FORBES James David

Travels through the Alps of Savoy and other Parts of the Pennine Chain with Observations on the Phenomena of Glaciers. THE ORIGINAL EDITION

Adam & Charles Black, Edinburgh,, 1843. Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with lithograph frontispiece, 8 lithograph plates, 9 tinted lithograph topographical sketches on 4, engraved illustrations in the text and large folding map in pocket at end, plates mildly spotted, text-block clean, neat inscription on blank preliminary; original terracotta cloth, boards elaborately framed and blocked in blind, neatly rebacked in cloth to style with original gilt label laid down, dove-blue endpapers, a very good, bright, firm copy. With the nineteenth-century engraved armorial bookplate of Sir Hugh Hume Campbell of Marchmont. Robust copy of an alpine classic. VERY SCARCE. Neate *274.

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Book number: 39004

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Keywords: sports, mountaineering, climbing, rock-climbing, alps, alpine, savoy, pennines, glaciers, james forbes

FORREST Denys

Tea for the British. The Social and Economic History of a Famous Trade. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Chatto & Windus,, 1973. 8vo., First Edition, with plates; green faux-calf, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in dustwrapper.

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Book number: 30092

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Keywords: mstock, cookery, cooking, tea, tea trade, d. forrest, sports, pastimes, cookery, gastronomy, tea, the, british

FOSTER T.

The Postal History of Jamaica 1662-1860. NEAR FINE COPY

[Privately Printed,, 1972]. 8vo. First Edition, with numerous illustrations and facsimiles in the text, inked scribble on front free endpaper; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy. With relevant cuttings mounted on endpapers. SCARCE.

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Book number: 27119

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Keywords: philately, stamps, postal history, post office, jamaica, west indies, t. foster,sports, pastimes, philately, postal, history, jamaica, 1662-1860

FOX G.C.H.

Duplicate Bridge. Its Procedure and Tactics. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

Edward Arnold,, [1955]. 8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text; pale blue cloth, backstrip lettered in dark blue, backstrip lightly sunned else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, mildly age-browned dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER.

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Book number: 17401

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Keywords: sports, pastimes, card games, bridge, contract bridge, duplicate bridge

FREDERICK Sir Charles

Lonsdale Library Volume VII. Fox-Hunting. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Seeley Service,, [1947]. 8vo., with coloured frontispiece, 3 coloured plates, numerous plates in monochrome and illustrations in the text, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; original series binding of brown boards, upper board blocked in gilt, brown buckram back lettered in gilt, brown top, a very good, bright, crisp copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter with mounted illustrations (repeated from text) on front panel and backstrip, and neat repair at upper joint.

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Book number: 37293

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Keywords: sports, sporting, lonsdale library, hunting, fox-hunting, foxhunting, charles frederick

FRY C.B.

Life worth Living. Some Phases of an Englishman. [Fourth Impression]. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Eyre & Spottiswoode,, [1947]. 8vo., Fourth Impression, with portrait frontispiece; blue cloth, gilt back, edges lightly spotted else a good, sound copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter frayed and creased at edges. First published in 1939.

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Book number: 28814

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

Keywords: cricket, cb fry

GALLICHAN W.M.

Fishing in Wales. A Guide to the Angler.

F E Robinson,, 1903. 8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece; original green cloth, a very good, clean copy. With trade advertisements at rear

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Book number: 16834

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GALLICHAN Walter M.

The Trout Waters of England. A Practical Guide to the Fisherman for Sea Trout, Brown Trout and Grayling. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Foulis,, 1908. 8vo., First Edition, with illustrations and the text, and 4 coloured plates of flies as endpapers, neat contemporary inscription on half-title verso; original pictorial cloth blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt back, green top, yapped edges, joints very lightly rubbed, half-inch split in upper joint at headband else a very good, clean copy. With 4pp publisher's advertisement bound in at end.

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Book number: 9813

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Keywords: sports, pastimes, fishing, angling, trout, sea trout, flies, gallichan, walter gallichan

GAMMON Clive

Fishing. A Pictorial Guide. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Muller,, [1967]. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; green tweed cloth boards, green cloth back lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A lovely copy.

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Book number: 21149

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Keywords: angling, fishing, fly-fishing, clive gammon, sports, pastimes, angling, fishing

GARDNER Arthur

The Art and Sport of Alpine Photography. Described and Illustrated with One Hundred and Fifty-Five Photographs. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN SCARCE UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Witherby,, 1927. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with frontispiece (original tissue guard present) and numerous fine photographs, some very light and occasional marginal browning, light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; original green buckram, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt top, uncut, a remarkably bright, crisp copy in unclipped, mildly age-browned dustwrapper. EXTREMELY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Neate *302.

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Book number: 38777

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Keywords: sports, mountaineering, climbing, alps, alpine, photography, arthur gardner

GAUTIER-LANGUEREAU

Beautes de la Chasse. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Gautier-Languereau, [Paris],, [1970]. 8vo., First Edition thus, text in French, with coloured and tinted plates (a number folding or double-page); pictorial cloth, backstrip lettered in green, green endpapers, yellow silk marker, a very good, bright, clean copy in publisher's glassine dustwrapper. EDITION LIMITED TO AN UNSPECIFIED NUMBER OF COPIES (THIS COPY NO. 386). With a copy of the publisher's flier loosely inserted.

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Book number: 30669

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Keywords: sports, field sports, shooting, hunting, gautier-languereau

GEDNEY C.W.

Angling Holidays in Pursuit of Salmon, Trout and Pike. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION

[Privately Printed at the] Telegraph Printing Works, Bromley,, 1896. 8vo., First Edition, with 47 plates; original plum cloth, gilt back, primrose endpapers, backstrip very lightly faded else a very good, clean copy. With 4pp of trade advertisements at end. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Hampton, p.112; Westwood & Satchell (Morton), p.245.

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Book number: 18420

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GEEN Philip

Fishing in Scotland and the Home Counties. [Second and Third Parts of] What I have seen while Fishing and how I have caught my Fish. Second Impression. PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR'S SON

T Fisher Unwin,, [1906]. 8vo., Second Impression, with 37 plates on 31title very lightly spotted, free endpapers lightly browned; original brown cloth, upper board lettered in red, gilt back, covers mildly age-faded else a very good, tight copy. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR'S SON WITH HIS UNSIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION DATED 1907 ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. THIS COPY WAS SUBSEQUENTLY IN THE SPORTING LIBRARY OF THE LEICESTERSHIRE WORTHY NOEL B SPURWAY AND BEARS HIS FINE PICTORIAL BOOKPLATE ON FRONT PASTE-DOWN. Second and third parts of 'What I have seen while Fishing and how I have caught my Fish', first published publicly in 1905 and subsequently reissued privately in two separate sections to meet demand. [Section I was reissued under the title 'Fishing in Ireland']. A minor classic, describing salmon fishing on the Rivers Tay and Lyon, and a few chapters on coarse fishing around London. Scarce, especially in this condition. Hampton, p.113

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Book number: 18506

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Keywords: angling, fishing, fly-fishing, river tay, river lyon, coarse fishing, philip geen

GERMANY.

Where to stay in Germany. A Guide to 300 of her finest Hotels and Restaurants. [First English Edition.] FIRST ENGLISH EDITION IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

Bertelsmann, [Gutersloh],, [1958]. 8vo., First Edition thus, with coloured plates, numerous monochrome photographs and illustrations in the text, and endpaper maps; green rexine, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in publisher's printed slip-case.

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Book number: 44871

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Keywords: travel, germany, bertelsmann, guide books

GILLMAN, ed. Peter

Everest. The Best Writing and Pictures from Seventy Years of Human Endeavour. Edited by Peter Gillman. Foreword by Sir Edmund Hillary. Picture Research by Audrey Salkeld. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Little Brown and Co.,, [1993]. Folio, First Edition, with coloured frontispiece and numerous coloured and monochrome photographs (many full-page) throughout; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, black endpapers, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Profusely illustrated anthology, including detailed registers of successful and failed attempts.

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Book number: 30534

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