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SPORT IN MANY LANDS Europe, Asia, Africa and America. Etc., Etc. With one hundred and eighty illustrations.
London and New York: Frederick Warne and Co, 1890. Hardcover. No dust-wrapper. xlvi, [2], 586, [1], [4] ad's pages. Illustrated throughout with engravings. Original pictorial green cloth, gilt. All edges gilt. Head of spine expertly strengthened; prize label on endpaper; else a very good copy.
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SPORT The National Sporting Magazine. Volume 10, No. 114. march 17th-23rd, 1950.
London.Promise Press Limited. 1950. 24pp. Illustrated throughout with black & white photographs. Front covers features a team photograph of Bolton Wanderers F.C. Little dust-soiled towards spine; staples rusty; ownership name to front free endpaper; else a very good copy.
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The Anglers' Library. Edited by The Hon. Sir Herbert Maxwell, Bart and F. G. Aflalo. COARSE FISH with notes on Taxidermy Fishing in the Lower Thames, etc. Illustrated.
London.Lawrence and Bullen, Ltd. 1897. [vii], viii, [1], 2-268pp. 42 black & white illustrations including frontispiece. Original cloth gilt. Octavo. First edition. Head and heel of spine a touch bumped; browning to endpapers; lacks second front endpaper; light spotting to fore-edges; else a very good copy.
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THE BOOK OF GOLF AND GOLFERS. With contributions by Miss Amy Pascoe H. H. Hilton, J. H. Taylor, H. J. Whigham, and Messrs Sutton & Sons. With 71 portraits.
London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1899. Hardcover. xvi, 316 pages. Illustrated with 78 black & white illustrations. Original red cloth gilt. Octavo. First edition. Some faint cup marks to upper panel of binding; cloth generally a little worn; some spotting to blank recto of frontispiece, and a few to the frontispiece itself; else a very good copy.
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THE COMPLEAT ANGLER The Lives of Donne Wotton Hooker Herbert & Sanderson. With Love and Truth Miscellaneous Writings. Edited by Geoffrey keynes. Illustrations by Thomas Poulton and Charles Sigrist.
London. The Nonesuch Press, 1929. x, 631 pages. Original full morocco, gilt. Top edge gilt. Octavo. Number 250 of a limited edition of 1100 copies. Binding exhibiting light signs of use; gilt on top edge somewhat darkened; but a. very good, clean copy.
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THE FIRST FORTY YEARS Being the history of the Forty Club Golfing Society.
Forty Cub Golfing Society, [1999.]. Hardcover. No dust-wrapper, as issued. Number 213 of a limited edition of 600 copies. A fine copy.
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THE IMPROVED ART OF RIDING Exemplified in the following Rules: To Mount a Horse with ease and dexterity, and to sit him with grace and dignity; To Manage the Bridle, whether snaffle or curb; the use of the whip and spur; service of the leg in the manage of a horse; To Cure a Horse of his Starting or Stumbling; to manage a restive or vicious horse; and the best Methods of Breaking a Colt; also the rules observed and taught in a ménage, or riding horse. The whole treated in a plain and perspicuous manner
London: J. Bailey, 116 Chancery lane. Sixpence, No date. [circa 1815.]. Hand-coloured folding engraved frontispiece of six sections, attributed to George Cruikshank. 28pp. Original printed wrappers. A very good copy. Cohn (495), lists only two copies, both with variant addresses by this publisher, but does not know the existence of a copy bearing this address. COPAC list only two copies.
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THE JESUS COLLEGE BOAT CLUB Cambridge. With an Introduction by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch and contributions by The Rev. C. A. Skinner, The Rev. F.J. Foakes Jackson, and Bernard L. Manning.
Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons Ltd, 1928. Hardcover. No dust-wrapper. 298 pages. Folding chart at end. Original red cloth, gilt. Name of J. P. Whalley on half-title, who rowed for Jesus College in 1947. Cloth quite faded; very outer edge of chart worn; else a very good copy.
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THE ROYAL LIVERPOOL GOLF CLUB A History 1869-1932. With a foreword by Bernard Darwin.
Birkenhead: Willmer Brothers & Co. Ltd, 1933. Hardcover. No dust-wrapper. 310 pages. Illustrated with black & white plates, and four plans, one of which is folding. Original green cloth, gilt. Octavo. First edition. Two pages are browned from press cuttings; else a very good copy.
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THE SPORTSMAN'S HANDBOOK to Collecting, Preserving, and setting-up Trophies & Specimens together with a Guide to the Hunting Grounds of the World. Tenth, and enlarged, edition with numerous illustrations.
London: Rowland Ward, Limited, 1911. Hardcover. No dust-wrapper. 303 pages plus ad's. Original green pictorial cloth with twin rhino' heads in gilt to the upper cover. Octavo. Few spots on first few leaves; else a very good copy.
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YORKSHIRE COUNTY CRICKET CLUB. Forty-fifth Annual Report. Season 1937. List of officers. Fixtures for Season 1937. Rules and Regulations. Laws of Cricket. Members. Matches and Averages 1936. Test Matches 1936. Averages of Players since 1861. Report & Balance Sheet for 1936. List of Players who have played for the County. Champion Counties since 1878. Advisory Committee Rules. County Umpires for 1937. Records in First-class Cricket.
Leeds: Yorkshire County Cricket Club Committee, 1937. 304pp. Original green decorative cloth, gilt. Small octavo. A very good copy.
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YORKSHIRE COUNTY CRICKET CLUB. Forty-second Annual Report. Season 1934. List of officers. Fixtures for Season 1934. Rules and Regulations. Laws of Cricket. Members. Matches and Averages 1933. Test Matches 1933. Averages of Players since 1861. Report & Balance Sheet for 1933. List of Players who have played for the County. Champion Counties since 1878. Advisory Committee Rules. County Umpires for 1934. Records in First-class Cricket.
Leeds.Yorkshire County Cricket Club Committee. 1934. 288pp. Original green decorative cloth, gilt. Small octavo. Inscription front end pastedown. A very good copy.
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YORKSHIRE COUNTY CRICKET CLUB. Forty-seventh Annual Report. Season 1939. List of officers. Fixtures for Season 1939. Rules and Regulations. Laws of Cricket. Members. Matches and Averages 1938. Test Matches 1938. Averages of Players since 1861. Report & Balance Sheet for 1938. List of Players who have played for the County. Champion Counties since 1878. Advisory Committee Rules. County Umpires for 1939. Records in First-class Cricket.
Leeds.Yorkshire County Cricket Club Committee. 1939. 312pp. Original blue decorative cloth, gilt. Small octavo. Inscription front free end paper. A very good copy.
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YORKSHIRE COUNTY CRICKET CLUB. Thirtieth Annual Issue. Season 1922.
Yorkshire County Cricket Club, 1922. Bound in full green calf, gilt with emblematic device, and the name of 'Mr J. Downes., J.P., O.B.E., Hull.' in gilt at foot of front board. All edges gilt. Spine faded and rubbed; else a very good copy
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YORKSHIRE COUNTY CRICKET CLUB. Thirty-eighth Annual Issue. Season 1930.
Yorkshire County Cricket Club, 1930. Bound in full blue calf, gilt with emblematic device, and the name of 'Mr J. Downes., J.P., O.B.E., Hull.' in gilt at foot of front board. All edges gilt. Spine a little faded and rubbed at the head; else a very good copy
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YORKSHIRE COUNTY CRICKET CLUB. Thirty-fifth Annual Issue. Season 1927. List of Officers. Fixtures for season 1927. Rules and Regulations. Laws of Cricket. Members. Matches and Averages 1926. Averages of Players since 1861. Report and Balance Sheet for 1926. List of Players who have Played for the County. Champion Counties Since 1877. Advisory Committee Rules. County Umpires for 1927. Records in First-Class Cricket. Photograph of Mr. F. C. Toone.
Leeds.The Yorkshire County Cricket Club Committee, 1927. 296pp. Original de-luxe issue binding of full blue calf, gilt. All edges gilt. Small octavo. Gilt name: 'Mr. J. Downs, J.P., O.B.E., Hull' on lower outer corner of upper cover. Spine faded but gilt still bright; binding a little marked; else a very good copy.
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YORKSHIRE COUNTY CRICKET CLUB. Thirty-second Annual Issue. Season 1924. List of Officers. Fixtures for season 1924. Rules and Regulations. Laws of Cricket. Members. Matches and Averages 1923. Averages of Players since 1861. Report and Balance Sheet for 1923. List of Players who have Played for the County. Champion Counties Since 1877. Advisory Committee Rules. County Umpires for 1924. Records in First-Class Cricket.
Leeds.The Yorkshire County Cricket Club Committee, 1924. 256pp. Original de-luxe issue binding of full blue calf, gilt. All edges gilt. Small octavo. Gilt name: 'Mr. J. Downs, J.P., O.B.E., Hull' on lower outer corner of upper cover. Spine faded but gilt still bright; else a very good copy.
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YORKSHIRE COUNTY CRICKET CLUB. Thirty-seventh Annual Issue. Season 1929. List of Officers. Fixtures for season 1929. Rules and Regulations. Laws of Cricket. Members. Matches and Averages 1928. Test Matches 1928. Averages of Players since 1861. Report and Balance Sheet for 1928. List of Players who have Played for the County. Champion Counties Since 1877. Advisory Committee Rules. County Umpires for 1929. Records in First-Class Cricket.
Leeds.The Yorkshire County Cricket Club Committee, 1929. 288pp. Original de-luxe issue binding of full red calf, gilt. All edges gilt. Small octavo. Gilt name : "Mr. J. Downes, J.P., O.B.E., Hull " on lower outer corner of upper cover. Binding a little marked; else a very good copy.
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YORKSHIRE COUNTY CRICKET CLUB. Thirty-sixth Annual Issue. Season 1928. List of Officers. Fixtures for season 1928. Rules and Regulations. Laws of Cricket. Members. Matches and Averages 1927. Averages of Players since 1861. Report and Balance Sheet for 1927. List of Players who have Played for the County. Champion Counties Since 1877. Advisory Committee Rules. County Umpires for 1928. Records in First-Class Cricket. Performances of Percy Holmes and Herbert Sutcliffe.
Leeds.The Yorkshire County Cricket Club Committee, 1928. 280pp. Original de-luxe issue binding of full green calf, gilt. All edges gilt. Small octavo. Gilt name: 'Mr. J. Downes, J. P., O.B.E., Hull' on lower outer corner of upper cover. Spine a little faded but gilt still bright; binding a little marked; else a very good copy.
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YORKSHIRE COUNTY CRICKET CLUB. Twenty-ninth Annual Issue. Season 1921.
Yorkshire County Cricket Club, 1921. Bound in full blue calf, gilt with emblematic device, and the name of 'Mr J. Downes., J.P., O.B.E., Hull.' in gilt at foot of front board. All edges gilt. Spine a little faded and rubbed; else a very good copy
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