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Overfield, T. Donald
Famous Flies and Their Originators
Hardcover, signed by author on FEP ("With the author's best wishes, T. Donald Overfield"). First issue, with the slight error to certain plates (the plates in question printed on two sides, with some photographs inverted, later corrected). Jacket very slightly sunned, with just one or two instances of insignificant wear; price-clipped, with small price label on front inner flap. Content is clear throughout. A very good copy. With colour and B&W plates (photographs and illustrations). TS Used
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Gibbons Stamp Special: Special 150th Anniversary Collectors' Special
Gibbons Stamp Special magazine. Light edgewear and shelfwear, otherwsie in very good condition. BW Used
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Haycraft, W. C.
The Book of the Panther: A Practical and Comprehensive Guide for All Owners of P. & M. Lightweight Motor-Cycles (Covers Models from 1932 Onwards)
Hardcover (no jacket). Pitman's Motor Cyclists Library. Third edition. vi, 92pp. Card boards are marked and worn (Lodge Plugs ad on rear); a few insignificant cosmetic punctures on cloth spine. Binding is weak at points; all pages remain intact. General marks on pages throughout; occasional minor wear. With 46 figures - all content is clear. TS Used
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Tilling, W. G.
The Locomotives of the Southern Railway (Eastern Section)
Paperback; third edition, with photographs and fold-out Table of Classes. Covers are slightly tanned, marked and worn, affecting page corners a little; previous owner's name penned on front; one or two minor nicks on spine, with loss at head and foot. Content is clear throughout. TS Used
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Tilling, W. G.
The Locomotives of the Southern Railway (Western Section)
Paperback; third edition, with photographs and fold-out Table of Classes. Covers are slightly marked and worn, affecting page corners a little; significant loss at head and foot of spine. Minor, general marks on one or two pages. All content remains clear throughout. TS Used
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Rice, Jonathan (ed.)
A Wisden Collection: Volume Two
Hardcover in unclipped dust jacket. Very good condition. Spine ends are faintly bumped, no other notable flaws. Pages are clean and sound. TA Used
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Cricketer, Wisden
Flying Stumps and Metal Bats: Cricket's Greatest Moments By the People Who Were There
Hardcover in unclipped dust jacket, very good condition. Jacket lightly scuffed at spine ends and bump to spine head. Pages crisp and clean throughout. AD Used
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Southerton, Sydney J. (ed.)
John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack for 1934
Paperback in good condition. From the library of Tony HONORE, bearing his bookplate and gift inscription from his father on page 3, name penned to front cover. Original braided book mark attached to binding and rough page block. Cover is worn and torn, spine is creased and page block foxed. Binding shaken; ealry and late page corners bumped. Content is clear throughout. AD Used
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Matchett, Steve; Schumacher, Michael; Henry, Alan (ed.)
Life in the Fast Lane: The Story of the Benetton Grand Prix Year
Paperback in very good condition. Covers are lightly scored and lightly creased at corners. Small crease to spine and marks to inner front cover and half-title page. Page block slightly tanned. Text clear and bright throughout. AD Used
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Britten, Kathlene D.
Brain Teasing Quizzes
Some general rubbing and wear to dust jacket, text is clean, tight and bright. 184 pages plus ads. Used
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James, Jeremy
Grand Slam: An International Television Bridge Tournament
covers plastic protected; library ststicker on spine; library stamp on inside cover and catalogue page; page block soiled Ex-Library
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Bennett, Chris; Holt, Oliver
Behind the Scenes with Benetton Formula 1 Racing Team
Paperback in very good condition. Covers lightly worn at corners, no other notable flaws. AD Used
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Lister: 60th Anniversary
Hardcover with printed boards, no dust jacket. Light wear and faint marks and scoring to boards. Pages are clean and images are bright throughtout. AD Used
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Boocock, Colin
Railway Liveries: Privatisation 1995-2000
Hardcover in unclipped dust jacket, very good condition. No notable flaws. AD Used
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Wright, Graeme (ed.)
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1989
Hardcover in very good condition, no dust jacket. Foxing to page block and small nick to rear board. AD Used
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Hay, James G.
The Biomechanics of Sports Techniques
Hardcover with printed boards, no dust jacket. Light marks to rear cover and to page block. Leading corners of boards are faintly worn. Pages are sound and contents are bright and clear. AD Used
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George, Anthony
W.H. Ponsford
Staplebound paperback, Famous Cricketers Series, Volume 2, 23pp. A few light marks to front and rear covers, otherwise like new. AD Used
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George, Anthony
W.H. Ponsford: A Statistical Supplement
Staplebound paperback, presumably self-published, signed by author. Covers are lightly yellowed and have come loose from the top staple. Pages are clean throughout. AD Used
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Hargreaves, John
Sport, Power and Culture: A Social and Historical Analysis of Popular Sports in Britain
Paperback. Covers are faintly marked and worn. Page block is slightly tanned. Text is clear throughout. Good-plus. TS Used
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Crawley, John (ed.)
Steaming, Vol. 12, No. 1: Showman's Engines Issue
Paperback with solid, reinforced card covers. Steaming, v.12, no.1 - special issue on Showman's Engines. 122pp, with several fold-outs. Pages appear clean throughout, and all content is clear. Very good. TS Used
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Teschner, Rudolf
Meister-Spiele: Unvergesslichge Schachpartien
Paperback with German text, very good condition. Slight crease to upper leading corner and minor edgewear; pageblock is slightly tanned; small mark to FEP. No other notable flaws. AD Used
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Dunbar, David
Lord's: My Cricket Home
Hardcover and jacket in excellent condition; essentially like new, with no notable faults. Photographs by Jim Dunbar. TS Used
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Richardson, E. C.
The Ski-Runner
Hardcover (no jacket; black titles on spine; olive cloth, with decoration of a skiier on front board). Third edition. ix, 234pp (continuous), with 'handy figures', thermometer chart and a series of ads at rear. 143 illustrations and 19 plates. Boards are slightly marked and worn; two small nicks on spine; boards faintly bowed. Stamp of the Royal Naval War Libraries on front pastedown; previous owner's name penned on FEP. Hinge weak at title page (was a half-title page removed?); page block and endpapers are tanned; very faint nicotine aroma. Pages appear clean, and content is clear throughout. TS Used
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Robinson, John (ed.)
Tiny Trains: A Guide to Britain's Miniature Railways 2014-2015
Paperback in very good condition. Very minor scuffs to spine ends and faint glue remains from removed label on front cover. Small mark on page 2; remaining pages are clean and contents are clear. TA Used
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Bell, Roger
Morgans to 1997: A Collector's Guide
Paperback with lightly worn cover corners and few light scores to covers. Crease to half-title page at upper leading corner. Pages are clean throughout. AD Used
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Drummond, Marcy
Long Distance Riding
Hardcover in unclipped dust jacket, very good condition. Faint marks to upper page block and spine is slightly cocked. No other notable flaws. AD Used
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Roberts, Daniel
Archery for All (David & Charles Leisure & Travel Series)
Hardcover with printed boards, no dust jacket. Spine is sunned, corners lighlty rubbed, light scuff to front paste down near FEP. Pages are clean, images and text are clear. AD Used
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Skelton, W. C.
Reminiscences of Joe Bowman and the Ullswater Foxhounds
Hardcover (no jacket, probably as issued); 1923 edition. A few marks and instances of minor wear on pebbled boards. Page block and endpapers are very lightly foxed. Text and plates are clear throughout. TS Used
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Morrison, Brian
Regional Steam: Around Britain in the 1950s
Paperback in very good condition. TS Used
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Hope, Jim; Bain, Donald
Memories of Canadian Pacific Steam Power in British Columbia
Staple-bound paperback, perhaps very slightly tanned. No significant faults; a very good copy with clean interior. TS Used
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La Branchie, George M. L.
The Salmon and the Dry Fly
Hardcover (no jacket; marbled paper over boards; slightly worn leather spine, with a nick at each end). Limited edition of 775 copies, this hand-numbered #294. Minor exterior shelfwear; page block rough; binding weak at start and end of volume, the covering separating from page block at one or two points - all remains intact. vii, 134pp, with frontispiece. Pages in main body are clean and very good for age. TS Used
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Durr, William; Jent, Fred
Ski-ing in Switzerland: Handbook of Instruction
Hardcover. Undated, thought to be late '30s. 147pp, with 31 line illustrations and 80 half-tone illustrations from cinematograph shots. Price-clipped jacket is shelfworn, with repair to underside of upper edge (blocking two chips and a nick); minor loss at spine foot; two or three nicks elsewhere. Recurring single foxing spot on several pages. All content is clear. TS Used
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Mark Series Douglas 1945-57
Staple-bound paperback, undated, and not published in 1900. Negligible exterior wear; pages are clean throughout. TS Used
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The Famous James Driver's Handbook: 125cc Two-Stroke Motor Cycle
Staple-bound paperback; 12pp, with bird's-eye view figure of a cycle on inside front cover, and a fold-out of two side views (slightly creased at lower edge) at rear. Covers and pages are marked and creased at edges and corners, but all content is clear. Undated, and not published in 1900. TS Used
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Wright, David
The History of Resin Transport Modelling: A Who's Who in the Industry
Paperback. A very good copy with no significant faults. With errata slip. TS Used
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Garrett, Debbie Behan
Definitive Guide to Collecting Black Dolls
Paperback with sticker to spine foot. No other noticeable flaws, like new. AD Used
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Stowe, June (ed.)
International Dolls' House: Volume 21. No. 1 (Spring 1992)
Staple bound paperback with minor exterior shelfwear; the front cover has a staple to its upper edge. Pages are clean, with clear text and images throughout. CM Used
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Locke, Felicity (ed.)
Dolls' House News: A Quarterly Magazine for the Collector of Dolls' Houses and Miniaturia: No.1: Winter 1967
Paperback (staple bound - 10pp) with minor external edgewear and a few faint creases. Penned numbers on the lower edge of page 2, plus one or two small stamps within. The contents are sound and clear. CM Used
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Saito, Morihiro; Kimura, Ikuko (trans.); Pranin, Stanley A. (trans.)
Takemusu Aikido: Volume 3, Basics Concluded
Paperbak in very good condition. Minor edgewear to covers and a few faint marks to page block foot. No other notable flaws. AD Used
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Yamanashi, Taeko
Paper Dolls of Old Japan
Hardcover with printed boards, no dust jacket. Former copy of the National Art Library and part of the Faith Eaton Bequest. Stickers and stamps from the former to endpapers and spine. Name and address of the latter penned to FEP reverse. Boards are quiet worn with marks to front and rear, taped repairs to spine and corners. Page edges are tanned, but contents are clean and unmarked througout and images are bright and clear. AD Used
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Reid, J. C.
Bucks and Bruisers: Pierce Egan and Regency England
Hardcover. Price-clipped jacket is slightly marked and worn. Pages are clean and sound - very good in good jacket. TS Used
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Jones, Robert F.
African Twilight: The Story of a Hunter
Hardcover and jacket. A very good copy with no significant wear. TS Used
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Spears, Harold; Hodsoll, Vera (ed.)
Eight Town Walks in Eastbourne
Staplebound paperback in good condition, 63pp. Illustrated throughout with line drawings by Dee Forrester. Covers are shelfworn, creased at corners and scuffed at rear upper edge. Light foxing to title page and mark to front cover. Binding is tight and pages are clean. AD Used
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Wagg, Stephen (ed.)
Giving the Game Away: Football, Politics and Culture on Five Continents
Paperback. A very good copy with errata slip included. TS Used
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Jones, Bruce
The Formula One Years: Life in the Fast Lane from 1950 to the Present Day
Hardcover without dust jacket; printed boards. Very good condition. Bumps to side edge of front board and the lightest of wear to leading corners of boards. Pages are clean with bright and clear contents. TA Used
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Hicks, Roger; Cooper, Sara
Classic Cars
Hardcover in dust jacket. Section of jacket with old price clipped out, at inner front flap lower corner. Wear and creases to jacket spine ends. Bumps to upper leading corners of front boards. Pages are clean, contents are bright and clear. TA Used
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Wright, Graeme (ed.)
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1990, 127th Edition
Hardcover in unclipped dust jacket, very good condition. County cricket calling card laid in. Board corners and spine ends slightly bumped. Jacket edges are scuffed and two small tears at upper leading corners. Nicks to jacket spine head and jacket rear is a little grubby. Spine is cocked and minor marks to page block. Internally pages are clean and contents are clear. AD Used
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Saito, Morihiro; Pranin, Stanley A.
Takemusu Aikido, Volume 1: Background and Basics
Paperback in very good condition. Minor edgewear to covers and some marks to page block. Red ink markings to pages 6-7, does not impact reading of text. AD Used
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Lovesey, Peter; McNab, Tom
The Guide to British Track and Field Literature, 1275-1968
Hardcover without jacket in very good condition indeed. TS Used
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Davies, Ken
Sandown: An Island's Airport
Staple-bound paperback (The Aviation Scene Series) with colour and B&W photographs, maps, ads. One or two very light creases on covers; previous owner's name penned on first page; small serial penned on following page - interior otherwise clean, and all content is clear. Very good. TS Used
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