Croquet: An Annotated Bibliography from the Rendell Rhoades Croquet Collection

by Nancy L. Rhoades

Overview

Including books, pamphlets, periodicals, catalogs, trading cards, newspapers, photographs, postcards, scrapbooks, art prints, and advertisements, this subject bibliography of 679 references to croquet is based on the collection of varied material assembled by the late Dr. Rendell Rhoades, Professor of Biology at Ashland University, OH. The resulting collection encompasses the role croquet has played in literature, in biography, in art and music, in manufacturing and advertising, and in the attendant publicity. With an index of joint authors, pseudonyms, illustrators, and other pertinent information; and a chronological list of books on croquet compiled by Dr. R.W. Bray, Member of the British Croquet Association.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780810825710
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	06/01/1992
Pages:	244
Product dimensions:	5.93(w) x 8.88(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Nancy L. Rhoades, a retired librarian with fifty years of experience, was Director of Cataloging at the College of Wooster.

Editorial Reviews

...book will be valuable as a source of information to anyone interested in croquet history and memorabilia....

National Croquet Calander

...stunning in its breadth. Quite extraordinary, quite unique.

Croquet [UK]

...a very thorough work....A must for the sports section of all large reference libraries.

Reference Reviews

...an absolute must for any library supporting sports history courses and research.

International Journal of the History of Sport

This is THE source...

Ohioana Quarterly

...an absolute must for any library supporting sports history courses and research.--International Journal of the History of Sport

This is THE source...--Ohioana Quarterly

...book will be valuable as a source of information to anyone interested in croquet history and memorabilia....--National Croquet Calander

From the Publisher

...stunning in its breadth. Quite extraordinary, quite unique.

Croquet [Uk]

...a very thorough work....A must for the sports section of all large reference libraries.

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...a very thorough work....A must for the sports section of all large reference libraries.

"American Reference Books Annual"

...an absolute must for any library supporting sports history courses and research..

International Journal Of The History Of Sport

Including books, pamphlets, periodicals, catalogs, trading cards, newspapers, photographs, postcards, scrapbooks, art prints, and advertisements, this subject bibliography of 679 references to croquet is based on the collection of varied material assembled by the late Dr. Rendell Rhoades, Professor of Biology at Ashland University, OH. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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