Billiards (The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes, Book 27)

xii, 455 pp. CONTENTS: Introduction; History of Billiards; Implements; Elementary: One-ball Practice; Motion, Impact, and Division of Balls: Two-ball Practice; Plain Strokes, Winning and Losing Hazards, Cannons: Three-ball Practice; On the Rotation of Balls; Miscellaneous Strokes; The Spot Stroke; Safety and Baulk Play; Breaks; The Championship and the Three-inch Pocket Table; The Rules of the Game of Billiards; Pyramids, Pool, and Country-House Games; Miscellaneous Notes; Index.