Books on Bowls. Bowls Encyclopaedia

Title	Bowls Encyclopaedia
Compiler	John P Monro
Publisher	Royal Victorian Bowling Association, Melbourne, Australia
First published	1951
ISBN	Pre-ISBN system
Edition reviewed	3rd (published 1958)
Hardback/softback	Hardback
List price	Not known
Cover size (cm) (height x width)	21.8 x 16.5
Number of pages	404
Number of pages with	Coloured photos	Black & white photos	Line drawings
	None	2	24
Synopsis	This is the first time that an attempt has been made to produce a bowls encyclopaedia dealing with all aspects of the game of bowls, with the exception of the actual playing. The original intention was to confine the book to Australia, but as the work progressed Mr Ray Hensell suggested that it should be extended so as to be encyclopaedic. This necessitated the broadening of the scope so that it would become worldwide, rather than Australian, in its application and usefulness; and it is thus submitted. The collection of the information incorporated in the Bowls Encyclopaedia has extended over a period of 32 years and has entailed considerable research, not only through almost every journal, past and present, devoted to the game, but also through the author's library of well over 100 books on bowls - both the implements of the game and the pastime itself. No effort has been spared in the assembly of the material and no research neglected. It is confidently anticipated that the Bowls Encyclopaedia will be of great assistance to the devotees of the game, and particularly to the clubs, associations, councils and boards controlling the ancient, royal and agreeable pastime throughout the world. Also by John P Monro: The Etiquette of Bowls The Etiquette of Bowls and the Etiquette of Marking in Lawn Bowls (co-author John A Malan) The Humour of Bowls The Romance of Bowl Manufacture

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