Angell (Norman). The Money Game. How to Play it. A New Instrument of Economic Education, 1st Apparatus ed., London & Toronto, 1928, cards & money contained at rear, rear hinges broken, contemporary presentation inscrription, a few spots, original cloth, lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Proctor (Richard A.), How to Play Whist. With the Laws and Etiquette of Whist, Whist-Whittlings and Forty Fully-Annotated Games, 1st ed., 1889, illustrations, contemporary presentation inscription, original cloth gilt, short tear at foot of spine, a few stains, a.e.g., 8vo, plus Parlour Pastimes: a Repertoire of Acting Charades, Fire-Side Games, Enigmas, Riddles, Charades, Conundrums, Arithmetical and Mechanical Puzzles, Parlour Magic etc., c. 1880, wood-engraved plates, manuscript annotation at end, occasional light browning, original cloth gilt, minor wear at spine ends, slightly rubbed, a.e.g., 8vo, with a quantity of other mostly modern books on puzzles, games, toys etc (4 cartons)
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British Sports and Sportsmen. Big Game Hunting and Angling... Compiled and Edited by "The Sportsmen", 1914, num. photogravures and b & w illusts. from photos, a.e.g., orig. black morocco, gilt-dec. spine, rubbed, folio (limited edition 783/1000), together with Drinkwater (G.C. and Sanders, T.R.B.), The University Boat Race. Official Centenary History, 1829-1929, 1st ed., pub. 1929, b & w illusts., t.e.g., remainder rough-trimmed, orig. cloth gilt, a little marked, 4to (limited edition 294/600), and others, including moutaineering, Arctic exploration, rowing, diving, billiards and scouting, etc. (3 shelves)
Fleming (Peter) BAYONETS TO LHASA: THE FIRST FULL ACCOUNT OF THE BRITISH INVASION OF TIBET IN 1904, black-and-white photographs, maps, dustjacket (nicked and browned), 8vo, London: Hart-Davis, 1961, FIRST EDITION; Prescott-Westcar (Lt-Col. V.) BIG GAME, BOERS AND BOCHES, black-and-white photographs, maps, publisher`s green cloth (marked, short tear to lower backstrip), lacks dustjacket, 8vo, London: Stanley Paul, 1937, FIRST EDITION; with 9 other works in 13 volumes relating to British colonial service in the Middle/Far East, the majority memoirs.
Daniel, William Barker. Rural sports. London, 1807-1813. 8vo, 4 volumes, engraved titles, 76 plates, contemporary diced calf, rebacked, foxing, bookplates and ink stamps; [Fitzgibbon, Edward] A handbook of angling. London, 1848. 8vo, contemporary green calf gilt, backstrip faded, bookplate; Walton, Izaak The complete angler. London, 1822. 8vo, portrait frontispiece, engraved plates, contemporary straight-grained morocco gilt, a.e.g., bookplate; Osbaldeston, Squire His autobiography. London, 1926. Later reprint, 4to, colour frontispiece, plates, original cloth, remainder of label on upper board otherwise very clean; Meade-King, Eric The silent horn. London, 1938. 4to, colour plates, original morocco backed boards, a fine copy; Gamebook A manuscript game book commencing on May 1st 1812. 8vo, original decorative morocco gilt, front pocket; White, James A treatise on veterinary medicine. London, 1820. Twelfth edition, 8vo, 4 volumes, colour frontispiece in volume 1, contemporary half calf gilt, bookplates; and 6 others (19). Provenance: From the library of the botanical artist Elizabeth Cameron, nee Vaughan-Lee.
Chapman, Abel. On safari, big-game hunting in British East Africa. London: Edward Arnold, 1908. First edition, 8vo, frontispiece, illustrated and photographic plates, original decorative black cloth gilt, elephant on upper board, rubbed at edges, bookplate removed from front pastedown, interior very clean
Dickinson, Captain F.A. Big game shooting on the Equator. London, 1908. 8vo, photographic plates [some with chipping to edges], original green cloth gilt, some staining to boards, fading to backstrips, later endpapers, some light foxing; Bell, W.D.M. The wanderings of an elephant hunter. London, 1923. 8vo, frontispiece, 42 plates, original yellow cloth backed boards, some rubbing to edges, some light foxing (2)
Maxwell, Marius. Stalking big game with a camera in equatorial Africa. London, 1925. 4to, folding frontispiece, folding map, 112 plates, original cloth gilt, faded, some water staining to edges of boards; Dugmore, A. Radclyffe Camera adventures in the African wilds. London, 1913. New edition, 8vo, frontispiece, photographic plates, original cloth gilt, some rubbing at edges, previous ink inscription on front endpaper; [Idem] The wonderland of big game. London, 1925. 8vo, frontispiece, plates, original red cloth gilt, rubbed, some foxing; Johnson, Martin Over African jungles. London, 1935. 8vo, plates, original green cloth gilt; [Idem] Safari, a saga of the African Blue. New York, 1929. Eleventh impression, 8vo, plates, original orange cloth gilt, backstrip, sunned; [Idem] Lion, African adventures with the king of the beasts. London, 1929. First edition, 8vo, plates, original red cloth gilt, rubbed; Owen, T.R.H. Hunting big game. London, 1960. 8vo, plates, original red cloth gilt (7)
Tjader, Richard. The big game of Africa. New York, 1910. 8vo, frontispiece, photographic plates, original green cloth gilt, blind stamp of lion on upper board, rubbed at edges, small address sticker on front pastedown; Percival, A. Blayney A game ranger on safari. London, 1928. 8vo, 24 plates, folding map, original red cloth gilt, fading to backstrip, contemporary ink inscription on title; [Idem] A game ranger`s note book. London, 1925. Reprint, 8vo, frontispiece, original green cloth, backstrip faded; Chalmers, Patrick Sport and travel in East Africa... compiled from the diaries of H.R.H. The Prince of Wales. London, 1934. 8vo, frontispiece, photographic plates, original yellow cloth gilt, neat ink inscription on front endpaper; Roosevelt, Theodore African game trails. New York, 1910. 8vo, frontispiece, map, 8 colour plates, illustrations in text, original decorative cloth gilt, rubbed at edges, neat inscription on front endpaper, some light foxing; Pitman, Captain C.R.S. A game warden among his charges. London, 1931. 8vo, frontispiece, plates, original green cloth gilt, backstrip faded; [Idem] A game warden takes stock. London, 1942. 8vo, frontispiece, original green cloth gilt, backstrip faded, previous inscription on front free endpaper; Kearton, Cherry In the land of the lion. London, 1929. First edition, 8vo, frontispiece, plates, original green cloth gilt, gilt stamp of leopard on upper board and a later 1933 edition; Hately, T.L. & Copley, Hugh Angling in East Africa. London, 1933. 8vo, four folding maps in rear pocket, publisher`s adverts, original brown cloth gilt; Blixen-Finecke, Bror von African hunter. London, 1937. First edition, 8o, frontispiece, plates, original yellow cloth; Lynn-Allen, Lt.-Col. B.G. Shot-gun and sunlight. London, 1951. 8vo, illustrated by Dugmore, J.R., original brown cloth gilt, dustwrapper; Roberts, Dr Austin The birds of South Africa. London, 1951. Eighth impression, 8vo, illustrated, original cloth gilt (13)
A set of four Sampson and Hancock Derby figures, Allegorical of the Seasons, Spring, she stands, bare footed with two floral rings, long flowing skirt, Summer, he stands bare footed with scythe and wheat sheaf, Autumn, she stands bare footed, holding a bunch of grapes aloft and others in her skirt, a grape chaplet in her hair and Winter, he stands arms folded skating, wearing a broad brimmed hat and fur line coat, dead game tied to a sash, each on pierced scroll and anthemion moulded shaped circular bases, 24.5cm high, S and H, crossed swords and D mark in red
A quantity of battery-powered toys including radio-controlled Sea-Bird yacht, Shovel Dozer featuring engine sound and blinking light, tinplate car with photographer, Hornby Mission 1 space battle game, Talking Jumbo (jet), Boeing 747SP Airliner, Tiger-5 radio-controlled Leopard tank, Charley Weaver Bartender, Star Wars electronic Heavy Blaster. Boxed, minor/some wear, VGC. (13)
An SB 12 bore percussion sporting gun by Hutchinson, converted from flintlock, 48" overall, twist barrel 32" engraved with sunburst and with new breech engraved with game bird in reeds, flat stepped lock engraved with pastoral scene and with maker`s name in gold poincon; walnut halfstock with chequered wrist, cheekpiece on buttcap and silver fore end cap and barrel wedge plates, engraved steel mounts including scrolled trigger guard, the brass tipped steel ramrod an old replacement. GWO & C (contemporary reinforced repair to wrist). Plate 12
A copper powder flask "Shell" (similar Riling 359 but with 2 tier shell), plain graduated nozzle (spring broken), 7¼" overall, an embossed leather shot flask "Dead Game" (spring missing); a small 3 way flask (AF); a 60 bore ball mould/ rammer and another small mould; a tin of Joyce percussion caps, No 21 (some wear) containing caps and 2 small flints.
Ching (Raymond, David Shaw etc.) The Bird Paintings, Collins 1978. signed by the artist on F.F.E.P. illusts. dw, slip cases; Studies and Sketches of a Bird Painter, Melbourne 1981, illusts blue cloth, dw slip case; Cooper (W.T. & Joseph M Forshaw) The Birds of Paradise and Bower Virds, Collins 1977, illusts dw slip case Pledger (Maurice Illust) Game Birds by Charles Cole, Collins 1981, 24 col plates, red cloth, dw. slip case) (4).
PAUL DE BORMAN, LAWN TENNIS, Brussels, April 1906, 8, First Edition, Presentation Copy, half title inscribed; "A la Comtesse Henry de Baillet Latour. Hommage de l'auteur, Paul de Borman, Bruxelles, le 10 Octobre 1909", 77 pages plus tables and advertisements at end, text in French, contemporary limp calf gilt, (extremities slightly rubbed), Lawn tennis did not become fashionable in France or Belgium until 1920-1915, and this work was therefore published at an early stage in the development of the French game., Provenance: With bookplate of Elis Alex de Baillet-Latour. Comte Henry de la Baillet-Latour was president of the International Olympic Committee from 1925 to 1942, Christie's South Kensington: Tennis and Racket Sports, 16 June 1995, Lot 4
F.R. BURROW, LAWN TENNIS THE WORLD-GAME TODAY, London: Hodder And Stoughton, 8, original green gilt cloth, (extremities rubbed); THE LONDSDALE LIBRARY, LAWN TENNIS, ITS PRINCIPLES & PRACTISE, London: Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd., 1930, original brown cloth cover; and a collection of modern tennis books (21), A complete list of the books is available please contact us for a copy
A collection of mother of pearl game counters, variously decorated with figures, pagodas and flowers. Comprising: five circular and ten rectangular all inscribed JR, four circular inscribed R, seven oval, fourteen circular, thirty-eight navette-shaped and two shaped like cogs, all early 19th century. (80). Provenance: Acquired by John Reeves after his arrival in Canton in 1812, and thence by descent.
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