Old English Sports: Pastimes and Customs
London: Methuen, 1891. Illustrated in black and white. slim 12mo, green decoratively stamped cloth (a bit worn, bottom page edge and cover edges stained). London: Methuen, 1891. A very good(-) copy. More
London: Methuen, 1891. Illustrated in black and white. slim 12mo, green decoratively stamped cloth (a bit worn, bottom page edge and cover edges stained). London: Methuen, 1891. A very good(-) copy. More
Antibes, France: 1970. 1 page, 10.5 x 8 inches, Antibes, France, June 11, 1970. In this letter, Gallico is expressing his displeasure for having received a damaged parcel of books sent to him while abroad, and which was supposed to include an edition of his Lou Gehrig book, in part: "...the packet of books arrived in very bad shape, having come to France during a custom's strike...and at a time when the Custom's people vent their considerable spite...The package had..... More
London: Routledge, 1931. 752 pages with text in double columns. Thick 4to, green cloth, worn d.w.London: Routledge, 1931. A near fine copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More
London: Reeves and Turner, 1871. 3 volumes. Title pages in red and black, some illustrations. 8vo, purple cloth, paper spine labels (cloth faded and heavily rubbed; damaged at spine ends). Pages were roughly opened causing some tearing. London: Reeves and Turner, 1871-32. Good. More
London: Arthur Barker Limited, 1964. Illustrated with a handful of b/w images. 300 pages. 4to, red cloth. London: Arthur Barker Limited, (1964). A very good copy, scuffing to edges and spine ends; lacking dust wrapper. More
Paris: Pillet, 1818. 14 volumes. Each volume has an engraved frontis piece plus maps and text illustrations. 12mo, original printed wrappers; covers lightly rubbed, edges untrimmed. Paris: Chez Pillet, 1818-1827. A very good set. More
New York: Praeger, 1968. Illustrated in black and white, color frontispiece. 526 pages plus illustrations. Small but very thick 4to, violet colored cloth, dust wrapper (wrapper lightly worn). New York: Praeger, 1968. A very good(+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Paris: Pillet Aine, 1829. Three volumes. Two frontis illustrrations, one large folding map, several small text illustrations. 12mo, original printed wrappers; scattered light foxing, some pages unopened, covers lightly worn. Paris: Chez Pillet Aine, 1829 & 1830. A very good set. More
Amserdam: J.F. Bernard, 1736. Title page in red & black. 9 plates (out of 13) engraved plates, including 2 double-paged. Folio, old leather, quite scuffed and missing some leather at the extremes of the spine; spine with raised bands, lettered & decorated in gilt, marbled end-papers. Amsterdam: J.F.Bernard, 1736. First Edition. More
New York: 1990. 621pp. 8vo, cloth backed boards, d.w (small tear & chip in dust wrapper). New York, (1990). VG+. More
With a special introduction by William Lyon Phelps. Port. 692pp., 8vo, cloth, d.w.; d.w. worn & torn. Boston, (1940). Very good with a poor d.w. More
London: Hutchinson, 1895. Frontis. xxiv + 376pp., 8vo, green cloth with gilt lettering and a sheep carrying a banner on the front cover; bookplate inside front cover, hinges weak and covers well worn. London: Hutchinson & Co., 1895. Internally clean and unmarked, a very good (-) copy. More
London: Michael Joseph, 1954. Color frontispiece and some other b/w illustrations. Short 8vo, blue cloth (edge-worn and faded but sound). London: Michael Joseph, (1954). A good only copy. More
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