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Bradbury Agnew London 1892 VG (original blue cloth with inverted horseshoe and other parephenalia in gilt, black, brown and red, gilt titles on spine, a little shelfworn) Octavo 265pp illustrated throughout with a mixture of plates and vignettes

J A Allen and Co London 1970 Vg (no dj, laminated pictorial boards, small light crease one top corner, internally a very clean bright copy in fine condition) quarto 108pp. Profusely illustrated with 200 b/w photographs and diagrams, and concluding with a chapter on saddle injuries and how to deal with them.

J A Allen and Co London 1970 Vg (no dj, laminated pictorial boards, small light crease one top corner, internally a very clean bright copy in fine condition) quarto 108pp. Profusely illustrated with 200 b/w photographs and diagrams, and concluding with a chapter on saddle injuries and how to deal with them.

E J Larby London undated c1912 Vg (clean green cloth with gilt titles on spine and white titles and four-colour diagram on front board, one small split at top of spine less than half inch and one tiny nick on spine, lower corners lightly rubbed, neat (?pencil) line under the title on front board else boards clean and bright, front… Read more about this item

Wilke & Co Melbourne undated ? early 1950s Vg (fully bound in dark green leather, lightly worn on spine and rubbed at edges and corners, gift inscription front free endpaper and name of previous owner with address of The Bowls News, back hinge broken at top half but holding firm and contents remaining tight, stains to outside page edges only… Read more about this item

longmans 1930 VG (no dj, original cloth lightly worn at top of spine, contents no significant fault) octavo 509pp. Dealing with the game of Rugby and everything pertaining to the game, by W. W. Wakefield, one of the greatest forwards England has produced, and H. P. Marshall, the old Oxford Blue and Harlequin player. Illustrated with line drawings… Read more about this item

Nelson London 1971 Fine/fine (no faults with book or dj) Nelson's Horsemaster Series 136pp illustrated throughout with photographs and diagrams. Good book on a scarce subject.

Palgrave Macmillan (1987) VG/good+ dj has some rubbing to corners, with some associated loss - there is a 1/2 inch square flap attached to 1 side only. easily repairable. not price-clipped. no inscriptions.

Michael Joseph, London, 1960 VG/good+ dj has some tarnish marks to rear panel, and rubbing to corners, with 1 closed split. price-clipped. no inscriptions. foxing to right edge of textblock - but not internally.

Paul H Crompton London 1989 Vg (no dj, blue pictorial card covers with scratch front cover and very lightly rubbed head and tail of spine, a very good clean tight bright copy with no marks or inscriptions) octavo 102pp. First edition. Captioned b/w photographs throughout illustrating all the stages of 8 Taegeuk patterns.

Hutchinson: London, 1951 Vg/G dj is badly creased and worn to edes, and some associated loss to corners and spine ends. some notches missing from edges. some closed splits to edges boards beneath are clean and bright. no inscriptions. not price-clipped. internally a lovely clean copy. 1st edition unclipped A survey of the sporting scene… Read more about this item

A S Barnes and Co New York 1970 Vg/Vg (light edgewear to unclipped dj, lightly marked blue cloth boards with bright silver titles on spine, a clean tight copy with pencil annotations front free endpaper, no other marks) octavo 232pp.First edition. A US Navy doctor with many years' experience of underwater medicine delves deeply into the causes behind diving… Read more about this item

Museum Press London 1956 Vg/Fair (few tears to dj with minor loss top and base of darkened spine, clean brown cloth with white titles on spine, no marks or inscriptions, light browning back endpapers, touch of faint browning page edges, newspaper obituary of A. A. Thomson taped to front free endpaper) octavo 199pp. First edition. The third of A.… Read more about this item

Queen Ann Press Macdonald London 1990 Near fine (no dj, pictorial card covers, few light external creases to bottom corner of front cover else all clean tight and bright without fault) small quarto 159pp. Portraits of the great men of sumo, from the Grand Champions and big favourites to the heavy set of the lower senior ranks. Their triumphs and… Read more about this item

Worlds Work Kingswood 1979 Vg/Vg (signature in ink on front free endpaper else all clean and bright, book and dj both no fault) octavo 160pp. Autobiography. B/w photographs.

Virgin Publishing London 2000 VG/VG (book and dj both no fault save for slight speckling top edge of dj ) ) octavo 246pp. The hard-hitting inside story of the Brookline Ryder Cup, 1999. 8pp b/w photographs.

Shire Publications Ltd Princes Risborough 1981 VG (pictorial card covers lightly rubbed at edges, neat signature on front cover, one tiny mark front free endpaper else internally clean and unmarked) octavo 32pp. First edition. Illustrated with b/w photographs.

The Pavilion Library London 1988 Vg/Vg (one small bump on spine and shelf cocked else book and dj both clean and bright without fault) octavo 256pp. First edition. The extraordinary life of the Indian prince and renowned England cricketer, Colonel His Highness, Shri Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji, Maharaj Jam Saheb of Nawanagar. He scored centuries for three different teams in… Read more about this item

London: Jan Kemp, 1989. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Illus Boards, Colour Very Good. No Jacket. A biography of C. P. McGahey, Essex cricketer of the late 1800s. Illustrated and includes statistics for the period.

Edward Hulton and Co London 1958 G (no dj, lightly marked turquoise cloth with silver titles on spine, front free endpaper missing else contents no significant fault) octavo 166pp. A general survey of ski-ing, ski resorts, ski equipment, and other matters likely to intrest the average skier. Includes a chapter on Norway. 24 b/w illustrations.