peek hedley ed (4 Ergebnisse)

hardcover. Zustand: very good(-). Lucien Davis; C.E. Brock (illustrator). Limited. With a Chapter on Classical Allusions to Sport by Andrew Lang. Illustrated by Lucien Davis, C.E. Brock & others. 484 pages. Short thick 4to, leather-backed orange cloth with armorial device stamped in gilt; uncut edges, t.e.g. London: Longmans, Green, 1896. Limited edition - one of only 250 Large-Paper copies. Heavy scuffing and wear to the leather but internally clean and still solid. The Badminton Library of Sports & Pastimes. Contains poems on sport with sections on hunting, fishing, cricket, etc.

hardcover. Zustand: very good. Lucien Davis; C.E. Brock (illustrator). Limited. With a Chapter on Classical Allusions to Sport by Andrew Lang. Illustrated by Lucien Davis, C.E. Brock & others. 484 pages. Short thick 4to, leather-backed orange cloth with armorial device stamped in gilt; uncut edges, t.e.g. London: Longmans, Green, 1896. Limited edition - one of only 250 Large-Paper copies. Light binding wear and soil, otherwise very good. The Badminton Library of Sports & Pastimes. Contains poems on sport with sections on hunting, fishing, cricket, etc.

First Edition. Good, strong copies both in the original decorated gilt-blocked green cloth boards with all edges gilt. Boards lightly scuffed and dust-dulled, with edges and joints rubbed. Volume 1 spine somewhat sun-toned. Internally exceptionally well-preserved -- tight, bright and clean, with plates retaining their tissue guards. Light foxing to prelims only. A very well-preserved set. Physical description; complete in 2 volumes : illustrations ; 27 cm. Notes; Includes indexes. Contents; v. 1. A-Leo (pub. 1897). -- v. 2. Lic-Zeb (pub. 1898). Subjects; Sports - Encyclopedias, Games - Encyclopedias. 3 Kg.

Leather. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. Archibald Thorburn (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of this vast two-volume sports encyclopaedia, bound in half morocco. First edition.Uniformly bound in half morocco, with cloth boards and marbled endpapers.Lavishly illustrated throughout, with a frontispiece and nineteen plates to each volume by Archibald Thorburn, and many vignettes. Collated, complete.Offering a comprehensive encyclopaedia of sporting terms and sports-related knowledge, including references to racing, fishing, hunting, steeplechasing, bull fighting, curling, football and much more.Compiled by Hedley Peek and F. G. Aflalo. Uniformly bound in half morocco, with cloth boards and marbled endpapers.Externally, very smart, with rubbing to the extremities. Marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, with scattered spots to the endpapers and to the tissue guards. Ink impression of 'L. H. Crake' to both volumes' front endpapers. Very Good Indeed. book.