NOYCE Wilfrid

South Col. One Man's Adventure on the Ascent of Everest, 1953. Foreword by Sir John Hunt. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Heinemann,, [1954]. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, numerous coloured and monochrome plates, illustrations in the text and maps, and pictorial endpapers; navy cloth, gilt back, blue top, small mark on upper board else a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter chafed (just affecting lettering) at head and tail of backstrip. Endpaper portraits and illustrations by A.J. Veilhan. Noyce was the first member of the expedition to readh the South Col. Neate 576.

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

NOYCE Wilfrid

South Col. One Man's Adventure on the Ascent of Everest, 1953. [Line drawings and endpaper portraits by A.J. Veilhan.] BRIGHT, CLEAN, CRISP COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Heinemann,, [1954]. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, coloured and monochrome plates, illustrations and maps in the text, and portrait endpapers; blue cloth, gilt back, blue top, a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Arguably the best of the personal accounts of the first successful Everest expedition. On 21 May Noyce and Annullu were the first members of the team to reach the South Col, so lifting morale of the expedition as a whole. 'One of the best of the many Everest books' (Neate). Neate *576.

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Book number: 49171

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O'SULLIVAN Timothy

Percy Thrower. A Biography. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Sidgwick & Jackson,, [1989]. 8vo., First Edition, with 31 plates on 16; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. An affectionate life of 'Britain's Head Gardener'.

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Book number: 13870

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OLIVER the Younger Stephen

Scenes and Recollections of Fly-Fishing, in Northumberland, Cumberland and Westmorland. IN PUBLISHER'S CLOTH

Chapman & Hall,, 1834. Sm. 8vo., First and Sole Edition, with engraved title-vignette and woodcut head- and tail-pieces throughout, front free endpaper and title lightly spotted; original patterned cloth; gilt back, uncut, backstrip chipped (not affecting lettering) at head and tail, joints lightly rubbed with two or three small losses of cloth, else a remarkably bright, crisp, clean copy in wholly unrestored contemporary binding. With the nineteenth century trade ticket of Combe of Leicester on front paste-down. 'Stephen Oliver the Younger' (so titled) is the pseudonym of William Andrew Chatto. A minor angling classic, this work contains two sings, 'The Angler's Call' and 'The Angler's Invitation', which were afterwards included in the 'Newcastle Fishers' Garlands'. In the appendix the author gives a well-written review of the older angling literature frequently quoted by Westwood & Stachell. Westwood & Satchell, p.162.

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OPIE Iona

Children's Games in Street and Playground. Chasing. Catching. Seeking. Hunting. Racing. Duelling. Exerting. Daring. Guessing. Acting. Pretending. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Clarendon Press, Oxford,, 1969. 8vo., First Edition, with map as frontispiece, and plates; navy cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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OVINGTON Ray

Spinning in America. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Stackpole, Harrisburg PA,, [1954]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and numerous photographs in the text; pictorial green cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy. With trade stamp on front free endpaper.

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Book number: 23645

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Keywords: angling, fishing, fly-fishing, r. ovington, sports, pastimes, angling, spinning, america

PAGE Martyn

Pike. In Pursuit of Esox Lucius. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Crowood Press, [Swindon],, [1990]. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs, and illustrations and diagrams throughout; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in dustwrapper.

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Book number: 28888

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PALLISER Mme. B.

Histoire de la Dentelle. Traduit par La Comtesse Gedeon de Clermont-Tonnerre. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Librairie de Firmin-Didot, Paris,, 1892. Roy. 8vo., text in French, with a portrait frontispiece, half-title and title in red and black, 16 fine coloured plates and 161 wood-engraved illustrations in the text, page edges lightly browning as usual; original red pebble-grain cloth, boards elaborately blocked in blind, back with raised bands, second compartment lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments richly tooled in gilt, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, short splits in joints at headband (but binding entirely sound), two corners lightly bruised else a very good, bright copy. Scarce in this condition.

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Book number: 19489

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PALMER Arnold

A Golfer's Life. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Century,, [1999]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates and pictorial endpapers; green cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 28125

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PARKER Eric

Lonsdale Library Volume IV. Fine Angling for Coarse Fish. BRGHT, CLEAN COPY

Seeley Service,, [1930]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates, and illustrations and diagrams in the text, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper, endpapers lightly spotted; original series binding of terracotta boards blocked in gilt, brown buckram back blocked and lettered in gilt, brown top, a very good, clean copy. Nice copy of a classic volume in the ever-popular Lonsdale Library. Hampton, p.217.

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PARKER, et al. Eric

Lonsdale Library Volume XXVI. The Lonsdale Keeper's Book. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Seeley Service,, [1938]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 29 plates and illustrations in the text, neat signature on front free endpaper, fore-edge lightly spotted; original series binding of terracotta boards blocked in gilt, brown buckram back blocked and lettered in gilt, brown top, a very good, bright, clean copy. Like all volumes in this fine series, the present work is both comprehensive and well illustrated. The wide-ranging contributors includes many of the leading authorities of the day.

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Book number: 20251

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PARKER (ed.) Eric

Lonsdale Library Volume XX. Game Birds, Beasts and Fishes. Natural History for Sportsmen. BRIGHT, FIRM COPY

Seeley Service,, [1935]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and numerous plates, some light and inoffensive spotting, neat contemporary signature on front paste-down; original series binding of brown buckram, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, brown top, a good, firm copy.

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PARKER, ed. Eric

Lonsdale Library Volume III. Shooting by Moor, Field and Shore. A practical Guide to modern Methods. Edited by Eric Parker [with Contributions from Leslie Sprake, Major Portal, Major Pollard, J.C.M. Nichols and many others]. NEAR FINE COPY

Seeley Service,, 1929. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and illustrations (a nuumber full-page) in the text; original series binding of brown buckram, upper board blocked in gilt, backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, brown top, a near fine copy. Like all volume in this fine series, the present work is both comprehensive and well illustrated. The wide-ranging contributors include many of the leading authorities of the day.

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Book number: 26829

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PARKER, ed. Eric

Lonsdale Library Volume XX. Game Birds, Beasts and Fishes. Natural History for Sportsmen. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Seeley Service,, [1944]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and numerous plates, endpapers lightly spotted; original series binding of brown cloth boards, brown buckram back blocked and lettered in gilt, brown top, fore-edge lightly spotted else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with mounted illustrations (repeated from text) on upper panel and backstrip.

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Book number: 42543

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PARKER, ed. Eric

Lonsdale Library Volume XII. The Lonsdale Anthology of Sporting Prose and Verse. Edited and with an Introduction by Eric Parker. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Seeley Service,, 1932. 8vo., with coloured frontispiece and numerous plates in monochrome; original series binding of brown buckram, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, brown top, covers lightly faded else a very good, bright, clean copy.

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Book number: 42557

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