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260 pages including index. "Volunteer sports archivist for the Government of Newfoundland, Frank Graham has carried out extensive research into the origin and growth of sports activities in this province. This pictorial includes some 200 photographs of major sports events and groups up to 1950, as well as a few more recent photos of special significance. Graham's knowledge of the local sports scene is well demonstrated in the introductory comments about each sport as well as in the background information germane to the various sports and individuals." - from dust jacket. Gift plate and date stamp upon front free endpaper, otherwise book clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. Somewhat above-average wear to price-clipped dust jacket which is now preserved in a glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A sound copy of this wonderful archival compilation. Book