Aberdare lord (49 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. 1st Edition. First edition first printing. Hardback. 117 pp, illustrated. Good condition (edges and spine rubbed) in Fair dust jacket (material missing from jacket spine and rear and edges rubbed).

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition and printing. Ex library book. In good plus tan cloth boards, gilt titles and publisher's logo to spine. The boards are a little faded, quite tight; small dent on front tail edge. "The Clevedon Community Bookshop Co-operative Bindery Team" have removed the sellotape from front and rear hinges and paper hinges added. Very lightly tanned end papers; library book plate to front paste down; library ticket pouch to rear paste down and booking out sheet attached to rear free end paper. The text block is thick and firm and even; the fore and tail cut edges are slightly tanned,; a few of the pages are marked. With black and white photos throughout - the Bindery Team have tipped in the frontispiece. There are also black and white figures. Publisher's list to rear. Good plus condition. Not annotated. Without jacket.…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1937). ND (1937) 1st edition. 8vo (145 x 220mm). Ppxvi,458 + 6pp ads. B/w photographs, illustrations. Full light tan buckram, spine titled in gilt, gilt Lonsdale Library monogram on upper board. Owner's name to front paste-down. Well-used but good. Lacks dust-wrapper. By Lord Aberdare (Rackets and Tennis), Harold Abrahams (Athletics), H.W. Austin (Lawn Tennis), S.C.H. Davies of "The Autocar" (Motor Racing), Lieut.-Com. John Irving, R.N. (Yachting), D.R. Jardine (Cricket), The Earl of Kimberley (Polo), Howard Marshall (Rugby Football), J.S.F. Morrison (Golf), Eric Parker (Field Trials), A. Croxton Smith (Dog Shows), Edward Snell (Squash Rackets), Sydney Spencer (Mountaineering), R.S. Summerhays (Horse Shows), Eric Taverner (Game Fishing), Sir George Thomas, Bt. (Badminton), Frank Wallace (Stalking), and many other authorities. With past records and results and many illustrations. Like an early version of the Guinness Book of Records, this gives extensive tables of records for a wide variety of track and field events, and team sports as well as angling, hunting, winter-sports and others. The 9-page fishing section is divided between "Coarse Fish Records" by Edward ENSOM, "Game Fish Records" by Eric TAVERNER, and "Sea Fish Records" by A.E. COOPER. .…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Green cloth in tidy condition.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition, 328pp, very well-illustrated, hardcover, 8vo, bound in brown cloth, gilt lettered, dust jacket unclipped and very good, book in very good condition with no markings or annotations, Seeley Service & Co. Limited, London, circa 1935. ILLUSTRATED (illustratore). …

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Pages clean, no markings, wear to edges. Complete with numerous illustrations. Hinges weak. NEW EU 3 EURO CHARGE FOR IMPORTS IS INCLUDED IN OUR SHIPPING PRICE. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK, ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.…

Hard Back. 1st. Original green cloth binding Spine sunned a few small marks to the front board Previous owners neat inscription to the ffep Illustrated with black and white plates Edges foxed but contents generally clean A good copy 180pp. book.

Quarter leather. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Green cloth on boards, with gilt crest at centre, and leather at spine, bearing gilt lettering and Lonsdale crest. Leather is sun faded. Mild bumping and rubbing to top and bottom of spine. Cloth may have some minor blemishes. Top page edges gilt. Clean and tidy throughout, and firm. No.XVI in the Lonsdale Library of Sports, Games & Pastimes series. Numerous contributors. Profusely illustrated with numerous black and white photographs.…

Quarter leather. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Green cloth on boards, with gilt crest at centre, and leather at spine, bearing gilt lettering and Lonsdale crest. Leather is sun faded. Mild bumping and rubbing to top and bottom of spine. Cloth may have some minor blemishes. Top page edges gilt. Clean and tidy throughout, and firm. No.XXV in the Lonsdale Library of Sports, Games & Pastimes series. Numerous other contributors. Profusely illustrated with numerous black and white photographs.…

On letterhead, cropped down to 7.5 x 9 cm. In fair condition, on lightly-aged paper. Reads: 'March 10. 91 | B. C. | Alas! I am rusticating! | Aberdare'.

8vo., with frontispiece, plates, and advertisements and tables in the text; original series binding of terracotta buckram, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, brown top, covers very lightly marked else a near fine copy. With 6pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end.

Paperback. Condizione: good. . National Recovery Programme, clean copy, slight fading to covers, no markings, Professional booksellers since 1981.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. 2nd Printing. The Lonsdale Library, Volume XVI. 328 pgs. b/w photos and diagrams. Gently used, no names or marks in text, a little edge soiling, else fine. (see photo).

Publisher's Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. 180 pp. Green publisher's cloth in an illustrated dust jacket. Rubbing and tears to the edges of the jacket, alongside some spotting. Some minor markings and a little fading to the binding. Internally clean. A history of the development of tennis by Real Tennis champion Lord Aberdare. 8vo. …

No Binding. Condizione: Very Good. A fine original antique engraved portrait of this famous personage. Mounted and ready to frame. Mount size approximately 12 x 10 inches, 26 x 20 cms. Excellent condition. A fine opportunity to purchase a splendid coloured litho portrait from a photograph by Messrs Barraud & Jerrard. Very detailed and decorative and somewhat uncommon. Together with a short biographical article about Lord Aberdare.…

Condizione: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Both hinges split. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 8vo original publishers brown buckram, gilt lettering to spine, small gilt motif to front board + spine, brown top edge, front board sl. offset o/w vg+ Undated presumed first edition[ 1933] 328 pp 115 illusns. of which 85 - b&w plates, rest b&w text figure illusns. Bookplate front pastedown - Hugh Cecil Earl of Lonsdale occasional light spotting, a small diagram in ink rear ffep overall vg. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition. Hardbound in dust jacket. Minor wear to dust jacket edges & light fading to spine of jacket, otherwise very good.

Cloth Spine. Condizione: Very Good. 328 pp. With 115 b/w illustrations. Publisher's quarter brown buckram, gilt lettered with publisher's stamp to front board and spine. A few light marks to title page, otherwise a clean copy with no ownership names. No. XVI in the Lonsdale Library of Sports, Games and Pasttimes, containing chapters on rackets, tennis, eton fives, rugby fives, squash, badminton. 8vo.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition 2001, Profusely illustrated throughout. Near fine in lightly rubbed dustwrapper, generally a near fine copy. Profusely illustrated throughout. (illustratore).

Published under the auspices of the National Playing Fields Association. Includes chapters on most sports with contributions from (amongst others) Plum Warner, Stanley Rous, Harold Abrahams, Jack Solomons, Stanley Matthews, Joe Davis and Reg Harris. Paperback. 8vo. 216pp. Very good condition.

London, 1933. 328 pp. 85 plts. Cloth.

A comprehensive collection of sporting records from athletics to yachting. 8vo. 457pp + publisher's adverts. Original brown boards. A very good copy.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Pages clean, no markings, wear to edges. NEW EU 3 EURO CHARGE FOR IMPORTS IS INCLUDED IN OUR SHIPPING PRICE. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK, ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: very good. Fine (from a private country club with their warning "Do Not Remove From Library" stamped on the front free endpaper), fresh copy in very good or somewhat better dust jacket, some darkening to the spine. Hardcover. 328 pp with index and black and white photographs. Part of the Lonsdale Library collection, the five most popular indoor games are each described in a thoroughly competent manner in this composite volume. Each writer is, or has been, a distinguished champion at his own particular game and writes in such a manner that advice and valuable instruction are imparted lucidly and easy to follow.…

Condizione: Befriedigend. Leinen Originalleinwand mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel und Deckelvignette, Farbkopfschnitt. Der Einband ist berieben, Vorderdeckel mit Flüssigkeitsrändern, hinterer Deckel mit leichten Flecken. Seit- und Fußschnitt sind gedunkelt und etwas fleckig. Signatur von 1933 auf dem fliegenden Vorsatz, Titelseite leicht fleckig. Die Seiten sind leicht gedunkelt, einige Seiten und Tafeln mit leichtem Flüssigkeitsrand unten, ansonsten bis auf wenige kleine Gebrauchs-/Altersspuren ordentlich. Wenige dezente Bleistiftanstreichungen. Mit 85 Abbildungen auf Tafeln und 35 Abbildungen im Text. Mit Beiträgen von E.M. Baerlein, Captain J. Tomkinson, E. Snell, Major T. Moss, David Egerton, John Armitage, Sir George A. Thomas, Bart. Please note: the book(s) has/have more than 1 kg, therefore shipping cost outside Germany can be higher than indicated by Abebooks/ZVAB. Please ask for the exact cost before you order. Sprache / Language: en 328 Seiten. ca. 22 x 14,5 cm.…

Condizione: Good. Volume XVI in the Lonsdale Library of Sprots, Games and Pastimes edited by the Earl of Lonsdale and Eric Parker. Brown cloth boards with a gilt coronet to front and L, and gilt lettering to spine. Edges are bumped and there is wear and slight marking to boards and spine. Pages are age-tanned with occasional spotting. Binding is tight. Numerous black and white photographs and drawings. A fascinating reference book for indoor racket sport enthusiasts. A nice copy.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. History of Tennis, both Real and Lawn. 8vo. 180pp. Very good in unclipped dustjacket. SIGNED dedication from the author to the tennis bookseller, Alan Chalmers, on the title page. Obituary and ticket to the author's memorial service loosely inserted. From our large stock of tennis books and publications. Inscribed by Author(s).…

Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition, Illustrated Edition. 4to., 368 pages, colour and numerous black & white illustrations, original blue cloth, spine lettered in silver. A fine clean copy in a VG+ dustwrapper lightly sunned on spine but unaffecting the lettering (as is common with this work). The complete history and story of the two sports tennis and rackets. A detailed study into the origins of lawn tennis and squash, with commentary on the development of the sports over the decades. Includes reference to every tennis and rackets club in the UK, USA, Canada, Australia, and France at the time of writing, with a short history of each club. There is also an invaluable statisical section listing the winners of the main events in both games since records began. LORD ABERDARE, 4th Baron, was a Conservative minister in the early 1970s and a fine athlete who excelled in racket sports. Lord Aberdare was a lifelong devotee of real tennis, winning the British amateur singles championship four times between 1953 and 1957, and the amateur doubles championship four times between 1954 and 1961. He served as president of the Tennis and Rackets Association from 1972 until 2004. During his tenure there was a significant expansion in both real tennis and rackets, and a number of new courts were built while several others were re-opened. His book is the most comprehensive modern reference for these sports.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 368pp; illustrated; blue d/j faded at spine and along edges, light edgewear, white title to spine. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.