Books - "sport"
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Stranger to the Game
HANDSOME FULL LEATHER BINDING, SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS, super octavo, maroon full leather boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to spine & boards, aeg, iridescent patterned eps, xiv + 286pp, illus/photos, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: The Easton Press 1994
KEYWORDS: full leather bindings signed Bob Gibson Lonnie Wheeler US America American sport baseball history Cardinals autobiography autobiographies memoir
Rod and Line: Essays, together with Aksakov on Fishing
FIRST EDITION. ATTRACTIVE REBIND. 8vo, half-bound in red leather with black double-fillets & red buckram bds, 5 raised bands & gilt lettering & rules/stamps to spine, teg, marbeled eps, frontis. with tissue guard, 286 pp., VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds, light tanning/foxing & light to moderate soiling to pg edges, light tanning & foxing to prelims/terminals, sporadic minor foxing throughout).
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1929
KEYWORDS: Fishing fish angling angler fisherman fly nymph trout stream river sport first edition
The Way of a Trout with a Fly and Some Further Studies in Minor Tactics
SECOND EDITION. ATTRACTIVE REBIND. Super 8vo, half-bound in green leather with black double-fillets & green cloth bds, 5 raised bands & gilt lettering & rules/stamps to spine, marbeled eps, frontis., xvi + 259 pp., plates, VG+ (light wear/rubbing to spine, light scuffing to bds, light soiling/tanning & foxing to pg edges, moderate foxing to prelims/terminals, sporadic minor foxing throughout).
PUBLISHER: A. & C. Black, Ltd 1928
KEYWORDS: Fishing fish angling angler fisherman fly nymph trout stream river sport G E M Skues
Minor Tactics of the Chalk Stream and Kindred Studies
FIRST EDITION. ATTRACTIVE REBIND. Super 8vo, half-bound in green leather with black double-fillets & green buckram bds, 5 raised bands & gilt lettering & rules/stamps to spine, marbeled eps, frontis., xii + 133 pp., VG+ (light creasing to spine, light scuffing to bds, light soiling/tanning & foxing to pg edges, moderate tanning to prelims/terminals, sporadic minor foxing throughout).
PUBLISHER: Adam and Charles Black 1910
KEYWORDS: Fishing fish angling angler fisherman fly nymph trout stream river sport G E M Skues first edition
Legends of World Rugby: A Book of the World's Greatest Players from the Amateur Era
SIGNED BY AUTHOR & 75 WORLD RUGBY LEGENDS AT PRELIMS, LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#66/530), quarto, illus cushioned heavy boards, brown lettering to spine, patterned eps, unpaginated prelims + 320pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in Near FINE presentation clam shell case
PUBLISHER: Hill-Verdon Pubishing 2007
KEYWORDS: signed special editions rugby union sport legends players player profiles Argentina Australia England France Ireland New Zealand Scotland South Africa Wales history
The Game Animals of New Zealand: An Account of Their Introduction, Acclimatization, and Development
FIRST EDITION, FOLDING MAP TO REAR, super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind rule & stag illus to front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece, xviii + 322pp, illus/plates- counted and all present, VG- (light to moderate scuffing to board extrems, heavy crack to rear hinge at spine- spine still firmly attached, light tanning to spine, sl chafing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, minor glue staining at some gutters)
PUBLISHER: John Murray 1924
KEYWORDS: first editions hunting game sport animals New Zealand wildlife
The Immortals: The Book of New Zealand Cricket Test Players
SIGNED BY NUMEROUS NZ PLAYERS, LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#66/665), quarto, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, unpaginated signatory pages, 268pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in VG+ presentation box (light soiling)
PUBLISHER: Hill-Verdon Publishing 2006
KEYWORDS: special editions signed New Zealand sport cricket history players portraits statistics
Generals of the Rugby World Cup
SIGNED BY PAUL VERDON & AUTOGRAPHED BY VARIOUS PLAYERS, LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#66/590), quarto, illus cushioned heavy boards, light brown lettering to spine, patterned eps, autograph/signatory pages to prelims, 277pp + 3pp to rear, illus/photos, Near FINE, in VG+ clamshell presentation case (sl bruising to extrems, corners/joins of box lightly cracked/split- still very sturdy)
PUBLISHER: Hill-Verdon Publishing 2012
KEYWORDS: signed special editions sport history rugby union world cup flyhalves players profiles first five-eighths number 10 jersey
The Cricket Almanack of New Zealand 1961 (Fourteenth Year of Issue)
Octavo softcover (VG-) heavy rusting at gutters/staples; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Sporting Publications 1961
KEYWORDS: New Zealand sport history cricket almanacks past years 1961 games game statistics
The Cricket Almanack of New Zealand 1963 (Sixteenth Year of Issue)
INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY EDITOR, octavo softcover (VG-) heavy rusting at gutters/staples; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Sporting Publications 1963
KEYWORDS: New Zealand sport history cricket almanacks past years 1963 games game statistics signed Arthur H Carman
The Art of Angling, as Practised in Scotland
Sm 8vo, green cl bds, gilt lettering to spine, blind decorations to bds, paper label to front board, illus. tp, iv + 164 pp., illus., VG- (heavy scuffing/creasing & moderate soiling to bds, sl tearing to cl of joints, moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to pg edges & eps/prelims/terminals, light creasing to paper at central gutters).
PUBLISHER: W. & R. Chambers, 19 Waterloo Place; and Orr and Smith, London 1836
KEYWORDS: angling fishing angler fisherman fishermen Scotland Scottish trout salmon history 19th century river stream sport game
Alphabet of Scientific Angling, For the Useof Beginners
Sm 8vo, brown cl bds, paper label to front board, illus. tp, xviii + 138 pp., illus., VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing/fading & soiling to bds, moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges, light to moderate soiling & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, prev owner's inscription & prev bookseller's label to front pastedown, prev owner's inscription to ffep, light to moderate foxing throughout, light creasing to paper at central gutters, moderate cracking to central gutters).
PUBLISHER: William Orr, 14, Paternoster Row 1833
KEYWORDS: angling fishing angler fisherman fishermen trout salmon history 19th century river stream sport game
Notes of a Fly Fisher: an Attempt at a Grammar of the Art for Beginners: with Hints on Health
Sm 8vo, blue cl bds, gilt lettering to spine & front board, pg edges stained blue, marbled eps, 191 pp., illus., VG- (light to moderate soiling & scuffing to bds, light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, light tanning & soiling to pg edges, moderate cracking to front hinges & central gutters, light foxing throughout).
PUBLISHER: The Fishing Gazette 1927
KEYWORDS: angling fishing angler fisherman fishermen trout salmon history 19th century river stream sport game
Salmonia: Or Days of Fly Fishing. In a Series of Conversations. With Some Account of the Habits of Fishes Belonging to the Genus Salmo.
Sm 8vo, half-bound in black filleted brown leather with red cl bds, 5 sm raised bands & gilt lettering to spine, teg, marbled eps, x + 335 pp., illus., VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds, light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, light tanning & soiling/foxing to pg edges & eps/prelims/terminals, bookplate to front pastedown, prev owner's inscriptions to front eps, moderate ink stains to tp & ht verso, light foxing throughout).
PUBLISHER: John Murray, Albemarle-Street 1829
KEYWORDS: angling fishing angler fisherman fishermen trout salmon history 19th century river stream sport game
The Art of Angling
Sm 8vo, quater-bound blind filleted black leather with marbled bds, gilt lettering & rules to spine, yellow eps, [3] + 40 pp. + [3] pp. advts., VG (light soiling & scuffing to bds, light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, light tanning/soiling & foxing to pg edges & eps/prelims/terminals, light foxing throughout).
PUBLISHER: J. H. Burn, Maiden Lane, Covent Garden 1820
KEYWORDS: angling fishing angler fisherman fishermen trout salmon history 19th century river stream sport game 16th century
Piscatorial Reminiscences and Gleanings by an Old Angler and Bibliopolist
Sm 8vo, half-bound in black filleted leather with orange/rust cl bds, 5 raised bands & gilt lettering & rules to spine--red label to section 2, marbeled eps, frontis., illus., tp, VG (light scuffing to bds, sl bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to prelims/terminals, sl foxing throughout).
PUBLISHER: William Pickering 1835
KEYWORDS: anecdotes angling fishing angler fisherman fishermen trout salmon history 19th century river stream sport game 16th century
The Vade-Mecum of Fly-Fishing for Trout: Being a Complete Practical Treatise on that Brance of the Art of Angling; with Plain and Copious Instructions for the Manufacture of Artifical Flies
Sm 8vo, green paneled cl bds with both tooled & embossed decorations to bds & spine, gilt lettering to spine, yelloe eps, xii + 186 pp.+ [2] pp. advts., VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds & spine, light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with light chipping to spine, moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges, light to moderate cracking to rear gutters, light foxing throghout).
PUBLISHER: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans 1851
KEYWORDS: anecdotes angling fishing angler fisherman fishermen trout salmon history 19th century river stream sport game
Angling Literature in England; and Descriptions of Fishing by the Ancients with a Notice of some Books on Other Piscatorial Subjects
Sm 8vo, light card covers, red & black lettering to front cover, teg, fore & bottom pg edges deckled, [8] + 87 pp., G+ (heavy soiling & light to moderate water damage to covers, light tanning & soiling to pg edges, moderate cracking to front & back hinges at gutters, bookplate to ffep, creasing to eps).
PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington 1881
KEYWORDS: anecdotes angling fishing angler fisherman fishermen trout salmon history 19th century river stream sport game history literature
The British Angler's Manual, or, The Art of Angling in England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland. With some Account of The Principal Rivers, Lakes, and Trout Streams, in The United Kingdom; with Instructions in Fly-Fishing, Trolling, and Angling at the B
Sm 8vo, green blind paneled cl bds, gilt lettering & ornamentation to spine & front board, frontis., 8 pp. advts., + xxxii + 448 pp. + [5] pp. advts. (both sets of advts. acting as eps), illus., plates, VG (sl scuffing & soiling to bds, light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with sl fraying, light tanning tp pg edges, heavy cracking to front hinge at gutter--bdg sl sloppy, light to moderate soiling to eps & prelims/terminals, prev owner's bookplate & sticker to front pastedown, prev bookseller's sticker to rear pastedown, light creasing to paper & light cracking at central gutters).
PUBLISHER: H. G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden 1848
KEYWORDS: anecdotes angling fishing angler fisherman fishermen trout salmon history 19th century river stream sport game history literature
Gun in the Hills: A Sportsman's Adventures, Mostly in New Zealand
SIGNED. 8vo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: The Halcyon Press 1995
KEYWORDS: New Zealand sports sport adventure athlete athletics sportsman sportsmen
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