 | Skirting the Boundary, a Hisrory of Women's Cricket - Isabelle Duncan Condition Fine Published by The Robson Press, London First edition 2013 ISBN 0781849545464 290pp illustrated in colour and black and white. Signed by the author to the title page #24100s37 More...
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|  | Henry Cooper, the authorised biography - Robert Edwards (signed by Henry) Condition Near Fine Published by BBC, London First edition 2002 ISBN 056348831X 224pp with good black and white plates Signed by Henry to the title page ]#24099s41 More...
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|  | Oriental Field Sports - Captain Thomas Williamson - Volume 1 Condition Very Good Published by Edward Orme, London 1808 Being a complete, detailed and accurate description of the Wild Sports of the East. The whole interspersed with a variety of original, authentic and curious anecdotes taken from the manuscripts and designs of Captain Thomas Williamson who served upwards of twenty years in Bengal' xiv, 306pp with twenty good full page plates from drawings by Samuel Howett and with a stunning frontis plate. # 21510sB8 More...
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 | The Viking Drivers, Ronnie Peterson and Gunnar Nilsson - Fredrik af Petersens Condition Very Good Published by William Kimber, London 1979 ISBN 0718303660 Written by a close friend of both, this book is an intimate study of two brilliant Grand Prix drivers, who in very different ways, came to early and tragic deaths. 208pp with black and white plates. # 20405sC10 More...
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|  | Fangio - edited by Denis Jackson Condition Very Good Published by Michael Joseph, London 1973 ISBN 071811079X Based on the film, 'Fangio' by Hugh Hudson and Giovanni Volpi this is also a classic of 1970s book style designed by the renowned Bob Gill. Unpaginated, illustrated in colour and monotone. # 20401sC10
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|  | The Amateur Poacher - Richard Jefferies Condition Very Good Published by Excellent Press, Ludlow, Shrops. 2006 ISBN 1900318229 First published in 1879 this book has become established as a favourite of countrylovers and shooters, one of the treasures of sporting literature. 240pp. # 19476sB13 More...
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 | Falconry, Care, Captiver Breeding and Conservation - Jemima Parry-Jones Condition Very Good Published by David & Charles, Newton Abbot, Devon 1995 ISBN 0715301055 232pp illustrated in colour and black and white. # 19472/1sB13 More...
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|  | Birds of Prey of the British Isles - Brrian P.Martin Condition Very Good Published by David & Charles, Newton Abbot, Devon 1992 ISBN 0715397826 192pp well illustrated in colour and black and white. #19469sB13 More...
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|  | The Hound and the Hawk, the art of Medieval Hunting - John Cummings Condition Very Good Soft Cover Published by Phoenix Press, London 2001 ISBN 1842120972 Hunting was a training for war and a rite of manhood, a powerful and ritualistic pastime, the sport of kings. 306pp with black and white plates # 19473sB13 More...
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 | Falconry and Hawking - Phillip Glasier Conditon Very Good Published by Batsfortd, London 1998 Third edition ISBN 0713484071 Considered to be the most comprehensive ever written on the subject. 352pp well illustrated in colour and black and white. # 19474sB13 More...
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|  | Training Birds of Prey - Jemima Parry-Jones Condition Very Good Pubblished by David & Charles, Newton Abbot Devon 1998 ISBN 071530142X A guide to training the five different groups; hawks, falcons, eagles, buzzards and owls. 160pp well illustrated in colour and black and white. # 19471sB13 More...
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|  | The Big Game Hunters - MIchael Brander Condition Very Good Published by The Sportman's Press, London 1988 ISBN 0948253231 Portrays the lives and expeditions of the principal big game hunters from the days of the muzzle-loading flintlock smoothbore through to the development of the modern breech loading express rifle. 192pp well illustrated in black and white and including a comprehensive bibliography of the major works on big game hunting. ~ 20317sB13 More...
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 | Field Sports in India 1800-1947 - Major-General J.G.Elliott Condition Very Good Published by Gentry Books, London 1973 ISBN 0856140236 The life of the British in India was cruelly dismissed by Vanity Fair as 'duty and red tape, picnics and adultery'. However the author demonstrates that for many men - and for some notable women too - it was through sport that they sought relaxation and relief from the routine of their working life. 223pp illustrated in black and white. # 18676s100 More...
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|  | Hunters Moon - Leonard M.H.Handley Condition Good Plus Published by Macmillan, London 1933 A book about big game hunting in the jungles of the Far East where the author has striven to depart from the normal account of slaughter, paraphernalia and methods to lyrically describe the vast green silences where he maintains only man is vile. 267pp0 with black and white plates. # 18725s97 More...
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|  | Forest Life and Sport in India - Sainthill Eardley-Wilmot Condition Very Good Published by Edward Arnold, London 1910 321pp with black and white plates. The author was late Inspector of Forests to the Indian Government and in addition to forest sports he covers the early awareness for the need of conservation. # 18718s97 More...
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 | Hunter at Heart - B.N.Gordon Graham Condition Good Published by Herbert Jenkins, London 1950 Dedicated by the author to the Jungle Folk in India and Ceylon, in particular to the Shikaris and Trackers from remote jungle hamlets, in whose company I have spent many happy days with gun and rifle. 222pp with black and white plates together with line illustrations by A.I.Cameron # 18690s97 More...
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|  | Leaves from Indian Forests - Sir S.Eardley-Wilmot Condition Good Plus Published by Edward Arnold, London 1930 Sketches, jotted down at intervals of twenty five years' service in India, commencing with a night in the forest on a tiger stake out. 200pp with black and white plates. # 18689s97 More...
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|  | Walker's Manly Excercises and Rural Sports, edited by "Craven" Condition Very Good Published by Wm. S.Orr & Co, London 1851 Ninth edition Containing Rowing, Sailing, Riding, Driving, Racing, Hunting, Shooting and other manly sports. An early book extolling the advantages of physical excercise. xii, 264pp plus index, gilt edged. 44 instructional plates with numerous illustrative wood engravings throughout the texts. Gilt and blind stamped publishers cloth. # 18644 More...
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 | Sport and Service in Assam and Elsewhere - Lt.Col.Alban Wilson, late 1st Batt. 8th Gurkha Rifles Condition Good Published by Hutchinson, London 1924 xv, 320pp with black and white plates Colonel Wilson was fishing a fine river, the Dhansiri, near Nichuguard. He says: "Whilst I was fishing, a native came and spun me various yarns about the enormous fish a sahib caught there the previous year, one of which was so large, the narrator had to take his clothes off to help to land it. From further enquiries I elicited particulars which showed that this angler could be no other than myself, and as on this occasion I had killed nothing over 6lbs., I suggested that this 18 pounder would have grown to 80lbs. by the time the next sahib came along." # 18696s95 More...
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|  | A History of Durham Rowing - A.A.Macfarlane-Grieve Condition Very Good Published by Andrew Reid & Co. Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1922 Covers not only the history of 'Varsity rowing but also that of Durham School and The Durham Amateur Rowing Club. xx, 250pp with black and white plates. A scarce title # 18646 More...
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|  | Courses for Horses, a complete guide to Designing and Building Show Jumping Courses - Christopher Coldrey Condition Very Good Published by J.A.Allen, London 1999 ISBN 0851315410 174pp well illustrated # 18422s34 More...
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 | Stables and Other Equestrian Buildings, a Guide to Design and Construction - Keith Warth Condition Very Good Published by J.A.Allen, London 1997 ISBN 0851316875 102pp illustrated in colour and black and white. # 18421s90 More...
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|  | Why Does My Horse ....? - Paul McGreevy Condition Very Good Published by Souvenir Press, London 1997 ISBN 0285633120 243pp with light hearted illustrations Why does my horse crib bite? dislike being clipped? paw at the ground? eat bedding? and many other questions answered. # 18423s24 More...
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|  | Chronicles of a Garden Railway - W.A.D.Strickland This is the story of a father and son partnership over a peiod of sixteen years and records their trials, tribulations and successes in building and operating a OO gauge garden railway in the back garden of their London suburban house. Published by Model Aeronautical Press, Hemel Hempstead, 1968 93pp illustrated in black and white. # 18279s58 More...
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 | 14075 - The History of Kent County Cricket - Lord Harris, editor Condition Very Good Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode, London 1907 510pp with black and white plates, some folding
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