Banks, A. G.:

"A. G.'s" Book of the Rifle.

London, Jordan & Sons Ltd, 1950 4th Ed., hard cover brown cloth bds, Good, faded cup ring to upper bd, no dust jacket, contents clean and tight with VG fold-out to rear of Trajectories of I.C.I. .22 Long Rifle Rimfire Cartridges (Muzzle Velocity 1350 f/s 40-Grain Bullet and Muzzle Velocity 1060 f/s 40-Grain Bullet) And Zero Targets 20 Yards. .22 Long Rifle Rimfire (Standard-Velocity Cartridge and High-Velocity Cartridge), pp227 + adverts to rear, neat name and address to ffep.

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N° du livre: 14958

Catalogue: Sport

Mots-clés: rifle rifles firearms war musketry cartridge small bore target rifles beginner expert safety trigger design choice ballistics sights eyesight correction telescope legal shooting groups match positions

Beaumont, Richard:

Purdey's. The Guns And The Family.

Newton Abbot, David & Charles, 1984 1st Ed., Hard cover dark brown cloth bds, VG, unclipped d/w, Good+, faded partic. at spine, contents clean, crisp and tight, pp248, neat inscript. to half title, colour and b/w plates.

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N° du livre: 10984

Catalogue: Sport

Mots-clés: Purdey guns shooting family memoir gun and rifle makers London firm world war Victorian Edwardian history gunmaking 0715386247

Benaud, Richie:

Willow Patterns.

London, The Sportsmans Book Club, 1970 Hard cover maroon cloth bds, Fine, unclipped d/w, Near Fine+, contents clean and tight, pp222, a very nice copy seems unread.

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N° du livre: 9728

Catalogue: sport

Mots-clés: cricket sport England Australia West Indies South Africa The Names India Pakistan New Zealand Leg Spin Bowling The Greats Captain

Bettell, Charlie:

The Art of Lure Fishing.

Marlborough, The Crowood Press Ltd, 1994 Oversized hard cover black cloth bds, crisp bright gilt lettering to spine, VG+, unclipped dust jacket, VG, a few small spots, contents sound with b/w and some colour illustrations, occas. age-spotting, very light age-spotting to leading pge edge block, pp160. Written ".. with precise instructions and helpful advice interspersed with humorous anecdotes, reflections and examples drawn from teh author's own wide experience..."

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N° du livre: 14163

Catalogue: Sport

Mots-clés: lure fishing angling instruction help advice tackle artificail categories top water sub surface plugs diving spoons spinners spinnerbaits buzzers jigs flies bugs rubberized fish care water types 185223797X

Blandford, Percy W.:

Scouting On The Water.

London, Herbert Jenkins, 1955 1st Ed., Hard cover blue cloth bds, VG, unclipped d/w, small hole at mid spine, a little edgewear in places, white patch where something has been removed to front, contents nice and tight, occas. age-brown mark, pp127.

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N° du livre: 11155

Catalogue: Sport

Mots-clés: scouting boy scouts water boats boating cruising water camping sport hobbies activities 000000000

Le Blond, Mrs Aubrey (Mrs Main):

True Tales Of Mountain Adventure: For Non-Climbers Young and Old.

London, Thomas Nelson, no date Hard cover blue cloth bds, gilt lettering to spine, Good-, has been tied so three corresponding indents to edges on upper bd, leans v. slightly, contents fine, tight and bright, b/w frontis., 3 further plates through text, pp383 + glossary, ffep and rep have some light age-browning.

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N° du livre: 12510

Catalogue: Sport

Mots-clés: mountaineering mountains adventure glaciers avalances guides Alps Haut-De-Cry Matterhorn Ice-Avalance Altels Alpine Tragedy Thrift Pass Moming Pass Col De PilatteAletsch Glacier climbing Piz Scerscen

Bradley, Cuthbert:

Fox-Hunting From Shire To Shire With Many Noted Packs. A Companion To 'Good Sport, Seen With Some Famous Packs'

London, George Routledge And Sons Ltd, 1912 Oversized Hard Cover, approx. 10.5" x 7", red cloth bds with gilt lettering and decoration to upper bd and spine, cloth mottled heavily and damp stained, bds have softened and re-hardened at btm edge so a little wavy, btm rear corner rubbed at tip and spine ends have v. small split to btm and small rub to to rear hinge, cloth at rear a bit loose and wavy, pges 222- rear pastedown have some faded damp staining, this lightens from the rear until very little on pge 222, otherwise contents clean, bright and tight, a little chipping at btm of rear ep, 13 plates 6 of which are colour and tissue protected, over 100 other illustrations through text, pp262, neat inscription to front pastedown. A nice sound ref. copy. Includes the Duke of Westminster's Mastership; Sport with the Blankney Hounds, Sir Robert Filmer and Tom Isaac; Sir Gilbert Greenall and the Belvoir Hounds; Mr G Smith-Bosanquet's Hertfordshire Pack; The Quorn under Captain Frank Forester; The Cottesmore, Lord Lonsdale and The Beauties of Barleythorpe; A Day with Mr E A V Stanley and the Woodland Pytchley; Some Yorkshire Hunting Notes - Lord Middleton's, The Holderness, The Bedale, The Sinnington and the Hon. H. Vane's Hounds; A Hunt with Lord Annaly, Frank Freeman and the Pytchley Hounds etc... Postage may be increased on this item due to weight.

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N° du livre: 12155

Catalogue: Sport

Mots-clés: hunting packs Peterborough and Fitzwilliam Hunt Durham Braes of Derwent Stainton Dale Trencher-Fed Pack One-Horse Hunt Gerald Hardy Meynells Atherstone Hound Sir William Cooke Soutwold Steeplechasing 0000000000

Carlile, Forbes:

Forbes Carlile On Swimming: An Invaluable Study of Swimming By A World Expert.

London, Sphere Books Limited, 1969 Pbk, Good, some scuffing to edges, light creasing to corners, light age-marking to leading pge edge block, contents clean and tight, b/w plates, age-speckling to ffep and ep, pp202 + Sphere adverts, neat inscript. to inside front cover. Carlile, adviser to the Australian Olympic Swimming Team in the '40's, 50's and 60's, is a recognised leading authority on scientific swimming.

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N° du livre: 13321

Catalogue: Sport

Mots-clés: swimming scientific methods training adviser Olympic team authority sport improvement coaches trainers competitors peak race preparation exercises food vitamins stress testing style crawl Japanese

Chalke, Stephen and Derek Hodgson Illust. by Susanna Kendall:

No Coward Soul: The Remarkable Story of Bob Appleyard.

Bath, Fairfield Books, 2003 1st Ed., hard cover brown cloth bds, slightly bumped at base of spine and corner otherwise Nr Fine, unclipped dust jacket, Nr Fine, contents seem like new, pp224.

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N° du livre: 14240

Catalogue: Sport

Mots-clés: cricket Bob Appleyard Dickie Bird sport biography life Yorkshire team bowler England Australia Len Hutton Ashes Robert Maxwell will power adversity 0953119696

Church, Bob Illust. by Moira Shippard:

Catch More Tench.

London, Wolfe Publishing Limited, 1974 1st Ed. landscape pbk, VG, a little scuffing at spine tips and corners, cover by Keith Linsell, approx. 4.5" x 6.5", leading pge edge block heavily foxed, contents clean and tight, b/w illustrations by Moira Shippard, pp64. "Each book written by a top angler, with information on baits, tackle, techniques, feeding habits and likely locations".

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N° du livre: 14154

Catalogue: Sport

Mots-clés: Catchmore book tench fishing angling coarse angler information advice guide bait tackle techniques feeding habits locations Moira Shippard Keith Linsell 0723405719

Coleridge, J. K.:

Sheringham Golf Club 1891 - 1991.

Sheringham Golf Club, 1991 Oversized red hard cover with gilt lettering to spine and golf club centenary stamp to upper bd, Nr Fine, in gauzy paper wrapper, almost VG, small closed tear to btm front edge, contents clean, crisp and tight, endpapers have b/w layouts of the golf course, with many b/w illustrations, pp178, includes a Fixture List for 2001-2002, a 'Visitors' Information' slip and the 'Sheringham golf Club Rules & Bye-Laws' booklet as adopted Dec 1999.

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N° du livre: 12918

Catalogue: Sport

Mots-clés: golf sport Sheringham Golf Club Norfolk war years ladies century course golfers history

Collier, Ronald illust by Brockbank:

Bees Under My Bonnet.

London, Motor Racing Publications Ltd, no date Hard cover yellow cloth bds, Good-, minor gen. soiling, unclipped d/w, Good, a little edgewear/creasing to top edge, contents bright and tight, pp48.

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N° du livre: 9359

Catalogue: motor sport

Mots-clés: motoring motor sport humour Brockbank comedy journalism Grand prix

Couch, Anthony:

Memoirs of a Twelfth Man. The recollections of J. A. P. Withers of Stripford Rural Cricket Club.

Marlborough, The Crowood Press, 1984 1st Ed., Hard cover mossy green cloth bds, Fine, clipped dust jacket, VG, contents fine and tight, pp140, no names etc...

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N° du livre: 13135

Catalogue: Sport

Mots-clés: cricket memoir village cricket pride pique loyalty treachery revenge lust cricketing stories J A P Withers 0946284350

Dawson, Major Kenneth:

Successful Fishing For Salmon And Sea Trout.

London, Herbert Jenkins, 1951 1st Ed., Hard cover green cloth bds, some age-darkening to top edges otherwise VG, unclipped but tattered and torn d/w, contents clean and tight, b/w frontis., further b/w plates through text, pp175.

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N° du livre: 11096

Catalogue: Sport

Mots-clés: fishing salmon sea trout spinning weather angling sport tackle 000000000

Dixon, Charles:

Parachuting.

London, Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd, no date Hard cover green cloth bds, Fair, material split at rear spine hinge, chip missing at btm of spine, rubbing to edges in places, contents sound and tight with some light foxing, pp216, ffep missing, a sound reading copy with nice b/w photographic illust.s through text.

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N° du livre: 10186

Catalogue: sport

Mots-clés: parachuting history ski hi irvin jumps military parachuting Caterpillar Club Lindbergh types