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[GOLF]. STRUTT, Joseph (1749–1802). Glig Gamena Angel–Deod, or the Sports and Pastimes of the People of England… London: Printed for Bensley for White and Co., 1810. 4to. 40 full–page engravings including frontispiece printed in sepia. Full contemporary red straight-grain morocco ornately ruled in blind and in gilt scrollwork, recased with original backstrip laid down, all edges gilt, gilt dentelles (spine darkened, light rubbing at corners). Second edition, first published in 1801, with accounts of ball games including tennis, golf, football, and various other games. AN IMPORTANT HISTORY OF RECREATIONAL AND TRADITIONAL ACTIVITIES IN THE BRITISH ISLES. Lowndes V: 2533. –– [TOGETHER WITH:] The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England. London: for William Reeves, 1830. 8vo. 140 hand–colored in–text engravings. Original mottled calf rebacked. New edition with index by William Hone.