Andresen, Jack.

SAILING ON ICE.

South Brunswick & New York: A.S. Barnes and Company/London: Thomas Yoseloff Ltd., 1974. 1st Ed. Tall 8vo. 161pp. + [vii] blank. Frontis., 60 figures from drawings and photos. From the library of Ann Savours Shirley with signature, some very minor fading to cloth, good in lightly browned and sl. rubbed d/w.

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[Apperley, Charles James].

THE LIFE OF JOHN MYTTON, ESQ. Of Halston Shropshire. Formerly M.P. for Shrewsbury, High Sheriff for the Counties of Salop & Merioneth, and Major of the North Shropshire Yeomanry Cavalry: With Notices of his Hunting, Shooting, Driving, Racing, Eccentric and Extravagant Exploits by Nimrod.

George Routledge & Sons, 1870. 5th Ed. Revised and Enlarged with a Notice of Nimrod. xi + [i] + 234pp. + [ii]. Additional engraved t.p., 18 hand coloured plates including 16 aquatints by H. Alken and T.J. Rawlins. With the ownership note of J.R. Dickinson Byfield to flyleaf, some light browning, marbled e.ps. and edges, inner gilt dentelles, inner gilt dentelles, contemporary full calf with triple gilt rule to edges of boards, leading corner of upper board sl. rubbed, minor marking to boards, intricate gilt tooled compartments with gilt lettered label to spine.

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Archer, Rosemary; Pearson, Colin and Covey, Cecil.

THE CRABBET ARABIAN STUD. Its History & Influence. Foreword by H.R.H. Princess Alice of Athlone.

Alexander Heriot & Co. Ltd., 1978. 1st Ed. 352pp. Profusely ills. Sl. chipped price clipped d/w.

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Bennett, Geoffrey D.S.

FAMOUS HARNESS HORSES. Illustrated by W.A. Rouch. With a Foreword by Bertram W. Mills. Volume 1 1900-1915 [only, of 2].

Welbecson Press, 1926. 1st Ed. Sm. 4to. viii + 116pp. 40 photogravure plates. Some light browning, original cloth backed gilt lettered brown buckram boards, rebacked with much of original gilt lettered spine laid down, t.e.g.
¶ With the signature of ‘Helen Bourne? 14.12.26.’ and highlighted in pen and pencil on three pages of the work are references to Walter William Bourne who was the founder of the Department store Bourne and Hollingsworth, and a keen breeder and exhibitor. Volume 2 continuing with 1916-31 was published in 1932. Number 107 of a Limited Edition of 600 Copies.

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Boddy, William.

THE HISTORY OF BROOKLANDS MOTOR COURSE. Compiled from the Original Records of the Brooklands Automobile Racing Club. Foreword by Lord Brabazon of Tara.

Grenville Publishing Company Limited, 1957. 1st Imp. Royal 8vo. [xvi] + 368pp. Port. frontis., 120 b/w. plates from photos. Sl. shaken, original gilt lettered cloth sl. stained to fore-edge of lower board, corners sl. rubbed, spine lightly soiled rubbed and bumped, in soiled and chipped d/w. repaired in parts to verso.

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Bowers, G.

NOTES FROM A HUNTING BOX. (not) in the Shires.

Bradbury, Agnes & Co., 1873. 1st Ed. Slim Landscape 4to. [vi] + 77pp. + [i] + [ii] publ. adverts. Neatly hand-coloured illus. t.p., illustrated with hand-coloured line drawings integrated with text throughout. Some very light marginal browning and occasional thumbing, a couple of corners sl. creased, head of upper hinge tender but firm, original cloth backed pictorial boards, lightly browned soiled and rubbed with wear to edges and corners, spine lightly faded, a.e.g.
¶ Unusual for the illustrations to be hand-coloured. With a chapter on Lady Chetwode.

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[Box, Charles].

THE CRICKETER’S MANUAL; Containing a Brief Notice of the Character, History, and Elements of Cricket, with The Laws Appertaining Thereto, as revised by The Marylebone Club, Up to the Present Time; Rules for the Formation of Clubs; Together with a Fund of Useful and Requisite Information. By ‘Bat.’

Bayly Brothers, Royal Exchange Buildings ..., N.d. c.[1851]. 5th Ed. 12mo. viii + 110pp. + [xviii]. Lacking rear f.e.p., light browning, with stain to fore-edge sl. intruding onto margins, ownership inscription, upper hinge cracked, original gilt lettered blind embossed cloth wrapps., some bubbling and light staining.

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But et Club.

Vous Fait Revivre: LE TOUR. L’Histoire du Tour 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57.

..., 1950-57. 8 issues in 1. Tall 4to. 68pp. per issue. Profusely illus. throughout in b/w. from photos. French text. Sl. soiled original coloured pictorial limp paper wrapps. bound in, new e.ps., bound together in gilt lettered navy cloth.

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Cadogan, Lady Adelaide.

ILLUSTRATED GAMES OF PATIENCE. Dedicated by Permission to His Royal Highness the Duke of Albany.

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1883. 4th Ed. Slim Royal 8vo. [viii] + 48pp. 24 colour plates. Some very occasional light spotting, good in original black lettered green cloth ruled and lettered with black to upper board and with coloured 3 card device to each corner, bevelled edges, some light soiling, corners and head and tail of spine sl. rubbed, a.e.red.
¶ Lady Adelaide Cadogan née Paget (1820-1890), British noblewoman and prodigious authoress, most noted for her seminal work on plays and card games.

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(Caffyn). "Mid-on" (Editor).

SEVENTY-ONE NOT OUT. The Reminiscences of William Caffyn.

William Blackwood and Sons, 1899. 1st Ed. xiv + 265pp. + [iii] blank + 32pp. publ. cat. Port. frontis., 29 ills. Ownership signature, f.e.ps. sl. browned, upper hinge tender but firm, some very occasional light spotting, original silver lettered blind embossed maroon cloth, minor soiling and rubbing, corners very sl. bumped, tail of upper joint sl. split, spine faded and sl. rubbed with sm. chipp. at head.

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Calderwood, W.L.

THE SALMON RIVERS AND LOCHS OF SCOTLAND.

Edward Arnold, 1909. 1st Ed. Sm. 4to. x + 442pp. 4 mounted colour plates, 18 maps, many plates including 8 photogravures. Light age toning, hinges cracked, with the signature of John Elphinstone of Carberry Tower, original two tone cloth, some soiling and wear, t.e.g.
¶ No. 215 of a Limited Edition of 250 Copies.

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Chapman, Abel.

THE BORDERS AND BEYOND Arctic...Cheviot...Tropic.

Gurney and Jackson, 1924. 1st Ed. Thick 8vo. xxi + 489pp. + [iii]. 19 coloured plates by W.H. Riddell, 170 sketches by the Author, 2 folding sketch maps, diagrams. Some very light marginal browning, original gilt lettered green cloth, some minor soiling and rubbing, head and tail of spine sl. bumped, t.e.g. rest uncut.
¶ Red Grouse, Wildfowl, Salmon, Otter, Raven, Woodcock and the Heron, etc. F.E. Selous said of Chapman 'his style of writing is simple, straightforward, modest, and convincingly truthful...'

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Chester, R.H. and McMillan, N.A.C.

MEN IN BLACK. 75 Years of New Zealand International Rugby.

Moa Publications, Auckland, 1978. 1st Ed. Elephant Folio. 388pp. Double page illus. title page, profusely illus. throughout, mainly from photos., including several in colour. Silver lettered black nubuck covered boards with silver device to upper board, rubbed and marked, sl. wear to corners and spine, much of silver lettering to spine rubbed, a.e.silver.
¶ No. 164 of a Limited Edition of 1200 Copies (200 copies were reserved for overseas subscribers).

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Chignell, W.R.

A HISTORY OF THE WORCESTER COUNTY CRICKET CLUB 1844-1950. Foreword by Maurice F.S. Jewell.

Littlebury & Co. the Worcester Press ..., N.d. c.[1951]. 1st Ed. Thick 8vo. 443pp. Numerous ills. Light browning, gilt lettered cloth, spine sl. bumped.

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Corballis, James Henry.

FORTY-FIVE YEARS OF SPORT. Edited by Arthur T. Fisher.

Richard Bentley and Son, 1891. 1st Ed. xi + 502pp. Ills. With the signature of C.H. Atherton Brown ... 1903’, light age toning, W.H. Smith lib. blind stamp to front f.e.p., original gilt lettered green cloth with gilt ills., some marking, spine bumped.
¶ Hunting, Shooting, Deer-Stalking, Salmon and Trout Fishing, Falconry, Golf.

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