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A Royal Crown Derby two handled vase, with stylised floral and gilt decoration to the body, the stem, foot and handles with gilt decoration on a dark blue ground, 17cm high; and another Royal Crown Derby vase, with a green ground decorated with gilt and with a cartouche panel painted with game birds, 21cm high (2)
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Banfield, E.J.. The Confessions of a Beachcomber (London: Fisher Unwin, 1908), 8vo, b. & w. plate illus. from photos, t.e.g., pict. black cloth (rubbed; foxed); and Dugmore, A. Radclyffe. The Wonderland of Big Game; Being An Account of Two Trips Through Tanganyika and Kenya (London: Arrowsmith, 1925), 2nd imp., square 8vo, b. & w. plate illus. from photos, maroon cloth, dustjacket (jacket torn and creased with losses), (2).
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Braine, John. The Vodi (London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1959), 1st edn, 8vo, boards, dustjacket (jacket creased and internally reinforced); Braine, John. The Jealous God (London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1964), 1st edn, 8vo, boards, dustjacket (jacket reinforced with tape); and two other firsts by the same, namely The Crying Game (1968) and Finger of Fire (1977), (4).
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A late Victorian/early 20th Century games compendium contained in stained wood case, including - leather covered chess board, backgammon board and horse-racing game, complete with six painted lead racing horses, a set of turned boxwood and ebony chessmen, and a set of turned wood draughts, cribbage board, etc, box 13.75ins x 8.25ins x 4.5ins high
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Powell-Cotton (P.H.G.). A Sporting Trip Through Abyssinia. A Narrative of a Nine Months' Journey from the Plains of the Hawash to the Snows of Simien, with a Description of the Game, from Elephant to Ibex , 1st ed., Rowland Ward, 1902, photogravure frontis., b & w illusts. from photos., folding map loosely inserted at rear, later cloth (rebound by the Powell-Cotton Museum in 1976 to match original), 8vo, together with Patterson (Lieut. Col. J.H.), In the Grip of the Nyika. Further Adventures in British East Africa, 3rd imp., 1910, b & w illusts. from photos., single-page map at rear, t.e.g., orig. cloth gilt in bright condition, plus Baker (Sir Samuel W.), The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia, and the Sword Hunters of the Hamran Arabs, 2nd ed., 1868, port. frontis., two maps, wood engs., contemp. half calf gilt, rubbed and a little chipped at head of spine, with seven others related, all 8vo (10)
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Game. Belagerungs Spiel, Jeu de Siége, The Game of Besieging, pub. Germany, c.1860, hand col. litho. playing board with grid forming a cross, illustration of a large fortification at the top with four scenes of soldiers firing canon-balls at its walls and army-camp scenes in the two lower corners, approx. 345 x 320. mm, folded twice and contained in orig. slipcase (sl. wear to corners), hand col. litho. label to upper side depicting view of besieging army, slipcase approx. 175 x 165 mm (1)
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Staunton (Howard). The Chess-Player's Handbook. A Popular and Scientific Introduction to the Game of Chess, new ed., 1875, col. frontis., num. diags. to text, ads. both front and rear, orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, rubbed, rebacked, preserving orig. spine, 8vo, together with Cook (William), Synopsis of the Chess Openings. A Tabulated Analysis, 4th ed., with Additions, London & Birmingham, 1888, orig. cloth, rubbed and marked (inner joints strengthened), slim 8vo, plus Steinitz (W.), The Modern Chess Instructor, New York & London, 1889, diags. to text, orig. cloth gilt, stained and some wear, 8vo, with other chess books, mostly modern (a carton)
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Kentfield (Edwin, of Brighton). The Game of Billiards: Scientifically Explained, and Practically Set Forth, in a Series of Novel and Extraordinary but Equally Practical Strokes , 5th ed., 1850, double page uncol. litho. frontis., ninety-three single page diags., scattered minor spotting, contemp. half morocco with gilt lettered spine label and upper cover, rubbed, folio (1)
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Kentfield (Edwin, of Brighton). The Game of Billiards, Scientifically Explained and Practically Set Forth in a Series of Novel and Extraordinary, but Equally Practical Strokes, 6th ed., 1886, ninety-three eng. diags., single ad. leaf at front, light spotting to fore-edge, orig. blindstamped cloth gilt, sl. marked, spine ends rubbed, 8vo (1)
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Kentfield (Edwin, of Brighton). The Game of Billiards: Scientifically Explained, and Practically Set Forth, in a Series of Novel and Extraordinary Strokes, to which is added the Rules and Regulations which Govern the Numerous Games as they are Played at the Present Day in all the Countries of Europe, 1st ed., 1839, double-page uncol. litho. frontis. heavily spotted and three short splits to lower margin, ninety three single-page diags. and eng. ad. leaf at rear,some spotting and finger-soiling throughout, hinges cracked, orig. cloth gilt, heavily soiled and some wear, old repair to upper joint, folio (1)
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Mardon (Edward Russell). Billiards: Game, 500. Up. Played at Brighton, on 18th January 1844, an account of the above game, with diagrams , 1st ed., Brighton, [1844], forty-one b&w plts., red balls hand-col. throughout, upper inner hinge with paper tape repair, a.e.g., orig. cloth, sl. rubbed and soiled, a little fraying to extrems., 4to (1)
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Mardon (Edward Russell). Billiards: Game, 500. Up. An account of the above game, with diagrams , 2nd ed., extensively enlarged and greatly improved, Brighton, 1849, 120. diagramatic plts., some spotting and embrowning throughout, bookplate of John Noble to front pastedown, a.e.g., orig. embossed red cloth, some wear to spine and corners, 8vo (1)
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Mingaud (Francois). Noble Jeu de Billard, Coups Extraordinaires et Surprenants , 1st ed., Paris, 1827, eng. title and following text leaf, forty litho. diagramatic plates with some hand-col. of balls, plates back to back on twenty leaves, some dust soiling at front and rear, title a little chipped at edges, contemp. diced calf gilt with good quality reback, folio This scarce book was translated into English by John Thurston in 1830. and titled 'The Noble Game of Billiards'. (1)
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Stevenson (H.W.). The Top-Of-The-Table Game (Illustrated), pub. Cox & Yeman, 1906, b&w illusts. from photos., diags. to text, trade ads. at front and rear, orig. printed stiff wrappers with mounted oval medallion gelatin silver print of the author mounted to upper cover, partly faded and damaged on spine, oblong 8vo (1)
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White (E.). A Practical Treatise on the Game of Billiards; Accurately Exhibiting the Rules and Practice Admitted and Established by the First Players of the Present Day; and Illustrated with a Numerous Collection of Cases, Explanatory of each of the Different Forms of the Game, Calculations for Betting, Tables of Odds, etc., etc., new ed., 1818, half-title, eng. frontis., sixteen eng. diags., occ. scattered spotting, modern boards, 8vo (1)
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White (E.). A Practical Treatise on the Game of Billiards; Accurately Exhibiting the Rules and Practice Admitted and Established by the First Players of the Present Day; and Illustrated with a Numerous Collection of Cases, Explanatory of each of the Different Forms of the Game, Calculations for Betting, Tables of Odds, etc., etc., new ed., 1818, eng. frontis., sixteen eng. diags., marginal notes in ink to pp.7, a few minor marginal scribbles, contemp. navy straight-grained morocco gilt, rubbed at extrems., 8vo (1)
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Table Billiards, by F.H. Ayers, London, an Edwardian period game for the home, comprising twelve brass self-clamping pockets (with wedges and blocks), one three-part cue (the other missing), a set of three billiard balls and a set of straps (which are fixed around the table and act as cushions), all contained in orig. pine box with large printed paper label to lid and printed instructions and scoring label inside the lid, approx. 19in. (48 cms.) wide (1)
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[Gale, Frederick]. The Public School Matches, and Those we Meet There, by a Wykehamist, 1853, 65pp., litho frontis. (spotted) and two litho plts., orig. printed wrappers, spine worn, slim 8vo, together with a mid 19th c. lithograph view of a park with a game of cricket in progress, approx. 140. x 200mm (2)
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Swanton (E.W.). Gubby Allen, Man of Cricket, 1st ed., 1985, b&w illusts. after photos., orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo, together with Back Page Cricket, a Century of Newspaper Coverage, ed. George Plumptre, 1st ed., 1987, num. b&w illusts., mostly after photos., orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, plus Wellings (E. M.), Vintage Cricketers, 1st ed., 1983, b&w illusts. after photos., orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo, and Arlott (John), Arlott on Cricket, His Writings on the Game, ed. David Rayvern Allen, 1984, orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo, plus others on cricket, plus some football and other sports, mostly modern publications, in d.j.s, mainly 8vo (approx. 60)
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Haig-Brown (Roderick L.). Return to the River, a story of the Chinook Run, 2nd imp., New York, 1941, b&w illusts., signed by the author to half-title, orig. cloth, a little rubbed, together with Fisherman's Summer, 1st ed., Toronto, 1959, & The Master and His Fish, from the World of Roderick Haig-Brown, ed. Valerie Haig-Brown, University of Washington Press, 1981, all orig. cloth, 8vo, plus Venables (Bernard), Baleia! The Whalers of the Azores, 1st ed., 1968, b&w plts. and illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo, and Farson (Negley), Going Fishing, illust. C. F. Tunnicliffe, reprinted, Country Life, 1949, b&w woodcut illusts., orig. cloth in frayed and somewhat worn d.j., with small portion missing to head and foot of spine, small 4to, plus other American and overseas fishing, including game fishing, etc., mostly orig. cloth in d.j.s, including some large format (34)
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*Swindon Town F.C. Souvenir crepe-paper handkerchief produced for the Swindon vs. Queens Park Rangers match in the 2nd Round of the FA Cup, February 1st, 1908, printed team lists and portraits of the King and Queen, with floral decoration to border, some creasing, tears mostly confined to border, approx. 330. x 330. mm Swindon won the game 2-1! Swindon's team is listed as Ling, Gill, Walker, Tout, Banister, Chambers, Johnston, Fleming, Rushton, Lyon, Heppinstall. QPR's as Shaw, Wite, Fidler, E.H. Lintott, McLean, Downing, Pentland, Sugden, Walker, Gittens, Barnes. (1)
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*World Cup 1966. Ticket stub from the final game (England vs. West Germany), together with stubs from England vs. Rest of the World, October 23, 1963, and England vs. Yugoslavia, May 4, 1966, plus an In Memoriam slip produced by Coventry City in memory of the victims of the Munich air crash, presumably to be inserted inside the match programme (4)
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A fine quality French double barrelled 14 bore percussion sporting gun, by Le Page, 46½” overall, barrels 30½” gold inlaid with bands of stars and ears of corn at breech, “Canons Damas d’Acier Fin” on top rib, and with arrow and lines at the muzzle, engraved back action locks gold inlaid “Fni.par Lepage” in scrolls, nicely figured walnut halfstock, the fore end carved with panel of scales, the wrist carved with similar panels of scales terminating in a vigorous lion’s head, deeply embossed brass mounts, including Diana the huntress on the trigger guard, head of Mercury and Caduceus on the throat pipe, and on the butt plate lions drinking at a fountain, wolf and hanging game, brass mounted ebony ramrod. Generally Good Condition (one action AF, the barrels and locks lightly rusted overall with a dark patina, the mounts with thick verdrigis overall). Plate 38
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