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The All-England Series - Athletics -
H. Hewitt Griffin
1891 - George Bell &, London - First Edition
A stunning bright near fine copy of a rare work.
With contributions by E.H. Pelling (Sprinting); H.C.L. Tindall (Quarter and Half Miles), J.L. Grieg (Long Jump); T. Jennings (High Jump); C.F. Daft (Hurdles or ‘Topping the Timber’); J. Kibblewhite (Mile and Distance Running); Tom Ray (Pole Jump); Sid Thomas (Cross Country); and Rev.W. Pollock-Hill (Middle Distances).
Seventeen illustrations and full page plates including plans of sports grounds and fields; A Chronograph for Timing; photographs of events and sketches of athletes in action.
Pages of advertisements to front and rear.
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1891 - George Bell &, London - First Edition
A stunning bright near fine copy of a rare work.With contributions by E.H. Pelling (Sprinting); H.C.L. Tindall (Quarter and Half Miles), J.L. Grieg (Long Jump); T. Jennings (High Jump); C.F. Daft (Hurdles or ‘Topping the Timber’); J. Kibblewhite (Mile and Distance Running); Tom Ray (Pole Jump); Sid Thomas (Cross Country); and Rev.W. Pollock-Hill (Middle Distances).
Seventeen illustrations and full page plates including plans of sports grounds and fields; A Chronograph for Timing; photographs of events and sketches of athletes in action.
Pages of advertisements to front and rear.
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Price HK$ 2,400
Highland Sport -
A. Grimble, Archibald Thorburn (illustrator)
1894 - Chapman and Hall, London - First Edition
A large and beautifully bound work Illustrated with eleven full page plates by Scottish wildlife artist Archibald Thorburn (1860-1935).
Augustus Grimble presents here his entertaining recollections and views on fishing and shooting in the highlands of Scotland.
Grimble was the first to call for a close time to the Salmon fishing season in Scotland after witnessing the alarming drop in catch, and rise in netting technology and quantity, as well as highlighting the threats of industrial sewage polluting the rivers and streams near cities.
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Price HK$ 6,000
1894 - Chapman and Hall, London - First Edition
A large and beautifully bound work Illustrated with eleven full page plates by Scottish wildlife artist Archibald Thorburn (1860-1935). Augustus Grimble presents here his entertaining recollections and views on fishing and shooting in the highlands of Scotland.
Grimble was the first to call for a close time to the Salmon fishing season in Scotland after witnessing the alarming drop in catch, and rise in netting technology and quantity, as well as highlighting the threats of industrial sewage polluting the rivers and streams near cities.
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The Game Birds of India, Burmah, and Ceylon -
Allan Octavian Hume, Charles H. T. Marshall
1879-81 - Hume and Marshall, Calcutta - First Editions
A superb and thus rare example of this three volume work, in the original gilt decorated bindings, and containing the complete set of 144 colour plates. All three illustrated title pages are also present.
Hume, ‘the Father of Indian Ornithology’, put together this work using contributions and notes from a network of 200 or more correspondents. Hume delegated the task of getting the plates made to Marshall. The chromolithographs of the birds were drawn by W. Foster, E. Neale, (Miss) M. Herbert, Stanley Wilson and others and the plates were produced by F. Waller in London. Hume had sent specific notes on colours of soft parts and instructions to the artists. He was unsatisfied with many of the plates and included additional notes on the plates in the book. This book was started at the point when the government demoted Hume and only the need to finance the publication of this book prevented him from retiring from service. He had estimated that it would cost £4,000 to publish it and he retired from service on 1 January 1882 after the publication.
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Price HK$ 18,000
1879-81 - Hume and Marshall, Calcutta - First Editions
A superb and thus rare example of this three volume work, in the original gilt decorated bindings, and containing the complete set of 144 colour plates. All three illustrated title pages are also present.Hume, ‘the Father of Indian Ornithology’, put together this work using contributions and notes from a network of 200 or more correspondents. Hume delegated the task of getting the plates made to Marshall. The chromolithographs of the birds were drawn by W. Foster, E. Neale, (Miss) M. Herbert, Stanley Wilson and others and the plates were produced by F. Waller in London. Hume had sent specific notes on colours of soft parts and instructions to the artists. He was unsatisfied with many of the plates and included additional notes on the plates in the book. This book was started at the point when the government demoted Hume and only the need to finance the publication of this book prevented him from retiring from service. He had estimated that it would cost £4,000 to publish it and he retired from service on 1 January 1882 after the publication.
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Golfing - The Oval Series of Games -
Horace Hutchinson, C. W. Alcock (editor)
1893 - George Routledge &, London - First Edition
A rather scarce first edition of this early golfing title, in the original pictorial paper boards, without restoration or rebinding.
By the great Horace Hutchinson, an accomplished golfer who won the first two official British Amateur Championships in 1886 and 1887, and he was also a writer of considerable skill.
Illustrated with three black and white photographic plates.
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Price HK$ 2,200
1893 - George Routledge &, London - First Edition
A rather scarce first edition of this early golfing title, in the original pictorial paper boards, without restoration or rebinding.By the great Horace Hutchinson, an accomplished golfer who won the first two official British Amateur Championships in 1886 and 1887, and he was also a writer of considerable skill.
Illustrated with three black and white photographic plates.
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Three Men in a Boat -
Jerome K. Jerome, A. Fredericks (illustrator)
1889 - J. W. Arrowsmith, Bristol - First Edition, first Issue with 'Quay Street' on title page, second state.
First edition, in a fancy binding, of one of the funniest English books ever written, and if you like to play on the water, should be required reading. In the words of Jerome K. Jerome ‘other books may excel this in depth of thought and knowledge of human nature: other books may rival it in originality and size; but, for hopeless and incurable veracity, nothing yet discovered can surpass it.’
Brilliantly illustrated throughout with small sketches and full page plates by A. Frederics.
The ultimate late-Victorian satire of the Great British Holiday, involving an ill-conceived jaunt along the Thames and a host of fabulously English characters including the relentlessly Pan-like canine companion Montmorency. Adapted in many forms, and notably voiced as an audiobook by Hugh Laurie, it develops an idyllically inept vision of England still familiar today.
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Price HK$ 5,000
1889 - J. W. Arrowsmith, Bristol - First Edition, first Issue with 'Quay Street' on title page, second state.
First edition, in a fancy binding, of one of the funniest English books ever written, and if you like to play on the water, should be required reading. In the words of Jerome K. Jerome ‘other books may excel this in depth of thought and knowledge of human nature: other books may rival it in originality and size; but, for hopeless and incurable veracity, nothing yet discovered can surpass it.’Brilliantly illustrated throughout with small sketches and full page plates by A. Frederics.
The ultimate late-Victorian satire of the Great British Holiday, involving an ill-conceived jaunt along the Thames and a host of fabulously English characters including the relentlessly Pan-like canine companion Montmorency. Adapted in many forms, and notably voiced as an audiobook by Hugh Laurie, it develops an idyllically inept vision of England still familiar today.
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Biggles on the Home Front -
Captain W.E. Johns
1957 - Hodder and Stoughton, London - First Edition
With six full page colour illustrations by Leslie Stead.
Another adventure of Biggles and his Air Police Pilots. This time Biggles, Ginger, Algie and Bertie go to the rescue of Inspector Gaskin of the C.I.D., who has a hunch that aviation plays a part in the latest crop of jewel robberies in London.
Crime in the air is Biggles’ job, and he fastens onto the trail leading from the Barnstaple Arms in Soho with his usual zest and courage.
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1957 - Hodder and Stoughton, London - First Edition
With six full page colour illustrations by Leslie Stead.Another adventure of Biggles and his Air Police Pilots. This time Biggles, Ginger, Algie and Bertie go to the rescue of Inspector Gaskin of the C.I.D., who has a hunch that aviation plays a part in the latest crop of jewel robberies in London.
Crime in the air is Biggles’ job, and he fastens onto the trail leading from the Barnstaple Arms in Soho with his usual zest and courage.
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Biggles Learns to Fly -
Captain W.E. Johns, Leslie Stead (illustrator)
1955 - Brockhampton Press, Leicester - First Edition in Hardback (see below for details).
Scarce first hardback edition of ‘Biggles Learns to Fly’ which first published in the ‘Boys' Friend Library’ magazine issue No. 501 - dated 7th November 1935. It has not been available in any form since that year, and has been personally revised by Captain W.E. Johns for re-issue in this edition’ (as stated on the copyright page). Making this the first edition in hard back and the first edition with Johns revisions.
‘How Biggles, at seventeen, joined the royal Flying Corps and after a few flights went to war.
A tense tale of lonely patrols, fierce dogfights and split-second rescues.’
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1955 - Brockhampton Press, Leicester - First Edition in Hardback (see below for details).
Scarce first hardback edition of ‘Biggles Learns to Fly’ which first published in the ‘Boys' Friend Library’ magazine issue No. 501 - dated 7th November 1935. It has not been available in any form since that year, and has been personally revised by Captain W.E. Johns for re-issue in this edition’ (as stated on the copyright page). Making this the first edition in hard back and the first edition with Johns revisions.‘How Biggles, at seventeen, joined the royal Flying Corps and after a few flights went to war.
A tense tale of lonely patrols, fierce dogfights and split-second rescues.’
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The Three Lieutenants, or, Naval Life in the Nineteenth Century -
W. H. G. Kingston
1897 - Griffith Farran Browne &, London
Illustrations by Charles J. de Lacy. From the Boys’ Own Favourite Library series. The second novel in Kingstons series which began with ‘The Midshipmen’. A lovely copy in pictorial boardsand gilt edges.
Kingston's reputation was made by these books, that first appeared about 1860, and dealt with an officer's life in the Navy at about that time. By an extraordinary coincidence, the three young men who had met as midshipmen, get postings that enable them to keep their friendships alive when they are lieutenants. Another old friend is Admiral Triton, who, though retired, takes a great interest in their careers.
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1897 - Griffith Farran Browne &, London
Illustrations by Charles J. de Lacy. From the Boys’ Own Favourite Library series. The second novel in Kingstons series which began with ‘The Midshipmen’. A lovely copy in pictorial boardsand gilt edges.Kingston's reputation was made by these books, that first appeared about 1860, and dealt with an officer's life in the Navy at about that time. By an extraordinary coincidence, the three young men who had met as midshipmen, get postings that enable them to keep their friendships alive when they are lieutenants. Another old friend is Admiral Triton, who, though retired, takes a great interest in their careers.
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Price HK$ 900