Soar Phil and Martin Tyler
Arsenal Official History 1886-1996
London: Ted Smart. This is a Very Good Copy of this Book in Publisher's pictorial laminated boards in a Very Good Dust-Jacket with some slight rubbing and wear to the outer edges of the dust-jacket.Not price clippedwith NO previous ownership inscriptions present.The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness and there is no leaning to spine.Clean copy internally and illustrated throughout in black and whitelarge 4to 224pp Revised Edition . Very Good. Hardcover. Revised Edition. 1996. Ted Smart hardcover
Bookseller reference : 51908 ISBN : 1856133125 9781856133128
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Soar Phil and Martin Tyler
Arsenal The Official Illustrated History 1886-1997
London: Hamlyn. This is a Fine Copy of this Book in Publisher's pictorial laminated boards in a Near Fine Dust-Jacket with NO chips or tears to the outer edges of the dust-jacket.Not price clippedwith NO previous ownership inscriptions present.The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness and there is no leaning to spine.Clean copy internally and illustrated throughout in both colour and black and whitelarge 4to 232pp Reprint . Fine. Hardcover. Reprint. 1997. Hamlyn hardcover
Bookseller reference : 51909 ISBN : 0600592626 9780600592624
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Soar Phil and Martin Tyler
The Official Illustrated History of Arsenal 1886-1998
London: Ted Smart. This is a Fine Copy of this Book in Publisher's original pictorial laminated boards in a Fine Dust-Jacket which has NO chips or tears to the outer edges of the dust-jacket.Not Price clipped and this copy has NO previous inscriptions present.The book has a firm binding with No hinge weakness and there is no leaning or rolling to spine.4to 240pp Reprint . Fine. Hardcover. Reprint. 1998. Ted Smart hardcover
Bookseller reference : 49175 ISBN : 1856134725 9781856134729
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Sobel Samuel Ed
Jewish Sea Stories
Middle Village NY: Jonathan David Publishers 1988 Book. Very Good. Trade Paperback. Paperback Edition. An anthology of Jewish sea stories being "a careful selection of history and fiction parables and essays which dramatize the Jewish love for the sea and the unique role of the sea in Jewish tradition". 337 pages. Jonathan David Publishers paperback
Bookseller reference : 032030 ISBN : 0824603095 9780824603090
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SOBOTKA, R
Das Prinzip der Natürlichkeit in der Leibeserziehung.
Wien, Vlg Notring, 1968. 1 Bl., 4, 247, (3) S. (Diss. der Univ. Wien 15). OKart. (Umschl. berieben u. m. kl. Fleck).
Bookseller reference : 1213776
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Soccer Sam
Soccer: The Handbook of Soccer for All Ages
Soccer Sam Enterprises 1977. Soft Cover. Very Good. Soccer Sam Enterprises paperback
Bookseller reference : 0299204
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SOCIETE D'ENCOURAGEMENT DE BORDEAUX
HIPPODROME DU BOUSCAT - 124 EME DERBY DU MIDI - DIMANCHE 18 MAIS 1980
SOCIETE D'ENCOURAGEMENT DE BORDEAUX. 1980. In-Plano. En feuillets. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. En feuillet - Annotations sans conséquences sur la lecture -. . . . Classification Dewey : 798-Sports équestres, courses d'animaux
Bookseller reference : RO80198207
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SOCIETE D'ENCOURAGEMENT DE BORDEAUX
HIPPODROME DU BOUSCAT - COURSES DE BORDEAUX - SAMEDI 10 MAI 1980 - 10EME JOURNEE -
SOCIETE D'ENCOURAGEMENT DE BORDEAUX. 1980. In-Plano. En feuillets. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. En feuillet - + 1 carton d'invitation -. . . . Classification Dewey : 798-Sports équestres, courses d'animaux
Bookseller reference : RO80198204
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SOCIETE D'ENCOURAGEMENT DE BORDEAUX
HIPPODROME DU BOUSCAT -SAMEDI 29 SEPTEMBRE 1979 - 16EME JOURNEE
SOCIETE D'ENCOURAGEMENT DE BORDEAUX. 1979. In-Plano. En feuillets. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. En feuillet -. . . . Classification Dewey : 798-Sports équestres, courses d'animaux
Bookseller reference : RO80198208
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SOCIETE DES STEEPLE CHASES DE FRANCE
Code des steeple-chases
Imprimerie sépciale des courses. 1965. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Tâchée, Manque en coiffe de tête, Intérieur frais. 345p, rousseurs sur les plats et le dos.. . . . Classification Dewey : 798-Sports équestres, courses d'animaux
Bookseller reference : RO20015104
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SOCIETE HIPPIQUE D'AVIGNON
Courses d'Avignon. Réunion de Printemps 1911. 2ème journée, lundi 5 juin.
IMP. J. JOURDAN. 1911. In-4. En feuillets. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 4 pages. Quelques plans en couleurs, dans le texte.. . . . Classification Dewey : 798-Sports équestres, courses d'animaux
Bookseller reference : RO80055293
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SOCIETE HIPPIQUE DE L'ISLE-SUR-LA-SORGUE
Programme Officiel, des Courses de L'Isle-sur-Sorgue. Mardi 28 août 1923
IMP. DEMONTOY L.. 1923. In-4. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. Programme de 12 pages.. . . . Classification Dewey : 798-Sports équestres, courses d'animaux
Bookseller reference : RO80055297
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SOCIETE HIPPIQUE DE LA REOLE
Programme Officiel. Course de Chevaux du jeudi 4 mai 1967, à l'hippodrome de Mijéma.
CHEZ L'AUTEUR. 1967. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 24 pages. Encars publicitaires. Quelques traces de stylo bleu.. . . . Classification Dewey : 798-Sports équestres, courses d'animaux
Bookseller reference : RO80050274
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SOCIETE HIPPIQUE FRANCAISE
Guide des Organisateurs et Amateurs de Concours Hippiques
CHARLES-LAVAUZELLE & Cie. 1970. In-12. Cartonné. Bon état, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 77 pages. Nombreux dessins, schémas et photos en noir et blanc, dans le texte et en hors-texte.. . . . Classification Dewey : 798-Sports équestres, courses d'animaux
Bookseller reference : RO80062380
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SOCIETE HIPPIQUE FRANCAISE
Programme du Concours Hippique - 27, 28 et 29 novembre 1970
CHEZ L'AUTEUR. 1970. In-4. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. Plaquette numérotées (n°278) de 24 pages. Quelques encarts publicitaires illustrés en noir et blanc.. . . . Classification Dewey : 798-Sports équestres, courses d'animaux
Bookseller reference : RO80094154
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SOCIETE HIPPIQUE FRANCAISE
Programme Officiel du Concours Hippique - Année 1969
CHEZ L'ARTISTE. 1969. In-4. Broché. Bon état, Couv. défraîchie, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. Plaquette d'environ 20 pages. Couverture illustrée en couleurs par Yves Benoist-Gironière. Quelques planches d'encarts publicitaires, illustrées en noir et blanc.. . . . Classification Dewey : 798-Sports équestres, courses d'animaux
Bookseller reference : RO80094153
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SOCIETE SPORTIVES DE BORDEAUX
COURSES A LA TESTE - ARCACHON - 17EME JOURNEE - DEBUT DES OPERATIONS A 15 HEURES -
IMP. TARIS G.. 1981. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. Environ 15 pages -. . . . Classification Dewey : 798-Sports équestres, courses d'animaux
Bookseller reference : RO80198200
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SOCIETE SPORTIVES DE BORDEAUX
COURSES A LA TESTE - ARCACHON - 8EME JOURNEE - DEBUT DES OPERATIONS A 15 HEURES -
IMP. TARIS G.. 1981. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. Environ 15 pages -. . . . Classification Dewey : 798-Sports équestres, courses d'animaux
Bookseller reference : RO80198203
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SOCIETE SPORTIVES DE BORDEAUX
COURSES A LA TESTE -ARCACHON - DIMANCHE 20 JUIN 1982 - 9EME JOURNEE -
DEN-PEL. 1982. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. Environ 20 pages. . . A l'italienne. Classification Dewey : 798-Sports équestres, courses d'animaux
Bookseller reference : RO80198209
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Society for American Baseball Research
Minor League Baseball Stars: Career Records of Players
Cleveland Ohio U.S.A.: Society for Amer Baseball 1993 Bottom corners are bumped.Front cover features a photo of a smiling Chuck Connors. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. Society for Amer Baseball paperback
Bookseller reference : 002229 ISBN : 0910137498 9780910137492
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Society for American Baseball Research
The Baseball Research Journal Number 27 1998
Society for American Baseball Research 1998. Little corner crease to cover. Soft Cover. Very Good. Society for American Baseball Research Paperback
Bookseller reference : 0211156 ISBN : 0910137757 9780910137751
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Société des courses de la Côte d'Azur
Annuaire 1966
Non Renseigné. 1966. In-4. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. Non paginé, 50 pp. environ, photographies noir et blanc, médaille incrustée dans le 1er plat - 1 PHOTO DISPONIBLE.. . . . Classification Dewey : 798-Sports équestres, courses d'animaux
Bookseller reference : ROD0009067
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SOCIÉTÉ DU GAY-SAVOIR DE LA BOCCA À CANNES.-
Les Jeux d'esprit en famille.-
Nouveau recueil offert par... Cannes. Imprimerie Issaurat. 1889. Gd in-8 (15,5 x 23,5cm), br. XXVI, 251pp. (Questions) et 232pp. (Solutions). Anagrammes, métagrammes, logogriphes, historiettes, questions drôlatiques, etc. Petits défauts mais assez bon exemplaire de cet amusant ouvrage.
Bookseller reference : ORD-10001
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Société hippique française
Guide des organisateurs et amateurs de concours hippiques
Charles-Lavauzelle et cie. 1964. In-8. Cartonné. Bon état, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 77 pages. Nombreuses illustrations en noir et blanc, in et hors texte. Papier légèrement jauni.. . . . Classification Dewey : 798-Sports équestres, courses d'animaux
Bookseller reference : RO30333853
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Sodden Garrett.
FALLING: How Our Greatest Fear Became Our Greatest Thrill - A History.
New York:: Norton 2003. Fine in fine dust jacket. First printing. The "story of how gravity pioneers transformed an ancient terror - the sensation of falling - into the modern thrill that powers extreme sports monstrous amusement rides and a youth culture obsessed with 'getting air.' It's a hair-raising tour with nineteenth-century parachutists plummeting to their deaths before thousands British lords tumbling from Alpine peaks Hollywood stuntmen dropping from biplanes to freight trains drunken carousers outrunning police to make the world's first bungee jump and X Games athletes such as stunt bike rider Mat Hoffman explaining their bone-breaking passion." Illustrated. Notes bibliography index. 342 pp. Norton, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 48287 ISBN : 0393054136 9780393054132
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Soden Garrett
Falling. How Our Greatest Fear Became Our Greatest Thrill
New York: W.W. Norton & Company. 2003 First edition in hardcover with dust jacket. 342 pp. Photographs notes bibliography index. Jacket has tiniest of tears to top of front flap fold very minor edgecreasing. Fine/Near Fine. Book. W.W. Norton & Company. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 22396 ISBN : 0393054136 9780393054132
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Soet John Steven
Martial Arts Around the World
Unique PublicationsU.S. 1991. corners creased. Soft Cover. Very Good -. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Unique Publications,U.S. paperback
Bookseller reference : 042017 ISBN : 0865681511 9780865681514
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Sohn Robert C
Tao and Tai Chi Kung
Rochester Vermont U.S.A.: Destiny Books 1989 Brand New Stock! 247pp. 6th Printing. Softcover. New. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Destiny Books paperback
Bookseller reference : 027316 ISBN : 0892812176 9780892812172
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Sohn Robert C
Tao and Tai Chi Kung
Rochester Vermont U.S.A.: Destiny Books 1989 Brand New Stock! 247pp. 6th Printing. Softcover. New. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Destiny Books paperback
Bookseller reference : 027317 ISBN : 0892812176 9780892812172
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Sohre Helmut
Max Schmeling - Zwei Fäuste erobern die Welt
1948. Nürnberg Olympia Verlag = Kleine Olympia Bücherei 1948 8° 48 S. illustr. original Kartonage Paperback wunderbarer Zustand ungelesen fast wie frisch aus der Buchhandlung hhgla- A In diesem Zustand sicher nicht mehr oft auffindbar. Should your order's weight exceed 1kg we shall need to message you to recalculate the shipping cost. paperback
Bookseller reference : 5916BB
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Sohre Helmut:
Weltmacht Fussball. 2. Auflage
Franckh`sche Verlagshandlung Stuttgart 1964. Franckh`sche Verlagshandlung, Stuttgart, 1964. unknown
Bookseller reference : 272426
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SOISSON (Janine et Pierre)
Les châteaux d'Ile de France
,Genève, Minerva 1983, 96 pp., 1 vol. in 4 relié nombreuses illustrations in et hors-texte en couleurs.
Bookseller reference : 15683
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SOKOLOV L. N.
DOCUMENT I.N.S. N°359 : MUSCULATION - DES RAISONS DU RETARD DES PERFORMANCES REALISEES A L'ARRACHE A 2 BRAS.
NON PRECISE. NON DATE. In-4. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 8 pages dactylographiées agrafées. Quelques figures en noir et blanc hors texte.. . . . Classification Dewey : 796.1-Sports divers
Bookseller reference : ROD0112546
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Sokolove Michael
HUSTLE: MYTH AND LIFE OF PETE ROSE Oct 16 1990 Sokolove Michael
Simon & Schuster 1990-10-16. Board book. Like New. Edition: 1st ed 1st print; Collectible: Like New/Very Good; Like New HC Very Good DJ 1990 1st pr Simon book and DJ have minor ruffling spine ends no tears tight clean unmarked B&W photos 304 pgs. Simon & Schuster unknown
Bookseller reference : B7068SR ISBN : 0671695037 9780671695033
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Soles Clyde
Climbing: Training for Peak Performance
Seattle Washington USA: Mountaineers Books 2005. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. The Mountaineers Outdoor Expert Series. First Printing 2002. This is the third printing 2005. Trade Paperback in GOOD Condition. Cover is clean and unmarked light wear to corners flares up a little so doesn't lay down completely flat. Tight glued binding. Internals are very clean completely free of any markings no creases no toning. Includes complete fitness programs designed for all levels of climbers; 58 exercises to build strength endurance flexibility and aerobic fitness; and it separates the truth from the scams about dietary supplements. 237 pages. 7 x 8.75 inches. Publisher: Mountaineers Books Seattle WA 2005. Mountaineers Books paperback
Bookseller reference : 018638 ISBN : 089886898X 9780898868982
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Solomon Burt
Where They Ain't : The Fabled Life and Untimely Death of the Original Baltimore Orioles the Team That Gave Birth to Modern Baseball
New York: Free Press 1999. 342pp including index Last 100 pages have faint ripple moisture and remainder mark on bottom otherwise book is AS NEW Dust jacket is rubbed. Cloth Hardback. Near Very Good/Fine. Free Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 61586 ISBN : 0684854511 9780684854519
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Solomon JW. J. W.
Croquet
London: B.T. Batsford Limited. 1966. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. Gift inscription to preliminary pages. 118 pages . 1st Edition. Hardback. B.T. Batsford Limited hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB309287
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Solomon R. C.
The Convicted Gunsmiths of New South Wales : A Definitive History 1788 - 1850
Self Published 1990. Illustrated laminated boards. B/W illustrations. . Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Self Published Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 017631 ISBN : 0646003429 9780646003429
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Solomons Jack
Boxing Contests Presented By Jack Solomons Bruce Woodcock vs Jock Porter Royal Albert Hall Nov 27th 1945
London: W.W. Skelton. This is a Very Good Copy of this book in original 4 sided card covers.This has NO previous names or inscriptions present.programme on the night features Bruce Woodcock vs Jock PorterHarry Watson vs Jimmy HockleyOmar Kouidri vs Arthur DanaharJimmy Davis vs Les Voyce and Jose Ricol vs Eddie Phillips.Condition is very good with one previous crease line fold to the middle of the front cover.Decent copy for the collector4 paged programme 1945 . Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 1st Printing. 1945. W.W. Skelton paperback
Bookseller reference : 74846
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Soltau GW. G. W.
Trout Flies of Devon and Cornwall and When and How to Use Them
London: Longman & Co 1847. First edition. Two hand colored lithographed plates of trout flies. 100 pp. E. Nettleton Printer to Her Majesty Plymouth. 1 vols. 8vo. Original blind-stamped green cloth gilt about fine. First edition. Two hand colored lithographed plates of trout flies. 100 pp. E. Nettleton Printer to Her Majesty Plymouth. 1 vols. 8vo. SIGNED. Signed on the title page "G W. Soltau-Symons" Westwood & Satchell p. 197 Longman & Co unknown
Bookseller reference : 240982
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Soltau GW. G. W.
Trout Flies of Devon and Cornwall and When and How to Use Them
London: Longman & Co 1847. First edition. Two hand colored lithographed plates of trout flies. 100 pp. E. Nettleton Printer to Her Majesty Plymouth. 1 vols. 8vo. Original blind-stamped green cloth gilt about fine. First edition. Two hand colored lithographed plates of trout flies. 100 pp. E. Nettleton Printer to Her Majesty Plymouth. 1 vols. 8vo. SIGNED. Signed on the title page "G W. Soltau-Symons" Westwood & Satchell p. 197 Longman & Co unknown books
Bookseller reference : 240982
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Soltis (G.M. Andrew)
Opening Ideas and Analysis for Advanced Players - 2 volumes (complete) - Volume 1. Sicilian Defense, Openings Reversed, Beroni and Benko Gambit, King's Indian Defense, Nimzo and Queen's Indians - Volume 2. Ruy Lopez, Petroff Defense, Queen's Gambit Declined, Queen's Gambit Accepted, Slav and Semi-Slav, Semi-Tarrasch Defense (Chess, Echecs)
Chess Digest Inc. Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1992 Book condition, Etat : Bon paperback, editor's blue and red printed wrappers In-8 2 vol. - 503 pages
Bookseller reference : 87867
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Soltis (G.M. Andrew)
The Sicilian Scheveningen for Black (Chess, Echecs, 2nd Edition Revised)
Chess Digest Inc. Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1995 Book condition, Etat : Bon paperback, editor's velvet printed wrappers grand In-8 1 vol. - 160 pages
Bookseller reference : 87864
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Somers Dale A.
The Rise Of Sports In New Orleans 1850-1900
Louisiana: LSU Univ. Press. Very Good; chipped DJ. 1972. Hardbound. 320 pages . LSU Univ. Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 9847
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Somervile William
The Chace A Poem: To which is added Hobbinol or the Rural Games
Birmingham: Printed by Robert Martin at the Baskerville Press 1767. First Baskerville edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary marbled paper boards rebacked with brown calf new red morocco label on spine last few leaves slightly wormed in lower margin not affecting text else fine. First Baskerville edition. 1 vols. 8vo. The first book issued during Robert Martin's lease of the Baskerville Press. Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 347 note Printed by Robert Martin [at the Baskerville Press] unknown
Bookseller reference : 11049
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Somervile William
The Chace. A Poem
London: Printed for G. Hawkins 1735. First edition errata leaf at end. Frontispiece engraved by Scotin after Gravelot. xii 106 1 pp. 1 vols. 4to 10 1/8 x 7 7/8 inches. Bound in contemporary mottled calf leather spine label. Some pitting but very pretty. First edition errata leaf at end. Frontispiece engraved by Scotin after Gravelot. xii 106 1 pp. 1 vols. 4to 10 1/8 x 7 7/8 inches. IN CONTEMPORARY MOTTLED CALF. Written by a man of whom it was said "his only enemy was the weather." It continues to be read for its depiction of a sport that has changed little since Somervile's day. William Somervile 1677-1742 was often referred to as the "Sportsman's Poet". Parr said of his work: ". combining pure Nature with vivid description.". Schwerdt II p.166; Foxon S562; Rothschild 1932; Hayward 158; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 347 Printed for G. Hawkins unknown
Bookseller reference : 244675
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Somervile William
The Chace. A Poem
London: Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. Shakespeare Printing Office 1802. Second Bulmer edition. With wood engravings by John and Thomas Bewick. EXTRA ILLUSTRATED. 1 vols. 8vo. Full dark brown morocco elaborate floral fan devices on corners of upper and lower covers panelled spine gilt dentelles t.e.g. by Tout; inner hinges cracked and chips to front free endpaper; occasional foxing to inserted plates else internally fine. Second Bulmer edition. With wood engravings by John and Thomas Bewick. EXTRA ILLUSTRATED. 1 vols. 8vo. Lavishly Bound and Extra-Illustrated. In addition to the original Bewick engravings this volume has been profusely extra-illustrated with the insertion of approximately 60 engraved portraits of notables including Johnson Hogarth Bewick Newton Voltaire and Somervile himself sporting scenes several in sanguine and bird and animal studies including an impressive double-page steel engraving of Landseer's "The Challenge" the whole expanding Somervile's focus on hunting to the greater world of sport in general. An impressive volume. Schwerdt II p. 167; Hugo The Bewick Collector 94 181; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 347 note Printed by W. Bulmer and Co., Shakespeare Printing Office unknown
Bookseller reference : 11137
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Somervile William
The Chace A Poem: To which is added Hobbinol or the Rural Games
Birmingham: Printed by Robert Martin at the Baskerville Press 1767. First Baskerville edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary marbled paper boards rebacked with brown calf new red morocco label on spine last few leaves slightly wormed in lower margin not affecting text else fine. First Baskerville edition. 1 vols. 8vo. The first book issued during Robert Martin's lease of the Baskerville Press. Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 347 note Printed by Robert Martin [at the Baskerville Press] unknown books
Bookseller reference : 11049
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Somervile William
The Chace. A Poem
London: Printed for G. Hawkins 1735. First edition errata leaf at end. Frontispiece engraved by Scotin after Gravelot. xii 106 1 pp. 1 vols. 4to 10 1/8 x 7 7/8 inches. Bound in contemporary mottled calf leather spine label. Some pitting but very pretty. First edition errata leaf at end. Frontispiece engraved by Scotin after Gravelot. xii 106 1 pp. 1 vols. 4to 10 1/8 x 7 7/8 inches. IN CONTEMPORARY MOTTLED CALF. A classic of foxhunting literature written by a man of whom it was said "his only enemy was the weather." William Somervile 1677-1742 was often referred to as the "Sportsman's Poet". Parr said of his work: ". combining pure Nature with vivid description." <br/>The Chace continues to be read for its depiction of a sport that has changed little since Somervile's day. Schwerdt II p.166; Foxon S562; Rothschild 1932; Hayward 158; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 347 Printed for G. Hawkins unknown books
Bookseller reference : 244675
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Somervile William
The Chace. A Poem
London: Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. Shakespeare Printing Office 1802. Second Bulmer edition. With wood engravings by John and Thomas Bewick. EXTRA ILLUSTRATED. 1 vols. 8vo. Full dark brown morocco elaborate floral fan devices on corners of upper and lower covers panelled spine gilt dentelles t.e.g. by Tout; inner hinges cracked and chips to front free endpaper; occasional foxing to inserted plates else internally fine. Second Bulmer edition. With wood engravings by John and Thomas Bewick. EXTRA ILLUSTRATED. 1 vols. 8vo. Lavishly Bound and Extra-Illustrated. In addition to the original Bewick engravings this volume has been profusely extra-illustrated with the insertion of approximately 60 engraved portraits of notables including Johnson Hogarth Bewick Newton Voltaire and Somervile himself sporting scenes several in sanguine and bird and animal studies including an impressive double-page steel engraving of Landseer's "The Challenge" the whole expanding Somervile's focus on hunting to the greater world of sport in general. An impressive volume. Schwerdt II p. 167; Hugo The Bewick Collector 94 181; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 347 note Printed by W. Bulmer and Co., Shakespeare Printing Office unknown books
Bookseller reference : 11137
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