Brown Robert Weir (74 results)

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Riding and Polo (1891) This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Illustrated hardcover boards, no dj. Light shelfwear and rubbing to covers. Contents clean and tight. 423 pages, index, b&w illus.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcovers. Condition: Fair. - - - - - -THE BADMINTON LIBRARY-- This Volume Includes RIDING and POLO- - - -Badminton editor is His Grace the Duke of Beaufort. Authors of RIDING are Captain Robert Weir, His Grace the Duke of Beaufort, The Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire, The Earl of Onslow, E. L. Anderson, Alfred E. T. Watson. Author of POLO is J. Moray Brown. Illustrations by G. D. Giles - - -Brown cloth with the classic Badminton illustration and cover lettering--- the original Classic Badminton Binding--, also with green sturdy corners applied by former owner, thick book, 7 1/2" tall, weighs 3 pounds. .448 pages. With frontispiece illustration and so many other illustrations that it takes 4 pages to list them. Revised with additions, this book was published 1895. . . .Book in FAIR/POOR CONDITION- TEXT IS COMPLETE, pages are clean and bright and very readable, illustrations are clean. However, few pages are detached, and present.- - exlibrary book with spine label and bookplate and marks inside rear cover. wear spine. Originally a pretty book, still with great content and the book is complete. Image available. This book is a classic, and worth re-binding or used as is. no dust jacket.

HARD BACK BROWN. Condition: GOOD. Edited by: His Grace the (Eighth) Duke of Beaufort, K.G. Assisted by Alfred E.T. Watson; BROWN vellum cloth gilt on spine, brown, b/w on front cover,figured endpapers heraldic personal bookplate, 10 plates in polo section Persian, Tibetan, etc. with diagrams of games and types of ideal ponies, with illus in text as well, very good, clean tight name ink front hinge weak but seeks strong prev owner signature on the first page browning pages DATE PUBLISHED: 1905 EDITION: 434PP.

Condition: Good. 1905. New Edition. 434 pages. No dust jacket. Brown illustrated cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Hinges are slightly cracked with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Lettering is darkened. Minor splits to spine ends and corners causing cloth to be frayed. Book has a slight forward lean. Visible wear marks to boards.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Kenna's Kingdom: A Ramble Through Kingly Kensington. Book.

Condition: New. In.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

hardback, 8vo, xiii,423pp, numerous illustrations, owner's bookplate on endpaper, slight browning, otherwise clean and sound, brown cloth pictorial, slightly rubbed, Good condition.

First edition. Plates. 8vo (7 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches), 423-pages. The superior leather bound issue in half blue calf over orange boards blocked in gilt. Small chip out of headband else good.

1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt decorated pictorial brown cloth (lightly rubbed - otherwise VG). Pp. xiii + 423, with b&w plates and illus in text (pages a little spotted; no inscriptions).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 4th Edition. No dustwrapper as issued. Illustrated by G.D.Giles,Frank Dadd,Stuart Allan and from photographs.Brown buckram with black lettering.Very good.Some light foxing.Tissue guarded frontis.A little wear at head and tail.One of the 6 major 19th century books on 'how to learn polo' and still useful today. From the library of Henry Ashmore Davidson. A 'Graingerised' copy with several 1930s small illustrations tipped in,probably by Diana Thorne? Blacklocks Polo Books and Prints. Octavo, 423 pages, 1 kilo.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Longmans Green & Co, 1891. 1st Edition. Oddly signed and dated 1885 by William Day (Jay?).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo, illustd,423pp, orig brown pictorial cloth, just a very small bit edge rubbed ,a vg clean tight volume, has "volxv" in small letters to top right of half title page, owners name to verso of front end paper, small bit of foxing, contents vg and sound,heavy book overseas orders will incur extra postage request, a nice volume of this badminton library series. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated (illustrator). 2nd Edition. xiii + 423pp, very well illustrated, hard cover, bound in pictorial cloth, very good condition, Badminton Library Edition, London, 1891 2nd. EDITION, PICTORIAL BROWN CLOTH WITH THE BADMINTON LIBRARY DESIGN, HARDCOVER, A BRIGHT FRESH COPY FREE FROM THE USUAL FOXING, VERY GOOD CONDITION.

De luxe 2nd edn. 8vo (8 x 5¾ ins). Original gilt decorated blue morocco on orange cloth, top edge gilt (rather rubbed and worn at edges and upper board partly discoloured - in protective cover). Pp. xiii + 423, with b&w plates and illus in text (some spotting throughout; previous owner's bookplate on front paste-down; no inscriptions).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo, 423pp, original pictorial brown cloth, tiny bit of edge rubbing and bit of minor discolouration to bit of rear board, but nothing to worry about , binding is vg clean and tight, old name to front end paper, contents have a modest bit of foxing, and are vg clean and tight , a nice volume in this badminto lib series, heavy volume overseas orders will incur extra postage request. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. GILES G D, DADD Frank and ALLAN J Stuart (illustrator). 1st Edition. (viii) 423pp including index. Tan buckram boards half bound dark blue black leather with gilt armorial to front and gilt titles to spine. No inscriptions. Boards lightly bumped at extremities. Textblock and illustrations clean bright and tight. A very nice copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover in Very Good condition, small 8vo. Brown cloth with 2-color illustration, titles in black and white, gilt titles on spine, floral end-papers, multiple plates and illustrations, index. Light wear to tips and spine-ends, some foxing. Bookseller accession no.: 12375. Revised editions.

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1905). (1891) 1905 new edition. 8vo (136 x 195mm). Ppxiv,434 + 4pp ads. B&w engraved plates from painting & photographs. Decorative brown cloth, printed in black, blue, white and gilt, with design of a sportsman's study on upper board, horse & rider on spine, uniform with other titles in the series. Slightly shaken, some foxing but generally a good copy. Ownership label of Jasper Moon. A practical guide for the budding horseman, foxhunter or polo player at the end of the nineteenth century. .

Condition: Good Plus. J. D. Giles, J. Stuart Allan and F. Dadd (illustrator). First Edition. Bound attractively in half morocco by Root & Son. 4to. 19 by 14 cm. xii, [1], 423 pp. Profusely illustrated with b/w plates and drawings in the text. Binding rubbed along joints. A few scratches on the spine leather, and unevenness of color. Although most leaves are clean, there are leaves afflicted with heavy-ish foxing, by which we mean pronounced in some way -- the size and/or darkness of the markings or the clustering of markings. A few leaves with a dampstain, and other soiling. The plates, on a different, glossy paper stock, are generally clean. Notwithstanding a fairly attractive shelf presence, this copy gives us the impression of a certain grittiness. Half Morocco. Marbled paper pastedown on boards.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 3rd Edition. 1895 3rd edition, revised. Decorated brown cloth, gilt, black, white titles. Illustrated eps with repeat design of swan and ship. Profusely illustrated in b/w. Condition: Very good. Minor shelf wear. Owner s name to ffep. Eps browned. Scattered foxing, some pages significantly so. Size: 7.5x6in / 19x15cm. 448pp. Weight: 1kg.

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 130 grams. ISSN 0140-0894.