HARTLEY Dorothy

Food in England. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Little Brown,, [1996]. 8vo., with plates and numerous illustrations in the text; maroon cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Much-needed reissue of a gastronomic classic, first published in 1954. NOW SCARCE IN ITS OWN RIGHT.

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Book number: 29678

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Keywords: cookery, gastronomy, cooking, english food, dorothy hartley

HAYES M. Horace

Points of the Horse. Illustrated by Photographs and Drawings, chiefly by J.H. Oswald Brown. Second Edition, Revised and 143 Reproductions of Photographs added. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE SECOND EDITION

W Thacker,, 1897. Roy. 8vo., Second Edition, with frontispiece (original tissue guard present), very numerous plates, and diagrams in the text; original green cloth, upper board framed and lettered in black and blocked in gilt, gilt back, gilt top, black endpapers, one corner bruised, case lightly shaken else a very good, bright, clean copy. Bright, crisp copy of the best edition of a popular equine classic.

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Book number: 40994

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Keywords: sporting, horses, equestrian, horace hayes

HEARN Arthur

Shooting and Gunfitting. [Third Impression]. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Herbert Jenkins,, [c.1946]. 8vo., Third Impression, with frontispiece and plates; red cloth, gilt back, covers lightly faded else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with small losses (not affecting lettering) at upper edge.

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Book number: 30664

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Keywords: sports, field sports, shooting, wildfowling, gunfitting, arthur hearn

HEDGES F.A. Mitchell

Battles with Giant Fish. With Illustrations from Photographs by Lady Richmond Brown. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION

Duckworth,, [1923]. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and plates, free endpapers lightly browned, neat contemporary signature on front paste-down and title; blue cloth, upper board lettered in blind, gilt back, backstrip mildly sunned (but all lettering entirely legible), backstrip chafed (without material loss) at head and tail else a very good, bright, clean copy of a very scarce work. A classic of game fishing literature. EXTREMELY SCARCE.

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Book number: 29213

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Keywords: angling, fishing, sea fishing, game fishing, mitchell hedges, lady richmond brown

HENDERSON Ian T.

Golf in the Making. Revised Edition. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Sean Arnold,, [1994]. 4to., Revised Edition, with very numerous plates and illustrations throughout; green cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The first complete published history of the evolution of the game.

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Book number: 24238

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HERRLIGKOFFER Karl M.

Nanga Parbat. Incorporating the Official Report of the Expedition of 1953. Translated and additional Material supplied by Eleanor Brockett and Anton Ehrenzweig. Foreword by Sir John Hunt. [First English Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY OF THE FIRST ENGLISH EDITION

Elek,, [1954]. 8vo., First Edition thus, with coloured frontispiece, and numerous monochrome plates and maps; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With the armorial bookplate of Ian Vaughan-Arbuckle on front free endpaper. Vaughan-Arbuckle, formerly Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal Logistics Corps, served in India, Hong Kong, Germany and the Falklands. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Neate *364.

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Book number: 45397

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Keywords: sports, sporting, mountaineering, climbing, nanga parbat, himalaya, himalayas, karl herrligkoffer

HEWITT W. Lovell

Hare Hunting. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Seeley Service & Co.,, 1975. 8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece, plates and plans in the text; original series binding of brown tweed cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 42851

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Keywords: sporting, lonsdale library, hare hunting, hare coursing, lovell hewitt

HEY Colin G.

Rowland Hill. Victorian Genius and Benefactor. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Quiller Press,, [1989]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates; original blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with small label scar on upper panel.

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Book number: 15787

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HILLARY Edmund

High in the Thin Cold Air. [The Story of the Himalayan Expedition led by Sir Edmund Hillary sponsored by World Book Encyclopedia]. [First UK Edition]. FIRST UK EDITION IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Hodder & Stoughton,, [1963]. 8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece, plates and endpaper maps coloured in outline; original grey tweed cloth, backstrip lettered in red, fore-edge lightly spotted else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The story of the Himalayan Scientific and Mountaineering Expedition 1960-61, which includes a search for the yeti and an attempt on Makalu. Published a year after the US edition. Neate 371.

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Book number: 37736

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HILLARY Edmund

High Adventure. With Maps by A. Spark and Sketches by George Djurkouic. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Hodder & Stoughton,, [1955]. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, 70 plates on 32, numerous line illustrations (a number full-page) and several full-page maps in the text, some faint offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; blue cloth, gilt back, backstrip lettering very slightly dulled else a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly creased at head and tail of backstrip. Hillary's climbing autobiography with Everest 1953 as its climax. INCREASINGLY ELUSIVE IN ANYTHING LIKE THIS CONDITION. Neate 369

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Book number: 44808

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HILLARY Edmund

High Adventure. With Maps by A. Spark and Sketches by George Djurkouic. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR; IN FULL MOROCCO

Hodder & Stoughton,, [1955]. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, 70 plates on 32, numerous line illustrations (a number full-page) and several full-page maps in the text, title and following few leaves lightly spotted; handsomely bound in full dark blue 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 with ice-axe motif, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, custom-made slip-case, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR [E. P. HILLARY] ON TITLE. Hillary's climbing autobiography with Everest 1953 as its climax. Neate 369.

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Book number: 44824

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Keywords: sporting, mountaineering, climbing, rock sports, everest, himalayas, hillary, edmund hillary, john hunt

HILLARY Edmund

No Latitude for Error.

Hodder & Stoughton,, [1961]. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and plates illustrations, maps and diagrams in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly browned, and rubbed and creased at extremities.

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Book number: 25318

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HILLARY Edmund

View from the Summit. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

Doubleday,, [1999]. 8vo., First Edition, with 65 coloured plates on 24, 22 monochrome plates on 8, several maps (a number full-page) in the text, and endpaper maps; grey cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE.

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Book number: 9277

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HILLS John Waller

A Summer on the Test. With Twelve Dry-Points by Norman Wilkinson. [Large Paper Edition.] 300 COPIES WERE PRINTED

Philip Allan,, [1924]. Roy. 4to., First Edition thus, Large Paper, with frontispiece (original captioned guard present), title in green and black, 11 fine plates (all original captioned guards present), and illustrations in the text; green cloth, gilt back, uncut, corners lightly bruised else a remarkably bright, clean, fresh copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 300 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR (THIS COPY NO. 228). Hampton p.154.

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Book number: 43097

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HILTON H.H.

The Six Handicap Golfer's Companion. By 'Two of his Kind' with Chapters by Harold H Hilton and H S Colt. Illustrated from Photographs by Jack White. A RARE SURVIVAL

Mills & Boon,, [1909]. 8vo., First Edition [Sole Edition], with frontispiece and 14 plates; half-title and title lightly spotted; original green cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, covers mildly age-marked, top lightly dust-soiled else a very good, clean copy. EXTREMELY SCARCE

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