JOHNS Rowland

Puppies. With a frontispiece and illustrations by Florence Jay. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Methuen,, [1928]. 4to., First Edition, on laid paper, with mounted coloured frontispiece and 23 charming mounted plates toned in sepia, free endpapers lightly browned, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; red cloth, upper board framed and blocked in gilt, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy. UNCOMMON IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 32614

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

Keywords: dogs, rowland johns, florence jay

JONES Owen Glynne

Rock Climbing in the English Lake District. Second Edition. With a Memoir and Portrait of the Author. [Appendix by George and Ashley Abraham. Facsimile reissue.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

E J Morton, Didsbury,, [1978]. 8vo., with portrait frontispiece, plates and route maps; terracotta buckram, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. English rock-climbing classic. Much-needed facsimile reissue of the original Abraham edition of 1900.

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Book number: 44797

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

Keywords: sports, mountaineering, climbing, rock climbing, lake district, owen glynne jones

JONES Owen

Ten Years of Game-Keeping. FINE COPY IN SIGNED RIVIERE BINDING

Edward Arnold,, 1909. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and plates; handsomely bound in contemporary red half morocco, red cloth boards, back with five raised bands, second compartment with red leather label tooled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments richly ruled and tooled in gilt with an elaborate floral spray, gilt top, uncut, marbled endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. A SPLENDID COPY BOUND BY RIVIERE FOR HENRY SOTHERAN. THE BINDING IS SIGNED ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER VERSO, WHICH PAGE ALSO BEARS THE TRADE STAMP OF SOTHERAN.

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Book number: 29720

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

Keywords: field sports, signed, gamekeeping, gamekeepers, poaching, poachers, shooting, wildfowling

KAUFFMAN Andrew J.

K2. The 1939 Tragedy. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

The Mountaineers, [Seattle WA],, [1992]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates, maps in the text and endpaper maps; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 38879

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

Keywords: sporting, mountaineering, climbing, himalaya, himalayas, k2, kauffman, andrew kauffman, william putnam

KEITH E.C.

Gun for Company. Illustrated by J.C. Harrison. [Second Edition]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Country Life,, [1950]. 8vo., Second Edition, with coloured frontispiece, and title-vignette and 12 plates in monochrome, some mild offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; green cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, small fade-mark at head of backstrip else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly age-soiled and with small loss at head of backstrip. Reissue of the original edition of 1937.

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Book number: 30287

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

Keywords: sporting, field sports, shooting, wildfowling, wildfowl, hunting

KERR Rose

The Story of a Million Girls. Guiding and Girl Scouting around the World. Compiled by Rose Kerr. [Third Impression].

Girl Guides Association,, [1938]. 8vo., Third Impression, on laid paper, with plates; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, backstrip lightly sunned else a very good, bright, clean copy. First published in November 1936.

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Book number: 22132

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

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KERR Rose

The Story of the Girl Guides.

Girl Guides Association,, [1937]. 8vo., with 24 plates, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; blue cloth, gilt back, backstrip lightly faded else a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter chipped and browned with loss at edges. First published in 1937.

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Book number: 23519

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

Keywords: scouting, scouts, guides, girl guides, baden-powell, r. kerr, sports, pastimes, scouting, story, girl, guides

KEWLEY C.

Fishing Tackle for Collectors. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Sotheby's,, [1987]. 4to., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome plates and photographs throughout; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 23391

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

Keywords: angling, fishing, fishing tackle, fishing rods, reels, creels, c. kewley, h. farrar, sports, pastimes, angling, fishing, tackle, collectors

KIEWE Heinz Edgar

Susann Folk Cross-Stitch Charts. A Beautiful Collection of 278 Designs from the Countries along the Danube. Collected by Maria Foris and edited by Andreas Foris. NEAR FINE COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION IN DUSTWRAPPER

Sebaldus, Nuremberg,, [1950]. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured charts throughout; broad-weave ivory cloth, upper board lettered in brown, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter unevenly dust-soiled at backstrip. The original edition of this standard reference is very scarce, especially in this condition.

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Book number: 23691

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

Keywords: needlework, cross stitch, heinz kiewe, maria foris, h.e. kiewe, sports, pastimes, needlework, susann, folk, cross-stitch, charts

KIMBERLEY et al Earl of

Lonsdale Library Volume XXI. Polo. NEAR FINE COPY

Seeley Service,, [1936]. 8vo., with frontispiece, numerous plates, and illustrations and diagrams in the text; original series binding of brown buckram, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, brown top, upper board lightly faded at margin else a near fine copy. Lonsdale Library Vol. XXI.

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Book number: 33710

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

Keywords: polo, polo ponies, mounted sports, lonsdale library,

KING Constance Eileen

The Collector's History of Dolls. [First US Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Hale,, [1978]. 4to., First US Edition, withvery numerous coloured and monochrome photographs throughout; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Published a years after the UK edition.

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Book number: 26966

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

Keywords: dolls, crafts, constance eileen king, sports, pastimes, dolls, the, collector's, history, dolls

KING Major W. Ross

The Sportman and Naturalist in Canada. Or, Notes on the Natural History of the Game, Game Birds and Fish of that Country. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION

Hurst & Blackett,, 1866. Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece (wanting original paper guard), title in red and black, 5 coloured plates (all original paper guards present) and 13 engravings in the text, frontispiece and title mildly spotted; original green cloth, upper board framed in blind and blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt back, primrose endpapers, corners lightly bruised, joints a little rubbed at head else a very good, bright, clean copy. With the nineteenth century engraved armorial bookplate of Henry Ashworth James on front paste-down and separately printed errata slip mounted facing Preface. Henry Ashworth James, of Herstmonceux Place Sussex, was father of aviation pioneer Wing Commander Sir Archibald James MC; this copy was formerly in the latter's library.

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Book number: 41440

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

Keywords: sports, pastimes, field sports, hunting, shooting, fishing, canada, major ross king, henry ashworth james, archibald james

KINGDON-WARD Frank

The Romance of Gardening. IN THE DUSTWRAPPER

Jonathan Cape,, [1935]. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 15 plates; original cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed at edges and with minor loss (just affecting lettering) at head of backstrip. Appendices include a list of plants introduced by the author to England from Asia, and a register of known plants from that region not in cultivation here.. Scarce in the dustwrapper.

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Book number: 9551

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

Keywords: natural history, botany, horticulture, gardening, plant collecting, kingdon ward, asia, burma, tibet, frank kingdon ward, sports, pastimes, gardening, horticulture, romance, gardening

KIRKPATRICK William Trench

Alpine Days and Nights. With a Paper by the late Philip R. Hope and a Foreword by Col. E.L. Strutt. FIRST PUBLICATION IN BOOK FORM

Allen & Unwin,, [1932]. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with frontispiece and plates, small neat signature on front paste-down; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy. First publication in book form of articles from Alpine Journal 1900-1931 relating to his climbs with Hope. Neat 423.

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Book number: 38778

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

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

LANCASTER Charles

The Art of Shooting. Tenth Edition. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Charles Lancaster,, 1942. 8vo., Tenth Edition, with frontispiece, illustrations and diagrams in the text; rose cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly browned at backstrip. With numerous trade advertisements (several illustrated) at rear. Remarkably bright, clean copy of a shooting classic.

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Book number: 30656

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

Keywords: sports, field sports, shooting, wildfowling, charles lancaster