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GBL Books: Sport / Humour
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MORE CONFESSIONS OF A GOLF ADDICT.
London. Museum Press, 1958,...set down & illustrated by George Houghton." Reprint. Paperback. 86 pages. Stiff card covers with dust wrapper. Near fine but d./.w. slightly rubbed on edges. 8.5" x 5.5". 1958
-- Boeknummer: 5529
GBP 2.00 [Appr.: EURO 2.5]
Catalogus: Sport / Humour
Trefwoorden: golf cartoon humour
THE TRUTH ABOUT GOLF ADDICTS. An Anthology....
London. Museum Press, 1958., Reprint. "... anthology of carefree Notes and Drawings by George Houghton." Introduction by Ted Ray. 194 pages. Contents very good, no inscription but top edges slightly dusty & endpapers slightly foxed. 8.25" x 5.5" D./w. worn on edges & corners, and torn on top of spine. 1958
Boeknummer: 5528
GBP 2.00 [Appr.: EURO 2.5]
Catalogus: Sport / Humour
Trefwoorden: golf cartoon humour club house golf club Gleneagles Wentworth caddie
CRICKETY CRICKET.
London. Longmans, Green, & Co., 1898., Second edition. A book of verse on cricket and cricketers, with humorous drawings. One verse is a cricket version of the "Song of the Shirt." ... "With pegg'd bat battered and worn, With ball as heavy as lead, A cricketer stood in uncricketing bags.." etc. Another is based on "The Lost Chord." .."Standing one day at the wicket, I was batting and ill at ease, And one ball had hit my fingers, Others had bruised my knees".. etc. etc. I think they're very good! 112 pages, with illustrations in b./w. by author, and a frontispiece by Sir Frank Lockwood. Some of the sketches look like W.G.Grace! Maroon cloth spine, and cream board cover are slightly worn on edges & corners, and slightly soiled otherwise very good. Contents near fine, no inscription, but foxed at beginning & end, and faintly foxed on a few pages, but binding is still tight. 19cm. x 14cm. 1898
Boeknummer: 8069
GBP 22.50 [Appr.: EURO 26.5]
Catalogus: Sport / Poetry / Humour
Trefwoorden: cricket verse poetry poem W.G. Grace sport
THE GAMES CLIMBERS PLAY. A Selection of 100 Mountaineering Articles.
London. Baton Wicks, 1998., Softback. Fourth impression. Cartoons by Sheridan Anderson, foreword by Al Alvarez. 688 pages, including notes about articles, subject index, and index of authors. Very good condition, no inscription or marks. Cover very good but front corners slightly bumped. Priced on back £8.99. 21.5cm. x 13.5cm. ISBN 1898573018. 1998
Boeknummer: 6676
GBP 2.00 [Appr.: EURO 2.5]
Catalogus: Sport / Humour
Trefwoorden: climb climbers mountain mountaineering 5514
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