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MODERN BILLIARDS. A COMPLETE TEXT-BOOK OF THE GAME, CONTAINING PLAIN AND PRACTICAL INSTRUCTIONS HOW TO PLAY AND ACQUIRE SKILL AT THIS SCIENTIFIC AMUSEMENT.
INTRODUCTORY.
HISTORICAL.
THE BILLIARD-ROOM.
PART I.
PART II.
CONDUCTING TOURNAMENTS.
BILLIARD RECORD: A Compendium of the More Important Public Contests, Match and Tournament, at Both Caroms and Pool. Compiled from the Most Authentic Sources by the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co.
REGULAR THREE-BALL CAROMS.
Full title
Modern Billiards A Complete Text-Book of the Game, Containing Plain and Practical Instructions How to Play and Acquire Skill at This Scientific Amusement A Complete Text-Book of the Game, Containing Plain and Practical Instructions How to Play and Acquire Skill at This Scientific Amusement
Language
en
Duration
~8 hours (468K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Release date
2019-03-28
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
b. 1840
A practical early-20th-century guide to billiards came from a writer remembered chiefly for making the game feel both teachable and mentally engaging. His surviving work mixes clear instruction with the sense that billiards was a skill to be studied seriously.
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