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Sport with Gun and Rod in American Woods and Waters. Alfred Mayer. 1884.
Mayer. Alfred M., Sport with Gun and Rod in American Woods and Waters, Edinburgh, David Douglas, 1884, 1st English ed. 2 volumes, 4to. Quarter morocco on paper covered boards, gilt titles to spine. Top edge gilt. Pp448, pp440. Both volumes have tipped in vignette wood engraved proofs on Japan on to title page and 10 others throughout, as called for. Many wood engraved images within text and full page, throughout both volumes. Binding bumped at edges, hinges skillfully strengthened. Some light foxing to prelims, all illustrations and text in clean, strong order. The Japan prints are in excellent condition. A very good illustrated commentary on a variety of country sports including Trout Fishing in the Rangeley Lakes, American Sporting Dogs, North American Grouse, Hunting the Mule Deer in Colorado and Fox Hunting in New England.
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Ref: 93117
Price:
£180.00 / US$284.40
The Shishapangma Expedition. Doug Scott and Alex MacIntyre. 1984
Scott. Doug and MacIntyre. Alex. The Shishapangma Expedition. 1984. London, Granada Publishing Ltd. First Edition. Signed by Doug Scott. Grey boards, silver titles to spine. Price clipped dustwrapper. Inscribed on title page To John/Best Wishes/Doug Scott. Neat ownership mark on front free endpaper John/Xmas 1984. Dustwrapper, binding, pages and illustration in excellent order throughout. This book was the Joint Winner of the first Boardman-Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature. The book records the first winter ascent, alpine style, of the South-East Face of Shishapangma.
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Ref: 92702
Price:
£35.00 / US$55.30
Mountaineering. C.T.Dent. 1892.
Dent, C.T. The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes. Mountaineering. London, Longmans, Green and Co., 1892. 2nd Edition. 8vo, Brown pictorial buckram. Decorated endpapers with swan and ship design. pp 439, 2pp publ ads. Photograph of Mont Blanc frontis and with many full page and vignette illustrations throughout. Covers have light wear to edges, light foxing to title page, all other pages and illustrations tight, bright and clean. No marks or inscriptions. An attractive book.
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Ref: 92701
Price:
£100.00 / US$158.00
A Ski-ing Primer. Peter Lunn. 1951
Lunn, Peter. A Ski-ing Primer. Methuen, London 1951 Second Edition. 8vo. Pp107. Grey cloth, blue ttiles to spine. With unclipped dustwrapper, a little age toned to spine. Binding and all pages tight, bright and clean. An excellent book
Ref: 91315
Price:
£15.00 / US$23.70
Ski-ing. C. A. de Linde. 1959
de Linde, C. A., Sking. Foyles. 1959. 8Vo, 1st Edition. Illustrated boards, 106 pages. With unclipped price on introductory page. Spine lightly discoloured. Otherwise binding and all pages are tight, bright and clean.
Ref: 91314
Price:
£12.00 / US$18.96
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