LAROUSSE

Larousse Gastronomique. With the assistance of the Gastronomic Committee, President Joel Robuchon. [First English Edition.] FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

[Hamlyn],, [2009]. Roy. 8vo., First Edition thus, title and text in brown and white, with very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs and illustrations throughout, patterned endpapers; bronze boards, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in black, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case blocked and lettered in bronze. With a copy of the publisher's printed prospectus loosely inserted. First English version of the 2007 French edition.

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Book number: 48934

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

Keywords: cookery, gastronomy, larousse, larousse gastronomique,

LAWRIE W. H.

The Book of the Rough Stream Nymph. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Oliver & Boyd,, 1947. 8vo., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece depicting flies, and 4 plates in monochrome, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; green cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter chipped (not affecting lettering) at head and tail of backstrip. Scarce, especially in this condition.

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Book number: 16710

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

Keywords: angling, fishing, fly-fishing, nymphs, w.h. lawrie, sports, pastimes, angling, the, book, the, rough, stream, nymph

LAWRIE W. H.

English and Welsh Trout Flies. Essays and Analyses. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Muller,, [1967]. 8vo., First Edition, with 4 coloured plates, 4 plates in monochrome and 8 illustrations in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly age-soiled on (predominantly white) rear panel.

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Book number: 16982

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

Keywords: angling, fishing, fly fishing, trout, flies, fly-tying, w.h. lawrie, sports, pastimes, angling, english, welsh, trout, flies

LE CREUSET.

14 Recipes for Learning to Cook with Enamelled Cast Iron. NEAR FINE COPY

Le Creuset,, [n.d. c.1970]. 8vo., First Edition; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued,a near fine copy. SCARCE.

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Book number: 49362

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

Keywords: cookery, gastronomy, le creuset

LEIGHTON Robert

The Popular Chow Chow. Its History, Strains, Pedigrees, Breeding, Character, and Kennel Management. Second Edition. With a Foreword by Mrs. Fullerton. Line Drawings by Hay Hutchison. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE SECOND EDITION

Popular Dogs Publishing,, n.d. [c.1930]. 8vo., Second Edition, with numerous photographs and illustrations in the text, moderate offsetting from front paste-down to title and from rear paste-down to rear free endpaper; brown cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, a very good, bright, clean copy. With advertisement endpapers, and 6pp publisher's catalogue at rear. First published in 1928. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 40080

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

Keywords: pastimes, dogs, chows, chow, chow chow, robert leighton

LEWIS Vic

Cricket Ties. An International Guide for Cricket Lovers. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Ebury Press,, [1984]. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured photographs throughout; green cloth, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 39802

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

Keywords: sports, cricket, cricket ties, vic lewis

LONGHURST Henry

Never on Weekdays. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Cassell,, [1968]. 8vo., First Edition, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 23817

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

Keywords: golf, henry longhurst, henry longhurst, sports, pastimes, golf, never, weekdays

LONGHURST Henry

I Wouldn't Have Missed It. HENRY LONGHURST AT WAR

Dent,, [1945. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece;black cloth, gilt back, covers lightly age-faded else a good, bright, clean copy. The golf commentator's second volume of autobiography, this time covering his army service in WWII. SCARCE. Enser, p.331.

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Book number: 39508

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

Keywords: sports, golf, longhurst, henry longhurst, ww2, wwii,

LOOKER, ed. Samuel J.

The Chase. An Anthology of Hunting. Edited with Foreword by Samuel J Looker and a frontispiece by Claud Lovat Fraser. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Daniel O'Connor,, 1922. Sm. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with coloured frontispiece, title in red and black, and pictorial endpapers, some very light spotting (mainly marginal); sand cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, clean copy. Published in the author's 'Beechwood Books' series.

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Book number: 4538

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

Keywords: sporting, field sports, hunting, fox-hunting, chasing, coursing samuel looker

LORD Graham

Dick Francis. A Racing Life. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Little Brown,, 1999. 8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, green endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 22656

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

Keywords: horses, horse-racing, turf, dick francis, jockeys, g. lord, sports, pastimes, horses, dick, francis

LOWE Lieut. Col. T.A.

Fruit Farm in England. With Illustrations by Gladwin. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Rockliff,, [1946]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and illustrations in the text; orange cloth, upper board blocked in blind, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, lightly age-soiled dustwrapper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 32505

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

Keywords: gardening, horticulture, fruit farming, fruit farms, orchards

LUNN Arnold

Mountain Jubilee. [Fourth Impression]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Eyre & Spottiswoode,, [1946]. 8vo., Fourth Impression, with frontispiece and 16 plates; original red cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped, lightly dust-soiled dustwrapper, the latter with minor loss (affecting lettering) at head and tail of backstrip. First published in 1943. See Neate 468

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Book number: 14948

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

Keywords: sporting, mountaineering, mountains, climbing, arnold lunn, alps, switzerland, arnold lunn, sports, pastimes, mountaineering, mountain, jubilee

LUNN Arnold

The Mountains of Youth. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Oxford University Press, Oxford,, 1925. 8vo., First Edition, with plates toned in blue, some light marginal spotting; green cloth, gilt back, dark top, uncut, backstrip mildly sunned else a very good, bright, clean copy. The author failed to complete his degree, but founded the Oxford University Mountaineering Club, and the Alpine Ski Club. Neate 471.

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Book number: 38814

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

Keywords: sports, mountaineering, climbing, alps, alpine, lunn, arnold lunn

LUNN Sir Arnold

The Swiss and their Mountains. A Study of the Influence of Mountains on Man. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Allen & Unwin,, [1963]. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, coloured and monochrome plates, and illustrations in the text; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with loss and closed tears on rear panel. Neate 475.

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Book number: 38998

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

Keywords: sports, mountaineering, climbing, rock-climbing, alps, alpine, lunn, arnold lunn

LYLE R.C.

Royal Newmarket. Illustrated by Lionel Edwards. Introduction by Adair Dighton. NEAR FINE COPY

Putnam,, [1945]. Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, and coloured and monochrome plates; green cloth, upper board lettered in darker green, gilt back, a near fine copy.

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Book number: 33711

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

Keywords: sporting, sports, racing, horses, racing, steeplechasing, horses, newmarket, turf, lionel edwards