Watson Duke (54 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 3rd Edition. 3rd edition. Casual water damage over last hundred pages.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Text and images are unmarked. The stapled wraps show some light handling, bottom corner of the front cover is creased. 4to. 24pp.

Hard Cover. Condition: As New. Reprint. 429 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in As new condition throughout.

PAPERBACK. 1st edition. 694pp, quarto, Vol. II only, color map. blank green spine. tight binding, clean throughout, clean and colorful wraps, crisp pages, side page edges have a thin light stain, Very Good+.

PAPERBACK. 1st edition. 323pp, quarto, Vol. III only, color map. blank green spine. tight binding, clean throughout, clean and colorful wraps, crisp pages, side page edges have a thin light stain, Fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. A pictorial board Hardcover. Not ex. library. 500 pages, illustrated with tissue guarded frontispiece and b/w drawings throughout. Small pinhole on front endpaper. Light wear to corners and spine ends, occasional marks in the text, largely contents are clean, tight and bright. Fifth revised edition. Book.

Hardback. Condition: Good. Illustrated cloth boards, edges bumped and worn, gilt titling rubbed and faded; binding internally tight except front and rear joints exposed; pages are spotted, fore edges age-toned, previous seller's tick mark on front pastedown, frontispiece and tissue guard intact. ; 5.75 x 1.5 x 7.75 inches; 426 pages.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. First Edition. ISBN . Trade Paperback. No statement of later printing on copyright page. Author 's personalized inscription on front endpaper. very slight wear to corners and edges; otherwise tight, sound and unmarked in very Good condition. No Signature.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Sturgess (illustrator). 3rd Edition. Racing by The Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire & W. G Craven and Steeple-Chasing by Arthur Coventry & Alfred E T Watson. Half-bound in dark green leather with dark green cloth sides. 5 raised bands and gilt title to spine with all edges bright gilt. Marbled endpapers and neat prev owner inscription on preliminary page. Corners rubbed and edges scuffed with weak front hinge. Inside pages are clean and tight. 419pp. incl. tissue-guarded colour frontispiece and numerous b/w ills.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 4th Edition. Spotting throughout especially first and last few pages. A little shaken but generally a good copy of this edition which is revised to include American and Australian football. pp 455-8 detached. Previous owners name and date (1894) to FEP. Tissue-guarded frontispiece.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1 score (144 pages) ; 31 cm ; Interlinear words in English OCLC 14164530 ; textured orange-red and gold stiff paper wrappers ; featured songs include: Again -- Anniversary song -- At last -- Autumn serenade -- Black and white -- Blue velvet -- Canadian sunset -- Cara Mia -- Chattanooga choo choo -- Ciao, ciao, bambina -- Cry me a river -- Daddy -- Dearly beloved -- Don't get around much anymore -- Dream -- Ebb tide -- Elmer's tune -- Ev'ry day of my life -- Forever and ever -- Happiness is a thing called Joe -- Hawaiian sunset -- How about you? -- I fall in love too easily -- I got it bad and that ain't good -- I need you now -- I understand -- I wanna be around -- I want my mama -- I, Yi, Yi, Yi (I like you very much) -- If I give my heart to you -- I left my heart in San Francisco -- It's a most unusual day -- Let me love you to-night -- Little things mean a lot -- Love is where you find it -- Mam'selle -- Matilda -- Melody of love -- Moments to remember -- My heart cries for you -- No greater love -- Old Cape Cod -- Racing with the moon -- Rum and Coca-Cola -- Seems like old times -- Shangri-la -- Softly, as I leave you -- Taking a chance on love -- That lucky old sun -- Through a long and sleepless night -- Till the end of time -- Unchained melody -- Volare -- Walk hand in hand -- The wayward wind -- The woodpecker song -- Yellow bird -- You belong to me ; FINE. Book.

A two volume set in Or.dec.cl. Vol 1. 439pp. Vol 2. 456pp. Both volumes with col & b/w plates. Cloth sl.worn at edges & spine of both volumes. Volume 2 with a slight indentation on edge of front cover. Previous owner's stamp on inside cover of both volumes. Both vols 1st ed. A two volume set containing many essays on the art and craft of sailing from 1894.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First Ediiton. Illustrated. 464 pages. Covers protected by mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

8Vo Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 413pp. Brown leather boards, tricolor lettering and graphics. Text is clean on unmarked pages. Hinges are intact with slight separation, textblock is square with pointed corners; cockling and large water stains on final fourth of textblock. Moderate++ overall shelf/timewear, boardwear, board edge and cornerwear, abrading, spotting; foxing and spotting on inner boards, endapers and textblock edges, page patina throughout, bookplate on inner front board, written name on 2nd frontleaf, upper foredve corner of first five pages chipped off, tissue page has been removed.

Pictorial Cloth. Condition: See Description. Dust Jacket Condition: None. Furniss, H.; Hodge, T. (illustrator). Fourth Edition, Thoroughly Revised. xiv, 480 pages, frontispiece and some 24 full page plates, some 65 text illustrations. In original pictorial cloth, well rubbed at upper corners, spine patchily darkened and lightened; owners' names to front free endpaper, half-title (with address) and reverse of frontispiece - appears to be two or three members of the same family; early and late pages foxed, else internally good to very good.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. Later Edition. ISBN . Trade Paper; bound in plastic spiral. No statement of later printing on copyright page. very slight wear to corners and edges; otherwise tight, sound and and unmarked in very good condition.; No Signature.

Condition: Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original decorated russet cloth covers, gilt and two-tone lettering and rider to the spine, black background illustration and navy and white lettering to the upper panel, publishers light green and white swan and sail illustrated lining papers. 8vo 7¾'' x 6'' (xiii)-blank, 423 pp. Full and part-page monochrome illustrations and engravings throughout by G. D. Giles, Frank Dadd and J. Stuart Allen. Rubbed mark to the front fore edge, foxing to the end papers, rubbing across the spine ends and corners and in Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. SPORT [Polo].

Book. Condition: New. First Edition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 50 pages. Illustrated. Arthur Wellings "Putting People Into Books" / Geoffrey Childe "A Plea For Some Reprints" / Oliver Warner "Rasselas: The Testament Of A Romantic" / H T Kirby "Thomas Bewick: A Humorist In Illustration" / T Earle Welby "Sir William Rothenstein's Friendships" / Ann Zeiss "Grand Duke And Bolshevik" = reviews of 'Once a Grand Duke' and 'Stalin' / Burgoyne Miller "Some London Productions" / Watson Lyle interviews Serge Prokofieff / Alfred Dunning "The Virtues Of Reference Books.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Charles Whymper, J. Wolf, H. Willink (illustrator). 1st Edition. 1894 FIRST EDITION. Two-Volume DELUXE LARGE PAPER LIMITED FIRST EDITION numbered by publisher on printed limitation page. Two volumes complete. Original orange cloth boards with gilt coat of arms on front covers, navy spines and corners with gilt lettering spines, TEG, original dark greenish navy coated EPs, untrimmed fore-edge and bottom edge both volumes. Both volumes have loss of much of the spine covering (see photos), but bindings are very solid and not broken or cracked. This set is an obvious candidate for rebacking. The covers have significant rubbing along edges and corners but the boards are relatively clean and bright with a few faint dark smudges (nothing serious). Each volume has previous owner's bookplate and small bookseller ticket on front pastedown otherwise no owner marks or writing on any pages, Some fore-edge foxing is present but nearly all pages are completely free of foxing and are clean. Each volume measures 251mm tall x 200mm (compared to 195mm tall for the regular first edition). Volume one has 494 pages, 20 b/w full-page illustrations and photos, 57 b/w in-text illustrations and photos, index. Volume two has 483 pages, 13 full-page illustrations and photos, 56 b/w in-text illustrations and photos, index. Volume one covers hunting in the arctic (whacking a giant walrus with an ax from a small whaling boat), three chapters on hunting in the Caucasus, a chapter on Mongolia, two chapter on hunting chamois and stags in the Alps, a chapter on elk in Scandinavia, a chapter on big game throughout Europe, hunting in Spain and Portugal, hunting in India tigers, a chapter on travel/camping considerations, a chapter on rifles and ammo, a chapter on taxidermy, a small bibliography. Volume two mostly about hunting in Africa with specific chapters on various types of big game hunting: lions, antelopes, hippos, giraffes, ostriches, rhinos, buffalo, elephants, with several chapters on South Africa including some history, a chapter on travel with Livingstone, some chapters on East Africa including special hunting considerations regarding gear, routes, etc. Volume two concludes with one chapter on big game hunting in North America (bears, wapiti, moose, cougars, bison, deer, elk, caribou, bighorn, mountain goat, antelope mainly in British Columbia, Alaska, Colorado and Pacific NW), and a brief chapter on hunting musk ox. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Origi.Leinenband mit Illustration, 8°, 373 Seiten. Exlibirs auf Innendeckel, Rücken beschädigt, Ecken und Kanten stark bestossen und berieben, Eintrag auf Vorsatz und Schmutztitel, Buchblock gebrochen, Vorsatz gebräunt und leicht stockfleckig, sonst ordentlich.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2 volumes, , original half blue morocco, spine and corners little rubbed, little foxing, a nice clean set, in the de luxe binding inquire for postage outside U.K.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Longmans, Green, and Company; London, 1894. Hardcover. Complete 2 Volume Set. Good, brown cloth binding, illustrated front boards. Black/white lettering on front boards and spine, some gilt lettering on spine, some handling/scuff marks to boards, small abrasions to board corners, wear to spine edges with few small tears to spine edge buckram, previous owner name stamp bottom text block edge Volume 2, few uncut pages, pulpy top text block edge, some scattered foxing to text block edges, some age spotting throughout, previous owner name handwritten front pastedown Volume 2, ink stamp front free endpaper Volume 1, binding a bit shaky but intact, quarter sized moisture stain bottom corner of few pages Volume 1, some sunning to interior, stress creases to spine, without Dust wrapper. Overall a good and clean set. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches], (Vol.1) 453pp., (Vol.2) 443pp., indexed, b&w illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.Please note: Oversized books/sets MAY require additional postage then what is quoted for 2.2lb book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. This is a UK SECOND EDITION hardcover published by Longmans Green & Co in 1887. The book is Very Good with straight spine, sharp corners and firm but rubbed spine ends. The binding is tight with heavily toned page edges and overall clean text block with foxing present occasionally, which does not affect legibility. The front end papers are toned with a book plate for the Wallasey Central Conservative Club glued to the inside board. The book has 419 pages including index and is illustrated throughout in black and white with a colour frontispiece. The title page confirms the SECOND EDITION and year published as 1887. Wonderfully, a orevious owner has laid in a cutting from The Times newspaper dated January 6th 1890, which includes an article of "The Rules of Racing and the Stud Book".

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Large paper edition, #93 of 250 copies. Rebacked, nicely matching the color of the original spine and corners (the texture is a bit different, but tough to notice without looking closely), original dark green end sheets preserved. Hinges reinforced, boards lightly soiled, frontispiece, tissue guard, and title page foxed, a couple minor blemishes to a few other page margins. 1888 Hard Cover. xiv, 364 pp. Engraved frontispiece and plates from illustrations by Frank Dadd and from photographs. Includes: Introduction; The Rise of Modern Oarsmanship; Scientific Oarsmanship; Coaching; The Captain; The Coxswain and Steering; Sliding Seats; Four-oars; Pair-oars; Sculling; Boat-building and Dimensions; Training; Rowing Clubs; The Amateur, His History and Description; Rowing at Eton College; Watermen and Professionals; Laws of Boat-racing (Their History, and Rules of the Road); 'The Temple of Fame;' Appendix; Index.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2 volumes, Limited edition, copy number 27 of 250 copies, nice set in original half blue morocco, inquire for postage outside U.K.

Condition: Fine. Facsimile reprint editions of the original 1894 work. Uniform matching hard back binding in publisher's original blue cloth covers, gilt title and lettering to the spines and to the front covers. 8vo. 7½'' x 5½''. Contains (xviii), 479 pp; (xviii), 501 pp with monochrome illustrations and archive photographs throughout. Fine condition books in Fine condition acetate dust wrappers. Unused new volumes. Heavy volumes weighing 2 kg, extra postage and insurance will be requested over and above our default setting for destinations outside the UK. Member of the P.B.F.A. SAILING BOATS (Yachting).

First Edition: Hardback, brown illustrated bds., gold titles and decs to spine, black and white titles to front bd., 140 x 195 mm., 1.kg. (extra postage), 464 pp., with Index, illustrated frontis with tissue guard and illustrated throughout by Charles Whymper and Captain R. M. Alexander and from photographs, Decorative eps., previous owner's name label on pdfep., light edge wear, no dw., VG copy.

Condition: Very good. 1906, London, Longmans, Green, and Co., new edition, ppxii + 391 + (iv), black and white illustrations by J. Sturgess, J. Charlton, G.D. Giles and A.C. Sealy, brown pictorial cloth with lettering on spine.

Condition: Good. 1891, London, Longmans, Green, and Co., ppxiii + 423, black and white illustrations by G.D. Giles, Frank Dadd and J. Stuart Allan, brown pictorial cloth with lettering on spine.