captain crawley (20 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, laws, power of pieces, endings, openings,33 illustrative games, 32 problems. The final 30 pages cover draughts - rules, practice games, problems, critical situations, Polish draughts.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. 111pp. 6 x 4.inch. the cover is worn, top inch of spine missing, but content is complete and still well bound together, interior generally in nice clean condition with no foxing. Gilt titling to front and spine, all edges gilt.

Zustand: Good. 1876. Hardcover. Clean copy in printed cover. Binding slightly loose with tape on endpapers, but remains good reading copy. Some yellowing and overall discolouring. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 8th edition, undated, circa 1860's, publishers limp cloth covers, blind stamped with title in gilt, some soiling to covers, wear to edges, discolouration, inner hinges weak, owners signature and date on title page (1864).

Zustand: Good. 1876. Hardcover. Clean copy in printed cover. Binding slightly loose with tape on endpapers, but remains good reading copy. Some yellowing and overall discolouring. . . . .

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 a cut piece missing approximately 1cm along the fore edge Pages clean throughout pp 191 Overall a good copy From the Library of Major Beetonnbsp. book.

Hardcover/Hardback. Zustand: Good. In goede staat. Hardcover. Shelfwear.

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, otherwise a soild exampe of a book which is usually recased. Much enlarged edition of Pardon's uncommon book on Billiards. The first edition was published in 1866. George Frederick Pardon [ 1824 - 1884 ] English journalist and writer. 1350 grams.

Original Pictorial Cloth. Zustand: Nearly Very Good. John Proctor (illustrator). 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 chapters on all aspects of the game including manufacturers of tables, balls, etc. Also a bibliography of works on Billiards. A very desirable book on billiards.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First Edition without Jacket on green cloth WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIVE DIAGRAMS a scarce edition of this classic work one inch splits to top of spine cover on either side both repairable with gilded cross sticks to frontis - collectable - will send out 1 st class post.

1st ed. - Red cloth.

x, 154 Seiten., 22 Seiten. Tenth Edition.- Im Gelenk angebrochen, Innendeckel und weitere Bllätter anfangs fleckig, Seite viii fingerfleckig, Innen Seiten sauber. OlB4 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 2000 8° , Original Leinwand mit Klarsichtschutzumschlag ( Einband etwas berieben.

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 resolutely cheerful. They have foxing, handling marks, storage/age related marks. The page trims are gilded (tarnished). The pages are diligent, certain, convivial, generous. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. None stated (illustrator). 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 English journalist and writer on topics such as sports and games. This work provides a guide for card player's with descriptions of games such as 'Whist', 'Loo', 'Cribbage' and all round games.Publisher's advertisements to the rear.Undated. Dated by the preface and copies found at the British Library. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally very smart with marks to the boards, fading to the spine, light rubbing to the joints, bumping to the extremities and very small closed tears to the head and tail of the spine. A past owner's signature to the front and rear pastedowns with offsetting from the signature to the rear free endpaper, light spotting and front and rear hinge tender. Lacking front free endpaper. Internally binding starting in places with cords showing with lightly age toned pages and occasional scattered spotting. Very Good. book.

Publisher's original plain red linen covered card wrap covers (soft back). 8vo. 6½'' x 4''. Contains illustrated railway catalogue, (iv), 96 pp + ii pp publisher's catalogue dated 27th July 1891. In Good condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. BRIDGE, CHESS & GAMES.

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 spotting or finger smudges to text, though overall rather clean. Chapters on games with and without implements and indoor and outdoor, as well as many sports, gymnastics and the keeping of pets. Preface dated 1869. From the author of The Billiard Book and The Handy Book of Games for Gentlemen. 19cms tall. 8vo.

1st Edition. Scarce. weight: 2.7 lb. Good, book has survived a fire and the top and foredge are smoked, the top margins of most pages have smoke and damp damage. Numerous illustrations. 8vo., 23x15.5 cm. xv, 261 pp. Recased in quarter black leather over green boards.

Cloth. Zustand: Good. None (illustrator). 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. With some chapters also on loo, a seventeenth century trick-card game, and cribbage.In the original publisher's cloth binding with gilt to the edges. In the original publisher's cloth binding with gilt to the edges. Externally with some shelf wear and edge wear and some soiling to the boards. The rear board has a faint damp marking and a white minor mark, the front board presents some minimal damp marks to the upper right extremity. The head and tail of the spine and extremities are slightly bumped. Evidence of attempted removal of an inscription on the front pastedown, and an imprint by the bookseller on the front free endpaper. Internally, With a faint minor spotting to the first and last few leaves, otherwise the pages are bright and clean. Good. book.

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 front free endpaper A few of the page edges are a little ragged where someone has cut them presumably because they were uncut before The pages are generally clean despite some foxing illustrated with the occasional diagram pp xii 563 Overall a good copy of a scarce booknbsp. book.

Early cricket instructional, published in the Chambers's Useful Hand-books series. First edition.16mo. 72pp. Original pictorial boards, a little rubbed. Owner's name inside. Good condition. [Padwick 461].