British Sports and Sportsmen: Golf, Athletics, Tennis. Hockey and Other Ball Games. Winter Sports by British Sports and Sportsmen

Tan leather spine with green textured boards. Brown title plate with gilt lettering and decoratation on the spine.
Many illustrations and fold out family trees.

Cream vellum binding with spine replaced some time ago.
An early copy of this famous historic work by William Camden. Binding, believed to be repaired in the early 18th century with contents in fine condition.
William Camden 1551 -1623 Historical geography History Great Britain--Antiquities Great Britain--Historical geography Great Britain--History
Heraldry Greek language: Historians Antiquarians Heralds Teachers School principals
Camden, William (1551-1623), historian and herald; antiquarian interests; educator and administrator; born on 2 May 1551 at the Old Bailey, London; long, complex relationship with the University of Oxford until the end of his life (in 1622, endowed a chair for the first lectureship in civil history at Oxford); bachelor's degree 1574; appointment in 1575 as second master at Westminster School; headmaster from 1593 to 1597; installed as Clarenceux king of arms (one of three senior heralds in the College of Arms) 23 October 1597; compiled a Greek grammar; for the [work]… Read More

1861-1873. Fine. 15 22 6. Volumes III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, XII, XIII, XVI, XVIII, XX, XXII, XXIV, XXV, XXVII & XXVIII. Tan leather spine and corners, red marbled boards. Red and light brown title plates with gilt lettering and banding. One volume has an 1878 bookmark inside (advertisement for Brown & Polson's flour).

Brown leather binding. Red title plate with gilt lettering. Translated by William Guthrie A unique and very rare edition Marcus Tullius Cicero 3 January 106 BC – 7 December 43 BC) was a Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, philosopher and Academic Skeptic, who tried to uphold optimate principles during the political crises that led to the establishment of the Roman Empire. His extensive writings include treatises on rhetoric, philosophy, and politics, and he is considered one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists. He came from a wealthy municipal family of the Roman equestrian order and served as consul in 63 BC. His influence on the Latin language was immense. He wrote more than three-quarters of surviving Latin literature from the period of his adult life, and it has been said that subsequent prose was either a reaction against or a return to his style, not only in Latin but in European languages up to the 19th century. Cicero introduced into Latin the arguments of the chief schools of… Read More

Leather binding with gilt title and decoration on the spine.
The first three volumes of Theobald's great work Theobald's fame and contribution to English letters rests with his 1726 Shakespeare Restored, or a Specimen of the many Errors as well Committed as Unamended by Mr Pope in his late edition of this poet; designed not only to correct the said Edition, but to restore the true Reading of Shakespeare in all the Editions ever published. Theobald's 1733 Shakespeare edition was far the best produced before 1750, and it has been the cornerstone of all subsequent editions. Theobald not only corrected variants but chose among best texts and undid many of the changes to the text that had been made by earlier 18th century editors. Edmond Malone's later edition (the standard from which modern editor's act) was built on Theobald's.
Lewis Theobald (baptised 2 April 1688 – 18 September 1744), British textual editor and author, was a landmark figure both in the history of Shakespearean editing and in literary… Read More