The Game’s The Thing -
M. A. Noble
1926 - Cassell and Company, London - First Edition
During his long career, ‘Monty’ Noble showed exceptional ability in every detail of the game, and by many people was regarded as the greatest all-round cricketer produced by Australia. He excelled as a batsman, bowler, fieldsman and captain, [Wisden]. He scored 13,975 first class runs between 1893 and 1920 including 37 centuries, and took 624 wickets.
Illustrated with eight half-tone photographic plates and seven diagrams.
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1926 - Cassell and Company, London - First Edition
During his long career, ‘Monty’ Noble showed exceptional ability in every detail of the game, and by many people was regarded as the greatest all-round cricketer produced by Australia. He excelled as a batsman, bowler, fieldsman and captain, [Wisden]. He scored 13,975 first class runs between 1893 and 1920 including 37 centuries, and took 624 wickets.Illustrated with eight half-tone photographic plates and seven diagrams.
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How to Bowl -
Ian Alexander Ross Peebles
1934 - Chapman & Hall Ltd., London - First Edition
‘There are few men playing in first-class cricket to-day better qualified to write on "How to Bowl" than the author of this book’.
‘When I got to the crease I found Peebles bowling extraordinarily well, and ... I may as well admit that for the first time in my life I was unable to detect a bowler's leg break from his "bosey" (googly). I watched Peebles as closely as I knew how, but there was no use. Neither by watching his hand nor the ball could I detect it, and definitely this day his bowling was too good for me. I had a most unhappy time!’ - Bill Bradman.
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1934 - Chapman & Hall Ltd., London - First Edition
‘There are few men playing in first-class cricket to-day better qualified to write on "How to Bowl" than the author of this book’.‘When I got to the crease I found Peebles bowling extraordinarily well, and ... I may as well admit that for the first time in my life I was unable to detect a bowler's leg break from his "bosey" (googly). I watched Peebles as closely as I knew how, but there was no use. Neither by watching his hand nor the ball could I detect it, and definitely this day his bowling was too good for me. I had a most unhappy time!’ - Bill Bradman.
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Valentino: Thirty Years of Magic - SOLD -
Marie-Paule Pelle, Patrick Mauries
1991 - Abbeville Press, New York - First U.S. edition - First printing. With January 1990 on the copyright page
This is a lavish celebration of Valentino's creative genius. Introductory essays on Women Wearing Valentino and The Myth of the Artist romanticize Valentino's life and career in the style of fashion magazines. The most significant sections of the book consist of direct quotations from Valentino, revealing his sources of inspiration, these are successfully juxtaposed against gorgeous photographs of the clothing and accessories.
With a selection of 250 sketches representing his collections, and nearly 500 photographs of which over 300 are in colour. Chapter headings such as Red, Rome, Flowers, From the Sea, Bows, Art, Zoo, and Folk, denote the varied artistic, historical, aesthetic, ethnic, and environmental influences on the famous couturier. [library journal]
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1991 - Abbeville Press, New York - First U.S. edition - First printing. With January 1990 on the copyright page
This is a lavish celebration of Valentino's creative genius. Introductory essays on Women Wearing Valentino and The Myth of the Artist romanticize Valentino's life and career in the style of fashion magazines. The most significant sections of the book consist of direct quotations from Valentino, revealing his sources of inspiration, these are successfully juxtaposed against gorgeous photographs of the clothing and accessories. With a selection of 250 sketches representing his collections, and nearly 500 photographs of which over 300 are in colour. Chapter headings such as Red, Rome, Flowers, From the Sea, Bows, Art, Zoo, and Folk, denote the varied artistic, historical, aesthetic, ethnic, and environmental influences on the famous couturier. [library journal]
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Java Pageant -
Harriet Winifred Ponder
1934 - Seeley Service & Co Limited, London - First Edition
A nice copy of this work, which is a nice balance of personal anecdotes and detailed descriptions of the people of Java. In the scarce dust jacket. illustrated with 25 black and two maps at front.
This is the publisher’s copy, with a typed letter, signed from the publisher regarding the second edition of the work, dated Dec. 14th, 1937, and pencil notes detailing to whom and for what period the German and Dutch publishing rights had been offered. It includes other pencil markings to the title page and list of illustrations.
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1934 - Seeley Service & Co Limited, London - First Edition
A nice copy of this work, which is a nice balance of personal anecdotes and detailed descriptions of the people of Java. In the scarce dust jacket. illustrated with 25 black and two maps at front.This is the publisher’s copy, with a typed letter, signed from the publisher regarding the second edition of the work, dated Dec. 14th, 1937, and pencil notes detailing to whom and for what period the German and Dutch publishing rights had been offered. It includes other pencil markings to the title page and list of illustrations.
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Javanese Panorama. A Further Account of the World's Richest Island with Some Intimate Pictures of Life Among the People of its Lesser Known Regions. -
Harriet Winifred Ponder
1942 - Seeley, London - First Edition
Ponder spent more time in Java after writing her successful work ‘Java Pageant’ and this is the charming account of her further travels and encounters, nicely illustrated, mostly from her own photographs together with two maps at the front of the book.
A bright copy in the scarce dust jacket.
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1942 - Seeley, London - First Edition
Ponder spent more time in Java after writing her successful work ‘Java Pageant’ and this is the charming account of her further travels and encounters, nicely illustrated, mostly from her own photographs together with two maps at the front of the book.A bright copy in the scarce dust jacket.
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The Pianoforte - It’s Origin, Progress, and Construction -
Edward F. Rimbault
1860 - Robert Cocks and Co. - Music Publishers to Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria and His Imperial Majesty Napoleon III., London
A nice copy in the original publishers binding, usually found in poor ex-library condition. Addenda slip to rear.
Illustrated with with a chromolithograph frontispiece entitled 'Tuning a Harpsichord' from a picture in the possession of John Broadwood & Sons, together with woodcut engravings and diagrams throughout.
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1860 - Robert Cocks and Co. - Music Publishers to Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria and His Imperial Majesty Napoleon III., London
A nice copy in the original publishers binding, usually found in poor ex-library condition. Addenda slip to rear.Illustrated with with a chromolithograph frontispiece entitled 'Tuning a Harpsichord' from a picture in the possession of John Broadwood & Sons, together with woodcut engravings and diagrams throughout.
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Sixty Years: Life and Adventure in the Far East -
John Dill Ross
1911 - E.P. Dutton & Company, New York - First US Edition [simultaneously with UK edition, Hutchison title page replaced with Dutton]
The wonderful autobiography of a young man coming to the far east to seek his fortune, beginning in Singapore and later through Borneo, The Philippines and other islands of the Eastern seas. In two volumes, with three photogravure plates, 21 black and white photographic plates, and folding map of ‘Malay, or East Indian Archipelago with Burma and Siam’.
Although the pen name is John Dill Ross, by all accounts (including those in the 1911 book review in the ’Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser’) this is actually the autobiography of John Dillon Northwood.
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1911 - E.P. Dutton & Company, New York - First US Edition [simultaneously with UK edition, Hutchison title page replaced with Dutton]
The wonderful autobiography of a young man coming to the far east to seek his fortune, beginning in Singapore and later through Borneo, The Philippines and other islands of the Eastern seas. In two volumes, with three photogravure plates, 21 black and white photographic plates, and folding map of ‘Malay, or East Indian Archipelago with Burma and Siam’.Although the pen name is John Dill Ross, by all accounts (including those in the 1911 book review in the ’Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser’) this is actually the autobiography of John Dillon Northwood.
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The Natives of Sarawak and British North Borneo - RESERVED -
Henry Ling Roth, Andrew Lang [preface]
1896 - Truslove & Hanson, London - First Edition. Limited to 700 copies.
A magnificent two volume set of an important work on Borneo. Illustrated with over 550 black and white photographic plates (one colour, one folding) and in-text drawings, together with large folding map to the rear of volume I, illustrated title page, and tables.
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1896 - Truslove & Hanson, London - First Edition. Limited to 700 copies.
A magnificent two volume set of an important work on Borneo. Illustrated with over 550 black and white photographic plates (one colour, one folding) and in-text drawings, together with large folding map to the rear of volume I, illustrated title page, and tables.
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