HOBBIES SPORT AND LEISURE from Fortuna Books

Wellington: Reed, 1962 unclipped dust jacket is intact and tidy but has handling rubbing showing some white crease lines etc, small name 'J B Hine' plus author's presentation inscription 'To Blair with every good wish' and signature to fep, 265pp + plates. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Christchurch: Whitcombe & Tombs, 1962 unclipped dust jacket is intact and tidy but has minor handling wear, small name 'J Blair Hine' plus author's presentation inscription 'To Blair with every good wish' and signature to fep, 216pp + plates. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Phoenix House, 1957 unclipped DW under plastic sleeve, shelf mark to spine, library stamps etc otherwise tidy used copy 288pp + plates. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ex-Library.

London: Ward Lock, 1909 grey cloth with red black and gilt decoration of hands holding playing cards, very tidy internally including original navy blue endpapers and tissue guard at frontis, light foxing to closed edges, 222pp + plates + 2pp adverts, card coin and handkerchief tricks, tricks with chemicals, parlour and hat tricks, tricks with mesmerism and magnetism, tricks with… Read more about this item

Auckland: Rugby Press, 1994 SIGNED BY Michael Jones, first edition biography of a great All Black, 268pp book and dust jacket are VG+. association copy. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Auckland: Hodder, 1978 first edition, unclipped DW light sunning to edges of covers and spine, one short 20mm tear to top edge of lower panel, 117pp with photographs, 3 stories from a diary Zane Grey kept during his second visit to New Zealand in 1927 to the Bay of Islands and Tongariro River. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.… Read more about this item

London: Stanley Paul, 1953 lightly soiled boards, lacks fep, faint foxing, one plate tipped back in with some edge wear, DW significant loss to backstrip and rear panel, , chipping and tear to front panel, black British resident 100 metre champion gives advice to sprinters. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Pearson, 1968 Fourth edition revised and retitled. Book shows minor light foxing to closed edges and the prelims. DW has tear along the spine fold of the lower panel, rubbed to edges and the lamination is just starting to lift. Prelims + 288pp of the A - Z. . revised. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7?… Read more about this item

Wellington: Reed, 1965 second impression after 1964 first, light edge wear to unclipped DW, one small area of tape stain to fep otherwise very tidy copy, 166pp + plates. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Secker, 1953 name and date to fep otherwise VG, DW price clipped with light chipping at head, 272pp + plates, a shark hunting venture in Scottish Hebrides, going after them with harpoons and small boats. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Pelham Books, 1967 light corner bumping, lightly soiled DW price clipped with edgewear and rubbed joints, 242pp + plates. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Pelham Books, 1964 112pp + plates, very tidy, DW unclipped with light edge rubbing and short edge nicks at tail of spine, short edge tear top of rear panel. Photos and diagrams.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Souvenir, 1963 123pp illustrated with photographs and drawings. 4 pages have some minor rusty staining from spilt liquid. DW rubbed and chipped to edges with tear to front and some loss to rear panel corner. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Health and Strength, 1909 scarce early wrestling text book illustrated with seventy photographs. Red cloth titled and design in black and white, very minor wear or handling to the boards, endpapers age toned, viii, 156 +4pp adverts. some age related discolouration to pages but this is minor and to be expected, excellent treatment of traditional (vs theatrical!) wrestling… Read more about this item

London: Hutchinson, 1985 excellent copy dustwrapper also excellent, account of the approach route, life at base camp, and the successful 1984 British ascent of the Mustagh Tower in the Karakoram.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Hamilton, 1958 unclipped Dw with little signs of wear apart from mild surface dust soiling, a little offset tape rust to free endpapers from a plastic sleeve that was on the DW, some minor foxing to closed edges, 242pp + plates, eleventh impression in unusually tidy condition, 'great' African hunter who bagged over 600 rhino and 1000 elephants,… Read more about this item

London: Concorde Distribution, 1976 (500 gram rate) stapled newsprint sheets with pictorial paper wrappers, 66pp, small pen date to contents page. First Edition. Printer Wrapper. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. Magazine.

Scranton: The Jowett Institute of Physical Culture, 1930 Stiff Paper Wrapper, rubber stamp from Australian branch of Jowett Institute to inside cover, small area label lift top corner of cover. (ii) 32 +2pp advert/coupon. practical advice for 'strongman' development via methods such as barrel lifting. all aimed at strengthening the hand and wrist. minimal postage on this small item.… Read more about this item

Christchurch: Whitcoulls, 1977 dust jacket has minor chipping loss at head and tail of spine, minor soiling, light rubbing to corners, book clean, 111pp includes b&w and colour plates, the creation and building of the Pikipiki Tramway & Collieries Company Limited table top model train rail track, advice on how to set about building a table top rail set etc.… Read more about this item

Auckland: Collins, 1980 excellent copy, name and date in pen to fep, 174pp + plates. Salmon sport fishing in New Zealand, covers all aspects of recreation and conservation, management and ecology etc, as well as cooking!. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.