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Auction No 373, Category: Sport

11 Lots (displaying 1 - 11)

Jock Scott "Fine & Far Off: Salmon Fishing Methods in Practice",1952, in d/jkt; William Scrope "Salmon Fishing in the Tweed"

Lot: 1

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Jan 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £26
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Jock Scott Fine & Far Off: Salmon Fishing Methods in Practice, 1952, in d/jkt; William Scrope Salmon Fishing in the Tweed, 1975, in d/jkt; and wide range of others, chiefly non-fiction, all h/bk, some in d/jkt. Good to VF.  (27)

Harry Garbett "The History of Harthill-w-Woodall", A. Stockwell, 1950, original cloth, front cover discoloured,

Lot: 6

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Jan 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £20
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Harry Garbett The History of Harthill-w-Woodall, A. Stockwell, 1950, original cloth, front cover discoloured, one plate loose; The Child’s Magazine and Sunday Scholars Companion for 1837, J. Mason, 16mo, orig.cloth, VG; Leyland The Yorkshire Coast, 1892; Burritt A Walk from London to John O’Groat’s, 1864, recased; Hawker Instructions to Young Sportsmen in all that relates to Guns and Shooting, 1825, binding damaged; walking guides by George Birtill (5); Wallace Hills A History of East Grinstead, 1906; and a few others. Mostly good to VF. (17)

"The Yorkshire Ramblers' Club Journal" a selection of issues from 1899 (Vol.1, No.1) to 1958, including nine pre-1925;

Lot: 118

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Jan 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £36
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The Yorkshire Ramblers’ Club Journal a selection of issues from 1899 (Vol.1, No.1) to 1958, including nine pre-1925; issued annually. Issue No.1 has a worn spine, others good to VF. (16). Also issues of The Rucksack Club Journal (2) and The Climbers’ Club Journal (3). All with original printed wraps.  (21)

Marius Maxwell "Stalking Big Game with a Camera in Equatorial Africa", The Century Co., 1924,

Lot: 122

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Jan 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £86
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Marius Maxwell Stalking Big Game with a Camera in Equatorial Africa, The Century Co., 1924, folio, large paper copy, No.402 of 550, signed by the author on limitation page; quarter cloth, gilt, VG; fine internally with all photo-plates. 

R.C. F. Schomberg "Unknown Karakoram", Martin Hopkinson, 1936, First Edn., original gilt cloth,

Lot: 128

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Jan 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £66
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R.C. F. Schomberg Unknown Karakoram, Martin Hopkinson, 1936, First Edn., original gilt cloth, recased with new endpapers; fine folding map in rear pocket; 244pp plus photo-plates.

Equestrian titles including Thormanby "Kings of the Turf"; Charles Morton "My Sixty Years of the Turf";

Lot: 129

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Jan 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £20
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Equestrian titles including Thormanby Kings of the Turf; Charles Morton My Sixty Years of the Turf; Sidney Galtrey Memoirs of a Racing Journalist; cloth bound volumes of Tattersall’s Sales Catalogues for 1926, 1927 and 1929; etc. Good to Fine. (9)

Works on country sports and dogs including Izaak Walton "The Complete Angler", Allan Bell, 1836

Lot: 130

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Jan 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £36
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Works on country sports and dogs including Izaak Walton The Complete Angler, Allan Bell, 1836 (title label heavily toned); Alexander Shand Shooting, 1902; Geoffrey Sparrow The Terrier’s Vocation, 1949, in chipped d/jkt, signed by the author; McMichan The Greyhound, 1941, faded cloth; William Youatt The Dog, 1854, rebacked, backstrip relaid; and other 19th/early 20th Century titles. Fair to fine. (10)

Harry Judd "Records of the Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire Hunt", Glasgow, 1921; quarto, original gilt cloth, VG;

Lot: 131

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Jan 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £34
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Harry Judd Records of the Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire Hunt, Glasgow, 1921; quarto, original gilt cloth, VG; light foxing to prelims, occasional spotting elsewhere; 23 fine photo-plates.

P.G.H. Fender "The Turn of the Wheel: M.C.C. Team, Australia, 1928-1929", Faber & Faber, 1929, 1st Edn;

Lot: 132

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Jan 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £42
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P.G.H. Fender The Turn of the Wheel:  M.C.C. Team, Australia, 1928-1929, Faber & Faber, 1929, 1st Edn; original gilt cloth, VG; top side red, uncut at fore-edge; endpapers browned, slight spotting to prelims o/w fine internally; 32 photo-plates; 384pp

Willie Smith "Match-Winning Billiards", Mills & Boon, 1924, 1st Edn, original gilt cloth, VG;

Lot: 133

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Jan 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £30
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Willie Smith Match-Winning Billiards, Mills & Boon, 1924, 1st Edn, original gilt cloth, VG; minor tone marks largely confined to endpapers o/w fine internally with 7 b/w plates and many diagrams. 215pp

Joseph Bennett "Billiards", Thos. De La Rue, 1873, 1st Edn, original gilt cloth over bevelled boards,

Lot: 134

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Jan 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £120
SOLD £88
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Joseph Bennett Billiards, Thos. De La Rue, 1873, 1st Edn, original gilt cloth over bevelled boards, repair to foot of spine, gilt edged, VG; errata slip facing p.1; fine internally with plates and diagrams.