GLADSTONE Hugh S.

Record Bags and Shooting Records. Together with some Account of the Evolution of the Sporting-Gun, Marksmanship and the Speed and Weight of Birds. BRIGHT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION

Witherby,, 1922. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece (original tissue guard present) and 12 plates on 10, some mild spotting throughout, neat signature on front paste-down; original blue cloth, sides with multiple frame border in blind, gilt back, uncut, a very good, bright copy. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IS VERY SCARCE.

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Book number: 32892

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

Keywords: mstock, sporting, field sports, hunting, shooting, wildfowling, gamekeeping, hugh s. gladstone, sports, pastimes, field sports, record, bags, shooting, records

GLENNY George

The Culture of Fruits and Vegetables. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN PUBLISHER'S BINDING

Houlston & Wright,, 1860. 8vo., First Edition, with fine frontispiece COLOURED BY HAND (original tissue guard present), endpapers faded at margins; publisher's green pebble-grain cloth, boards elaborately blocked in blind, gilt back, uncut, a remarkably well-preserved, crisp, clean copy. With 4pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 45392

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

Keywords: paastimes, gardening, horticulture, fruits, vegetables, glenny, george glenny

GLENNY George

Glenny's Hand-Book to the Flower Garden and Greenhouse, comprising the Description, Cultivation and Management of all the Popular Flowers and Plants grown in the Country; with a Calendar of Monthly Operations for the Flower Garden and Greenhouse. REMARKABLY BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

C Cox,, 1851. 8vo., with engraved frontispiece; original green cloth, boards elaborately blocked in blind, expertly rebacked with old backstrip gilt laid down, gilt edges, primrose endpapers, an unusually bright, clean crisp copy. With 16pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end.

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Book number: 46909

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

Keywords: sporting, pastimes, gardening, horticulture, flower garden, greenhouse, greenhouses, glenny, george glenny

GLENNY George

Glenny's Hand-Book to the Fruit and Vegetable Garden, comprising the Description, Cultivation and Management of the most useful Fruits and Vegetables grown in this Country, with a Calendar of Monthly Operations for Orchard and Kitchen Garden. REMARKABLY BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

C Cox,, 1850. 8vo., First Edition, text in double-column, neat contemporary signature on front paste-down; original brown half roan, patterned cloth boards, expertly rebacked to style with raised bands, second compartment with red leather label ruled and lettered in gilt, red sprinkled edges, a remarkably crisp, clean copy. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 48951

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

Keywords: sporting, pastimes, gardening, horticulture, fruit, vegetables, orchards, glenny, george glenny

GOS Francois

Rambles in High Savoy. With a Preface by Geoffrey Winthrop Young and an Introduction by F. Regaut. Translated by Frank Kemp. [First English Edition.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY FROM SCOTTISH RGS

Longmans, Green & Co.,, 1927. 8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece, title-vignette, numerous photographs in heliogravure (the majority full-page) in the text and double-page coloured map; faux-morocco boards, upper board lettered in gilt, brown cloth back lettered in gilt, covers mildly age-soiled, corners lightly bruised else a very good, bright, clean copy. With publisher's advertisement leaf at rear. Sold from the Scottish Royal Geographical Society with its bookplate and stamps on endpapers and title. Published a year after the French edition. Neate 320.

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Book number: 38934

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

Keywords: sports, mountaineering, climbing, alps, alpine, alpine guides, savoy, gos, francois gos, winthrop young

GOWER David

Gower. The Autobiography. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY

Collins Willow,, [1992]. 8vo., Fourth Impression, with coloured and monochrome plates; black cloth, gilt back, green endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM GOWER WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON TITLE. Published in the same year as the first edition. SIGNED COPIES ARE SCARCE.

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Book number: 33363

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

Keywords: sports, sporting, cricket, david gower

GRACE W.G.

Cricket. THE ORIGINAL 'GRACE': NEAR FINE COPY IN FULL MOROCCO

Arrowsmith, Bristol,, 1891. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and numerous illustrations (many full-page) in the text; handsomely bound in full burgundy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made primrose endpapers, original cloth gilt mounted on new and separate leaves at front, an elegant copy ideal as a gift or for presentation.

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Book number: 39330

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

Keywords: sporting, sports, cricket, w g grace, w.g. grace

GRACE W.G.

'W.G.'. Cricketing Reminiscences and Personal Recollections. BRIGHT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION

James Bowden,, 1899. 8vo., First Edition, with fine portait frontispiece in photogravure (original tissue guard present), title in red and black, and 80 pages of plates, small neat signature on front free endpaper; original decorative blue cloth, upper board and backstrip framed and lettered in white, upper board with mounted coloured illustration of WG at the wicket, joints lightly rubbed, top dust-soiled, expertly recased, covers mildly age-faded else a very good, clean copy. With 32pp publisher's illustrated catalogue bound in at end. Arguably Grace's most readable book, this classic semi-autobiography contains hints for young cricketers and a wealth of cricketing statistics. Padwick, 7583

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Book number: 18346

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

Keywords: sporting, cricket, wg, w g grace, w.g. grace

GRACE W.G.

'W.G.'. Cricketing Reminiscences and Personal Recollections. Introduction by E.W. Swanton. [Facsimile reissue]. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Hambledon Press,, 1980. 8vo.. Second Edition, with a portrait frontispiece and 80 pages of plates; olive tweed cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly sunned at backstrip. Good quality reissue of the original classic of 1899. Padwick, 7583 (recording the original edition).

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Book number: 23696

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

Keywords: sporting, cricket, w g grace, w.g. grace, sports, pastimes, cricket, 'w.g.'

GRAY Thelma

The Popular Beagle. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Popular Dogs,, [1963]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 27 plates on 14 and 5 illustrations in the text; terracotta cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper with losses.

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Book number: 1269

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

Keywords: sporting, dogs, beagles, hunting, thelma gray

GREENHALGH Malcolm

Lake, Loch & Reservoir Trout Fishing. NEAR FINE COPY

A&C Black,, [1987]. 8vo., First Edition, with photographs and diagrams in the text; original laminated pictorial boards, a near fine copy.

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Book number: 6130

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

Keywords: sports, pastimes, angling, fishing, trout, malcolm greenhalgh

GRIGSON Jane

Charcuterie and French Pork Cookery. Illustrated by M. J. Mott. NEAR FINE COPY OF THE AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK

Michael Joseph,, [1967]. 8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text, front free endpaper lightly browned; pink cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, top and fore-edge faintly dust-soiled else a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Dustwrapper artwork by Bernard Knight. Crisp copy of the author's first book, and the beginning of a wonderful stream of cookery titles from the only writer to rival her close friend Elizabeth David. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 49098

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

Keywords: cookery, gastronomy, recipes, grigson, jane grigson, charcuterie, pork

GRIGSON Jane

English Food. Revised and enlarged edition. With Illustrations by Gillian Zeiner. [Second Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Macmillan,, [1979]. 8vo., Second Edition, with coloured plates, line drawings in the text and pictorial endpapers, inscription on half-title; brown tweed cloth, backstrip lettered in darker brown, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Considerably enlarged and metricated version of the original edition of 1974. Arguably Grigson's most influential work. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 43312

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

Keywords: cookery, cooking, recipes, gastronomy, grigson, jane grigson, gillian zeiner, english food

GRIGSON Jane

The Enjoyment of Food. The Best of Jane Grigson. Compiled by Roy Fullick. [Introduction by Elizabeth David]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Michael Joseph,, [1992]. 8vo., First Edition, free endpapers faintly spotted; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IS ALREADY ELUSIVE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 29026

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

Keywords: cookery, gastronomy, cooking, recipes, jane grigson, elizabeth david

GRIGSON Jane

Fish Cookery. [Introduction by the Author.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

David & Charles, Newton Abbot ,, [1973]. 4to., First Edition, with 8 coloured plates and numerous line illustrations in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Grigson's third book, published by D&C for The International Wine and Food Publishing Company. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IS VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 19956

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

Keywords: cookery, gastronomy, cooking, recipes, fish, seafood, grigson, jane grigson