Search Results: Sport from Thomas Rare Books

London: Andre Deutsch, 1980. A Complete Guide to Game and Rough Shooting, Wild Fowling, Pigeon Shooting, Deer Stalking and Clay Pigeon Shooting 351pp. Illustrated throughout. A nice copy with no inscriptions.. 1st edition 2nd Impression. Hardback. Fine/Fine, price-clipped. 8vo.

London: Collins, 1956. 384pp. Map end-papers. Illus. throughout and 4 maps. No inscriptions. A nice d.j. now protected with a clear mylar wrapper over the d.j. PLEASE EMAIL FOR PHOTOS.. 1st Edition. Hardback. Fine/V G rubbed. large 8vo.

Published for Aldeburgh Golf Club by East Anglian Magazine Ltd, 1982. 56pp. Frontis and 5 plates, end-paper plans of the Course.A nice copy bound in the original red/orange buckram with a gilt coat of arms to the front board. Sunning to the psine as often with this title. Clean throughout with no inscriptions.. 1st edition. Hard Back. V.g./No d.j.. 8vo.

London: Sherwood, Gilbert and Piper, 1841. Comprising proper instructions in the art, with rules to choose fishing rods, lines, hooks, floats, baits, and to make artificial flies; receipts for pastes, &c. &c. Embellished with upwards of twenty beautiful wood-cuts......xxi, [iii blank], 234pp, [iv] pp pub. stock leaflet tipped-in at the rear. The bulk of the volume is poems to fish and fishing with from p194 an appendix detailing fishing baits and techniques.Small area worn to the inside board end-paper where a small bookplate has been roughly removed. Frontis. plate engraving of a gentleman angler { with rod and keepnet [small loss to the lower margin not affecting the image]. Bound in the pub. attractive ribbed green cloth with blind embossed decoration and gilt tile to the spine. A very attractive bindng with a clean and tight text block. Fine small wood engraved head and tailpieces. 18cms Originally pub. 1819. Printed by W. Shackell, 11 Johnson's Court, Fleet Street, London. [Copac only… Read More

Paris: Crédit Lyonnais, 1967. 120pp. Colour illustrations throughout. Illustrated history of hunting weapons. The coloured illustrations are tipped in with glassine protection. Blue cloth in a blue slip-case. Compliments slip from Credit Lyonnais loosely inserted.. 1st edition. hardback. Fine/Slipcase. 4to.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1982. 1162pp, foreword by Sir Donald Bradman, edited by Ian Moir. Well illustrated throughout including colour plates. Published 1982 this is the first reprint. A lovely copy.. reprint. green cloth, gilt. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1951. 240pp, with 42 iilustrations.Index from 228-240pp.Dust jacket a little worn at top edge.All the great controversies and personalities of the game of cricket over a period of more than 60 years are mirrored in this book.. First Edition. Navy Blue Cloth. Fine/D.j.chipped and Worn. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Paul Hamlyn, 1967. 321pp., index, illustrated throughout, large format quarto, top of d.j. spine chipped. The history of cars with a forward by Stirling Moss. (First published 1962). Hard Cover. V.g./V G Chipped. 4to.

Newton Abbot: Reader Union, 1978. 180pp. 25 illustrations. A good rewading copy. re-issue. hard back. V.g./V G rubbed. 8vo.

London: Williams & Norgate, 1948. 155pp. Fully annoted with 64 diagrams. 1st Edition. Hardback. Fine/Very Good, spine darkened. large 8vo.

Bedfordshire: Privately Printed, 1942. NOs 51-100 . Red cloth , gilt titles to the spine. A rare wartime cycle club magazine bound.The offical organ of the Bedfordshire Road Cycling Club. . original editions. Hardback. Fine. 8vo.

London: Hutchinson & Co. (publishers) Ltd. 284pp. frontis, 29 b/w photos. A very nice copy but a little foxed. Binding very nice with a small blemish to font cover otherwise fine. Neat owners inscriptions. decorative brown cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1980. 191pp. 30 illustrations. 1st edition. hard back. V.g./V.g. Price-Clipped. 8vo.

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1942. 147pp, 65 photographs. End-papers off-set browning otherwise a tight copy. 2nd edition. hardback. Fine , spine darkened/V G Chipped. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: Horace Cox, 1909. xii, 315pp. Eratta slip bound in. As often the brown cloth spine and covers have worn badly. A reading or re-binding copy only. Spine back-strip lacking [a remnant is loosely inserted in the books]. Some of the spaces for notes have neat writing inserted. Complete contents.. 2nd edition. Hard Back. V.g.. 4to.

Frederick Muller Limited, London, 1961, 1st ed., 216pp, illustrated, octavo, d.j., a little soiled and edges a little chipped otherwise v.g. An analysis of the County Cricket scene..

London: Racing Post, 1990. Limited to 1100 copies (signed and numbered 313/1100). Dedicated to PICTURE PLAY 1944 winner of the One Thousand Guineas. 478 pp., many b&w ills. from photos and paintings. Original full maroon imitation leather gilt, all edges gilt, pictorial endpapers. The history, pedigrees and analysis of classic horseracing winners. limited edition. Mint. Oblong Octavo.

Hutchinson, 149, first edition, third reprint, 232pp, 22 b&w illustrations, octavo, decorative d.j., original blue/green cloth, gilt, d.j. torn and worn, boards damp stained, a 'reading copy' only. The autobiography o f the cricketer..

Stanley Paul, first edition, 192pp, 20 b&w illustrations, octavo, decorative d.j., original black cloth, gilt, d.j. worn and torn, boards a little damp stained. By the author of 'Cricket My Destiny'. Deals with "th e problems threatening the game and makes suggestions for the good and future of it"..

1988: Pavilion Books Limited.London, 1988. ii, 214pp with 53 photographs. Foreword by Tim Rice. This is a definative account of Englands controversial tour of 4 countries in 1987, by S Berry, a cricket correspondent for The Observer and a writer. A nice fresh copy.. First Edition. Green Cloth Hard Back. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Graham Morris.. 8vo - over 73/4" - 93/4" tall.