1988Seriously researched but light-hearted account of the unlikely combination of cricket and the Greeks at Corfu. The list of visiting International cricketers is also impressive. Generously illustrated. 400p. illus [9 copies found in WorldCat] Book

Kalamos Books · Kanada60,27 €

HANCOCK (Thomas)MareMagnum

Personal Narrative of the Origin and Progress of the Caoutchouc or India-Rubber Manufacture in England... To which is added some account of the Plants from which Caoutchouc is obtained, its chemical analysis, statistical tables, etc. With an Appendix, containing the specifications of the author's patents.

First Edition, vii,[i]pp., 283,[1]pp., 11 engraved plates showing such goods as hose pipes, carriage wheel tire, air proof cushions, beds, swimming belts, Yachting boats, mud boots, tents, fishing trousers, cricket bat, -leg protector, -gloves, foot balls, etc., orig. embossed cloth, small tear to head and foot of spine. "Hancock, Thomas (1786?1865), rubber manufacturer and inventor... Hancock took out sixteen patents in all relating to rubber between 1820 and 1847. He displayed remarkable ingenuity in suggesting uses for what was practically a new material, and the specifications of his patents cover the entire field of rubber manufactures, though many of his ideas were not carried out at the time."?(Oxford DNB).

Forest Books William Laywood · Vereinigtes Königreich458,49 €

CRICKET.MareMagnum

Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures and other items illustrating the History of Cricket at 'The Yorker' Piccadilly, London, W.I. With an Introduction and an Anthology of Quotations on Cricket by A. Lloyd-Taylor.

76pp., 19 plates, illustrs., in the text, orig. printed wrappers.

Forest Books William Laywood · Vereinigtes Königreich13,45 €

HOLMES (Rev. R. S.)MareMagnum

The History of Yorkshire County Cricket 1833-1903. With an Introduction by the Right Honourable Lord Hawke.

First edition, 298pp., frontis., plates, orig. purple cloth, unevenly faded.

Forest Books William Laywood · Vereinigtes Königreich24,45 €

Harvey, Charles (editor)MareMagnum

Sport International

1960No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with slightly marked boards and a little bumping to corners. 416pp. A very comprehensive work covering sixty-five different sports from air records to wrestling. Statistics and results since the first events ever played in many sports. Illustrated in black & white photographs.

Godley Books · Vereinigtes Königreich7,68 €

Bodecker, N.M.MareMagnum

The Mushroom Center Disaster

1974A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full green cloth boards with black mushrooms decoration. Light wear and discoloration to dust jacket. 5 3/4"w x 7"h. 48 pages. Pictures by Erik Blegvad.

Bookshop Pistil Books Online · Vereinigte Staaten32,45 €

O'Gorman, James; George E. ThomasMareMagnum

The Architecture of Frank Furness

1987Book is in bright orange cloth HB with black print at spine. Covers show no wear other than two small impact marks at top edge and bumped at lower spine. . Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows edge wear with small tears, 2" closed tear at lower spine. Heavilly illustrated with b&w photos, some color, floorplans, architectural drawings,, elevations, exteriors, interiors, lots of detail. Originally published on the occasion of the exhibition at the publisher's gallery. Contents include: New York and Hunt, Fraser, Furness and Hewitt, Furness and Evans, Furness and his critics, then section II: Catalogue of selected buildings, including: Rodef Shalom synagogue, Thomas Hockley house, Jefferson medical college hospital, Brazilian pavillion, Kensington national bank, Penn national bank, Undine barge club, Bryn Mawr hotel, Merion cricket club and many others. Copyright 2011 Pistil Books