ANON

Football Champions (annual)

London, Purnell. 1965, First Edition. Pictorial Boards, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. head and tail of spine pulled but no loss, dust soiling to the cracks in the lamination, name erased from paste down causing some loss of surface colour, corners slightly rubbed / bumped, final page short tear to bottom edge, approx 50pp with colour and b&w photos of the big names and matches of the season. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 002938

Catalogue: Hobbies Sport and Leisure

Keywords: Football Soccer 1960s 1965 Annual Sports Ephemera

GEESINK ANTON

Go-Kyo; Principles of Judo

London, Foulsham. 1967, First Edition. Hard Cover, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. Ex-Library, ex-library, price clipped dust jacket has call number to spine, small hole to joint, under plastic sleeve which is taped to endpapers and boards, some library stamps etc, still internally tidy, 96pp, black and white photos throughout, Geesink was 7th Dan and Olympic Gold Medallist. Good/Good.

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Book number: 007236

Catalogue: Hobbies Sport and Leisure

Keywords: Judo Martial Art Japanese Unarmed Combat Anton Geesink

HUTTON J. ARTHUR

The Life-History of the Salmon

Aberdeen University Press, Aberdeen Natural History and Antiquarian Society. 1924, First Edition. Original Cloth, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. with an introduction by Professor J Arthur Thomson 4to, xvi,56,+xvii plates with captioned tissue guards, quarter-cloth over papered boards in original dustwrapper with photograph of a salmon on upper panel DUSTWRAPPER; worn to corners and spine ends with minor chipping and small tears, some light soiling and faint remains of a title that has been written on the blank spine of the wrapper, dustwrapper is fully intact apart fom the very minor corner chipping, Minor soiling on reverse of dw from the mottled spine cloth. BOARDS; quarter brown cloth over buff papered boards titled in brown on upper panel, Corners lightly bumped, the edges of the boards have been lightly worn away (probably by silverfish), the cloth of the upper board is mottled (but dry) On the lower panel the paper has been worn away somewhat at the bottom edge near the spine cloth, Spine is titled in black INSCRIPTIONS; front pastedown has ink inscription [Wm Cobeldick F R G S| Govt Acclimatization Ranger Curator | for Tourist Dept Rotorua | 1925 ] page 1 of text has this repeated, PLATES; the plates at the rear are slightly warped by once having been in a damp environment but are not watermarked in any way, CONTENTS; Salmon Industry in Britain/Salmon scales,colouration/Life of salmon, migration/spawning/parr/smolt/sea-life of salmon/wye salmon/grilse/races of salmon/parasites/management of rivers, OVERALL a tidy copy in the original dustwrapper, William Cobeldick was a Ranger in the Rotorua area and one of the last to have sighted Huia, he also seems to have been embroiled in a bigamy trial when his estranged wife married a younger man. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 000008

Catalogue: Hobbies Sport and Leisure

Keywords: Salmon, Angling, Natural History, Scotland, William Cobeldick, Huia

THE GIRL GUIDES ASSOCIATION

Campcraft for Girl Guides

London, The Girl Guides Association. 1939, First Edition. Decorative Cloth, 16mo - over 5? - 6? tall. (500 gram rate) rubbed spine ends, fep half removed, inscription to paste down and half title, good copy, 316pp illustrated. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 009390

Catalogue: Hobbies Sport and Leisure

Keywords: Guides/Scouting/the Girl Guides Association/Campcraft for Guides/Camping

AUSTRAL ( R.M. 'AUSTRAL' KIDSTON )

Lawn Tennis in Australasia

Sydney, Edwards, Dunlop & Co. 1912, First Edition. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. blue cloth lightly rubbed to joints, corners slightly bowed, ink name and date to paste down 'Amy Peacock 1914', colour frontis, 344pp, light scattered foxing, pagination includes many photographic plates, also diagrams in the text, rare Australasian tennis book. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 006580

Catalogue: Hobbies Sport and Leisure

Keywords: Australia Australian Tennis Lawn Tennis Sports Sporting Rare Collectable Tennis Book

BROWN TIMOTHY B.

Energy Curve (adventure for Traveller 2300 )

Bloomington, Game Designers Workshop. 1986, First Edition. (ISBN: 094358020X) Pictorial Cover, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. (200 gram rate) minor wear to pictorial stiff paper wrappers, minor adhesive residue from a label, GDW 1031, A Marooned Expedition on the Kafer Froniter, in the best tradition of early Star Trek episodes! 48pp. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 012013

Catalogue: Hobbies Sport and Leisure

Keywords: Science Fiction Fantasy Roleplaying Game Adventure Module Traveller 2300 Rpg 094358020x

BAANEN B.

Rondom De Olympische Winterspelen 1948

Amsterdam, Andries Blitz. 1948, First Edition. Mass Market Paperback, 16mo - over 5? - 6? tall. sewn in paper wrappers, paper stock age browned, 234pp. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 008955

Catalogue: Hobbies Sport and Leisure

Keywords: Olympic Games Sport ABC Romans No 43

STAMPFL FRANZ FOREWORD ROGER BANNISTER

Running

London, Four Square. 1960, First Edition. Mass Market Paperback, 16mo - over 5? - 6? tall. light cover wear and sunning, 8 leaves of plates loose at centre and unsure if any missing, 159pp first paperback edition, a text book on training and tactics by the coach of Roger Bannister, Chataway and Brasher. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 002189

Catalogue: Hobbies Sport and Leisure

Keywords: Running Athletics Sport Training Tactics Roger Bannister Franz Stampfl

RAJKI BELA

The Technique of Competitive Swimming

Budapest, University Printing House. 1956, First Edition. Quarter cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. papered boards over cloth spine, papered area rubbed and soiled with some chipping loss, otherwise tidy copy, 89pp + many folding photographic plates. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 009174

Catalogue: Hobbies Sport and Leisure

Keywords: Swimming Sport Competition Technique Aquatics

CUZNER BERNARD

A Silversmith's Manual Treating of the Designing and Making of the Simpler Pieces of Domestic silverware

London, N.A.G. Press Ltd. 1965, Second Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. unclipped dust jacket minor surface lifting to fold in flaps where tape removed, ninor tape rust to endpapers, very tidy, reprint of the Second Edition, 192pp+ frontis, illustrated. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 007918

Catalogue: Hobbies Sport and Leisure

Keywords: Silver Silversmithing Craft Handicraft Metalworking Artisanship Antique

STETSON BERNARD

Teach Yourself Modern Ballroom Dancing

London, The English Universities Press. 1952, New edition. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. dust jacket worn with edge tears, book clean, 192pp with diagrams etc. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 006455

Catalogue: Hobbies Sport and Leisure

Keywords: Dancing Modern Ballroom Ball Room Formal

SCHMID BERND

Marklinbahn + Landschaft, Anleitung Zum Bau Von HO-Anlagen Und Tips Zur Ausgestaltung 0327

Western Germany, Marklin. Soft Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. soft covers not sure if published by Marklin?, undated ( 1970s?) 192pp + folding plan at rear ( Gleisplan) German text. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 008625

Catalogue: Hobbies Sport and Leisure

Keywords: Modelbahn Elektrik Marklin Bernd Schmid Marklinbahn 0327

STEIN BERNHARD

Bernhard Steins schonste Modellbahnanlagen Und Dioramen

Stuttgart, Franckh-Kosmos Verlags. 1989. (ISBN: 3893508120) Pictorial Boards, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. sehr gut, 159pp mit bild in farbe, one small split to top corner. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 008628

Catalogue: Hobbies Sport and Leisure

Keywords: Modelbahn Elektrik Modelling Railways German Deutsch 3893508120

LOCKE BOBBY

Bobby Locke on Golf

London, Country Life. 1953, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. unclipped DW, very minor edge rubbing to DW, DW seems a little shorter than boards, but only by a few millimetres, closed edges foxed, gift inscription to fep, 196pp, well illutsrated throughout, includes errata slip. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 010633

Catalogue: Hobbies Sport and Leisure

Keywords: Golf, Golfing, Bobby Locke, Technique, Twentieth Century

FISCHER BOBBY

My 60 memorable games. Selected and fully annotated by Bobby Fischer. With introductions to the games by Larry Evans.

London, Faber. 1972, third printing. (ISBN: 0571093124) Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. unclipped dust jacket under removable plastic sleeve, cloth slightly rubbed to spine ends, no inscriptions or annotations, clean copy of third printing, shows very minor age, 384pp, slight foixng to closed edges. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 010389

Catalogue: Hobbies Sport and Leisure

Keywords: Chess Bobby Fischer Chess Play Moves Famous Chess Players Hard Bound Edition 0571093124