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Auction No 371, Category: Books

136 Lots (displaying 121 - 136)

Chess Strategy and analysis with many h/bks in d/jkt including Reshevsky "How Chess Games are Won", [1961],

Lot: 139

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £20
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Chess Strategy and analysis with many h/bks in d/jkt including Reshevsky How Chess Games are Won, [1961], Byrne & Nei Both Sides of the Chessboard, 1974, Reti Masters of the Chess Board, 1956, and Nimzowitsch My System 1954 and 1964 editions. Fair to fine. (22)

Gilfrid Hartley "Wild Sport with Gun, Rifle and Salmon-Rod", 1903, original cloth, gilt, VG; Folkard "The Wild-Fowler", 1859,

Lot: 140

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £20
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Gilfrid Hartley Wild Sport with Gun, Rifle and Salmon-Rod, 1903, original cloth, gilt, VG; Folkard The Wild-Fowler, 1859, worn cloth, lacking 3 of the plates; Bonnett Mixed & Rough Shooting, 1914, original illustrated cloth, VG; and two related. Varied condition. (5)

Bettinson & Bennison "The Home of Boxing", Odhams [1922], 63 photo-plates; Bruce Woodcock "Two Fists - and a Fortune", 1951,

Lot: 141

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £46
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Bettinson & Bennison The Home of Boxing, Odhams [1922], 63 photo-plates; Bruce Woodcock Two Fists – and  a Fortune, 1951, spine faded; James Corbett The Roar of the Crowd, Garden City, 1926; Eddie Eagan Fighting for Fun, 1932; Alexander Johnston Ten - And Out! 1928; and four other pre-1960 boxing titles. Fair to Fine. (9)

Jack Goodwin "Myself and My Boxers", 1924; Bohun Lynch "The Complete Amateur Boxer", 1924, in chipped d/jkt;

Lot: 142

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £52
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Jack Goodwin Myself and My Boxers, 1924; Bohun Lynch The Complete Amateur Boxer, 1924, in chipped d/jkt; Doherty In the Days of the Giants, 1931; Eugene Corri Refereeing 1000 Fights, 1919, VG, and Gloves & the Man [1927] (requires repair); Bernard Angle My Sporting Memories, 1925 in fair d/jkt; and other boxing titles. Varied condition (9)  

Jack Dempsey "Championship Fighting", Nicholas Kaye, 1950, 1st Edition, gilt cloth, VG;

Lot: 143

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £54
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Jack Dempsey Championship Fighting, Nicholas Kaye, 1950, 1st Edition, gilt cloth, VG; Bohun Lynch Knuckles and Gloves, Collins, 1922, 1st Edn. in fair d/jkt; Harry Cleveland Fisticuffs and Personalities of the Prize Ring, Sampson Low, n.d., gilt cloth, VG; and Bettinson & Tristram The National Sporting Club, 1901, quarto, vellum, gilt, worn. Fair to VG (4)

W.Gibson "The Farrier's New Guide" T. Longman, 1735, contemp. leather, worn, 1871 ownership inscription;

Lot: 144

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
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W.Gibson The Farrier’s New Guide T. Longman, 1735, contemp. leather, worn, 1871 ownership inscription; frontispiece creased, and seven other VG plates; clean text; together with Weatherby The Racing Calendar for the Year 1815, C.H. Reynell, 1816, front board detached. (2)

Trevor Wignall "The Sweet Science", Chapman & Hall, 1926, 1st Edn, original cloth, gilt, some discolouration,

Lot: 145

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £30
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Trevor Wignall The Sweet Science, Chapman & Hall, 1926, 1st Edn, original cloth, gilt, some discolouration, ownership inscription to front paste-down, brown marks to pp.34 & 35, few marginal pencil marks, very largely good clean text; 32 fine photo-plates. 

Daniel Gormally "Insanity, passion and addiction: a year inside the Chess world, 2016";

Lot: 146

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £18
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Daniel Gormally Insanity, passion and addiction: a year inside the Chess world, 2016; and various others including Chess Yearbooks (15) from 1938. Four titles in Russian. Mainly s/bks. Fair to VF (33)

Thomas Stoddart "An Angler's Rambles and Angling Songs", Edmonston & Douglas, 1866,

Lot: 147

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Thomas Stoddart An Angler’s Rambles and Angling Songs, Edmonston & Douglas, 1866, original gilt cloth, front inner hinge weak o/w fine; The Angler’s Companion to the Rivers and Lochs of Scotland, Herbert Jenkins, 1923, VG; plus another. (3)

Bernard Darwin "John Gully and his times", Cassell, 1935, original cloth, gilt, worn at extremities;

Lot: 148

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
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Bernard Darwin John Gully and his times, Cassell, 1935, original cloth, gilt, worn at extremities; occasional spotting, frontispiece marked, three additional plates. Remainder mark at foot of textblock. The life of a famous prize fighter. 230pp    

Henry Downes Miles "Pugilistica: The History of British Boxing", John Grant, 1906, tall octavo, 3 volumes,

Lot: 149

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £145
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Henry Downes Miles Pugilistica: The History of British Boxing, John Grant, 1906, tall octavo, 3 volumes, original gilt decorated cloth, spines a little faded o/w fine; uncut two sides; 64 plates (two double-page); foxing to endpapers and prelims, occasional minor spotting elsewhere. A VG set. (3)

Gene Tunney "A Man Must Fight", Cape, 1933, 1st Edn, original gilt cloth, VG; front inner hinge weak,

Lot: 150

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £66
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Gene Tunney A Man Must Fight, Cape, 1933, 1st Edn, original gilt cloth, VG; front inner hinge weak, photo portrait; and Nat Fleischer Jack Dempsey: The Idol of Fistiana, 1936, in slightly chipped d/jkt, photo portrait. Fine internally. (2)

Nimrod [Charles Apperley] "The Life of a Sportsman", Kegan Paul, 1905, quarto, green gilt cloth, slightly worn,

Lot: 154

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £15 - £20
SOLD £34
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Nimrod [Charles Apperley] The Life of a Sportsman, Kegan Paul, 1905, quarto, green gilt cloth, slightly worn, fine internally with 36 hand-coloured plates each with a titled tissue-guard. 

Paul Magriel "The Memoirs of the Life of Daniel Mendoza", Batsford,1951,1st Edn, fine in a faded d/jkt,

Lot: 155

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Paul Magriel The Memoirs of the Life of Daniel Mendoza, Batsford, 1951,1st Edn, fine in a faded d/jkt, chipped at corners; and James Fair Give Him to the Angels: The Story of Harry Greb, N.York, 1946, in a very worn d/jkt, with browning to endpapers, title page and text margins. (2)

Pierce Egan "Life in London; or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq., and his elegant friend Corinthian Tom"

Lot: 156

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £130
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Pierce Egan Life in London; or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq., and his elegant friend Corinthian Tom, Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 1822, tall octavo, First Edition, third issue (with footnote on p.9 and first sheet of music numbered); contemp. half-calf worn, backstrip repaired and chipped in places; bookplate has been removed from the front pastedown o/w VG internally; complete with half-title & adverts, 36 hand-coloured plates and 21 wood engravings plus an extra coloured plate with adverts; 3 leaves of folding sheet-music; browned offset from each plate on to the facing page. Occasional minor spotting affects some page margins. 

Geoffrey Gambado "Annals of Horsemanship, containing accounts of Accidental Experiments, and Experimental Accidents"

Lot: 157

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
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Geoffrey Gambado Annals of Horsemanship, containing accounts of Accidental Experiments, and Experimental Accidents, J. Murray, 1811, original boards with good title label, backstrip worn away, hingeing weak; uncut; fine internally with 17 engraved plates by W.H. Bunbury; frontisp., title, xvi, 95pp