About the book:

Essential Works, 2013

First trade edition, in smart blue and red cloth blocked in gilt.

This beautifully illustrated history of Eton College's Field Game tells the full story of the game from its beginning to the present, along the way explaining the development of the rules, the terminology and the characters who played the still popular sport. The Field Game is illustrated with over 500 wonderful pictures and anecdotes, plus hand drawn plates by the author showing the illustrated history of the Colours.