lord aberdare (50 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fair. 1st Edition. First edition first printing. Hardback. 117 pp, illustrated. Good condition (edges and spine rubbed) in Fair dust jacket (material missing from jacket spine and rear and edges rubbed).

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition and printing. Ex library book. In good plus tan cloth boards, gilt titles and publisher's logo to spine. The boards are a little faded, quite tight; small dent on front tail edge. "The Clevedon Community Bookshop Co-operative Bindery Team" have removed the sellotape from front and rear hinges and paper hinges added. Very lightly tanned end papers; library book plate to front paste down; library ticket pouch to rear paste down and booking out sheet attached to rear free end paper. The text block is thick and firm and even; the fore and tail cut edges are slightly tanned,; a few of the pages are marked. With black and white photos throughout - the Bindery Team have tipped in the frontispiece. There are also black and white figures. Publisher's list to rear. Good plus condition. Not annotated. Without jacket.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1937). ND (1937) 1st edition. 8vo (145 x 220mm). Ppxvi,458 + 6pp ads. B/w photographs, illustrations. Full light tan buckram, spine titled in gilt, gilt Lonsdale Library monogram on upper board. Owner's name to front paste-down. Well-used but good. Lacks dust-wrapper. By Lord Aberdare (Rackets and Tennis), Harold Abrahams (Athletics), H.W. Austin (Lawn Tennis), S.C.H. Davies of "The Autocar" (Motor Racing), Lieut.-Com. John Irving, R.N. (Yachting), D.R. Jardine (Cricket), The Earl of Kimberley (Polo), Howard Marshall (Rugby Football), J.S.F. Morrison (Golf), Eric Parker (Field Trials), A. Croxton Smith (Dog Shows), Edward Snell (Squash Rackets), Sydney Spencer (Mountaineering), R.S. Summerhays (Horse Shows), Eric Taverner (Game Fishing), Sir George Thomas, Bt. (Badminton), Frank Wallace (Stalking), and many other authorities. With past records and results and many illustrations. Like an early version of the Guinness Book of Records, this gives extensive tables of records for a wide variety of track and field events, and team sports as well as angling, hunting, winter-sports and others. The 9-page fishing section is divided between "Coarse Fish Records" by Edward ENSOM, "Game Fish Records" by Eric TAVERNER, and "Sea Fish Records" by A.E. COOPER. .

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. Green cloth in tidy condition.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. ILLUSTRATED Ilustrador. 1st Edition. First Edition, 328pp, very well-illustrated, hardcover, 8vo, bound in brown cloth, gilt lettered, dust jacket unclipped and very good, book in very good condition with no markings or annotations, Seeley Service & Co. Limited, London, circa 1935.

Condición: Fair. 1902. No Edition Stated. 364 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Vol.I. Pages are moderately tanned at the edges, with notable foxing. Binding has remained firm. Inscription to front endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf with bumping to corners. Spine ends are notably crushed with considerable tanning. Notable forward lean to text block.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. Green Cloth Boards. No Inscription. Cracked Front Hinge. Half Tone Frontis. 144 pages. Item Type: Book. No Dust Jacket. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Sports & Pastimes; Swimming & Water; Please contact H4o Books if you require images or further information. Inventory No: 018746.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Pages clean, no markings, wear to edges. Complete with numerous illustrations. Hinges weak. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Hard Back. 1st. Original green cloth binding Spine sunned a few small marks to the front board Previous owners neat inscription to the ffep Illustrated with black and white plates Edges foxed but contents generally clean A good copy 180pp. book.

On letterhead, cropped down to 7.5 x 9 cm. In fair condition, on lightly-aged paper. Reads: 'March 10. 91 | B. C. | Alas! I am rusticating! | Aberdare'.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Dust Jacket Included. THE DUST JACKET IS RUBBED AND FADED. THE EDGES AND CORNERS ARE SCUFFED. THE SPINE IS SCUFFED ALONG THE EDGES AND AT BOTH ENDS. THE D/J IS ALSO YELLOWED AND HAS SOME MINOR MARKS TO IT. THE PAGE EDGES HAVE FOXING AND THE TOP EDGE IS DARKER IN COLOUR. THE PRICE HAS BEEN CLIPPED. BOTH INSIDE BOARDS HAVE CRACKED AT THE HINGE AND THE BINDING IS EXPOSED. THERE IS FOXING TO THE FIRST AND LAST FEW PAGES. THE BINDING IS FAIRLY TIGHT. PAGES GENERALLY APPEAR CLEAN AND CREASE FREE. ALL IN ALL A NICE EXAMPLE OF THIS BOOK.

Paperback. Condición: good. . National Recovery Programme, clean copy, slight fading to covers, no markings, Professional booksellers since 1981.

8vo., with frontispiece, plates, and advertisements and tables in the text; original series binding of terracotta buckram, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, brown top, covers very lightly marked else a near fine copy. With 6pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. No Jacket. 2nd Printing. The Lonsdale Library, Volume XVI. 328 pgs. b/w photos and diagrams. Gently used, no names or marks in text, a little edge soiling, else fine. (see photo).

No Binding. Condición: Very Good. A fine original antique engraved portrait of this famous personage. Mounted and ready to frame. Mount size approximately 12 x 10 inches, 26 x 20 cms. Excellent condition. A fine opportunity to purchase a splendid coloured litho portrait from a photograph by Messrs Barraud & Jerrard. Very detailed and decorative and somewhat uncommon. Together with a short biographical article about Lord Aberdare.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 8vo original publishers brown buckram, gilt lettering to spine, small gilt motif to front board + spine, brown top edge, front board sl. offset o/w vg+ Undated presumed first edition[ 1933] 328 pp 115 illusns. of which 85 - b&w plates, rest b&w text figure illusns. Bookplate front pastedown - Hugh Cecil Earl of Lonsdale occasional light spotting, a small diagram in ink rear ffep overall vg.

Condición: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Both hinges split. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN:

Condición: Good. Volume XVI in the Lonsdale Library of Sprots, Games and Pastimes edited by the Earl of Lonsdale and Eric Parker. Brown cloth boards with a gilt coronet to front and L, and gilt lettering to spine. Edges are bumped and there is wear and slight marking to boards and spine. Pages are age-tanned with occasional spotting. Binding is tight. Numerous black and white photographs and drawings. A fascinating reference book for indoor racket sport enthusiasts. A nice copy.

A comprehensive collection of sporting records from athletics to yachting. 8vo. 457pp + publisher's adverts. Original brown boards. A very good copy.

Published under the auspices of the National Playing Fields Association. Includes chapters on most sports with contributions from (amongst others) Plum Warner, Stanley Rous, Harold Abrahams, Jack Solomons, Stanley Matthews, Joe Davis and Reg Harris. Paperback. 8vo. 216pp. Very good condition.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: very good. Fine (from a private country club with their warning "Do Not Remove From Library" stamped on the front free endpaper), fresh copy in very good or somewhat better dust jacket, some darkening to the spine. Hardcover. 328 pp with index and black and white photographs. Part of the Lonsdale Library collection, the five most popular indoor games are each described in a thoroughly competent manner in this composite volume. Each writer is, or has been, a distinguished champion at his own particular game and writes in such a manner that advice and valuable instruction are imparted lucidly and easy to follow.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Pages clean, no markings, wear to edges. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

London, 1933. 328 pp. 85 plts. Cloth.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. History of Tennis, both Real and Lawn. 8vo. 180pp. Very good in unclipped dustjacket. SIGNED dedication from the author to the tennis bookseller, Alan Chalmers, on the title page. Obituary and ticket to the author's memorial service loosely inserted. From our large stock of tennis books and publications. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 368pp; illustrated; blue d/j faded at spine and along edges, light edgewear, white title to spine. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Condición: Befriedigend. Leinen Originalleinwand mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel und Deckelvignette, Farbkopfschnitt. Der Einband ist berieben, Vorderdeckel mit Flüssigkeitsrändern, hinterer Deckel mit leichten Flecken. Seit- und Fußschnitt sind gedunkelt und etwas fleckig. Signatur von 1933 auf dem fliegenden Vorsatz, Titelseite leicht fleckig. Die Seiten sind leicht gedunkelt, einige Seiten und Tafeln mit leichtem Flüssigkeitsrand unten, ansonsten bis auf wenige kleine Gebrauchs-/Altersspuren ordentlich. Wenige dezente Bleistiftanstreichungen. Mit 85 Abbildungen auf Tafeln und 35 Abbildungen im Text. Mit Beiträgen von E.M. Baerlein, Captain J. Tomkinson, E. Snell, Major T. Moss, David Egerton, John Armitage, Sir George A. Thomas, Bart. Please note: the book(s) has/have more than 1 kg, therefore shipping cost outside Germany can be higher than indicated by Abebooks/ZVAB. Please ask for the exact cost before you order. Sprache / Language: en 328 Seiten. ca. 22 x 14,5 cm.

8vo., with frontispiece, plates and illustrations in the text; original series binding of brown buckram, upper board blocked in gilt, backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, brown top, a near fine copy.

Hardcover. Condición: Very good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: good. First Edition. 457p octavo, illustrated. A very good copy in a good dust jacket, chipped at the corners., internally taped.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1933. Octavo. (8 1/2" x 5 1/2", 215mm x 140mm). With 85 photographic illustrations on plates. Bound in brown cloth with dust jacket. On the spine, gilt title and author. Front panel and spine panel of dust jacket with photographs tipped in.Some chipping and staining to the dust jackt. Clarence Bruce was England's most distinguished tennis player in his day, his career taking place in the era between the world wars. He was USA Amateur Champion in 1930 and the British Isles Champion in 1932 and 1938. In addition he won the Coupe de Paris six times and won the Silver Price nine times. In addition he served on the International Olympic Committee and helped organize the 1948 summer Olympics in London. He was made a Knight of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem in 1948 and Commander of the British Empire in 1949. This work is part of the Londsdale Library series, volume XVI. It was intended for the amateur hoping to learn about a given sport and it was also hoped the experienced player could discover ways of improving his game as well.