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Deer, Hare & Otter Hunting The Lonsdale Library of Sports, Games & Pastimes Vol XXII (21)

By: Adams, Ena; Brooke, Major-General Goffrey, Cameron, L.C.R.; The Earl of Coventry; Shackle, Major E.W.; Shepherd, C.B.; The Earl of Stradbroke; Thursby, Sir George, Bart; Wiggin, Colonel W.W.

Price: $45.00

Publisher: London, Seely, Service & Co. Ltd: 1936

Seller Id: 45816

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Mustard cloth boards with gilt Lonsdale crown insignia show a light dust mard on cover ends. Matching mustard buckram cloth spine with gilt titles straight as are board tips. 255 pp heavy stock text clean and tight with 45 b/w photographs. Prize dedication handwritten on fep states: Baker Memorial Prize presented by the Buckram Beagles to Barbara Bush April 1953. Unclipped dj in new mylar has two chips at head of backstrip but title still clearly legible. Former owner has made some small ink notes on dj flaps and one on rear cover. Section 1 on Beagling written by C.B. Shepherd, Master...
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Tracks and Tracking

By: Brunner, Josef

Price: $45.00

Publisher: NY, Outing Publishing Company: 1912

Seller Id: 47130

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

2nd printing hardcover in illustrated olive cloth covered boards with bumped tips and spine ends showing light soil to the cloth. Tidy former owner's name on front pastedown. Published in 1909, this is the 2nd printing of 1912. 219 pp of text with 8 pages of other offerings in the rear. Includes: Foreword, General Remarks, Part I - Group I: Hoofed Game: White-Tailed or Virginia Deer, Fan-Tailed Deer, Mule Deer, Wapiti or Elk, Moose, Mountain Sheep. Predaceous Animals: Bear, Cougar, Lynx, Domestic Cat, Wolf, Coyote, Fox. What Tracking Means and Some Hunting Methods. Group II: Jack-Rabbi...
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Golf Between Two Wars

By: Darwin, Bernard, Foreword by Herbert Warren Wind, Afterword by Ben Crenshaw

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Classics of Golf: 1985

Seller Id: 45806

ISBN: 0940889048

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Nice hardcover in light blue cloth covered boards with navy spine and titles. 234 pp text crisp and unmarked. No dj, Not exlib. Gift quality volume with publisher's bulletin laid in. Golf Between Two Wars is a history and also a story. It tells how and why Great Britain lost its dominant position in golf to America. It's not a simple story. It took more than Jones, Hagen, and Sarazen to subdue Britain. Ti took the fading of Vardon, Taylor, and Braid from the scene; it took a new swing; it took a different work ethic. Only Henry Cotton was able, for a while, to stem the tide. Along t...
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Falconry Shire Album #115 SIGNED

By: Ford, Emma

Price: $17.00

Publisher: England, Shire Publications: 1995

Seller Id: 45845

ISBN: 0852636679

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

Reprint stapled booklet all about training, handling and caring for your falcon. Signed in pencil on fep: Emma Ford. Includes: A Brief History, Falconry Today, The Equipment, The Birds, Conservation, Useful Information.
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The Fights

By: Ford, Richard: Essay Selection and Introduction

Price: $17.00

Publisher: CA, Chronicle Books: 1996

Seller Id: 46227

ISBN: 0811811220

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: As New

Gift quality first edition hardcover in black paper covered boards with bright gilt titles. Not exlib, no names, tears or soil. 127 pp profusely illustrated glossy text is flawless as is the photo illustrated dj, save for a price clipped frt flap but original $29.99 price sticker is present a little to the left of the clip. Of the press sports photographers of the '30s, '40s and '50s, Charles Hoff was considered far and away the best for his ability to bring out the visual drama of an athletic event. Seething with the raw dynamism of the boxing ring, the stunning, classic black and white p...
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Stylin' Zine Presents: The Man A Journal of Pent Angst Issue #22 Spring 1993

By: Fox, Dave: Editor

Price: $27.00

Publisher: PA, Privately Printed: 1993

Seller Id: 43935

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Weird & wild privately published 56 pg b/w illust magazine. Photos & line drawings throughout. Many contributors writing on skateboarding, trick bicycle riding, rock and roll bands, guns, partying etc. Truly rare volume with some light red surface soil on cover.
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Falcon Fever A Falconer in the Twenty-first Century

By: Gallagher, Tim

Price: $10.00

Publisher: MA, Houghton Mifflin Co.: 2008

Seller Id: 47129

ISBN: 0618805753

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

1st edition hardcover and original unclipped dj in new mylar has lightly bumped spine ends, tips remain sharp, 326 p. text fine. What is so compelling about falconry? Tim Gallagher mines his lifelong obsession with falcons for an answer in this engaging volume interweaving memoir, history, and travelogue. An entire subculture of the sport exists outside the mainstream of American society, consisting of obsessed individuals who still use the ancient training techniques and language of falconry. Gallagher finds that his personal story connects on many levels with that of Frederick II, the thirt...
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Power, Passion, Honor & Glory Five Heroes of Modern Golf

By: Hallberg, William; Foreword by James Dodson

Price: $17.00

Publisher: NY, SPORTS - POETRY IN MOTION: 1999

Seller Id: 46115

ISBN: 0967193303

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition, first printing hardcover in black paper covered boards with bright silver titles on cover and backstrip. Tips lightly bumped but not rubbed, spine ends sharp. Book slightly canted but stands straight on the shelf. Laid in are two review sheets with synopsis of the book from the publisher/photographer = Gerald Sprayregen along with another paper signed in ink by Sprayregen, sent to "Henry", describing the books attributes and seeking orders. Book itself not signed by anyone. Unclipped dj shows no damage, and is in mylar that has some surface scratches but displays we...
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Loading the Black Powder Rifle Cartridge

By: Matthews, Paul A.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Arizona, Wolfe Publishing Co.: 1993

Seller Id: 46150

ISBN: 1879356201

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

First edition glossy paperback in black background card covers with white crossed rifles and titles on frt cov and backstrip. No names, tears or soil in the 122 pp text. Chapters include: A Few Basics, Lubrication and Lubricants, The Grease Cookie, Bullets and Bullet Moulds, Casting the Bullet, Care of the Cartridge Case - Before and After, The Powder Charge - Black, Pyrodex, or Duplex, Loading the Black Powder Rifle Cartridge, Developing and Testing the Load, The "Tragedy" of it All, What It's All About.
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Spinning For Fresh and Salt Water Fish Of North America

By: McClane, A. J.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: NY, Prentice-Hall: 1955

Seller Id: 45595

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good +

Beige cloth 3rd printing hardcover, no dj. Third printing. Lightly bumped tips and spine ends, small grease spot on lower right edge near gutter. 280 pp. B/W frontis shows the author holding up a 44lb Barracuda caught in the Bahamas. Includes: History/ The Reel/ The Rod/ The Line/ First Casts/ Lures/ Panfish/ Pacific Salmon and Steelhead/ Trout/ The Black Bass/ The Pike Family/ Live Bait/ Salt Water/ Index.
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Custom Built Rifles

By: Simmons, Richard F. (Dick)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: NY, Bonanza Books: 1955

Seller Id: 45842

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: As New

Reprint hardcover in light cream colored cloth on boards. Tips and spine ends sharp, 346 pp text is crisp and unmarked. Unclipped (and unpriced) jacket shows light color and bit of wrinkling at head of spine. No names, tears or soil. Gift quality offering. Chapters include: Made to Order, Barrels, Engraving on Firearms, Scope Sights and Scope Mounts, Rifle Actions for Conversion, Placing an Order, Specialties and Innovations, Stock Woods, Target, Bench Rest and Free Rifles, Foreign Custom Built Rifles, Appendices: Individuals and Companies Mentioned, Trade Directory.
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Fifty Years On The Fifty The Orange Bowl Story

By: Smith, Loran

Price: $17.00

Publisher: NC, The East Woods Press & Orange Bowl Committee; Fast & McMillan Publishers Inc.: 1983

Seller Id: 46876

ISBN: 0914788752

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

First edition, first printing hardcover in orange cloth covered boards with black and gold titles. Spine ends bumped, tips still fairly sharp. Not exlib, no names, tears or soil within the 255 pp text. Unclipped glossy dj has an aerial view of the stadium taken at night, there is color loss and rubbing at the four corners but it displays well in new mylar sleeve. This book celebrates a milestone anniversary by looking back on the past 50 years of Orange Bowl football with insight, humor and pride. Here is the inside story of how a few enterprising people got the federal government to buil...
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Fifty Years On The Fifty The Orange Bowl Story

By: Smith, Loran; Foreword by John Underwood

Price: $17.00

Publisher: NC, An East Woods Press Book, Fast and McMillan Publishers: 1983

Seller Id: 48676

ISBN: 0914788752

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

First edition, first printing hardcover in orange cloth boards with black and gold titles. Spine ends bumped, but not rubbed, four tips still sharp. No names, tears or soil in the 255 page text. Profusely illustrated in black and white photographs, graphs, charts and lists. Unclipped glossy color photo illustrated dust jacket shows color loss at rubbed tips and spine ends, Still displays well in new mylar. Coffee table tome measures 12.25" x 9.25" . This book celebrates a milestone anniversary by looking back on the past 50 years of Orange Bowl football with insight, humor and ...
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The Second Field Bedside Book

By: Stephens, Wilson: Editor

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Glasgow, Scotland, Collins: 1969

Seller Id: 46100

ISBN: 0004105966

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

First edition hardcover in green paper covered boards lightly sunned at head and foot of book, Spine ends and tips fairly sharp. 256 pp text is crisp, unmarked, and wonderfully illustrated with sketches by Biro. Unclipped dj is complete, shows a tad of sunning on backstrip and has a full poem by Mary W. Scott entitled Sunday Train on the rear panel of the dj. Frt dj flap states: This book is a 'must' for all country people, and for the thousands who live in cities but still turn to the out-of-doors for recreation. Contents are arranged into twelve chapters representing the 12 months of the ...
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On The Wing To The Edge Of The Earth With The Peregrine Falcon

By: Tennant, Alan

Price: $8.00

Publisher: NY, Alfred A. Knopf: 2004

Seller Id: 45659

ISBN: 0375415513

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

1st edition hardcover in mint, unclipped dj in new mylar. 304 p. Crisp and unmarked. Gift quality volume, sharp tips, barely bumped spine ends, no names, tears or soil. "On The Wing is a narrative that focuses on the matchless migratory birds of prey we call peregrine falcons. But it is also a self portrait of the author, in his intelligence, his sensitivity, his friendships and antipathies, and his wide comprehension of the natural world. Tennant is so attuned to that world that he comes across not just as an eloquent observer but as a participant. A lovely and moving book." - ...
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Gierach, John

By: Where the Trout are all as Long as your Leg

Price: $7.00

Publisher: NY, Simon and Schuster/ Fireside: 1991

Seller Id: 45781

ISBN: 0671754556

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition, 1st printing paperback without names, tears or soil, one faint crease at foot of spine cover, still more than suitable for gift-giving. 84 pp text crisp and unmarked. Not exlib. From the irrepressible author of Sex, Death, and Fly-Fishing, Trout Bum, and Even Brook Trout Get the Blues, comes a jewel of a book about those secret places that are the soul of fishing. In his earthy, vivid prose, John Gierach, "the Bohemian equivalent of a country gentleman," takes us from a nameless stream on a nameless ranch in Montana to a secret pool off a secret creek where he secre...
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Bluff Your Way In Cricket

By: Yapp, Nick

Price: $20.00

Publisher: England, Ravette Books Ltd: 1988

Seller Id: 45841

ISBN: 1853040452

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Fine

Crisp glossy, uncreased, unmarked paperback. Tips and spine ends sharp. gift quality offering includes: Origins, What Happens in Cricket, Kinds of Cricket, Styles of Cricket, Attending a Match, Talking About Crickett, Glossary
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Category: SPORTS; FACT & FICTION