DROUGHT Captain J.B.

A Shot in the Making. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Herbert Jenkins,, [1937]. 8vo., First Edition; green cloth, upper board and backstrip framed and lettered in black, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with small loss (not affecting lettering) at head of backstrip. SCARCE.

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Book number: 30665

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

Keywords: sports, field sports, shooting, wildfowling, captain drought

DULWICH COLLEGE.

Old Alleynian Rugby Football Club 1898-1948. NEAR FINE COPY

[Privately Printed, Dulwich College],, [1948]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, upper board with multiple frame border in blind enclosing College crest in gilt frame, gilt back, a near fine copy. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 36392

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

Keywords: sports, football, rugby, rugby football, dulwich college, old alleynian, old alleynians

DUNBAR OF MOCHRUM Lady

The Chow-Chow. Third Edition. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE THIRD EDITION

Field Press,, [1924]. 8vo., Third Edition, with frontispiece and 21 plates, some light and generally inoffensive spotting (rather heavier on half-title), signature on front free endpaper verso; green cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt and blind, uncut, a firm copy of a scarce work. With advertisement endpapers, and 2pp of advertisments at rear. A classic study, first published in 1914. VERY SCARCE.

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Book number: 40081

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Keywords: pastimes, dogs, chows, chow, chow chow, lady dunbar, lady dunbar of mochrum

DURHAM William Edward

Summer Holidays in the Alps 1898-1914. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN VARIANT BINDING

T Fisher Unwin,, [1916]. Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, title in red and black, with numerous plates, some light and inoffensive spotting, small neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, expertly recased, a very good, bright, clean copy. This title in found more often in green cloth. Having climbed extensively in the Alps, the author was killed in a climbing accident on Tryfan. Neate 232.

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Book number: 39002

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

Keywords: sports, mountaineering, climbing, rock-climbing, alps, alpine, william edward durham

EALES Mary

Mrs. Mary Eales's Receipts. Reproduced from the [Second] Edition of 1733.

Prospect Books,, 1985. Sm. 8vo., First Edition thus, on laid paper; original orange cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Mary Eales's classic collection was first published in 1718. This is a high-quality and much-needed facsimile ( as opposed to a reprint) of the second edition. Includes a useful biographical and contextual introduction. Very scarce in its own right. Cagle 660 (1733 edition). Cagle 659; Maclean p.40; Oxford p.55 (all recording the first edition).

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Book number: 16585

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Keywords: cookery, gastronomy, cooking, mary eales, recipes, mary eales, sports, pastimes, cookery, gastronomy, mrs., mary, eales's, receipts

Earl of SUFFOLK and BERKSHIRE

The Encyclopaedia of Sports and Games. Edited by the Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire. New and Enlarged Edition with Colour Plates. REMARKABLY BRIGHT, FRESH SET

Heinemann,, 1911. 4 vols., roy. 8vo., with coloured frontispieces (original tissue guards present), coloured plates and many hundreds of monochrome illustrations in the text; original green cloth, upper boards blocked and lettered in blind, gilt backs, a remarkably bright, fresh set. The set comprises: Vol. I: A - Cricket; Vol. II: Crocodile to Hound Breeding; Vol. III: Hunting to Racing; Vol. IV: Rackets to Zebra. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 28667

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

Keywords: sports, sporting, games, pastimes, earl of suffolk and berkshire

EDWARDS Leslie

The Game that was Golf. Decorative Illustrations by Jos Armitage - Ionicus. [Foreword by Michael Williams]. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Fore Golf Publications, Dovercourt,, [1992]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates and illustrations in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 23818

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

Keywords: golf, leslie edwards, leslie edwards, sports, pastimes, golf, the, game, that, was, golf

EDWARDS A.

Rock Gardens: How to Plan and Plant them. With Sections on the Wall, Paved, Marsh and Water Gardens. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Ward Lock,, [1937]. 4to., with mounted coloured frontispiece, 7 fine mounted coloured plates, 32 plates in monochrome and 8 diagrams in the text, some very light occasional spotting; original green cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, a remarkably bright, firm copy. Bright copy of a classic text, first published in 1929 by the former supervisor of the rock garden at Kew.

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Book number: 6474

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Keywords: gardening, horticulture, rock gardens, water gardens, bog gardens, botany

EGGLER Albert

The Everest-Lhotse Adventure. Translated by Hugh Merrick. [First English Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY OF THE FIRST ENGLISH EDITION

Allen & Unwin,, [1957]. 8vo., First Edition thus, with coloured portrait frontispiece, numeroud plates in monochrome and many maps in the text; blue cloth, upper board blocked in blind, backstrip lettered in silver, blue top a little faded, a near fine copy in unclipped, very lightly browned dustwrapper. Covers the Swiss ascent of Everest and the first ascent of Lhotse. Published a year after the German version. Neate 240.

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Book number: 38815

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

Keywords: sports, mountaineering, climbing, himalaya, himalayas, everest, lhotse, eggler, albert eggler

ELEY GAME BOOKLET

Eley Game Advisory Service. Booklet 4. Partridge Rearing.. NEAR FINE COPY IN WRAPPERS

Eley Game Advisory Service, [Fordingbridge],, [1964]. 8vo., with photographs and illustrations; printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. Revised version of the first issue of 1952.

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Book number: 49203

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

Keywords: sports and pastimes, sporting, field sports, partridges, partridge rearing, eley game booklets

ELEY GAME BOOKLET

Eley Game Advisory Service. Booklet 9. How to distinguish Sex and Age in Gamebirds. NEAR FINE COPY IN WRAPPERS

Eley Game Advisory Service, [Fordingbridge],, [1963]. 8vo., with photographs and illustrations; printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. Revised version of the first issue of 1936.

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Book number: 49204

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ELEY GAME BOOKLET

Eley Game Advisory Service. Booklet 11b. Hatching Game Birds' Eggs in Incubators. NEAR FINE COPY IN WRAPPERS

Eley Game Advisory Service, [Fordingbridge],, [1964]. 8vo., with photographs and illustrations; printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. Revised version of the first issue of 1961.

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Book number: 49205

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ELEY GAME BOOKLET

Eley Game Advisory Service. Booklet 14. Feeding and Management of Game in Winter. NEAR FINE COPY IN WRAPPERS

Eley Game Advisory Service, [Fordingbridge],, [1965]. 8vo., with photographs and illustrations; printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.

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Book number: 49206

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ELEY GAME BOOKLET

Eley Game Advisory Service. Booklet 17. Enemies of Game. Some Control Methods for Ground Predators. NEAR FINE COPY IN WRAPPERS

Eley Game Advisory Service, [Fordingbridge],, [1964]. 8vo., with photographs and illustrations; printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. Revised version of the first issue of 1961.

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Book number: 49207

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ELEY GAME BOOKLET

Eley Game Advisory Service. Booklet 18. The Foods of Wild Partridges. Chicks and Adults. NEAR FINE COPY IN WRAPPERS

Eley Game Advisory Service, [Fordingbridge],, [1964]. 8vo., with photographs and illustrations; printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. Revised version of the first issue of 1938.

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Book number: 49208

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

Keywords: sports and pastimes, sporting, field sports, partridges, eley game booklets