London: S.O. Beeton, 1863. Fiftieth Thousand. Hardcover. xxxix, 1112pp, with many illustrations in the text, and with the colour plates all present except the frontis. The plates are foxed, and one has wear to the edges, now repaired. Text in very good order, generally clean, with occasional foxing and or... More about The Book of Household Management
London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts and Green, 1864. Second edition. Hardcover. Landscape format: title, dramatis personae, map, + 40pp printed recto, packed with light-hearted drawings and notes recording the party's adventures and things seen. Occasionally obtrusive - but generally light - foxing to many pages. Original red-brown endpapers with new... More about How We Spent the Summer, or a Voyage en Zigzag: in Switzerland and Tyrol, with some Members of...
London: Frederick Warne, 1868. First edition. Hardcover. xvi, 291, [12], illustrated. With original mauve endpapers: back of each endpaper and its adjacent page are tanned. Faded 1869 ownership name to front free endpaper, and small accidental ink mark to title page. Slight foxing at one or two openings, and the... More about Gleanings from French Gardens: comprising an account of such features of French Horticulture as...
London: Sampson Low & Co., [1888 or earlier]. First UK edition. Hardcover. xii, 384pp, followed by 16 foldout plans, +xii (adverts); with a frontis, 8 plates, a folding displacement sheet, and many drawings in text. Adverts also to endpapers. Defective, lacking both the title page and p.xi/xii in the prelims... More about Yachts, Boats and Canoes: with special chapters on model yachts and single-handed sailing
London: Iliffe & Son, 1888. Original edition. Hardcover. [iv], 448pp (continuously numbered), with six frontis plates and several head- and tail-pieces in line. After the general title page, which has some soiling, the contents are clean and in very good order, with offsetting to a few pages. Each month's edition... More about The Magazine of Sport. Volume I. June to December, 1888
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Paris: Dambuyant & Guignard, Nouvelle Librairie de la Jeunesse, n.d. [c.1890]. First French edition. Hardcover. Panoramic pop-up. Classic of the genre. Original early edition, in very bright and functioning condition, having had a few small repairs, and with a few missing parts replaced from a modern copy: namely, the donkey..... More about Grand Cirque International. [= Internationaler Circus, French edition
London: Jarrold & Sons, n.d. [1892?]. Second edition. Hardcover. 406pp, with many illustrations, and with the four coloured folding maps in crisp condition. Contents very clean. Decorative endpapers tanned, with light foxing to their adjacent pages. Firm, in the original binding of navy cloth, with the decorative gilt title to... More about Our Wherry in Wendish Lands: From Friesland, through the Mecklenburg Lakes, to Bohemia
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London: C. Arthur Pearson Limited, n.d. [1895]. First or early edition. Hardcover. 128pp, endpapers foxed and pages tanned, but contents otherwise unmarked and in good clean order: includes some advertisements. In the original binding of green cloth printed in black. Boards firm, with some toning and soiling, upper joint fraying... More about Dainty Dishes for Slender Incomes. [No. I of the Isobel Handbooks
London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., 1903. First edition. Hardcover. viii, 331pp. Endpapers browned: armorial bookplate to front pastedown. First and last few pages have some browning or foxing. Contents otherwise clean, faintly toned at edges. In the original binding of dark green cloth, spine titled in gilt. Firm... More about The Heresy of Teetotalism. In the light of Scripture, Science, and Legislation
London: W.H. & L. Collingridge, 'Amateur Gardening' Office, n.d. [c.1904]. Third edition. Hardcover. 94 + [10] adverts, with illustrations in the text. Contents clean and in good order, with creases to some corners. 8vo, in the original orange boards printed in black and red with green cloth spine. Slight soiling... More about Chrysanthemums and How to Grow Them for exhibition. With Instructions for Timing and Stopping for...
London: Horace Cox, 1905. Second edition. Hardcover. vi, 116, +(18) adverts. illustrated with photographs, drawings and diagrams. Dedicated to the Ski Club of Great Britain. Contents fresh, with foxing to title page. 22x14cms, in the original binding of smooth grey-green cloth decorated and titled in black. Firm, corners sharp, with... More about Ski Running
Halifax and London: Messrs Edward Mortimer (publishers of the 'Court' series), n.d. [c.1909]. Early edition. Softcover. 16pp, illustrated. Stapled booklet. Contents clean and unmarked. In green card covers with decorative red title in relief to front, adverts for cards to the back. Crease to fore-edge of front cover where it..... More about Poker Patience, and Progressive Poker Patience
London and Aldershot: Gale & Polden, n.d. (c.1910?). Second Edition. Cloth. 38pp + portrait frontis, followed by 8pp of adverts (illustrated). Publisher’s list pasted onto front pastedown. Laid in is the 25-inch square folded chart illustrated with photographs: slightly creased and repaired and with a spot of old glue on..... More about Tricks and Exercises on the Horizontal Bar and How to do them: Upwards of 100 examples, with Chart
London: C. Gilbert-Wood, 1910. First edition. Hardcover. x, (vi), 192pp, with photo frontis portraits, and illustrated with line drawings. 1915 ownership name to front free endpaper. Trim, well-kept copy with no wear or soiling, but endpapers browned, and some heavy foxing to the closed edges, sometimes encroaching on to the... More about Canoeing and Camping Adventures: being an account of three cruises in northern waters
London: A.W. Gamage Ltd., The Caxton Press, n.d. Second edition. Hardcover. 60pp, including 9pp of advertisements, with many photographic illustrations. Contents in fresh, clean condition. 17.5x11.5 cms, in the original pictorial boards, faded and soiled, with a new plain cloth spine. Very nice copy. More about Golf and How tp Play it. Being a Treatise with Hints
London: G. Bell and Sons Ltd, 1914. First edition. Hardcover. xii, 161, [2] adverts; including a portrait frontis and many text illustrations. Contents very good, with a few small stains at pp75-81. In the original binding of carmine cloth, top edge gilt: firm, upper board illustrated and titled in gilt... More about Magical Originalities: A chat on practical magic
London: W.H. & L. Collingridge, 'Amateur Gardening' Office, n.d. [1917]. Reprint. 108pp, with many illustrations in the text and a photo frontis: the last 4 pages are advertisements. First issued in 1913 as 'School Gardening: A simple book for teaching boys and girls in elementary schools the rudiments of practical... More about Simple Gardening (School Gardening): A Handbook for Beginners
London: Cassell, 1923. First edition. Paperback. [iv], 152pp, illustrated. Contents clean, with some soiling to title page. 8vo, with thin red card covers, battered but made good, illustrated to the front, adverts to rear and inside. With new red spine and label. More about Violin Making and Repairing. Cassell's "Work" Handbooks
London: Fleetgate Publications ('Daily News' Books Dept.), 1926. First edition. Paperback. 144pp, illustrated with a few drawings in the text, and with some advertisements, particularly for Kuklos Annual. Contents clean and unmarked. 184x122mm, in the original coloured pictorial paper covers. Clean and firm, with light scuffs to joints and slight... More about Camping and Caravanning: a call to the open road
London: Methuen, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. viii, 164pp, with a frontis portrait. 'In this volume Mr Tilden, the great lawn tennis player, surveys his career...' Half-title and title page foxed, little elsewhere: one page dogeared. Contents otherwise clean and unmarked. In the original blue cloth titled in navy: firm and... More about Me - the Handicap
London: Methuen, 1932. First edition. Hardcover. viii, (102)pp: pages of text alternating with illustrations in line. Contents clean and unmarked. In the original binding of purple cloth, firm, dulled, cloth to lower board slightly ridged, some wear to spine ends. A useful copy. More about Moments with Golfing Masters
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London: Girl's Own Paper Offices, n.d. [1930s]. Presumed first and only edition. Hardcover. 48pp, illustrated. Contents very clean with new matching endpapers. 167x121mm, in the original paper-covered boards, with plain back and attractive pictorial front, and a new cloth spine. A few minor marks to upper board, and slight wear..... More about Little Embroidery Book [cover title: Little Book of Embroidery
London: [Boy Scouts Association (Great Britain)], April 1934 to October 1937. Hardcover. [The book titled 1934-36 comprises Vols I & II, from April 1934-March 1936, each Volume followed by an Alphabetical Index, but lacking issues #2, #4 and #7 from Vol I, and #12 is mis-bound into Vol II #1... More about The Rover World. [A monthly scouting paper: formerly 'The London Rover', and incorporating...
London: Joiner & Steele, 1935. First edition. Hardcover. 96, + 4(addenda) +6(left blank for notes). Publishers' printed slip re addenda pasted to title page. Contents clean and unmarked, with some foxing to endpapers. In the original binding of blue cloth over thin boards, with a blue label titled in gilt... More about Concise Contract: Plafond and Play; all the systems in brief; notes on the new laws (1935
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1937. First edition. Hardcover. xii, [4], 149pp; illustrated with drawings, plans, plus a sail plan and 13 foldout plans. Plans not numbered or listed, but appear to be complete. Contents overwhelmingly clean, with one or two minor foxing spots or soil marks. Endpapers very tanned... More about Motor Boats
