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Sports & Pastimes
From sporting heroes of yesteryear to playing patience. It is all here. How to enjoy yourself without an internet connection.
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c1886 Sylvia's The Book of Family ManagementLondon: c1886A very scarce Victorian work on proper household management, a lovely work containing many recipes and notes, illustrated with colour plates. -
1899 Round the World on a WheelLondon: 1899The illustrated first edition account of a circumnavigation of the globe riding a bicycle. -
1907-1934 13Vols Great Western Railway Company MemorandumsWestminster: 1907-1934Thirteen volumes of very scarce Great Western Railway company memorandums from the first half of the twentieth century. -
1891 The Girls' Home Companion, A Book of Pastimes in Work and PlayLondon: 1891A new edition copy of this work on pastimes in work and play, edited by Mrs Valentine. -
1925 The Story of British Sporting PrintsLondon: 1925Illustrated throughout, this first edition work contains an extensive account of the history of sports engravings in England. -
c1900 Equine AlbumWalsall: c1900A very scarce equine catalogue from the wholesalers Hampson and Scott, a lovely work with colourful illustrations throughout. -
1901-02 The Hockey FieldLondon: 1901-02A complete run of the first 24 issues of the 'Hockey Field' periodical, bound in one volume. -
1891 Atlas Des Plantes De France, Utiles Nuisibles et OrnamentalesParis: 1891A scarce, illustrated work of the plants of France, with coloured plates. -
1840 Sporting Scenes and Country CharactersLondon: 1840A first edition of this humorous guide to the hunt, illustrated throughout. -
1863 Bradshaw's Railway ManualLondon; Manchester: 1863A scarce Bradshaw's railway guide from the mid nineteenth century. -
1912 Stalks in the HimalayaLondon: 1912The first edition of Edward Percy Stebbing's descriptive account of his time spent hunting in the Himalayas, illustrated throughout. -
1896 The Bamboo GardenLondon: 1896A first edition of Algernon Freeman-Mitford's gardening work on the tending of bamboos, illustrated throughout. -
c1870 Deer Stalking in the HighlandsNot Stated: c1870An extremely scarce collection of illustrations depicting a deer-stalking adventure in the highlands of Scotland. -
1946 A Botanist in Southern AfricaLondon: 1946A first edition of this botanical work examining the author's months spent in South Africa, richly illustrated throughout. -
1919 Wild Sports and Natural History of the HighlandsLondon: 1919A nineteenth century Englishman's observations about the Scottish Highlands, with bright tipped in colour plates. -
1927 Wild Sports and Natural History of the HighlandsLondon: 1927A delightfully and brightly illustrated nineteenth century Englishman's observations about the Scottish Highlands. -
1898 Short Stalks, Second SeriesLondon: 1898A first edition account of this politician and conservationists foreign travels, illustrated with colour folding maps and his own photographs. -
1907 Grouse Shooting and Deer-StalkingLondon: 1907A first edition guide to these popular sports from an expert in the field. -
1861 The Book of Household ManagementLondon: 1861The first edition of Mrs Isabella Beeton's important cookery work, one of the most influential of its genre ever publisher, complete here with the original colour plates. -
1869 The Book of Household ManagementLondon: 1869An early edition of Isabella Beeton's important Victorian cookery work, one of the most influential of its genre ever publisher, complete with colour plates. -
1920 More Dainty Work for Busy FingersLondon: [1920]A scarce first edition of this ever-useful second guide of needlework by Mrs Sibbald and Helen Greig Stouter. -
1900 The Book of the Home, A Practical Guide to Household ManagementLondon: 1900A Talwyn Morris bound set of these works on household management. -
1923 Mrs Beeton's Household ManagementLondon and Melbourne: 1923A later edition of Mrs. Beeton's renowned cookery book, complete with thirty-two colour plates. -
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1888 L'Economie CulinaireGand [Ghent]: 1888A very scarce signed French language cookery book, with illustrations. -
1923 Mrs Beeton's Household ManagementLondon and Melbourne: 1923A new edition of Mrs. Beeton's celebrated cookery and household work, illustrated with thirty-two colour plates. -
1895 The Book of Household ManagementNottingham: 1895A lovely copy of Mrs. Beeton's famous cookery book, complete with folding plates in colour and richly illustrated. -
1862 The Book of Garden ManagementLondon: 1862A delightful gardening work published by Mrs. Beeton's husband, illustrated with vignettes and presented in a contemporary leather binding. -
1907 Mrs Beeton's Every-Day CookeryLondon: 1907A lovely copy of Mrs. Beeton's popular cookery book, complete with bright coloured plates and in a delightful decorative binding. -
1878 The Official Handbook for the National Training School for CookeryLondon: 1878The official handbook for the National Training School for Cookery containing many late Victorian recipes. -
1915 Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household ManagementLondon: 1915A new edition of this famed and immense Victorian recipe book and guide to household management by Isabella Beeton, fully illustrated. -
c1936 Mrs. Beeton's Household ManagementLondon: c1936A brightly illustrated 1930s edition of Isabella Beeton's renowned work. -
c1936 Mrs. Beeton's Household ManagementLondon: c1936A brightly illustrated 1930s edition of Isabella Beeton's renowned work. -
c1885 The Book of Household ManagementLondon and New York: c1880A particularly smart new edition of Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management, complete with the coloured illustrations. -
1960 Mrs. Beeton's Cookery and Household ManagementLondon: 1960A beautiful new edition of this immensely popular Victorian cookery book by Isabella Beeton, an advance copy adorned with many colourful and black an white illustrations. -
1986 Something in the Cellar...London: 1986Ronald Searle celebrates wine ceremonies around the world through this volume adorned with many amusing and charming illustrations. The first edition, first impression. -
1986 Something in the Cellar...London: 1986A lovely first impression of Ronald Searle's celebration of wine through history and culture.