Some marking, later ownership inscription to front free endpaper; cloth slightly marked and tanned, but overall a solid copy.
Frontispiece, title-vignette and plates.
£210
An account of the big game of the United States and its chase with horse, hound, and rifle
New York & London, G.P. Putnam’s, 1893.
First edition. 8vo. Original gilt-pictorial cloth.
Out of stock
Some marking, later ownership inscription to front free endpaper; cloth slightly marked and tanned, but overall a solid copy.
Frontispiece, title-vignette and plates.
Detective Fiction
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1932.
First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 3/6.
Hubin-listed non-series crime caper by Fairlie.
Sports & Pastimes
Being an account of one season of B. Bira, the racing motorist.
London & Watford, Sun Engraving Co. Ltd, Printed for Private Circulation only, 1936.
First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth lettered in gilt. Dust-jacket.
The continued motor-racing adventures of Prince Chula's cousin Prince Birabongse Bhanudej (aka "B. Bira").
Sports & Pastimes
Edited by Haddon Whitaker
London, Whitaker, 1941.
Small 8vo. Original yellow pictorial wrappers.
An attractive example of one of the harder-to-find, war-time issues of Wisden's famous cricketing almanacks.
Sports & Pastimes
Edited by Haddon Whitaker
London, Whitaker, 1942.
Small 8vo. Original yellow pictorial wrappers.
An attractive example of one of the harder-to-find, war-time issues of Wisden's famous cricketing almanacks.
Sports & Pastimes
Its Wild Tribes, Big-Game and Bird-Life
London & Edinburgh, Gurney & Jackson, 1921.
First edition. 8vo. Original green cloth lettered and stamped in gilt.
Chapman narrates his expedition from Khartoum to Uganda via the White Nile, detailing hunts from gazelle in Sudan to elephant near the Zeraf River. His adventures also include encounters with buffalo, hippo, and rhino near the Blue and Dinder Rivers.