COOK A.J.

The Bee-Keeper's Guide. or, Manual of the Apiary. Nineteenth Edition, revised, enlarged, re-written and beautifully illustrated. Twenty-First Thousand. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

George W. York, Chicago IL,, 1910. 8vo., Nineteenth Edition, with portrait frontispiece and very numerous illustrations and diagrams in the text, neat contemporary inscriptions on front paste-down and blank preliminary verso; blue cloth, upper board blocked in blind and lettered in gilt, gilt back, boards lightly age-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. Firm copy of a standard US reference, first published in 1883. SCARCE.

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Book number: 30871

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

Keywords: pastimes, beekeeping, bees, bee-keeping, apiaries, apiary, apiarists

COOK William

The Chess Player's Compendium. A Practical Guide to the Openings. Fifth Edition with a New Supplement by Alfred Emery. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN ORIGINAL CLOTH

Frank Hollings,, 1910. Roy. 8vo., Fifth Edition, with title in red and black, and very numerous chess tables throughout, free endpapers lightly browned; original pictorial green cloth, upper board framed and blocked in white and black and lettered in gilt, lower board blocked in white and black, gilt back, backstrip mildly faded (but all lettering entirely legible), covers lightly age-marked else a very good, crisp, clean copy. With publisher's advertisements at front and rear. This edition contains an additional 31 pages of examples from games played 1902-1910. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Betts 13-67.

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Book number: 15005

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Keywords: sporting, chess, sports, pastimes, games, board games, william cook

COOPER, C.J. Astley

Great Gable. Green Gable. Kirkfell. Yewbarrow. Buckbarrow. With Illustrations by W. Heaton Cooper. [First Collected Edition]. BRIGHT, CRISP COPY OF THE FIRST COLLECTED EDITION

Fell and Rock Climbing Club of the English Lake District,, [1948]. Sm. 8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece, title in red and black, and numerous full-page illustrations in the text, a few small marginalia, neat contemporary signature on blank preliminary; original olive cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in red, radial corners, brown endpapers, a very good, bright, crisp copy. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 33458

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Keywords: mountaineering, rock climbing, fell walking, lake district, great gable, green gable, kirkfell, yewbarrow, buckbarrow, climbing guides

COOPER Leonard

R.S. Surtees. [Illustrations by John Leech]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Arthur Barker,, [1952]. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with coloured frontispiece, 5 coloured plates and 11 plates in monochrome, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; red cloth, backstrip lettered in yellow, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 5117

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

Keywords: sporting, field sports, hunting, fox-hunting, jorrocks, surtees, leonard cooper, john leech

COOPER Artemis

Writing at the Kitchen Table. The authorized Biography of Elizabeth David. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Michael Joseph,, [1999]. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations and double-page pedigree, tiny signature on front free endpaper; black cloth, gilt back, grey endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 47365

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Keywords: cookery, cooking, gastronomy, history of food, elizabeth david, artemis cooper

CORBETT Jim

Man-Eaters of Kumaon. Illustrations by Raymond Sheppard. FIRST UK ILLUSTRATED EDITION IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Oxford University Press, Oxford,, 1952. 8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece and illustrations (a number full-page) in the text, front paste-down lightly spotted; terracotta cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly rubbed at extremities and with loss (affecting lettering) at head of backstrip. First illustrated edition of Corbett's collection of true tales from the Raj, an undisputed keystone of big game hunting first published in India in 1944. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THE DUSTWRAPPER.

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Book number: 48598

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Keywords: field sports, big game hunting, corbett, jim corbett, kumaon, tigers, man-eaters

CORBETT Jim

Man-Eaters of Kumaon. With a Foreword by Lord Linlithgow. [First UK Edition]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE FIRST UK EDITION

Oxford University Press, Oxford,, 1946. 8vo., First Edition thus, with portrait frontispiece, 3 plates and endpaper maps, neat contemporary signature on half-title; orange cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. This 'wartime economy' version is the first English edition of this big-game classic, first published in India in 1944 with profits devoted to blinded servicemen of WWII. Corbett's collection of true tales from the Raj is an undisputed keystone of big game hunting. THE UK EDITION IS FAR SCARCER THAN THE US EDITION.

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Book number: 49283

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Keywords: field sports, big game hunting, corbett, jim corbett, kumaon, tigers, man-eaters

COSTON, H. E. Towner

Lonsdale Library Volume XXIV. River Management. The Making, Care and Development of Salmon and Trout Rivers NEAR FINE COPY

Seeley Service & Co.,, [1936]. 8vo., with frontispiece, plates in monochrome and illustrations in the text; original series binding of terracotta cloth boards, upper board blocked in gilt, brown buckram back blocked and lettered in gilt, brown top, a near fine copy. With the trade ticket of Ferrow of Great Yarmouth on front paste-down.

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Book number: 42579

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Keywords: sporting, lonsdale library, river management, towner coston, salmon, trout, trout streams, salmon rivers

COTTON Henry

Golf. A Pictorial History. With a Foreword by Sam Snead. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Collins,, [1975]. 4to., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs throughout; green cloth, gilt back, green endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 24240

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Keywords: golf, henry cotton same snead, henry cotton, sports, pastimes, golf, golf

COTTON Henry

My Swing. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Country Life,, [1952]. 8vo., First Edition, with title-vignette and very numerous photographs throughout; green cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, red top, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly browned on (predominantly white) rear panel. Scarce in this condition.

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Book number: 20583

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COTTON Henry

Thanks for the Game. The Best of Golf with Henry Cotton. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Sidgwick & Jackson,, [1980]. Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and very numerous photographs in the text, neat inscription on front free endpaper; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 23810

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COTTON Henry

This Game of Golf. With a Foreword by Bernard Darwin. [Second Impression].

Country Life,, [1949]. 4to., Second Impression, with a frontispiece, and very numerous photographs and illustrations in the text; cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in white, backstrip mildly sunned else a very good, bright, clean copy.

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Book number: 21758

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COWELL Cyril

Adam the Gardener. A Pictorial Guide to each Week's Work, with a full Gardening Calendar & Plans for new Gardens. [Foreword by Nathaniel Gubbins.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS

Lane Publications for Sunday Express,, 1946. Oblong 4to., First Edition, comic-strip -style illustrations throughout; original pictorial wrappers, covers mildly age-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. 'Adam' was a leading gardener's guide during WWII and played a not insignificant role in the 'Dig for Victory' campaign. His weekly features in the Sunday Express were followed eagerly; this is the first omnibus edition.

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Book number: 42787

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Keywords: gardening, horticulture, adam the gardener, wwii, ww2, home front, dig for victory, cyril cowell, morley adams, sunday express

CRAIG Elizabeth

The Scottish Cookery Book. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Andre Deutsch,, [1956]. 8vo., First Edition; yellow cloth, backstrip lettered in green, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the wrapper crudely reinforced at front fold-in. With personal bookplate on front paste-down. THE ORIGINAL EDITON IS EXTREMELY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 37979

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Keywords: cookery, gastronomy, scottish cookery, scottish cookery book, elizabeth craig

CROXTON-SMITH Arthur

Abour our Dogs. The Breeds and their Management. Introduction by Lorna, Countess Howe. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Ward Lock,, [1931]. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, 7 fine coloured polates by Binks and numerous monochrome illustrations and diagrams by Hutchinson, small neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; green cloth, gilt back, green top, top and fore-edges spotted else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper with mounted illustration (repeated in text) , the latter chipped (affecting lettering) at head of backstrip. Comprehensive survey by a well-known authority. Includes detailed breed descriptions.

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Book number: 48945

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