TURKIN HY & S. C. THOMPSON

The Vest-Pocket Encyclopedia of Baseball

New York, A S Barnes. 1956, First Thus. Mass Market Paperback, landscape 48mo. (200 gram rate) book is landscape 4 x 3 x 3/4 inch thick, 320pp, paper browning, light crease to rear wrapper, condensed for Gillette. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 007449

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Keywords: Baseball Ephemera Rules Guide Gillette Vintage Paperback Collectable

BANCA COMMERCIALE ITALIANA

XVII Olympiad - Rome 1960 ; History of the Games, Organization of the Games in Rome, Results

Rome, Banca Commerciale Italiano. 1960, First Edition. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. XVII Olympiad - Rome 1960 2 vols in thick stiff card boards with cloth spines, History of the Games =pp216pp + plates Organization of the Games in Rome = pp146pp+plates, PLUS 1 vol stapled paper wrappers, Results =pp45, Results book intended to be filled out as games progressed, this one is unused but has some light foxing to the wrappers, the board bound books are perfect bound on to a cloth spine and although no pages are detached yet they inevitably are getting to a stage where they will probably start coming out with reading use, the cloth is a bit age soiled and slightly foxed. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 011746

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Keywords: 17th Seventeenth Olympiad XVII Olympiad Olympic Games Rome Roma 1960 Italy Italian Publications Ephemera Collectables

LAIDLAW-DICKSON D. J.

Aero Modeller Hobby Magazine: August 1963

Watford, Model Aeronautical Press Ltd. 1963, First Edition. Printer Wrapper, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. (200 gram rate) some mild handling wear or dust soiling to wrappers, volume xxviii no. 331, being pp 371-422, British. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 007213

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Keywords: Aviation Model Aeroplanes Radio Control Vintage American Magazine Hobby

TURNBULL M J & ALLOM M J C

The Book of the Two Maurices (M C C team 1929-1930)

London, Allom & co. 1930, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. "The Book of the two Maurices being some account of the tour of an MCC team through Australia and New Zealand in the closing months of 1929 and the beginning of 1930". Match information and reminiscences as well as sightseeing by the players. 255pp including 7pp of scores and tables etc. SCARCE. Blue cloth boards gilt tiled and decorated with a bat and ball to spine. upper board one small water spot discolouration, spine is slightly discoloured to a greyish blue, gilt still bright. lower board a small amount of surface indenting (VERY MINOR). corners very slightly bent and rubbed. pencil name on paste down, slight foxing to prelims and closed page edges. 27 photos including frontis. one plate has a dusty margin. binding showing between frontis and title but still tightly bound. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 011387

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Keywords: Cricket Marylebone Cricket Club MCC Australia New Zealand Rare

DALLADAY ARTHUR J.

The British Journal Photographic Almanac 1954

London, Henry Greenwood & Co. 1954, First Edition. Pictorial Boards, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. The British Journal Photographic Almanac and Photographers Daily Companion, papered boards with b&w design and titling, name to fep, first page of front advertising removed, 620pp including many advertisements for the trade, 32 gravure plates of photographers work etc. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004203

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Keywords: Photography Handbook Annual Guide Book Advertiser Advertisements Camera Film Photographs

DALLADAY ARTHUR J.

The British Journal Photographic Almanac 1958

London, Henry Greenwood & Co. 1958, First Edition. Pictorial Boards, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. The British Journal Photographic Almanac and Photographers Daily Companion, papered boards with b&w design and titling, name to fep, 616pp including many advertisements for the trade, gravure plates of photographers work etc. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 012131

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Keywords: Photography Handbook Annual Guide Book Advertiser Advertisements Camera Film Photographs

SHARP CECIL J

The Country Dance Book

London, Novello. 1909, First Edition. Original Wraps, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. (500 gram rate) assumed first , slate grey papered covers a bit rubbed to edges, chipped at spine ends, paste holding it to the text block is starting to perish, old ink name to title, 64pp , an intro then the technique to the 'country dance' steps. with diagrams and some music notation. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 011993

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Keywords: Dance Country Folk Instruction Technique

EDRICH W J

Cricket Heritage

London, Stanley Paul. First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. light foxing to prelims and closed edges, 224pp + plates, DW unclipped, minor chipping head and tail of spine. reminiscences of a Middlesex and England representative cricketer in the 1940s seasons. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 001628

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Keywords: British Cricket Middlesex England Post World War Two Twentieth Century First Edition

WOLFFE JABEZ

Swimming short and long Distance

London, Foulsham. First Edition. Cloth, 16mo - over 5? - 6? tall. small green cloth , titled to cover and spine, age toned endpapers, inscription to fep dated 1926, 88pp +6 pp adverts, some diagrams in text. Wolffe had 21 cross channel swims and holder of ten long dostance sea records, added is a foreword and brief biography of Captian Matthew Webb by Charles Platt. some age faults showing (500 gram rate). Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 012236

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Keywords: Swimming Sport 20th Century, Jabez Wolfe

BYRNE JACK

Salmon Country

Auckland, Collins. 1980, First Edition. (ISBN: 0002169754) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. excellent copy, name and date in pen to fep, 174pp + plates. Salmon sport fishing in New Zealand, covers all aspects of recreation and conservation, management and ecology etc, as well as cooking!. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 012563

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Keywords: Salmon Fishing Angling New Zealand Fly Fishing Spinning Scientific Research Climate Ecology 0002169754

GLAISHER JAMES

Hit the Canvas

Portsmouth, Brown Watson. First Edition. Original Wraps, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Chap Book, pictorial wrappers creased to edges, minor wear, internally tidy but aged, approx 120 unpaginated pages stapled into wrappers, clean tear down reading fold down to the 'by' on the cover, short similar tear up from bottom to top of the boxers boot, assumed first , undated, boxing action story (200 gram rate). Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 005625

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Keywords: Boxing Pugilism Fiction Novel Thriller Pulp Fiction Chap Book

DANTZIC JERRY

The Official Miranda Manual

New York, Amphoto. 1966, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. unclipped DW chipped to top of rear panel, a few short edge tears, rubbed corners etc, book clean, 128pp. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 008952

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Keywords: Photography Film Slr Single Lens Reflex Miranda Users Handbook Guidebook Reference Camera

CORBETT JAMES JIM

Tree Tops

London, Oxford University Press. 1955, First Edition. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Ill.: Raymond Sheppard. (500 gram rate) unclipped DW short tear top left of front panel, and a short tear along top fore edge fold, tidy but shows handling, 30pp illustrated in line. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 009467

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Keywords: India Big Game Hunting Tigers Natural History Raj Raymond Sheppard

WOLFE JOHN & BOB DOMINICK

A Climber's Guide to Joshua Tree National Monument (1979 edition)

Santa Ana, Desert Rats Uninhibited. 1982, Reissue. Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. red vinyl wrapeprs with B&W illustration, pages are secured by two steel screw pins original method of binding not an amateur rebind) 320pp includes B&W and colour photographs, route maps, folding map in pocket at rear, this is thew 1982 re-issue of the 1979 edition, some handling soiling, remains of price label at head of first page, a laconic approach to the routes for rock climbers at the Joshua Tree National Monument. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 005927

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Keywords: Climbing Rock Climbing Mountaineering Big Wall Climbing Joshua Tree Route Finding Climbing Guide

SAUTELLE JOHN

Fishing for the Educated Trout

Ultimo, Murray Book Distributors. 1978, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. unclipped DW has a small light scuff to lower panel, otherwise tidy copy with a bold presentation inscription SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR to the half title, dated 1984, 206pp + colour plates, also b&w photos throughout, includes his experiences angling in Tasmania, New Zealand, Kashmir and Great Britain. Very Good/Very Good. Signed by Author.

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Book number: 003184

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Keywords: Australia Fishing Angling Fly Fishing New South Wales Signed Collectable New Zealand Tasmania Kashmir England Ireland Scotland