HOBBIES SPORT AND LEISURE

Christchurch: Whitcoulls, 1976 signed to title page by the author Alex Veysey and the subject Fergie McCormick, 193pp, biography of the rugby player, two small tears to top edge of rear panel of DW, tidy copy. association copy. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information

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Christchurch: Tim Wethey, 2000 new book, 495pp, sized glossy paper, maps and b&w photos, pocket size but quite heavy due to the paper stock used which is strong enough to withstand rucksack life, 2500+ routes, 1800+ boulder problems, 350 photos , maps and diagrams, notes on training, bolting, ethics etc. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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Blandford, 1957 May , 3rd impression, 160pp + plates. DW chipped head of spine lacks '27' of title. corners chipped or with short tears, still Good+, not price clipped. , some fingermarks to rear DW panel. The author was a short-hand typist at the Boy Scout Headquarters from 1914. Later became Confidential Secretary. A close up story of the Chief and his family from an insiders view. . reprint. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Wellington: Reed, 1963 DW price clipped, rubbed to edges spine sunned and faded, name etc to fep, 143pp illustrated throughout. Humour based around fly fishing by New Zealand authour and cartoonist.. reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Nevile Lodge. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Wellington: Reed, 1961 DW spine sunned and faded, name to fep, 143pp illustrated throughout. Humour based around fly fishing by New Zealand author and cartoonist.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Nevile Lodge. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Putnam, 1934 cloth mottled and faded in spots, foxed closed edges, otherwise tidy copy, name at head of title page, 190pp + plates. reprint. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Dodd Mead, 1958 lacks DW , light bumps to corners, slightly faded spine, 214pp + plates, diagrams in text, . revised. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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London: Arthur Pearson, 1951 unclipped DW has surface rubbing and some minor edge tears and chips and is sun faded and handling soiled, top corner of fep trimmed, inscripiton to fep, internally clean, 220pp + plates, and adverts, comprehensive look at figure skating technique with photos and diagrams. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Victoria: Budget Books, 1983 price clipped DW, small name and address rubber stamp to fep, rubbed spine ends on DW, 252pp + plates, non fiction account of the greatest racehorse of the Twentieth Century. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Stanley Paul, 1969 second impression of first edition, price clipped DW under plastic sleeve, 180pp = plates, a little adhesive offset from the DW sleeve to the endpapers, origins and development of thoroughbred/ heredity and environment / Inbreeding / aspects of selection / blood-lines and families / stud book etc British throroughbreds. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. more information

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Santa Ana: Desert Rats Uninhibited, 1982 red vinyl wrapeprs with B&W illustration, pages are secured by two steel screw pins original method of binding not an amateur rebind) 320pp includes B&W and colour photographs, route maps, folding map in pocket at rear, this is thew 1982 re-issue of the 1979 edition, some handling soiling, remains of price label at head of first page, a laconic approach to the routes for rock climbers at the Joshua Tree National Monument. Reissue. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Foulsham small green cloth , titled to cover and spine, age toned endpapers, inscription to fep dated 1926, 88pp +6 pp adverts, some diagrams in text. Wolffe had 21 cross channel swims and holder of ten long dostance sea records, added is a foreword and brief biography of Captian Matthew Webb by Charles Platt. some age faults showing.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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London: J A Allen & Co, 1975 reprint of fifth (revised ) edition. VG , DW under plastic cover , 198pp + plates, DW shows some light wear. price clipped, sixth edition, covers all aspects of riding and training horses. . reprint. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Country Life, 1952 second edition. VG pen inscription and minor tape rust to fep, remains of part of DW slipped in at front, light sunning to ends of spine and corners, faint foxing to top edge and endpapers, scattered light pencil notation, 198pp + plates, covers all aspects of riding and training horses. . Second Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: George Routledge, 1930 (500 gram rate) red cloth with black titling, has some mild insect flecking to surface, upper joint tender and starting to thin, gift inscription to fep, internally VG and clean, 114pp + frontis port. diagrams in text. third edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Palm Beach Press, 1983 VG, minor bumping to corners, DW short closed split along fold at bottom corner, also short split at top corner of rear DW fold. 200pp colour and black and white photos. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. more information

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London: G. Bell & Sons, 1942 (500 gram rate) tired cloth, sunned spine, splits at joint ends, x 222pp Revised edition, translated by J. Du Mont. revised. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo. more information

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