Collection of early billiard instruction books (6) – Arthur F Peall – “All About Billiards and How to Pot” 1st ed c/w 26 photographs and 80 diagrams in the original green cloth boards with title to both front cover and spine (F/G); Tom Newman-“How to Play Billiards” 1st ed 1923 c/w 4 plates and 50 diagrams - green cloth boards with gilt spine some slight wear - mostly to the edges and corners (F); John Roberts-“The Game of Billiards and How to Play It” 6th imp. 1920 c/w 42 diagrams and interesting advertisements to front and rear nice decorative cloth boards and spine; Willie Smiths Popular Guide-Billiards in Easy Stages” 7 photographs and 25 diagrams 2nd ed reprint 1946; Melbourne Inman-“Billiards How to Play and Win” c/w 45 specially drawn diagrams – Foulshams Pocket Library Series c/w dust jacket (scuffed and torn to the edges but complete); and 1976 “Billiards and Snooker Handbook and Rules” with details of previous championships and tournaments from 1892-1975 in the original cloth wrappers (G)