Books - "sport"
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Florida Enchantments
FIRST EDITION. Medium 8vo, pp. x + 318; green cl bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt, & spine front board illus. in brown; fore & bottom edge deckled, frontis., plates; G- (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling to bds; heavy bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with heavy chipping; moderate to heavy tanning & soiling to pg edges; moderate to heavy tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; moderate cracking to front & rear gutters & heavy cracking to central gutters, bdg sloppy; bookplate taped to ffep verso; moderate soiling & foxing throughout).
PUBLISHER: The Outing Publishing Company 1908
KEYWORDS: A W Julian Dimock United States America Florida sport game wildlife adventure
Sea & Coast Fishing: With Special Reference to Calm Fishing in Inlets and Esturaries
FIRST EDITION. Crown 8vo, pp. 228 [4 (advts)]; blue buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt, front board lettered & illus. in black; teg, advt eps, frontis., plates, illus.; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev bookseller's sticker to front pastedown; prev ownership inscription to ht in blue ink; light cracking to front hinge; heavy cracking to central & rear gutters).
PUBLISHER: Grant Richards 1901
KEYWORDS: fish fishing angling angler sea ocean coastal sport game
The Log of a Sea Angler: Sport and Adventures in Many Seas With Spear and Rod
FIRST EDITION. Post 8vo, pp. x + 385; green buckram bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt; illus. to front board in gold & black; teg; G+ (heavy scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate to heavy bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with moderate chipping; moderate to heavy tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate to heavy tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription to ffep & ht; moderate cracking to front, central gutters & heavy cracking to rear gutters; moderate foxing throughout).
PUBLISHER: Houghton, Mifflin and Company 1906
KEYWORDS: fish fishing angling angler sea ocean saltwater game sport
Everybody's Book on Angling: Showing the Habits and Haunts of Fish, How to Catch Them and What Tackle and Baits to Use; Thames Angling Described; And Hints Given as to the Fishing on the Broads and Rivers of Norfolk and Suffolk; With Useful Informati
12mo, pp. 170 + [14 (advts)]; red leather bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt; publisher's device to front board in gilt; advt eps, illus.; G- (heavy scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; heavy tanning & soiling to pg edges with heavy chipping; heavy tearing to joints, front board loose; leather to spine cracked; heavy tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription to ht & tp; heavy cracking to front & rear hinges).
PUBLISHER: W. R. Russell & Co. n/d
KEYWORDS: fish fishing angling angler game sport England Saxon's Everybody Series
American Big Game Fishing
LIMITED FIRST EDITION. 4to, pp. xxii + 251; blue cl bds, spine & front board lettered & decorated in gilt, teg, fore & bottom edge deckled, illus. eps, frontis., plates, illus.; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with moderate to heavy chipping; moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals).
PUBLISHER: The Derrydale Press 1935
KEYWORDS: fish fishing game sport angling angler big United States America first edition
Sea Level: Adventures of a Saltwater Angler
Super 8vo, pp. 187; green cl bds, spine lettered in gilt; in black heavy card slipcase; F (in original plastic packaging, unopened).
PUBLISHER: Meadow Run Press 2002
KEYWORDS: fish fishing angling angler sport game sea ocean saltwater
The Cruise of the Fisherman: Adventures in Southern Seas
FIRST EDITION. Crown 8vo, pp. viii + 268; red cl bds, spine & front board lettered in yellow; frontis., plates; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with light chipping; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in facsimile d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; moderate creasing & curling to front & rear flaps).
PUBLISHER: Harper & Brothers 1929
KEYWORDS: Romer Grey fishing fish angling angler sport game ocean sea saltwater adventure first edition
The Fisherman Under the Southern Cross: A Story of Adventure in New Zealand
FIRST EDITION. Crown 8vo, pp. viii + 274; green patterned buckram bds, spine & front board lettered in red; frontis., plates; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with sl chipping; light tanning & soiling to pg edges, eps, prelims & terminals); in facsimile d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: Harper & Brothers 1930
KEYWORDS: Romer Grey fishing fish angling angler sport game ocean sea saltwater adventure New Zealand first edition
Songs and Ballads of Sport and Pastime
12mo, pp. xxiv + 294 + [10 (advts)]; blue cl bds, spine lettered in gilt; arabesque border in blind & wreath ornment enclosing title in gilt to front board; teg; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with light chipping; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscripton in black ink to front pastedown; heavy cracking to front hinge, light to moderate cracking to rear hinge; moderate cracking to central & rear gutters).
PUBLISHER: Walter Scott 1895
KEYWORDS: 19th century sport game songs poetry poems verse ballad pastime fishing hunting
An Old Man's Holidays
Foolscap 8vo, pp. [16] + 140 + [4 (advts)]; green buckram bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt, roll-tooled borders in gilt & illus. in black to front board; teg, frontis., plates; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with moderate chipping; moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in black ink to ffep; heavy cracking to hinges; moderate cracking to front, central & rear gutters).
PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston and Company 1901
KEYWORDS: E Marston angling angler fish fishing river stream sport game travel
Big Game at Sea
LIMITED EDITION. UNNUMBERED. imp. 8vo, pp. xv + 352; blue leather bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt, gilt rules to spine, double roll-tooled border in gilt & illus. to front board; aeg, marbled eps, frontis., plates, illus.; VG- (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; two lg closed tear to front joint, one from head, one from tail; prev booksellers stick to rear board).
PUBLISHER: The Derrydale Press 2000
KEYWORDS: Charles Frederick Holder fish fishing angling angler sea ocean saltwater game sport
Fly Patterns: Tie Thousands of Flies
Dry, Nymph, Emerger, Streamer, Steelhead, Saltwater, and Warmwater
FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY AUTHORS. Imp. 8vo, pp. 478; black cl bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt; illus. prelims, photos, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; sl tanning & soiling to pg edges; sl tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; light tanning to edges).
PUBLISHER: Western Fisherman's Press 2008
KEYWORDS: fish fishing fly angling angler flies tying dressing sport game pattern insect imitation
The Contemplative Man's Recreation: A Bibliography of Books on Angling and Game Fish in the Library of British Columbia
8vo hardcover (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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: The Library of the University of British Columbia 1970
KEYWORDS: angling angler fishing fish game sport bibliography book history books list handlist guide
Win Without Boasting: The Derek Jones Story
Quarto, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 192pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing to extrems, boards sl warped, sl tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Don Wright 2001
KEYWORDS: New Zealand harness racing horse horses sport Derek Jones biography biographies memoir
Zane Grey: A Photographic Odyssey
FIRST EDITION. Imp. 8vo, pp. [10] + 211; grey cl bds, spine lettered in white; photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; light tanning throughout); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; lg open tear to front flap at head).
PUBLISHER: Taylor Publishing Company 1985
KEYWORDS: Zane Grey fish fishing angling angler adventure travel sport game life lives pictorial history
The Guileless Trout
8vo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: The Cresset Press 1950
KEYWORDS: fish fishing trout flies angling angler sport game recreation
Olympic Obsession: The Inside Story of Britain's Most Successful Sport
Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (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: Breedon Books 2001
KEYWORDS: Great Britain British sport rowing comeptition competitivegold medals medallists
Champion Blokes
RARE THUS, SIGNED by 29 of the outstanding sportsmen who are the subject of this book, AND signed and dated by the author, octavo, green buckram boards, blue gilt lettering to spine, 231pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & rubbing/discolouration to spine & boards/edges, light tanning to page edges & eps, sl foxing to rear eps) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasng & chipping to edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling to spine & covers)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1964
KEYWORDS: New Zealand sports history sport heroes signed collectables collectibles former champions
Arthur's Boys
FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (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: Moa Beckett 1994
KEYWORDS: New Zealand sport history sports athletics track field Arthur Lydiard coaches trainers athletes biographies first editions
Trout Fishing
CERTIFIED AS FROM THE COLLECTION OF JACK G MELL, imperial octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (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: Popular Science Publishing 1972
KEYWORDS: sport hobbies fly fishing flyfishing angling trout Joe Brooks