A complete text-book of the game, containing plain and practical instructions how to play and acquire skill at this scientific amusement - B. Garno (1904)

Modern billiards. A complete text-book of the game, containing plain and practical instructions how to play and acquire skill at this scientific amusement - B. Garno (1908)

Modern billiards - F. M. Hotine (1902)

Rules for billiards and pool - Briggs, Oliver L. & Son (1893)

Rules for billiards and pool - Briggs, Oliver L. & Son (1897)

Scientific billiards. Garnier's practice shots, with hints to amateurs by A. Garnier (1880)

Side and Screw Being Notes on the Theory and Practice of the Game of Billiards - C. D. Locock (1901)

Standard American billiard tables - catalogue from H. W. Collender's (New York, N.Y.) (1876)

The American billiard record - M. Phelan (1870)

The game of billiards - M. Phelan 3rd Ed. (1858)

The game of billiards - M. Phelan 8th Ed. (1866)

The Noble Game of Billiards Wherein are Exhibited Extraordinary & Surprising Strokes which Have Excited the Admiration of Most of the Sovereigns of Europe - Minguad (1831)

The rise and progress of the game of billiards ... With the rules of the game - unknown author (1860)

The standard American billiard tables and combination cushions - Phelan & Collender (1866)

An absolute must for anyone with an interest in billiards, pool and snooker – a virtual treasure trove of information for a very small price!

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All of the files are hi-resolution scans presented in pdf format, easy to read on your computer, laptop, tablet, smartphone, or any modern Kindle / ebook reader that can read pdf files. All files can be printed or transferred between devices.

For some devices you may need to convert the pdf files. A free program called Calibre can be used to do this and can be included on the USB drive if requested.

Please note that this is a portable USB drive that will contain all of the books, documents and material listed in this auction. It will work in a laptop or computer (including MAC) but cannot be connected to a normal DVD player / TV, X-Box or audio CD player.

** Main photo is for illustration purposes only – other photos are example pages from the books included on the USB drive **

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