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This vintage book is a complete handbook of billiards, snooker, and pool, with descriptions of rules, historical information, directions for maintaining equipment, tips for beginners, and much more. It would be really nice to have all descriptions on the same page with the diagrams, but it would probably be too heavy to carry. Players of every skill level will find ways to improve their game and get ahead of their opponents with 350 of byrne s. There is a crease line on the spine where the book has been read.
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