The First Wrestling Book with Photographs?

(SPORT). LEONARD, HUGH F. A Hand-Book of Wrestling. Edited by Frederik A. Fernald. New York: E.R. Pelton, 1897. 1st ed. 8vo. 9, 259 pp. Index. Bibliography. 220 illustrations from photographs of wrestling positions. Orig. cloth. Eight pages of figure drawings of ancient Egyptian wrestlers. Front inner hinge cracked, back inner hinge repaired. Occasional soiling. $375.00

Certainly the first history of "catch-as-catch can" wrestling, and likely the first wrestling book with photographs of various positions and throws. An excellent instruction manual by the instructor at the New York Athletic Club. The bibliography, running to about 40 items, contains only a handful published in the U.S. NUC reports only 300 copies were printed; reprinted in 1969 by University Microfilms.