Captain crawley (23 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Hb, pictorial blue boards, 188pp. Undated, est. late 1870s (the 13th ed came out around 1880). Cover title is "Captain Crawley's Handbook of Chess and Draughts". Good, spine sunned/darkened with light wear, slightly cracked inner hinge, clean contents. The first 156 pages are devoted to chess - elements…

Hard Back. Ninth Edition. Ninth edition A small volume bound in the original red cloth with blocked design of a chess board to the front The boards unfortunately are a little worn with small pieces missing along the top front edge and to the spine There is a little wear to the margins of the text with pages 97 99 and 101 having…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, pr…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. THERE ARE NO TARIFFS OR CUSTOMS DUTIES ON BOOKS. Green boards with embossed border design and gilt titles to front and spine. Some scuff marks, wear to corners and spine ends, spine is slightly cocked. All block edges gilt. There is a tape repair inside front cover, the length of the spine. Booksellers…

Zustand: Very Good. new edition, enlarged & rivised. Decorated cloth, VG. xvi+130-133-344pp+32pp publishers adverts, 54pp b/w plates, many woodcut illustrations, sporadic foxing, stain to the upper board & similar stain to the rear endpaper, would seem to lack a single leaf ( pp 131&132 ) as the pagination jumps, no half title,…

Original Pictorial Cloth. Zustand: Nearly Very Good. xvi, 344 pages, 54 steel plate engravings and many woodcuts. Spine ends and corners a little rubbed, endpapers split in gutters but binding very firm. Covers clean with strong colours. Occasional interesting pencil annotations (from an expert!!) A much extended edition with ch…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition. 528 pages (complete). A much owned copy. There have been several attempts at repair. The spine has recently been repaired with a leather strip. The boards are much marked, worn, scuffed all about from handling, use, storage. They are secure and steady. The contents are resolute…

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. The first edition of this scarce handbook for playing cards written by Captain Crawley, in the original decorative cloth. The first edition.In the publisher's original decorative cloth.This work was written by George Fredrick Pardon under the pseudonym 'Captain Crawley'. Pardon was a Eng…

Decorative Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. xi, 532 pp. Black and white in-text and plate illustrations, by John Proctor and others. Publisher's red cloth decorated to the spine and upper board in gilt and black, blind to the lower and all edges gilt. Marking to binding, heaviest to lower board and wear to extremities. Occasional spot…

Cloth. Zustand: Good. First edition. A little pocket sized guide to the card game of whist, with information on loo, and cribbage. The rare first edition of this volume. A guide to the trick-card game of 'whist', popular in the eighteenth and nineteenth century, by Captain Crawley. The rare first edition dated from Jisc 1859. Wi…

Cloth Bound. Hardback Beautifully bound in rich red cloth with small gilt motif and embossed detail to the front gilt titles to the spine In overall good condition despite a little discolouration the spine has very lightly faded although the gilt is still fairly bright Yellow endpapers with a small neat pencil inscription to the…