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1990ref. 126799Reprint, 1990. 27,5 x 21 cm. Fine half leather binding with gilt titled spine (as new).
ref. SONG4770017340Used: Good unknown
2005As New English Paperback. Pbo. Mint. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 309 p. A study on Turkish archers in the 2. Mahmoud period. Sultan II. Mahmud devri ve Türk kemankesleri.
1971ref. 032794Montclair NJ: The Robin Hood Archery Company 1971. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Very good/none used illustrated stiff paper wraps 266pp. Interior clean no marks pages lightly toning binding tight. Shelf rubbing to wraps no chips or tears corners lightly bumped paper rubbed at the head and tail of the spine. The Robin Hood Archery Company paperback
ref. 0982147147.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
ref. B9780982147146Paperback / softback. New. paperback
2012ref. Q-1450420206Human Kinetics 2012-12-14. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Human Kinetics paperback
ref. SONG1163197351Used: Good unknown
1980ref. 2090502113717975Not Available 1980. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
1972ref. 127056Bonn, Habelt, 1972. 27,5 x 20 cm. 5 Blatt, 282 Seiten, XII Tafeln und 11 gefalt. Beilagen. Leinenband (sehr gut).
ref. 1099093783.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1991Very Good English Paperback. Pbo. 12mo. (16,5 x 12,5 cm). In Uzbek. 131, [5] p. Ozbek okçulari. Uzbek archers and archery. Extremely rare.
2002As New English Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In English and Turkish; and Mamluk-Kipchak facsimile. [xiii], 367 p. This book is a bilingual edition of Kitâb fî 'ilm an-Nussab; a book on the knowledge of arrows or hulasa 'The essence', a late fourteenth century archery manual written in Mamluk-Kipchak and composed during the Mamluk reign in Egypt. This work is the earliest archery manual written in any Turkic language. Although many Arab historians have described the incredible feats of Turkish archers, our knowledge of their skills from Turkic sources written prior to the 14th century is limited to scanty and sporadic material collected from various glossaries and literary works. Contents; Preface; abbrv., transcription table; introduction; Linguistic analysis of the text; Transcription; English translation; glossary; bibliography; technical terminology; reverse English-Mamluk-Kipchak glossary.; Facsimile.
2002ref. H15262Milverton Ontario: Blue Vale Press 2002. First printing. Near Fine. 8.5 x 5.75 inches stiff wraps spiral bound 82 pp illustrated. Near fine and distinctly rare OCLC locating only one holding in Karlsruhe. History advice lore and specific instructions on ancient craft techniques the culmination of the author's over 15 years researching including conversations with hundreds of archers. A gorgeous and well written work of utter madness! Blue Vale Press unknown
ref. RGW24967Hardcover. Very good. Additional vignette title foxed 13 engraved plates some foxed particularly in surround and a further 24 outline plates stain in left top corner and foxing xxiv456pp; tear to pp 397/398. 8vo contemp. half blue morocco gilt worn spine faded front hinge cracked No Jacket issued hardcover
ref. SONG098242650XUsed: Good unknown
1987Fine English Original imitation full leather bound. Demy 8vo. (22 x 15 cm). In English. [xvi], 224 p., b/w plates. Enlarged Third Edition. Turkish archery and the composite bow. A review of an old chapter in the chronicles of archery and a modern interpretation.
1907ref. 126739London, New York a.o. Longmans, Green an co, 1907. 32 x 24 cm. 44 + 26 pp. with 40 illustrations. Blindpressed orig. cloth binding.
ref. SONG149539493XUsed: Good unknown
1967Features: Did Richard Giesbrecht overhear JFK's assassins?; Colour photo ad for the 1968 Delta Oldsmobile; Campus 1967 - Why has it grown so quiet? - an 11-page hard look at the new campus and its problems; A Consumer's Report on Canada's Top Universities; A Day in the Life of a University - 100 people are button-holed at the University of Toronto; Crazy Legs! - colour photos of coloured leggings!; The day the balloon went up for Wallace McCutcheon; Robert Stanfield in Ottawa - the end of obstruction; The Lonely, Fearful Hell of Nervous Breakdowns; Hey Stuke! - Annis Stukus seeks to bulldoze Vancouver into the National Hockey League; When the daring young men took off into glory from a Newfoundland pasture - the challenge to be the first to fly the Atlantic; The Black Hand on the Big Trigger - H. Rap Brown gives his first full-scale interview to a white reporter; Look - There's a Flying Saucer! - some scientists want to prove UFO observers right, or wrong; Nice colour ad for Hollandia pipe tobacco; Colour photo half-page ad for Ski-Doo 1968; Canadiana, with Gerald Stevens; Fantastic colour photo centerfold for the 1968 Buick Models - Gigantic and beautiful cars we'll probably never see again... sigh; Archery in the Rough. Covers separated and detached, but present. Book
20158vo., First Edition thus, with coloured frontispiece and 32 pages of plates; pictorial blue cloth, upper board blocked in gilt and colours, backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, red endpapers, a fine copy in publisher's board slip-case. VERY SCARCE.
1801ref. 9985London: Printed for the Author by C. Roworth 1801. First edition. 8vo 2 xlii 298 2pp. Engraved frontispiece and an engraved dedication leaf. 19th century half calf over marbled boards. Old ownership signature inked out on title. Scuffing bookplate removal and catalogue entry on front endpapers. Boards with rubbing. Very good. Nicely bound first edition of this scarce history on the development of English archery. Thomas Roberts was a member of the Toxophilite Society the oldest archery club in England. Printed for the Author by C. Roworth unknown
2019New New English Original bdg. Dust wrapper. Folio. (31 x 22 cm). In English and Turkish. 404 p., ills. Istanbul through a bow's sight.= Nisangâh-i Istanbul. 'Okmeydans' in Istanbul in the period of the Ottoman Empire and Istanbul Archers Tekke - Archers in the classical Ottoman age - Evliya Çelebi and archers - Famous archers in Istanbul and their 'Nisantas's - Turkish / Ottoman manuscript literature on archery - Production and producers of composite bows - Story of 'Tekke of Archers'.
191788 Pages plus 24 pages of ads. Features: The Burning of the Prisoners in the Punishment Hut - Germany's Dastardly Crime, as told by Pedro Dominguez, a Spanish seaman and eye-witness of the tragedy ; The Six Skulls - Part III of a sequel to "In the Grip of the Hip Sings" (Chinese Secret Society /Tong story); The Mast-Shooters of Belgium - how quaint and novel archery contests were conducted in Belgium and Northern France - with great photos; The Unlucky Motor-Boat - the "Jean"; Queer Fixes; The Seaplane Patrol - our narrow escape in the North Sea; Historic Crimes and Mysteries; The Port Elizabeth "Spook" - a very unusual ghost story; Strange Stories of the War - how we rescued the Commander/How a Dog Outwitted the Germans/Into the Hand of a Woman (a story of the invasion of Lithuania); The Death-Room - solving the mystery of how three men died in the same room in the same house; Pumping a Great Sea Dry - Holland's gallant attempt to reclaim the Zuider Zee (with photos); An Underground City of Salt - near Cracow, in Galicia - article with photos; Railway Building in the Wilderness - Part III - Construction of the Grand Trunk Pacific, the second great transcontinental line to pierce the Canadian Rockies - article with photos; The World's Smallest Railway, The Grand Island Railway (text with photos); and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Book
1833ref. 194116London: T. Hurst 1833. First edition of this popular handbook covering the history and theory of the sport. It is aimed towards both men and women with the charming frontispiece depicting both genders in their archery attire. In the late 18th and early 19th centuries "archery was revived as a fashionable pastime among the English aristocracy thanks to a nostalgic taste for the gothic and medieval" Johnes p. 193. It was issued in several variant bindings: green or brown paper-covered boards green and white moiré cloth or green morocco-grain cloth as here. This is the only variant with the plates presented as a folding frontispiece; in the others they were separated into a frontispiece and two plates. Small octavo. Hand-coloured engraved folding frontispiece. Original green morocco-grain cloth Lake variant iii rebacked yellow coated endpapers. Corners bumped and lightly worn occasional marks and damp stains to contents front inner hinge cracked but holding firm neat tape repair to frontispiece verso: a very good copy. Bobbs 7; Lake A17a. Martin Johnes "Archery romance and elite culture in England and Wales" History vol. 89 no. 2 Apr. 2004. hardcover