Search Results: HOBBIES SPORT AND LEISURE from Fortuna Books

Auckland: Rugby Press, 1983 tidy, signed to title page by the author. 2247pp + colour plates. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Tamworth: The ND Leader (500 gram rate) quarter bound pictorial boards with red cloth spine. spine plit at joint just staying attached at the ends. text block stapled (as published), inscription to fep, 96pp + plates, authors presentation signature to a photo on page 5 (of the author?) frontis tipped in loose and is not full size. board edges rubbed. photos throughout. lawn bowls technique by an Australian champ, uncommon.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Henry Greenwood & Co, 1958 The British Journal Photographic Almanac and Photographers Daily Companion, papered boards with b&w design and titling, name to fep, 616pp including many advertisements for the trade, gravure plates of photographers work etc. First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Henry Greenwood & Co, 1954 The British Journal Photographic Almanac and Photographers Daily Companion, papered boards with b&w design and titling, name to fep, first page of front advertising removed, 620pp including many advertisements for the trade, 32 gravure plates of photographers work etc. First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: The Burke Publishing Co, 1922 orange cloth, black titled, shows some age or handling, endpapers toned, endpapers and feps have period advertising for sporting goods, iv 378pp, foxing to prelims, front hinge opens at pp2-3. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Allen & Unwin, 1961 black boards, unclipped ORIGINAL (not scanned) DW has short split along fold of bottom front corner minimal rubbing to spine ends, a very attractive complete DW with slight dust soiling, 274pp + plates and adverts at rear , excellent near fine copy, mainly hunting content but also some content about Indian wildlife, mainly concerned with man-eating panthers and tigers in the Indian jungle. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Allen & Unwin, 1961 black boards, 274pp + plates and adverts at rear clean tidy copy with small name to free end paper, mainly hunting content but also some content about Indian wildlife, mainly concerned with man-eating panthers and tigers in the Indian jungle. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: The Girl Guides Association , 1939 (500 gram rate) rubbed spine ends, fep half removed, inscription to paste down and half title, good copy, 316pp illustrated. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5? - 6? tall.

Greenwich: Fawcett Publications, 1960 spine rubbed with some pigment and surface loss, corners bent, some light handling soiling, 144pp, stapled sheets with drawn on colour paper wrappers, cover photograph by Russ Meyer, B&W photography throughout includes Candid nudes , children, birds, glamour portraits, candid glamour costumes, candid Russia, salon section, (500 grams) . First Edition. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Russ Meyer. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Oakland: Chaosium, 1982 (500 grm rate) 40pp stapled into pictorial card wrappers, light handling wear, originally one of 9 boxed adventure set. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9? - 12" tall.

Cardiff: Cardiff Rugby Football Club, 1977 (500 grams) stapled folded sheets, small label residue top corner of front cover otherwise tidy copy, 92pp + adverts, photographs throughout. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Bloomington: Game Designers Workshop, 1987 stapled magazine with pictorial wrapper, small label residue top corner, unsold shop stock, includes articles and adventures for Traveller, Traveller 2300 and Twilight: 2000, 64pp (200 gram rate) . First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9? - 12" tall.

Sydney: F. H. Johnston , 1945 clean tidy copy in red cloth, front fold in flap, rear panel and rear flap of dust jacket are present, rest is missing, 160pp + plates, a look at Australasian horse racing greats, including Carbine, Gloaming, Phar Lap and Peter Pan, name to paste down. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Robert Hale, 1975 book VG slight musty aroma, very faint scattered foxing to closed edges, DW price clipped short tear along bottom corner fold , taped at verso, as well as small split at top corner fold also taped at verso, some light creasing and surface soiling, British champion in the sixties and seventies . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Santa Ana: Desert Rats Uninhibited, 1982 red vinyl wrapeprs with B&W illustration, pages are secured by two steel screw pins original method of binding not an amateur rebind) 320pp includes B&W and colour photographs, route maps, folding map in pocket at rear, this is thew 1982 re-issue of the 1979 edition, some handling soiling, remains of price label at head of first page, a laconic approach to the routes for rock climbers at the Joshua Tree National Monument. Reissue. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Task Force Games (500 grm rate) card wrapper with stapled sheets, still in shrinkwrap, we have opened the fore edge side of the shrink wrap to check contents which includes card board cards and gaming pieces, but otherwise an unopened copy. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9? - 12" tall.

London: Methuen, 1948 unclipped dust jacket has surface rubbing and some minor edge tears and chips, large peice torn from head of rear panel,book boards lightly soiled or rubbed, bottom closed edge of pages marked with brown stain which just shows to the bottom margin, internally clean, xvi 213pp + plates, comprehensive look at figure skating technique with photos and diagrams. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: MacMillan, 1975 price clipped Dw minor rubbing or chipping to joint ends, xviii 302pp with diagrams etc, reprint of 1968 edition complete guide to skin and scuba diving. Seventh. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Health and Strength, 1909 scarce early wrestling text book illustrated with seventy photographs. Red cloth titled and design in black and white, very minor wear or handling to the boards, endpapers age toned, viii, 156 +4pp adverts. some age related discolouration to pages but this is minor and to be expected, excellent treatment of traditional (vs theatrical!) wrestling technique. Frontis with printed signature of author. Undated UK issue, title page records US edition copyright 1909. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Methuen, 1948 unclipped dust jacket has surface rubbing and some edge tears and chips, some offset dye staining to front panel, book boards lightly soiled or rubbed, small inscription to paste down, internally clean, xvi 213pp + plates, comprehensive look at figure skating technique with photos and diagrams. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.