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This book details the early form of the game of billiards, describing the tables and accessories, from its vague beginnings to the present day, when the more recent game of snooker has largely displaced billiards from the position it occupied for at least five hundred ears as the 'Noble Game'. Reference is made to the early form of billiards - played out doors on the ground, and the distant links with such games as croquet and paille maille - and the two quite different disciplines of the game w...

A cleverly designed package that contains a miniature pool table, along with instructions for more than 40 pool and billiards games and variations-from Eight Ball to Italian Skittle---and are played. It's also got fun facts about the game and it's famous players. Modeled on a real pool table, the table comes with tiny cues, pool balls, and a rack---it even collects the balls you've shot into a drawer below, making set up for your next game even easier. It's all here in one package: just pick you...