Original 1890 1st Edition “THE HISTORY OF CURLING” by John Kerr

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“THE HISTORY OF CURLING”, John Kerr, 1890 ORIGINAL 1st EDITION. Cover Is Fragile.
This is the history of the GRAND CALADONIAN CURLING CLUB IN SCOTLAND. One of the oldest in the world. This is the original book. The club issued a red recovered book that was this one recovered and sold 550 numbered copies. This is the 1st edition.
Curling is associated especially with Scotland, where the game dates to the early 16th century. Paintings by Pieter Bruegel the Elder dating from about the same time are evidence that the game was also played in the Low Countries, but it was Scotland that promoted the game worldwide. The Grand Caledonian Curling Club was organized at Edinburgh in 1838 (royal patronage made it the Royal Caledonian Curling Club in 1843) with the announced purpose of becoming an international body. The International Curling Federation was founded there in 1966.
A Canadian branch of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club was founded in 1852, but the Royal Montreal Curling Club had been in existence since 1807. The Canadian championship was inaugurated in 1927 and became the world’s biggest curling event.