ANON.

French Domestic Cookery. Combining Elegance with Economy; describing new cilunary Implements and Processes; the Management of the Table; Instructions for Carving; French, German, Polish, Spanish and Italian Cookery IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH. IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH

David Bogue, Fleet Street,, 1846. 12mo., First Edition thus, with several woodcut illustrations in the text, neat nineteenth century signature on front free endpaper, title and first page of text; original publisher's brown grained cloth, boards with double frame border enclosing an elaborate an elaborate lozenge all in blind, very neatly recased with new cloth backstrip to style, original gilt lettering laid down, fore-edges lightly dust-soiled else a very good, crisp copy in sympathetically restored publisher's binding. According to the English editor's Preface this scarce work is 'an adapted translation of one of the most popular treatises on French Cookery, entitled La Cuisiniere de la Campagne et de la Ville ou Nouvelle Cuisine Economique, Paris, Audot, 1846'. The success and stature of the French original is compared to that of Mrs. Rundell. It has been suggested that this is in fact a second edition of a work with a similar title published by Thomas Boys in 1825 [Bitting, p. 554; Oxford, p. 157; Wellcome III, 67]; however this would contradict the Preface, and there is no mention of such a kinship in Oxford who lists both volumes. A very nice copy of an extremely scarce work. Oxford, p.177 (recording the publisher as 'David Boyne'). Not in Cagle.

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Book number: 16963

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ANON.

Hints on Archery. By a Well Known Archer. A RARE SURVIVAL

F H Ayres,, 1925. Sm. 8vo., First Edition thus; original printed wrappers, wire-stiched as issued, covers lightly age-marked else a very good, bright, clean copy. EXTREMELY SCARCE.

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Book number: 45929

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ANON

Knitting & Crocheting for Antique Dolls. [Reprinted from Old Books and Periodicals]. COMPLETE SET IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS

[Hobby House Press, Cumberland MD,, 1981]. 3 vols, roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and diagrams in the text; original pictorial wrappers printed in sepia, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine set. The set comprises Vol. I: 1874-1896; Vol. II: 1898-1913; Vol. III: 1914-1928. Complete sets are very scarce, especially in this condition.

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Book number: 20894

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Keywords: needlework, knitting, crocheting, dolls, antique dolls, anon, sports, pastimes, needlework, knitting, crocheting, antique, dolls

ARMSTRONG Robin

Chalk Streams and Lazy Trout. Pictured by a Trout Fisherman. Foreword by Sir Michael Horden. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Stanley Paul,, [1991]. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured illustrations (a number full-page) throughout; green cloth, gilt back, green endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 37283

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ARMSTRONG Robin

The Painted Stream. A River Warden's Life. With A.S. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

Dent,, [1985]. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, full-page coloured illustrations and numerous illustrations in the text; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE.

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Book number: 37284

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ASHLEY-COOPER John

A Line on Salmon. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Witherby,, [1983]. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured plates and numerous line illustrations in the text; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 37280

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ASHLEY-COOPER John

A Ring of Wessex Waters. An Angler's Rivers. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Witherby,, [1986]. 4to., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, 7 coloured plates, and numerous monochrome photographs (a number full-page) and maps in the text, book token mounted on front free endpaper; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. The rivers include Avon, Wylie, Nadder, Bourne, Ebble, Beaulieu, Stour, Allen, Piddle and Frome

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Book number: 24323

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Keywords: angling, fishing, dorset, hampshire, john ashley-cooper, j. ashley-cooper, sports, pastimes, angling, ring, wessex, waters

ASSOCIATON OF BRITISH MEMBERS OF THE SWISS ALPINE CLUB

Inauguration of the Cabane Britannia on the Klein Allalinhorne Saas Fee, August 17, 1912 and Obituary Notices and Portrait of Clinton Dent.. REMARKABLY BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

[Privately Printed],, 1913. 8vo., First Edition, with several plates, free endpapers lightly browned; original green cloth, boards framed in blind, upper board lettered in gilt, green top, green marbled endpapers, a remarkably bright, clean, crisp copy. The Britannia Hut is the only mountain club hut in the Alps built entirely from funds raised by British climbers. Clinton Dent (1850-1912) was the first President of the Association. RARE. Neate 33.

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AULDJO John

Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont Blanc on the Eighth and Ninth of August 1827. Second [and Best] Edition. CRISP COPY OF THE SECOND EDITION

Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green,, 1830. 8vo., Second Edition, with lithographed frontispiece, 16 mounted lithographed proofs as plates, 2 lithographed folding maps and 2 folding charts (ALL NEATLY COLOURED BY HAND), lithographed folding facsimile, lithographed folding panorama and large lithographed folding map (some moderate spotting), plates and some maps mildly spotted (mainly at margins), text generally clean and crisp, neat contemporary signature on blank preliminary; brown cloth, neatly rebacked in calf lettered in gilt, gilt top, new laid endpapers, uncut, a very good, bright, crisp copy. Crisp copy of a scarce Alpine classic, first published in 1828. Neate *38.

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Book number: 39152

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AYRTON Elisabeth

The Cookery of England. Being a Collection of Recipes from Traditional Dishes of all Kinds from the Fifteenth Century to the Present Day, with Notes on their Social and Culinary Background. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Andre Deutsch,, [1974]. Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text; green cloth, gilt back, green endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped, faintly browned dustwrapper. Bright copy of what is arguably Ayrton's finest work. VERY SCARCE INDEED IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 25906

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Keywords: cookery, gastronomy, cooking, ayrton, elisabeth ayrton, english cookery, recipes

AYRTON Elisabeth

English Provincial Cooking. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Mitchell Beazley,, [1980]. Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with 8 fine coloured plates (6 double-page); green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A classic survey with many historical recipes, Ayrton's last work is arranged geographically by region.

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Book number: 49464

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BABET-CHARTON Henriette

Fruit. 384 French Recipes. Foreword by Andre L. Simon. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE FIRST ENGLISH EDITION

Crosby Lockwood,, 1949. 8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; olive cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy.

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Book number: 38016

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BADEN POWELL of Gilwell Lord

Scouting Round the World. Illustrated by the Author. FIRM, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Herbert Jenkins,, [1935]. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations in the text and endpeaper maps, some mild offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; green cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, covers lightly faded at extremities else a very good, firm, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly age-soiled, browned at backstrip, and with one or two small marginal losses. With dustwrapper artwork by the author. An essential but elusive highlight of any scouting collection. EXTREMELY SCARCE IN THE DUSTWRAPPER.

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Book number: 28329

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Keywords: scouting, scouts, boy scouts, robert baden powell, lord baden powell of gilwell, scouting, round, world

BAILEY William

The Angler's Instructor. A Treatise on the Best Modes of Angling in English Rivers, Lakes, and Ponds, and on the Habits of the Fish. Third Edition (Revised). BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN PUBLISHER'S BINDING

Longmans and Co.,, [1878]. 8vo., Third and Best Edition, with an engraved illustration in the text; original cloth, covers blocked in decorative gilt and blind, an unusually bright, clean copy. First published in 1857 with a second edition in 1866, this classic treatise takes the form of genial dialogues between novice and master, based on more than two decades of practical experience. This is the best and most expanded edition: 'the reader will not have not only the original copy revised but a great amount of useful information on Angling which hitherto has not been published'. (Author's Introduction to the current edition). The numerous additions include a brief sketch of the author's career, new chapters on Throwing from the Reel and Winter Fishing, remarks on the finding of new swims, and practical hints on the killing powers and bends of hooks, among many others. Westwood & Satchell considers Bailey 'the best Nottingham angler of his day'. Westwood & Satchell, p.20.

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Book number: 6354

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BAILEY, Philip

Who's Who of Cricketers. A Complete Who's Who of all Cricketers who have played first-class Cricket in the British Isles, with full Career Records. [Second and Best Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

Hamlyn in association with The Association of Cricket Statisticians,, [1993]. 8vo., Second Edition; red cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case. Considerably updated and extended version of the first edition of 1984. Over 600 new players are added and the details of many others revised. Already scarce in this condition.

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Book number: 14282

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