Rev john kerr (5 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Third Edition. xv + 464pp, including index, very well illustrated with b/w plates and text drawings, some occasional foxing, hardcover, 8vo, bound in original brown pictorial boards of the Badminton Library, patterned endpapers, boards slightly marked o/w in very good condition, Longmans, Green, and Co., London, 1902. * includes chapters on curling, tobogganing, ice-sailing and bandy.…

FIRST EDITION 8vo. hardback, in original pictorial brown cloth, gilt, binding. 464pp., Indexed, with b/w frontispieces and b/w illustrations and diagrams. Ink gift inscription, dated 1976, to early blank. Light foxing throughout, occasionally heavy, especially to first and last few pages and foredges. Light wear to top and base of spine with slight rubbing to titles and illustration. Small mark to lower board, else a VERY GOOD COPY. (Shelf 34) PLEASE NOTE: Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.…

[Winter Sports] LIMITED LARGE PAPER EDITION. Small quarto (25 x 20cm), pp.xvi; 506 [2]. With frequent lithographic reproductions of engraved illustrations by various artists. Number 79 of of just 250 deluxe large paper copies. Publisher's blue half morocco, with gilt titles to spine, and orange cloth over boards showing a gilt armorial stamp of the Duke of Beaufort to upper. Top edge gilt; others untrimmed, with dark green endpapers. Gentle spotting to first and final few leaves, with a light tobacco scent; otherwise internally clean. Heavy wear and toning to spine, and light general wear to boards. Good.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. First edition. Thick octavo in polished black cloth with spine lettered in gilt and with front cover design of a moose head stamped in gilt. Top edge gilt. xv+ 786 pp. with index. Illustrated throughout with monochrome photographs. A tight example, bit of wear at the tips and slight splitting to the front upper gutter. one of cornerstone titles about the sport of curling. In the same way that A.G. Spalding's 1911 history of baseball was much about the fames 1888-89 World Tour, this work focusses on the famed Scottish curling team's tour of Canada and the United States in 1902-03. The game was invented in medieval times in Scotland with the name "curling" first appearing in print in 1620. The game was introduced in Canada in 1807 and in the U.S. around 1830. In the 19th century Canadians had repeatedly invited Scotland's Royal Club to visit; the invitation was finally accepted and grand tour arranged from the winter of 1902-03, led by the author of this book. Rev. Kerr. The Scottish team was in essence an "all star" squad, carrying 25 members recruited from over 200 applicants. Their major stops were in Halifax, St. John, New Brunswick, Quebec, Montreal, Ottowas, Peterborough, Lindsay, Toronto and Winnipeg. The tour concluded with visits to Minneapolis and St. Paul, Chicago, Utica and New York City.…

xix, 516, [2], xxxiv, [1] pp. + 9 full-page plates (added for this edition) from paintings and photographs (mostly photogravure and/or sepia-tone), including frontispiece portrait; numerous illustrations throughout chiefly from photographs, some from paintings and facsimiles. 28.5x22 cm. (11x8¾"), original brown cloth boards, spine professionally re-laid, but original with gilt text. No. of 500 copies. First (Small Paper) Edition. Signed by John Kerr on the limitation page. The rare small paper format of the first written account of an individual golf area or club history. …