How-to booklets, 1880s, cycling, athletics, boxing, cooking, etc

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How-to booklets, American or English, 1880s, cycling, athletics, boxing, cooking, skating, bar-tending12 disbound, short, how-to booklets from 1870s/1880s on various subjects. Published in US by Frank Tousey, New York, but appear to be of English origin. Extensively illustrated:- How to Ride a Bicycle, 1884, 62 pages- How to Become an Athlete, 1885, 62 pages- How to Box, 1885, 60 pages- How to Play Games, 1882, 62 pages- How to Stuff Birds and Animals, 1884, 60 pages- How to Hunt and Fish, 1883, 60 pages- The Practical Home Cook-book, 1883- Bar-Tender's Guide, 1882, 60 pages, 60 pages- How to Brew, no date, 30 pages- How to Carve and Serve a Dinner, no date, 25 pages- How to do Tricks, no date, 60 pages- The Champion Skate Book, 1879, 60 pagesCould negotiate sale of separate item.