Valuable Book Group has published a collector's guide to the Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes. For the first time, collectors have a guide to the editions, printing details and extensive additional information about the Badminton Library Series.

Are you a collector of the Badminton Library Books? Are you a book seller of these books. If so, then this guide is for you.

Find out which volumes are the most collectable? What is the value of each book? Which book in the series is the rarest? Which volumes were issued with dust jackets? What is the difference between the standard trade edition, deluxe edition and large paper editions of the books? Which book is the most common?

The Valuable Book Group Guide contains a brief history of the series as well as detailed bibliographical information regarding the books. Based on extensive research at the archires of the publisher, we reveal the total volume of each title printed, the number of editions and dust jacket information. The guide also contains detailed pricing information based on information we have gathered on retail sales, auction data and marketplace data. In total, there were over 300 different versions of the book produced.

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First Editions of the complete series are rare.                            Find Full Sets

The entire series includes the following volumes (first edition date): 

1. Hunting (1885);2. Fishing: Pike and Coarse Fish (1885); 3. Fishing: Salmon and Trout; 4. Racing and Steeple-Chasing (1886); 5. Shooting: Vol 1 Field and Covert (1886); 6. Shooting: Vol 2 Moor and Marsh (1886); 7. Cycling (1887); 8. Athletics and Foot Ball (1887); 9. Boating (1888); 10. Cricket (1888); 11. Driving (1889); 12. Fencing, Boxing, and Wrestling (1889); 13. Golf (1890); 14. Tennis, Lawn Tennis, Rackets, and Fives (1890); 15. Riding and Polo (1891); 16. Skating and Figure Skating (1892); 17. Coursing and Falconry (1892); 18. Mountaineering (1892); 19. Swimming (1893); 20. Archery (1894); 21. Big Game Shooting I (1894); 22. Big Game Shooting II (1894); 23. Yachting Volume 1 (1894); 24. Yachting Volume 2 (1894); 25. Sea Fishing (1895); 26. Dancing (1895); 27. Billiards (1896); 28. The Poetry of Sport (1896); and 29. Motors and Motor-Driving (1902).

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