BICKERDYKE, pseud. John

Angling in Salt Water. A Practical Work on Fishing with Rod and Line in the Sea, from the Shore, Piers, Jetties, Rocks, and from Boats, together with some Account of Hand-Lining. THE ORIGINAL EDITION OF AN ANGLING CLASSIC

L. Upcott Gill,, 1887. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and numerous wood-engraved illustrations in the text, neat contemporary signature on front endpapers, free endpapers lightly browned; maroon pebble-grain cloth, gilt back, red sprinkled edges, a near fine copy. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IS VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Hampton records only the second edition of 1900 et seq. See Hampton, p.77.

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Keywords: angling, fishing, sea fishing, hand-lining, bickerdyke, john bickerdyke, charles henry cook

BICKERDYKE John

The Book of the All-Round Angler. A Comprehensive Treatise on Angling in both Fresh & Salt Water. The Seventh Revised Edition, much enlarged. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE SEVENTH EDITION

Bazaar, Exchange & Mart Office,, n.d. [c.1936]. 4 works in 1 vol., 8vo., Seventh Edition, the four divisions separately titled and paginated, with a frontispiece, 23 plates and over 320 illustrations and diagrams in the text; original plum cloth, upper board with blind frame border enclosing title and author lettered in gilt, gilt back, backstrip lightly sunned (but all lettering wholly legible) else a very good, bright, clean copy. With trade advertisements throughout. The work comprises Division I: Angling for Coarse Fish. Fifth Edition, revised Courtney Williams; Division II: Angling for Pike. Tenth Edition, revised Courtney Williams; Division III: Angling for Game Fish. Seventh Edition, revised Courtney Williams; Division IV: Angling in Salt Water. Sixth Edition, revised Arthur Bell. A very nice copy of 'the most widely read work on angling in the world' (Publisher's Note). Hampton p.75.

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Book number: 16984

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BICKERDYKE, pseud. John

The Book of the All-Round Angler. A Comprehensive Treatise on Angling in both Salt and Fresh Water. A New Edition. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

L Upcott Gill,, 1904. 8vo., with frontispiece and very numerous woodcut illustrations (a number full-page) in the text; original green cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, patterned endpapers, hinges tender (but binding entirely sound), a very good, bright, clean copy. With advertisement at front and 20pp catalogue at rear. 'A very complete book on late-nineteenth century angling methods (Hampton)'. Contains sections on Coarse Fish, Pike, Game Fish and Salt Water. Sound copy of a substantially enlarged nineteenth-century angling classic first published in 1888. Hampton, p.74.

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Book number: 28707

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Keywords: angling, fishing, fly-fishing, charles henry cook, john bickerdyke

BILLETT Michael

A History of English Country Sports. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Hale,, [1994]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Sold from an institution with its neat stamp on front paste-down.

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Book number: 29806

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Keywords: sports, pastimes, field sports, country sports, hunting, shooting, fishing, michael billett

BLUNT Wilfrid

In for a Penny. A Prospect of Kew Gardens: their Flora, Fauna and Falballas. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Hamish Hamilton [with] Tryon Gallery,, [1978]. 8vo. First Edition with plates; green cloth gilt back a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 27323

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Keywords: gardening, horticulture, kew gardens, wilfrid blunt, wilfrid blunt,sports, pastimes, gardening, horticulture, penny

BONER Charles

Chamois Hunting in the Mountains of Bavaria and in the Tyrol. With Illustrations by Theodore Horschelt of Munich. A New Edition. SECOND EDITION BOUND BY BICKERS FOR UPPINGHAM SCHOOL

Chapman & Hall,, 1860. 8vo., Second Edition, with chromolithographed frontispiece and 15 chromolithographed plates; attractively bound in full late nineteenth century sand calf BY BICKERS, sides with double frame border stopped at corners with rosettes all in gilt, upper board with Uppingham and Oakham School crest blocked in gilt, back with raised bands, second compartment with green leather label ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt with floral spray, marbled edges, marbled endpapers, a remarkably bright, crisp copy in handsome period binding. The binding is signed on front free endpaper verso; small personal book-label on rear paste-down. Crisp copy of a sporting classic, first published in 1852. This edition is both revised and enlarged, with a new Preface and retaining the preface to the first edition.

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BONINGTON Christian

Boundless Horizons. The Autobiography of Chris Bonington. [Omnibus Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY OF THE OMNIBUS EDITION

Weidenfeld & Nicolson,, [2000]. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured and monochrome plates and maps; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First edition of the omnibus volume collecting the climber's autobiographical trilogy: I Chose to Climb (1966), The Next Horizon (1973) and The Everest Years (1986).

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BONINGTON Christian

I Chose to Climb [with] The Next Horizon [with] The Everest Years. [Foreword to first volume by Eric Shipton]. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL TRILOGY COMPLETE; FIRST VOLUME SIGNED

Gollancz,, 1977-1973-1986]. 3 vols., 8vo., Mixed Impressions, with coloured and monochrome plates and maps; cloth (blue/brown/blue respectively), gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. FIRST VOLUME SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. First volume with personal armorial bookplate on front free endpaper. The trilogy comprises: I Chose to Climb (sixth impression, 1977), The Next Horizon (first impression, 1973) and The Everest Years (first impression, 1986). Neate 90, 94 (first and second volumes respectively).

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Book number: 30753

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BONINGTON Christian

I Chose to Climb. With a Foreword by Eric Shipton. [Fourth Impression]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Gollancz,, 1973. 8vo., Fourth Impression, with frontispiece, plates and maps; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The author's first book, originally published in 1966. Includes his first major Scottish climb in 1953, the first British ascent of the Eigerwand, first steps in the Himalaya and the Central Tower of Paine in Patagonia. Neate 90 (recording the first edition).

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Book number: 32955

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BONINGTON Christian

I Chose to Climb. With a Foreword by Eric Shipton. THE AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK IN FULL MOROCCO

Gollancz,, 1966. 8vo., First Edition, with 44 plates; handsomely bound in full dark green crushed morocco, sides with git frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt with an 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. An elegant copy of author's first book. Includes his first major Scottish climb in 1953, the first British ascent of the Eigerwand, first steps in the Himalaya and the Central Tower of Paine in Patagonia. Neate 90.

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Book number: 46380

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Keywords: mountaineering, climbing, rock climbing, bonington, chris bonington, climbers

BONINGTON Christian

The Everest Years. A Climber's Life. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Hodder & Stoughton,, [1986]. 4to., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs (many full-page); blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Vividly-written and sumptuously illustrated account of the author's four expeditions to the world's highest peak.

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BONINGTON Christian

Kongur. China's Elusive Summit. Foreword by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh. Introduction by Michael Ward. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Hodder & Stoughton,, [1982]. 4to., First Edition, with a frontispiece and numerous coloured and monochrome photographs (many full-page); black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 21345

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BONINGTON Christian

The Next Horizon. Autobiography II. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Gollancz,, 1973. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs (many full-page) and maps in the text; brown cloth, gilt back, red endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 21867

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BONNEY Thomas George

The Alpine Regions of Switzerland and the Neighbouring Countries. A Pedestrian's Notes on their Physical Features, Scenery and Natural History. With Illustrations by E. Whymper. CLINTON THOMAS DENT'S COPY WITH BOOKPLATE; SIGNED LARKINS BINDING

Deighton Bell, Cambridge,, 1868. 8vo., First Edition, with engraved frontispiece, 4 engraved plates and 6 illustrations in the text; attractively bound in tan half calf BY LARKINS, marbled boards, back with raised bands ruled in gilt, second and third compartments with dark brown leather labels lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments elaborately tooled with floral spray in gilt, gilt top, marbled endpapers, uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy. CLINTON THOMAS DENT'S COPY WITH HIS FINE ENGRAVED PICTORIAL BOOKPLATE ON FRONT PASTE-DOWN. The binding is signed on front free endpaper verso. With the trade ticket of Matthews & Brooke of Bradford and Leeds on front paste-down. Bonney was President of the Alpine Club from 1881 to 1883; Dent from 1887 to 1889. Dent made the first ascent of the Dru (1978) and visited the Caucasus several times during the last decades of the century. He was instrumental in founding the Association of British Members of the Swiss Alpine Club and became its first President in 1879; an obituary and memoir was published when the Association opened the first British hut on the Allalinhorn in 1912. A UNIQUE AND SPLENDID COPY LINKING TWO PRESIDENTS OF THE ALPINE CLUB AND WITH OUTSTANDING BRITISH AND ALPINE MOUNTAINEERING PROVENANCE. Neate *98.

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BORRETT, Norman

Lonsdale Library Volume XXXI. Hockey for Men and Women. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Seeley Service,, [1955]. 8vo., with frontispiece, plates, and illustrations in the text, free endpapers mildly spotted; original series binding of brown cloth boards, upper board blocked in gilt, brown buckram back blocked and lettered in gilt, brown top, covers lightly age-marked, fore-edge lightly spotted else a bright, clean copy. One of the scarcest volume in this much-collected series.

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Book number: 42556

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Keywords: sporting, lonsdale library, hockey, norman borrett, peggy lodge, denys carnhill, john evans, john preston