A. E. Cooper; the Marquess of Silgo, Eric Parker, and others

The Lonsdale Library Volume XVII Sea Fishing

London, Seeley, Service & Co. Limited, 1934. First edition. Cloth. An extremely smart first edition of the Sea Fishing volume from the Lonsdale Library of Sports, Games and Pastimes. Beautifully illustrated and in the original dust wrapper. A very smart first edition in the original price clipped dust wrapper. Volume XVII of XXVIII of the Lonsdale Library of Sports, Games and Pastimes series. Compiled by numerous contributors including A. E. Cooper (Editor), the Marquess of Sligo, Eric Parker, Louis Babcock, T. E. Donne, O. W. Fenney, and Fred Taylor. Containing one hundred and twenty illustrations. Undated, dated using Jisc from a copy held at the British Library. In the original publisher"s cloth binding, with dust wrapper. Externally, very smart. Some very minor edgewear to the dust wrapper, particularly the head of the tail. "Jack Reece Q.P.M" bookplate to recto of front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: Various. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Boeknummer: 814C13

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A.E. Cooper

Sea Fishing

London, Seeley Service and Company, 1934. First edition. Cloth. An illustrated twentieth century guide to sea fishing, volume XVII of 'The Lonsdale Library', enclosed in its original dust wrapper. A fascinating guide to sea fishing, written the mid twentieth century and containing chapters on boat management, knots, baits, casting, types of sea fish, sharks, and best areas around the world for sea fishing. Volume XVII of 'The Lonsdale Library of Sports, Games, and Pastimes', edited by Eric Parker and The Earl of Lonsdale. This volume edited by A.E. Cooper and contains contributions from Marquess of Sligo, Louis Babcock, A.F. Bell, J.R. Harris, and more. Containing one hundred and twenty illustrations. Enclosed in the original pictorial dust wrapper. This was the personal copy of fishing enthusiast and former Brighton police officer, Jack Reece, noted by his bookplate to the front pastedown. Not only was Reece an avid shark fisherman, he also happened to be head of Brighton's CID at the time of the IRA bombing of the Brighton Grand Hotel in 1984. Reece's police force was responsible for the capture of Patrick Magee, the perpetrator of the bombing, and collection of vital evidence that helped sentence him. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, generally smart, with some light shelf wear and some marks to the front board. Original unclipped dust wrapper is sound, with some light chipping to the head and tail of the back strip and some sunning to the spine. A few small amateur tape repairs to the interior of the wrap. Light wear to the extremities. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good/Very Good.

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Boeknummer: 814J26

Catalogus: Other Sports

Trefwoorden: lonsdale library sea fishing sport recreation sea fishing cooper Not Stated

Jim Corbett

Man-Eaters of Kumaon

Oxford , Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1945. Cloth. A bright second edition of Jim Corbett's popular account of hunting Bengal tigers in Indian leopards, complete with its vanishingly scarce dust wrapper. First-hand account of Jim Corbett's experiences hunting man-eating Bengal tigers and Indian leopards in the Kumaon region of India in the early twentieth century. The best known work by this author, containing ten stories of tracking and shooting man-eating tigers, and incidental information on flora, fauna, and village life. Both first and second editions are rare and the dust wrappers exceptionally so. The second edition of this work, complete with its scarce, unclipped dust wrapper designed by John Butterworth. With frontispiece and five full page photographic plates in black and white. Collated, complete. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely with minor shelf wear, bumping to head and tail of spine and extremities of boards. Dust wrapper unclipped and sound with shelf wear, chipping to head and tail of spine, general light soiling. Mary Hunter's ex libris bookplate to dedication leaf, inscribed 'To Mary with many happy returns of the day. From Joan and Elizabeth.' Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.

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Boeknummer: 822A53

Catalogus: Other Sports

Trefwoorden: bengal tigers sporting work hunting illustrated sporting work Not Stated

H. E. Towner Coston

River Management: The Making, Care & Development of Salmon and Trout Rivers

London, Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd. 1936. Cloth. An illustrated study on the development of salmon and trout rivers. Illustrated with forty plates and many in text diagrams. Collated complete. A detailed study of the management of river systems for efficient salmon and trout farming, with reference to supply of food, weeding, mud types, hatcheries, diseases, pollution, and much more. Written by Harry Ernest Towner Coston, a British ichthyologist. In the original brown cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light bumping to the extremities and minor fading. Original price-clipped dust wrapper is smart with light shelf wear and chipping. Minor loss to the head and tail of the spine and the odd small closed tear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with light scattered spotting to the first and last few pages. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good/Good.

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Boeknummer: 859T62

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Trefwoorden: River Management Coston Care Management Salmon Trout None

Crascredo

Manners and Mannerisms

London , Country Life , 1929. First edition. Cloth. A large first edition copy of Manners and Mannerisms with stunning illustrations. This is a first edition copy of Manners and Mannerisms, a book for fox hunters. The pages are beautifully decorated with hunting illustrations in a light sage green and there are thirteen larger illustrations by Charles Simpson. The book is warmly dedicated to those who are the backbone of hunting in England. With thirteen beautiful illustrations and a frontispiece. In the original clipped dustwrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart with just some light fading to the boards. Internally, firmly bound with bright, clean pages with the occasional spot throughout. In the original clipped dustwrapper. There are a few marks to the wraps. Near Fine . Ill.: Charles Simpson. Near Fine/Very Good.

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Boeknummer: 821B46

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Trefwoorden: Crascredo manners and mannerisms foxhunting sport manners and mannerisms Charles Simpson

E. D. Cuming

British Sport Past and Present

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1909. First edition. Cloth. First trade edition of this work celebrating British sports by E. D. Cuming, adorned with beautiful illustrations by G. Denholm Armour. A large paper volume dedicated to British sports up to the twentieth century. First trade edition of this work. E. D. Cuming's history and descriptions on sports such as hunting, fishing, racing, steeple-chasing, &c. is accompanied with lovely coloured plates by G. Denholm Armour. Collated, complete with thirty-one full page coloured plates tipped in.  In the original publisher's full cloth binding with decorative gilt to boards and spine. Externally generally smart with minor shelf wear, damp marks to front board, rear joint starting. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Good . Ill.: G. Denholm Armour. Good .

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Boeknummer: 839A1

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G. Christopher Davies

The Angler&Apos;S Souvenir

London, Frederick Warne, 1877. Cloth. An illustrated and detailed collection of stories, poetry, and practical information for the nineteenth-century angler. A fascinating and detailed collection of stories, poetry, and practical information for the nineteenth-century angler. A wonderful look at fishing in the late nineteenth century.Written by G. Christopher Davies. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece, a vignette title page, and a further thirty illustrated plates, along with many in-text illustrations. Collated and complete.Illustrations by Beckwith and Topham. Containing the bookplate of a previous owner, 'Charles G. Brown, Advocate, In Aberdeen', to the front free-endpaper, along with his ink signature. In the publisher's original cloth binding, Externally, some general shelf wear to the boards, darkening to the spine, and rubbing to the joints. Bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Previous owner's bookplate and ink signature to the front free-endpaper. Internally, binding is strained throughout. Pages contain scattered spotting, not affecting readability, and plates contain tidemarks. Good Only . Ill.: Beckwith and Topham. Good Only .

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Boeknummer: 808J25

Catalogus: Other Sports

Trefwoorden: angler fishing fish sports fishing davies Beckwith and Topham

Captain F. J. Davis

A Handbook on Refereeing and Judging Boxing Under Imperial Services Boxing Association Rules

Aldershot, WM. May & Co. 1935. Cloth. A very scarce handbook to refereeing and judging professional boxing. A very scarce work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Ink inscription to the front free end paper, dated 1937. A handbook to refereeing and judging professional boxing, written by Captain F. J. Davis of the Queen's Royal Regiment, whose experience of Army boxing informs this work. Illustrated with twenty-nine photographs showing different boxing techniques.This work is very scarce to see. Undated, dated through copies held at the British Library. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Externally sound, remaining bright to the boards but lacking the backstrip. Shelf wear to the extremities. Front hinge is tender, held only by webbing. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with the occasional pencil mark. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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Boeknummer: 886M18

Catalogus: Other Sports

Trefwoorden: Boxing Sport Prizefighting Sport Not Stated

Joe Davis

Improve Your Snooker

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1936. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this guide to improving your snooker by professional snooker champion, Joe Davis. First edition. Illustrated with portrait frontispiece and 35 diagrams. Collated complete. Guide to improving your snooker, including: stance, cue-hold, use of side, long-range shots, and getting out of a snooker. Written by Joe Davis, an English professional snooker and billiards player. The dominant figure from the 1920s to 1950s, and is credited with investing aspects of the way the game is now played. He drove the creation of the World Snooker Championship by persuading the Billiards Association and Control Council to recognize an official professional snooker championship in 1927. Davis won the first 15 world championships from 1927 to 1946, and is the only undefeated player in World Snooker Championship history. In the original cream cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor shelf wear to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrapper also smart with light shelf wear, one small closed tear a mark to the front board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very clean and bright. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.

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Boeknummer: 844T25

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Trefwoorden: Snooker Improve Davis Improve None

Major Kenneth Dawson

Just an Ordinary Shoot

London, Country Life , 1935. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this book on shooting by Major Kenneth Dawson, adorned with illustrations by Winifred Austen. The first edition of this work. A book on shooting by Major Kenneth Dawson, from his own point of view and based on his own experience. A useful and interesting work on mixed shooting. With a frontispiece and eleven original etches by Winifred Austen, celebrated English illustrator, painter, etcher, and engraver. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear only, minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities, the boards are lightly marked, the spine slightly darkened. Alan Thornton's bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Light odd spotting scattered to the occasional leaves, although the pages appear generally clean throughout. Illustrated with a frontispiece and eleven original etches by Winifred Austen, celebrated English illustrator, painter, etcher, and engraver.  Very Good . Ill.: Winifred Austen. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 811A24

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Trefwoorden: shooting first editions winifred austen illustrated books first editions Winifred Austen

E. B. Dent

Boxing

London, Gale & Polden LTD, 1917. Paperback. The second edition of this vanishingly scarce popular guide to the sport of boxing, by E. B. Dent, illustrated with demonstrative plates. A vanishingly scarce work.Presented with the publisher's compliments, blind stamp to the title page.The second edition.A thorough and useful guide to the art of boxing, this volume published during a rise in the sport's popularity at the beginning of the twentieth century.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and twenty-two plates.Collated, complete.By E. B. Dent, who served on the Army Gymnastic Staff.One page of adverts to the front and one page to the rear. In the original publisher's paper wraps. Externally, with a few light marks and spots to the wraps. A little loss of paper to the backstrip. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned with some odd spots. Publisher's blind stamp to the title page. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 789P63

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Trefwoorden: Boxing e. b. dent sports gymnastic e. b. dent Not Stated

George A. B. Dewar

Life and Sport in Hampshire

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1908. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition work on life and sport in Hampshire, written by George Dewar, with illustrated plates by Archibald Thorburn. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, one other colour plate, and twelve plates by Archibald Thorburn (1860-1935), the Scottish wildlife artist.This is an interesting personal account of the nature and wildlife found in Northern Hampshire, including sections on how to best hunt and fish there. With chapters such as 'The Wood Home', 'A Gift of God', 'Birds and their Voyages', 'The Angler', and 'The Natural Man&apos.Written by George Albemarle Bertie Dewar (1862-1934), an author of several nature works including 'Nature: The Supreme Problem' and 'The Glamour of the Earth&apos. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart. Light wear to extremities and spine, as well as bands of joints. Light bumping to extremities of front board with fading to gilt. A few marks to boards and spine. Front hinge is straining. Light spots to the endpapers. Internally, firmly bound, with binding loosening towards the middle of text. Pages are very bright and clean, with light age-toning to the margins of text. Very Good . Ill.: Archibald Thorburn. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 814D36

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Trefwoorden: Life and Sport in Hampshire George A. B. Dewar nature hunting George A. B. Dewar colour plates british topography Archibald Thorburn

Captain F. A. Dickinson

Big Game Shooting on the Equator

London , John Lane The Bodley Head , 1908. First edition. Leather. A first edition copy of Big Game Shooting on the Equator, with illustrations. A first edition copy. Big Game Shooting on the Equator is written by Captain F. A. Dickinson and with an introduction by Sir Charles Norton Eliot, who was the Commissioner for British East Africa.This volume gives details on the elephant, rhinoceros, giraffe, lion buffalo and other Big Game. With forty four of forty five plates, without the frontispiece also.Collated. With adverts to the rear. Rebound in quarter morocco. Externally, generally lovely with very light marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound just missing one plate and the frontispiece. Pages remain bright. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

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Boeknummer: 858B12

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Trefwoorden: Big Game Shooting on the Equator Captain F. A. Dickinson shooting game Captain F. A. Dickinson Not Stated

Holborn Stadium Directors

Boxing Tournament Programme

London, Holborn Stadium Directors, 1917. Paperback. A very scarce and interesting boxing tournament programme with matches featuring champion boxers such as Frankie Neil, Bill Beynon and Jimmy Wilde, with the proceeds going to disabled military Officers. A very scarce work. In the publisher's original paper covers. An uncommon example of an early 1900's boxing tournament programme. The tournament was held at Holborn Stadium and was in aid of the 'Imperial Association for Disabled Naval & Military Officers&apos. The programme depicts a series of matches including rounds between famous boxers such as Frankie Neil, the feather-weight champion of Australia, vs Bill Beynon, the Ex-Bantam Champion of Great Britain, and Jimmy Wilde, the fly-weight champion of the World vs Geo, Gamester. In the publisher's original paper covers. Externally generally smart with handling marks, a crease to the middle, staples rusted and edge wear. Internally binding tender with marks and generally bright pages. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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Boeknummer: 901Z21

Catalogus: Other Sports

Trefwoorden: Boxing Boxing Programme Imperial Association for Disabled Naval & Military Officers. Sports Boxing Programme Bill Beynon Jimmy Wilde None

Major W. Broadfoot; W. J. Ford; Sydenham Dixon; et al.

Billiards

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. c1897. Cloth. A copy of this illustrated Badminton Library volume concerning billiards, with many contributors. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Illustrated with a frontispiece, a further 10 plates and numerous illustrations accompanying the text. Lacking the title page but otherwise complete. The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes was a series of sporting books, published by Longmans, Green & Co. between 1885 and 1902, and edited by Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort (1824–1899). This series aimed to cover all major sports and pastimes. This volume celebrates billiards with chapters on the history of the sport and on the different aspects of playing the game. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Externally smart, though with some shelf wear to the extremities, boards and joints. Lacking title page. Binding is strained between pages 34 and 110; otherwise firmly bound. Pages are clean but with a scattering of spots throughout. Good . Ill.: Lucien Davis. Good .

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Boeknummer: 844M10

Catalogus: Other Sports

Trefwoorden: Badminton Library Billiards Sport Billiards Lucien Davis