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Image for Cricket of To-Day and Yesterday. With special articles by famous cricketers, incl.K. S. RANJITSINHJI, P.F. WARNER, D.L.A. JESPHSON, ROBERT ABEL, and WILFRED RHODES. Subscription Illustrated Edition. In Two Volumes.

Cricket of To-Day and Yesterday. With special articles by famous cricketers, incl.K. S. RANJITSINHJI, P.F. WARNER, D.L.A. JESPHSON, ROBERT ABEL, and WILFRED RHODES. Subscription Illustrated Edition. In Two Volumes.

By: CROSS STANDING, PERCY:

Price: £95.00

Publisher: London, The Caxton Publishing Co. 1903:

Seller ID: 77274

2 vols.; Large hardback, Folio. 11.5 x 8.5 inches. Green cloth with gilt lettering and with an illustration by HASSALL on front covers and on spines. Beveled edge boards. In very good conditions. Corners slightly bumped, rubbing to edges and ends of spines. Some heavy rubbing / light soiling around edges of vol.2. Deep scratch to cloth on rear of vol.2, & Small nick to front edge of cloth on spine. Endpapers darkened with neat inscriptions to front, “A.H. Lushington, Lansdowne, 1904.” Inside pages very clean and tight throughout. Colour plates clean and bright. 192 pp & 184...
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The Eton College Hunt, A Short History of Beagling at Eton. Illustrated by J. Robertson. With Contributions...

By: CROSSLEY, A. C.:

Price: £48.00

Publisher: Eton College, Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Co. 1921 1st:

Seller ID: 83724

Hardback, 8.5 x 5.5 inches. Grey paper covered boards with black lettering to spine and front. In very good condition. Corners lightly bumped, spine rubbed and darkened, with chip to top end. Some minor darkening to endpapers with neat inscription to front “Osmund A. Archdale, June 1922. From L.A.” Some minor light spots to pages and edges else inside pages all very clean and tight throughout. Else a very clean and tight copy. 127pp + 8pp adverts. With 29 B&w illustrations including photo plates, a map, and drawings within text.
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The Game’s Afoot! An Anthology of Sports, Games & the Open Air.

By: DARWIN, BERNARD (ed):

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Sidgwick and Jackson. London. 1926 1st edition.:

Seller ID: 76513

Hardback. Tall 8vo. (8 x 5.5 ins.) In green cloth covers with gilt lettering to spine and front. In very good condition. Spine slightly faded and slightly nicked/rubbed at ends. Minor rubbing to boards and edges. Endpapers darkened. Neat inscription to front. Some mild foxing and marks to pages. Else a tight copy. 331pp. Collection of stories with a sporting or outdoors theme. Authors include, R.S.Surtees, Charles Dickens, Thackeray, Sir Walter Scott, George Borrow, Neville Cardus, Izaak Walton, Erskine Childers, Robert Louis Stevenson, R.D.Blackmore, Samuel Pepys, Rupert Brooke, H.G.Wells.
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The Golf Courses of the British Isles. Illustrated by Harry Rountree.

By: DARWIN, BERNARD:

Price: £250.00

Publisher: London. Duckworth & Co. 1910 1st edition. 1st issue.:

Seller ID: 76573

Hardback. Tall 8vo. (approx 9 x 7 ins.) In green cloth covers with gilt lettering and floral decorations to spine and front. Top edge gilt. In very good condition. Spine slightly darkened and bumped at ends. Some minor marks to cloth. Page edges rough at side. Some very small marks else a very clean and tight copy. Beautifully illustrated major work on the Golf Courses of the British Isles. Issue points: p.242. ‘Mr More.’ and on front cover Rountree is incorrectly spelt as“Rowntree.” 253pp. With 64 colour plates by Harry Rountree with titled tissue guards.
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MOTOR RACING (27). The Lonsdale Library

By: DAVIS, S.C.H. (ed.):

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Seeley Service and Co. 1939 1st edition.:

Seller ID: 70687

Size 5.5 x 8.75 inches. In brown buckram with gilt to spine and front. In very good condition. Spine slightly faded. Mild foxing to edges. Else a clean and tight copy. 256 pp. With 66 b/w plates and 72 text illustrations. 23 chapters on different aspects of motor racing, written by a range of writers including Raymond Mays, R.A.Railton, R.Seaman, George Eyston, S.C.H.Davis, J.R.Cobb and Earl Howe.
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Going To The Moors

By: EDEN, Ronald:

Price: £5.00

Publisher: John Murray, 1979 1st:

Seller ID: 82469

Hardback, 9.5 x 7 ins. Buckram cloth with black lettering and design to front. In illustrated glossy dustwrapper. In very good near fine condition with near fine dustwrap (DW slight fading to spine, minor rubbing to edges.) No penned inscriptions. Else a very clean and tight copy. 213pp. With a colour frontis and many B&W illustrations throughout.
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Commentary on the Laws of Duplicate Contract Bridge 1987.

By: ENDICOTT, GRATTAN / HANSEN, BENT KEITH:

Price: £6.00

Publisher: European Bridge League. 1992 1st edition.:

Seller ID: 73257

Size 8.5 x 11.75 inches. In maroon cloth covers with gilt to front. In near fine condition. A very clean and tight copy. 390pp. With game diagrams. Bridge is a complex game with a detailed Code of Laws. the authors face the problems of interpretation and application to provide expert assistance to Tournament Directors and Appeals Committees.
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WISDEN Cricketers' Almanack 1994.

By: ENGEL, MATTHEW (ed):

Price: £8.00

Publisher: John Wisden & Co Ltd. 1994:

Seller ID: 65631

8vo. In yellow limp cloth covers with black lettering and vignette to front. In very good condition. Slight handling marks. Else a very clean and tight copy. 1424pp. With b/w and colour photo plates, advertisements and other illustrations. Articles on, or by; Botham, Richards, Ian Chappell, Sri Lanka, Cricket press, umpiring, obituaries, and more.
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WISDEN Cricketers' Almanack 1997.

By: ENGEL, MATTHEW (ed):

Price: £8.00

Publisher: John Wisden & Co Ltd. 1997:

Seller ID: 65635

8vo. In yellow limp cloth covers with black lettering and vignette to front. In very good condition. Slight handling marks. Else a clean and tight copy. 1440pp. With b/w and colour photo plates, advertisements and other illustrations. Articles on, or by; Dickie Bird, Mihir Bose, Sheffield Shield, Tendulkar, records, Raymond Lindwall, and more.
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Wisden Cricketer’s Almanac.

By: ENGEL, MATTHEW(ed):

Price: £8.00

Publisher: John Wisden & Co. Ltd. 1999:

Seller ID: 54311

8vo. In yellow limp cloth covers with black lettering and vignette to front. In good condition. Spine slightly bowed and faded. Small marks on front cover. Else a clean and tight copy. 1520 pp. With colour photo plates and b/w photographs and advertisements. The classic annual book on cricket. This edition contains Articles on; Corruption of Cricket; cricket’s sexual politics; Graeme Hick; World Cup Special; Five cricketers of the Century. Plus coverage of all the county teams, schools cricket etc..
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Image for Shots from a Lawyer's Gun. Illustrated with 141 Sketches by the late Wallace MacKay (contributor to “Punch”), Munnings, Feller, and other artists.

Shots from a Lawyer's Gun. Illustrated with 141 Sketches by the late Wallace MacKay (contributor to “Punch”), Munnings, Feller, and other artists.

By: EVERITT, Nicholas;

Price: £8.00

Publisher: London, Everett & Co., 1927 6th:

Seller ID: 82443

Hardback, Size approx 9 x 5.5 inches. In maroon cloth with gilt lettering to spine and blind embossed on front. In very good condition. Spine faded, small nicks to ends, corners bumped and rubbed, some minor handling to boards. Endpapers slightly darkened. Neat inscription to rear side of frontis plate “Jan C. W...?” A couple of minor handling marks else pages very clean and tight. 299pp + 10pp cat. With many b&w illustrations by Wallace MacKay (contributor to “Punch”) and other artists.
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Speed on Salt: A History of The Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, U.S.A. With a foreword by Sir Malcolm Campbell.

By: EYSTON, George: BRADLEY, W. F.:

Price: £50.00

Publisher: London, B.T. Batsford, 1936 1st edition:

Seller ID: 82585

Hardback, 10 x 7.5 ins. Blue cloth spine lettered in orange with blue paper covered boards with dark blue lettering. In very good condition. Spine is faded and sunbleached. Some rubbing to bottom board edges and small chips to bottom corners. Else cover clean and bright. Endpapers clean, no penned inscriptions. A couple of minor handling marks and small spots to inside pages else a very clean and tight copy. 84pp. Illustrated with B&W photo plates, a map, and colour frontis plate. History of speed at the iconic Bonnevile Salt Flats.
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By Lake and River: An Angler’s Rambles in the North of England and Scotland. By the author of “A Book on Angling.”

By: FRANCIS, Francis:

Price: £30.00

Publisher: London, “The Field” Office, 1874 1st:

Seller ID: 80000

Hardback, 8 x 5 inches. Green cloth with gilt lettering and design to spin and front. Plain endpapers. In good condition. Some minor dakrening and handling marks to boards, some rubbing to edges and corners, ends of spine chipped. Glue repairs to hinges between endpapers. Inscription to front “F.D. How,” “A.E. Chapman.” Some minor tanning to pages, the odd handling spot and neat pencil note else pages clean and tight. 415pp + cat. Not illustrated.
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Image for Fox-Hunting. The Lonsdale Library volume VII. With Five Colour plates, Eighteen Reproductions of Hunting pictures, Forty-Five Illustrations.

Fox-Hunting. The Lonsdale Library volume VII. With Five Colour plates, Eighteen Reproductions of Hunting pictures, Forty-Five Illustrations.

By: FREDERICK, Sir CHARLES, et al:

Price: £18.00

Publisher: London, Seeley Service and Co. Ltd., 1930 1st edition.:

Seller ID: 77802

Hardback, Size approx 9 x 5.5 inches. In brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine and monogram to front. Top edges browned. In very good condition. Spine faded. Some slight rubbing to edges. Neat inscription to front endpaper, dated 1935. Else a very clean and tight copy. 366pp. Illustrated with Five Colour plates, Eighteen Reproductions of Hunting pictures, Forty-Five Illustrations. (61 plates, 8 ills & maps in text.)
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Will's Shoot Revisited Foreword by John Humphreys. SIGNED + ALS.

By: GARFIT, Will:

Price: £20.00

Publisher: The Sportsmans Press, 2005 repr:

Seller ID: 82475

Hardback, 10 x 8 ins. Brown cloth with glossy illustrated dustwrapper. In very good near fine condition with very good dustwrapper (DW some minor rubbing to edges. Price torn.) Envelope with signed letters pasted to front endpaper, Author’s dedicatory inscription to halftitle page, “To Godfrey and Sylvia...” Else a very clean and tight copy. 156pp. With colour and b&W photo illustrations.
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Will's Shooting Ways Days with Pen, Brush & Gun. SIGNED.

By: GARFIT, Will:

Price: £18.00

Publisher: Quiller Publishing, 2009 1st:

Seller ID: 82476

Hardback, 10 x 8 ins. Cream cloth with glossy illustrated dustwrapper. In very good near fine condition with very good dustwrapper (DW some minor rubbing to edges. Price clipped.) Prev. owners label to front endpaper, Author’s dedicatory inscription to halftitle page, “To Godfrey and Sylvia...” Else a very clean and tight copy. 175pp. With colour illustrations.
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Image for Shooting With Surtees Including the shooting exploits of Messrs. John Jorrocks &c..., the whole being a collection of extracts relating to the gun from the works of Robert Smith Surtees. with “Who’s Who” of Characters. With Four Plates in Colour and other illustrations.

Shooting With Surtees Including the shooting exploits of Messrs. John Jorrocks &c..., the whole being a collection of extracts relating to the gun from the works of Robert Smith Surtees. with “Who’s Who” of Characters. With Four Plates in Colour and other illustrations.

By: GLADSTONE, Hugh S.:

Price: £20.00

Publisher: London, H.F. & G. Witherby, 1927 1st edition:

Seller ID: 82417

Hardback, 9 x 6 inches. Light green cloth with gilt lettering and black pictorial designs to front and spine. top page edges gilt. In very good condition. Slight rubbing to corners and ends of spine else cover very clean and bright. One minor light scratch to rear. Endpapers slightly darkened. No penned inscriptions. A couple of minor small spots to page edges else pages all very clean and tight throughout. Plates clean and bright. Else a very clean and tight copy. 307pp. Illustrated with 4 colour and 10 B&W plates.
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Rough Shooting New and up-to-date edition edited by Roderick Willett.

By: GRATTAN, Gurney A.:

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Faber & Faber, 1968 revised:

Seller ID: 82487

Hardback 9 x 5.5 ins. Brown cloth with illustrated dustwrapper. In near fine condition with near fine dustwrapper (DW slight fading to spine, not price clipped.) No penned inscriptions. Else a very clean and tight copy. 242pp. Illustrated with B&W figures and photo plates.
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Where The Bright Waters Meet.

By: GREENE, Harry Plunket:

Price: £26.00

Publisher: H.F. & G. Witherby, 1969 reissue:

Seller ID: 83547

Hardback, approx 8.5 x 5.5 inches. Blue cloth with silver lettering to spine, in illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (DW some rubbing to corners and edges, small tear to bottom front edge and also to top rear edge and bottom corner. Not price clipped.) Cloth clean, neat inscription to endpaper. A couple of minor handling marks to pages else a very clean and tight copy. 253pp. Illustrated with B&W photo plates. Fishing on the Bourne in Hampshire.
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Image for Wild Sports of The World: A Boy's Book of Natural History and Adventure. With Woodcuts from Designs by Harden Melville and William Harvey, Portraits of Celebrated Hunters from Original Photographs, and Maps Showing the Habitats of Animals and Plants All Over The World.

Wild Sports of The World: A Boy's Book of Natural History and Adventure. With Woodcuts from Designs by Harden Melville and William Harvey, Portraits of Celebrated Hunters from Original Photographs, and Maps Showing the Habitats of Animals and Plants All Over The World.

By: GREENWOOD, JAMES:

Price: £68.00

Publisher: London, S.O. Beeton, 1864 (Fiftieth Thousand.):

Seller ID: 83801

Hardback, 8.5 x 5.5 inches. Bound in light brown full calf leather, gilt paneled boards, raised banding gilt lettering and gilt decorations to spine, marbled endpapers and page edge. In very good condition. Some rubbing to extremities: corners bumped and chipped at top ends, spine darkened with small chip to top end and some rubbing to raised banding, boards with some handling marks and rubbing to edges. Bookplate to endpaper with inscription to blank side “R. Warneford Fletcher, Hatch Grange.” Some darkening and light foxing to blank prelims. Some minor handling/thumb marks to tit...
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