HOWES W.J.

Fly-Fishing for Coarse Fish. How To Catch Them. [Theory and Technique]. BRIGHT COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Herbert Jenkins,, [1959]. Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous diagrams in the text, small neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in blue, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter with minor loss (not affecting lettering) at bottom of front panel, and two or three places at edges of rear panel. Published in Jenkins' sought-after 'How to Catch Them' series.

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Book number: 15923

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

Keywords: angling, fishing, coarse fishing, trout, how to catch them, sports, w.j. howes, sports, pastimes, angling, fly-fishing, coarse, fish, how, catch, them, series

HOWES W.J.

The Sporting Chub. IN MODERN BUCKRAM

Thorsons,, [1960]. Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous diagrams and plans in the text, title and fore-edges spotted; newly bound in green buckram, upper board with printed paper label, ORIGINAL WRAPPERS PRESERVED, front wrapper age-soiled else a firm copy of an extremely scarce work.

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Book number: 15927

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

Keywords: angling, fishing, coarse fishing, chub, howes

HUBER Eddie

The Complete Ski Manual. How to Begin. How to Improve. How to Excel BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Allen & Unwin,, [1949]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and numerous photographs in the text, endpapers lightly browned, blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a bright, clean copy in price-clipped, mildly age-worn dustwrapper, the latter with small loss at head and tail of backtrip.

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Book number: 46612

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

Keywords: sports, sporting, skiing, skis, eddie huber, norman rogers

HUGHES Robert

A Jerk on One End. Reflections of a Mediocre Fisherman. With Illustrations by Andrew McLean. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Harvill Press,, [1999]. 8vo., First Edition, with illustrations (a number full-page) in the text; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 28697

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

Keywords: angling, fishing, fly-fishing, robert hughes

HUMPHREY William

The Spawning Run. With Illustrations by Robert Eames and others. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Chatto & Windus,, 1970. 8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text, small signature on front free endpaper; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt and silver, beige endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 28648

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

Keywords: sporting, angling, fishing, fly-fishing, salmon

HUMPHREYS H. Noel

The Coin Collector's Manual. or Guide to the Numismatic Student in the Formation of a Cabinet of Coins: comprising an Account of the Origin and Progress of Coinage to the Fall of the Roman Empire; with some Account of the Coinages of Modern Europe, especially of Great Britain. REMARKABLE BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

George Bell,, 1880. 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with engraved frontispiece (original tissue guards present), engraved plates and numerous woodcut illustrations in the text, one small hole cut in each frontispiece where small image excised, neat contemporary inscription on half-title of first volume; original terracotta cloth, boards elaborately blocked in blind, gilt backs, uncut, a remarkably bright, clean copy. With 16pp of publisher's catalogue at front and rear of each volume, and trade ticket of Gilbert & Field of Gracechurch Street London on front paste-downs. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 30093

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

Keywords: numismatics, coins, coinage, currency, noel humphries

HUNT Sir John

The Ascent of Everest. SIGNED BY SIR JOHN HUNT

Hodder & Stoughton,, [1953]. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, 7 coloured and 48 monochrome plates, and numerous illustrations in the text, small neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; blue cloth, gilt back, blue top (lightly faded), a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. Neate *393.

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Book number: 47227

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

Keywords: sports, sporting, mountaineering, climbing, everest, john hunt

HUNT Sir John

The Ascent of Everest. SIGNED BY SIR JOHN HUNT; IN FULL MOROCCO

Hodder & Stoughton,, [1953]. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, 7 coloured and 48 monochrome plates, and numerous illustrations in the text; handsomely bound in full navy 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 with marbled lining, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. An elegant copy of a cornerstone of British mountaineering literature. Neate *393.

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Book number: 47228

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

Keywords: sports, sporting, mountaineering, climbing, everest, john hunt

HUNT Brigadier Sir John

The Ascent of Everest. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Hodder & Stoughton,, [1953]. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, 7 coloured and 48 monochrome plates, and numerous illustrations in the text, tiny contemporary signature on front free endpaper, faint tape-marks on free endpapers; blue cloth, gilt back, blue top, top and fore-edge faintly spotted else a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Dustwrapper artwork by W. Heaton Cooper. Neate 393.

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Book number: 48029

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

Keywords: sporting, climbing, mountaineering, john hunt, everest, himalaya

HUNT Sir John

Life is Meeting. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Hodder & Stoughton,, [1978]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 30289

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

Keywords: sports, mountaineering, climbing, john hunt, everest

HUNT John

Our Everest Adventure. The Pictorial History from Kathmandu to the Summit. BRIGHT WORKING COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Brockhampton Press, Leicester,, 1954. 4to., First Edition, with frontispiece and very numerous photographs throughout, endpapers lightly browned; original pictorial boards blocked with regional map in blue, boards lightly browned at extremities, a bright working copy in unclipped but heavily browned dustwrapper. Effectively the pictorial complement to Hunt's standard 'The Ascent of Everest'. The majority of the stunning photographs appear here for the first time. Neate 395.

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Book number: 44757

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

Keywords: sporting, climbing, mountaineering, john hunt, everest, john hunt, sports, pastimes, mountaineering, our, everest, adventure

HUNT]. [Sir John

A Service of Thanksgiving. for the Life of John, Baron Hunt of Llanfair Waterdine (1910-1998). St. George's Chapel, Windsor, Tuesday 26 January 1999. FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS

[Privately Printed],, 1999. 8vo., First Edition, text in red and black; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a fine copy. VERY SCARCE.

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Book number: 30626

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

Keywords: sports, mountaineering, climbing, mountaineers, everest, mount everest, john hunt, everest expedition

HUNTER W.A.

Fisherman's Knots and Wrinkles. Fourth Edition. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

A&C Black,, 1936. Sm. 8vo., Fourth Edition, with numerous diagrams in the text; original pictorial green cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in yellow, backstrip lettered in yellow, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, lightly age-browned dustwrapper. First published in 1927. Scarce in the dustwrapper, especially in this condition.

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Book number: 15832

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

Keywords: angling, fishing, fly-fishing, knots, sports, pastimes, w.a. hunter, sports, pastimes, angling, fisherman's, knots, wrinkles

HUNTER J.A.

Hunter's Tracks. Assisted by Alan Wykes.

Hamish Hamilton,, [1957]. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and plates, small label scar on front free endpaper; green cloth, gilt back, mild tape marks on covers else a very good, clean copy.

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Book number: 26200

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

Keywords: field sports, ja hunter, big game, africa, j.a. hunter, sports, pastimes, field sports, hunter's, tracks

HUTCHINGS Margaret

Dolls and how to make them. [Second Impression.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Mills & Boon,, [1964]. Roy. 8vo., Second Impression, with coloured frontispiece, and numerous illustrations and patterns in the text; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with one or two short closed tears and lightly sunned at backstrip. Published a year after the first edition. SCARCE.

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Book number: 38340

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0