Encyclopaedia of Bowls, compliled by Ken Hawkes and Gerard Lindley. Published by Robert Hale of London. Illustrated with black and white plates. Red cloth boards, silver titles, pictorial dust jacket (not clipped). Ex-library copy with usual stickers and stamps though no removals. Jacket stretched and little chipped. Gently sunned, a little thumbed, else clean & tidy in good condition.
Pages: 254 Copyright: 1974 Published: 1974 First Hardback
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Published by Midas Books. Contents include: The seat of the rider; the paces of the horse; figures, turns, circles, serpentines; Prix Caprilli test; equipment and saddlery; and much more. Illustrated with colour plates. Dust jacket has additional protective plastic film - folded not glued or pinned. Some scuffing to cover, name on front end paper, else in very good condition.
Pages: 96 Copyright: 1974 Published: 1974 First Hardback
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World Cup, by Brian Glanville and Jerry Weinstein. Foreword by Danny Blanchflower. Published by The Sportsmans Book Club. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Jacket chipped & slightly marked. A little dished. Pages gently sunned, else clean & tidy in good condition. Nice copy.
Pages: 256 Copyright: 1958 Published: 1960 First Thus Hardback
Shipping rates UK:£ 1.99 Europe:£ 3.30 World: £ 5.65
Come Wind or Weather: ADC Accutrac Races Round the World. The original "solo girl" tells her story of sailing around the world in the Whitbread Race. Since established as a successful author, expect thrills (though hopefully not too many spills!) Dust jacket has additional protective plastic film - folded not glued or pinned. Some scuffing to cover, sunned at edges, else clean and tidy in good condition.
Pages: 224 Copyright: 1978 Published: 1978 First Hardback
Shipping rates UK:£ 2.95 Europe:£ 5.20 World: £ 9.30
Jean Filloux, an active member of the French Explorers Club, found to his satisfaction that the 9,000 mile transatlantic cruise of the Copula allowed him to combine his love of adventure with his scientific training. With black & white plates. Jacket (unclipped) heavily chipped & worn. V slightly bumped. Else clean and tidy in good condition.
Pages: 253 Copyright: 1955 Published: 1955 First Hardback
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Britain's Life-Boats: The Story of A Century of Heroic Service. By Major A J Dawson. With an Introduction by HRH The Prince of Wales, KG. And a foreword by Joseph Conrad. Published by Hodder and Stoughton. Blue cloth boards, red titles. Cover badly marked. Wear at edges. End papers and edges sunned, lightly foxed, else clean and good.
Pages: 279 Copyright: 1923 Published: 1923 First Hardback
Shipping rates UK:£ 2.70 Europe:£ 4.45 World: £ 7.95
Entertaining guide on how not to sail! As the slip cover says, Yachting can drive your wife intot hearms of another man, put you in the bankruptcy court, bring you to the verge of apoplexy, frighten you to death, or quite simply drown you! Cartoons by John Jensen. Jacket (unclipped) chipped with foxing & marks (most back & spine). Small ink marks on FEPs. Pages clean, tidy & good.
Pages: 108 Copyright: 1964 Published: 1964 First Hardback
Shipping rates UK:£ 2.20 Europe:£ 2.70 World: £ 4.25
Brilliantly illustrated guide to the history of football, by Hunter Davies. Well-researched and entertainingly written. HEAVY BOOK. Will be shipped UK: Standard Parcels; Overseas: SURFACE Mail. Some scuffing to jacket (unclipped) with creasing at edges, else in very good condition.
Pages: 256 Copyright: 2003 Published: 2003 First Hardback
Shipping rates UK:£ 5.40 Europe:£ 7.80 World: £ 7.80
Fabulously illustrated, large format hardback book, detailing David Coulthard's "Quest for the 1998 Formula One Championship Title". We know, of course, that he didn't make it. but it's a fascinating read and a glorious thing anyway! Securely packed will weight nearly 2KG, hence posting cost/options. UK will be sent Standard Parcels, Overseas SURFACE MAIL. Some scuffing to cover, else in very good condition.
Pages: 288 Copyright: 1998 Published: 1998 First Hardback
Shipping rates UK:£ 6.10 Euro
The Phoenix Book of Badminton, Its History, the Development of the Shuttlecock, the Diversity of Style and Tactics, and the Badminton World of Today by Eddy Choong and Fred Brundle. With 31 Photographs and 15 Diagrams. Some wear & fading to cover. Small name inside front. A little foxed, else clean & tidy in good condition.
Pages: 128 Copyright: 1956 Published: 1956 First Hardback
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The Autobiography of Francis Chichester: The Lonely Sea and The Sky. Published by Hodder and Stoughton. Illustrated with black and white plates. Jacket (price clipped) a little worn with some buckling. Pages clean and tidy in good condition.
Pages: 352 Copyright: 1964 Published: 1964 First Hardback
Shipping rates UK:£ 3.60 Europe:£ 4.85 World: £ 8.85
A nail-biting account of driving the great race-tracks of the world, told through a Formula One driver's eyes, Sir Stirling Moss. Not a biography, a sports insider view of some of the finest circuits motor racing, and F1 in particular, visits. Dust jacket has additional protective plastic film - folded not glued or pinned. Tiny bit of creasing at edges of jacket, else in very good condition.
Pages: 298 Copyright: 2004 Published: 2004 First Hardback
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Booted and Spurred, and Anthology of Riding. Edited and illustrated by Peter Biegel. Published by Adam and Charles Black. Signed on the title page "To Jeane, With Best Wishes from The Artist, Sept 1950". Thoroughly illustrated in B&W. Clean, tidy and good. Free upgrade to Special Delivery included in shipping price. Fading & some wear to cover. Bumped. Cracked at front & back hinges, binding sound. Small tear at base of title page.
Pages: 159 Copyright: 1949 Published: 1949 First Hardback
Shipping rates UK:£ 2.50 Europe:£ 4.70 World: £ 8.30
"A pilgrimage in vision and recorded sound". Produced/printed by Soundprint, 1962. Good condition hardback and dustwrapper. Complete with its 2 UNUSUAL double-sided records - small, flexible "plastic" 33rmp's. Illustrated in colour and black and white. UK P&P £2.75
Produced by Department of Information Kenya, n/d (circa 1950/1960). Saddle stitched information brochure (48 pages). Tear to top left hand corner of front cover and first page. Some creasing to covers and back grubby. Pages clean. Photographic illustrations throughout, which include an Argonaut of East African Airways in flight. UK P&P £2.00
1878-1978 Solemn Mass of Thanksgiving on the occasion of the Centenary of the Restoration of the Scottish Hierarchy. St Andrew's Cathedral, Glasgow, Sunday, 30th April 1978. Saddle stitched booklet. Cream card covers - grubby. Pages clean. As well as Order of Service with hymns, includes photographs, list of Bishops, Concelebrants of the Mass. (37 pages). UK P&P £2.00
A network of five routes for both touring and off-road cyclists, helping you to enjoy the countryside of the Brampton Valley. Plastic sleeve containing 5 A3 sheets folded to 1/3 A4 Leaflets: Brampton Valley North - Battlefields and Cattlefields; Brampton Valley North East - Ridge Roads and Rivers; Brampton Valley South - Houses & Heath; Brampton Valley South East - Scenes and Greens; Brampton Valley Central - Cottages and Coverts. UK P&P £2.00
Written and illustrated by Jennifer Ford, aged 15 years. Published by George G Harrap & Co, 1943. Fair condition. Small hardback with illustrated boards. No dustwrapper. Boards grubby and worn. Well thumbed pages if fingermakrs are anything to go by! A delightful little book - Brownie theme. UK P&P £2.50
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