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Published by Ward, Lock and Co., London
Seller: Dublin Bookbrowsers, Dublin, NONE, Ireland
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Eleventh Edition, Thoroughly Revised. Pp.x, 154, adverts. Green cloth worn and stained and a little crinkled. Corners and spine bumped & rubbed. Fair overall.
Published by Ward Lock
Seller: Hessay Books, York, United Kingdom
Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 12th edition, revised. 188pp, brown cloth covered boards, now rather grubby, with a chessboard motif. Previous owner's names to flyleaf and inner board, title page partly detached, pencil numbers to some of the problems, otherwise internally clean.
Published by S.O. Beeton No Date, London
Seller: St Marys Books And Prints, Stamford, United Kingdom
Hard Back. No Jacket. Ninth Edition. Ninth edition. A small volume bound in the original red cloth with blocked design of a chess board to the front. The boards unfortunately are a little worn with small pieces missing along the top front edge and to the spine. There is a little wear to the margins of the text with pages 97, 99 and 101 having a cut piece missing approximately 1cm along the fore edge. Pages clean throughout. pp. 191. Overall a good copy. From the Library of Major Beeton.nbsp; book.
Published by S. O. Beeton, London
Seller: The Bookstore, Belfast, United Kingdom
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 8th edition, undated, circa 1860's, publishers limp cloth covers, blind stamped with title in gilt, some soiling to covers, wear to edges, discolouration, inner hinges weak, owners signature and date on title page (1864).
Published by Ward, Lock and Co. no date (19th c.), London
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
74 [20, ads] pp. Illustrated by Kenny Meadows. 12mo, publisher's decorated cloth. Eleventh edition. Old ink signature on front free endpaper; slight use to cloth; tight and sound.
Published by Ward, Lock, and Tyler
Seller: Kennys Bookstore, Olney, MD, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. 1876. Hardcover. Clean copy in printed cover. Binding slightly loose with tape on endpapers, but remains good reading copy. Some yellowing and overall discolouring. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
Published by Ward, Lock, and Tyler, 1876
Seller: Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd., Galway, GY, Ireland
Condition: Good. 1876. Hardcover. Clean copy in printed cover. Binding slightly loose with tape on endpapers, but remains good reading copy. Some yellowing and overall discolouring. . . . .
Published by W & R Chambers, 1877
Seller: Pastsport, London, United Kingdom
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 3rd Edition. Pocket-sized cricket instructional. 16mo. 72pp. Illus. Original pictorial cloth wrapper. Spine chipped, otherwise very good. From our large stock of cricket books and publications.
Published by Ward Lock & Co Ltd
Seller: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A good hardcover copy without dustjacket. Undated twelfth edition (with 1876 preface). Light wear to corners and edges. Slightly cocked spine. Tanned endpapers. Pages are otherwise generally clear and unmarked, with just an occasional thumbmark.
Published by Ward Lock, London, 1876
Seller: Leigh Gallery Books, LEIGH ON SEA, ESSEX, United Kingdom
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good +. 242pp; 10pp publisher catalogue. Undated but Preface 1876. Date also written on endpaper which is a little stained as are the bottom edges of the prelims. Front hinge tender. Red cloth with gilt and black decoration. Quite attractive and rare.
Published by London, C.H. Clarke um 1857 ( Vorwort von 1856)., 1857
Seller: Treptower Buecherkabinett Inh. Schultz Volha, Berlin, Germany
Book
x, 154 Seiten., 22 Seiten. Tenth Edition.- Im Gelenk angebrochen, Innendeckel und weitere Bllätter anfangs fleckig, Seite viii fingerfleckig, Innen Seiten sauber. OlB4 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 2000 8° , Original Leinwand mit Klarsichtschutzumschlag ( Einband etwas berieben.
Published by Religious Tract Society, London, 1891
Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. New Edition. patterned end-papers; tissue-guarded b/w. frontis. illust.; number VIII in the 'Boy's Own Bookshelf' series; illustrated by over seven hundred b/w. drawings, diagrams & full-page plates this encyclopaedia has sections on gymnastics; juggling; model making; chess; magic lanterns; boat building; taxidermy; netting; musical instruments; electricity; conjuring; balloons & much more, all listed in the contents section at the front. Revised & enlarged. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 528 pages. Light wear to spine edges; Previous owner's name ink-stamped (small) to reverse of frontis. All edges gilt in good condition. Pictorial Victorian Binding with gilt titles & decoration to front & spine; blind-stamped designs to rear cover. Bumping & light wear to corners. brown cloth. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Children; Games & Gaming; Model Making; Crafts & Hobbies; 19th century; Sports & Pastimes. Inventory No: 4537. This book is fairly heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries. Member of the P.B.F.A.
Published by London, C H Clarke 1858, 1858
Seller: Antiquarian Bookshop Klikspaan, Leiden, Netherlands
First Edition
1st ed. - Red cloth.
Published by Lakshay Publication 0
ISBN 10: 9381868921ISBN 13: 9789381868928
Seller: dsmbooks, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Book
Paperback. Condition: Like New. Like New. book.
Published by London: Bickers and Bush no date
Seller: David Ford Books PBFA, Cley-next-the-Sea, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Condition: poor. Includes a chapter with 29 problems to solve. Fifth edition. Small hb, 10x15cms, [8] 191pp with diagrams. Red figured cloth boards now in poor condition, teg. 3 previous owners inscriptions to fep, front hinge cracked internally. Contents clean and tight. A Good copy.
Published by Ward, Lock, and Tyler
Seller: Harris & Harris Books, Clare, Suffolk, United Kingdom
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Billiards, Bagatelle, Chess, Draughts And Backgammon : Whist, Loo And Cribbage, Bezique, Ecarte, Euchre, Drole, And All The Round Games. Undated, preface dated 1876. Red cloth covered boards with wear to edges. Gutters cracked within. Ffep removed (book opens at title-page). Rfep and prelim at rear detached but present.
Published by Religious Tract Society, London, 1891
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition. 528 pages (complete). A much owned copy. There have been several attempts at repair. The spine has recently been repaired with a leather strip. The boards are much marked, worn, scuffed all about from handling, use, storage. They are secure and steady. The contents are resolutely cheerful. They have foxing, handling marks, storage/age related marks. The page trims are gilded (tarnished). The pages are diligent, certain, convivial, generous. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. None stated (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of this scarce handbook for playing cards written by Captain Crawley, in the original decorative cloth. The first edition.In the publisher's original decorative cloth.This work was written by George Fredrick Pardon under the pseudonym 'Captain Crawley'. Pardon was a English journalist and writer on topics such as sports and games. This work provides a guide for card player's with descriptions of games such as 'Whist', 'Loo', 'Cribbage' and all round games.Publisher's advertisements to the rear.Undated. Dated by the preface and copies found at the British Library. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally very smart with marks to the boards, fading to the spine, light rubbing to the joints, bumping to the extremities and very small closed tears to the head and tail of the spine. A past owner's signature to the front and rear pastedowns with offsetting from the signature to the rear free endpaper, light spotting and front and rear hinge tender. Lacking front free endpaper. Internally binding starting in places with cords showing with lightly age toned pages and occasional scattered spotting. Very Good. book.
Published by Ward, Lock and Co., London
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Dark, green boards with black decoration and gild title embellishment to front. Oddity in that after page 241 on verso is just a page number 2 with another Napoleon game. 26 pages of adds. Mild wave to some pages.
Published by S. O. Beeton, London
Seller: The Petersfield Bookshop, ABA, ILAB, Petersfield, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Good. Ninth Edition. A small 12mo. volume with original red cloth, blocked in gilt on the upper cover to show title and a chess board. No date but clearly mid-nineteenth century. Slight foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Previous owner's signature in ink. soiled covers. Category: Sports & Pastimes; Chess; Games & Gaming.
Published by C H Clarke, London
Seller: Black Cat Bookshop P.B.F.A, Leicester, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 3rd Edition. Undated 3rd edition - circa 1859. Numerous black & white plates. Attractive publishers red cloth with gilt chessboard & title on upper board. All edges gilt. Minor marks / corner wear on boards but nothing untoward or unexpected. Pocket sized, approx 4" x 6". 180 pages plus 6 page publishers catalogue bound-in at rear.
Published by c.1890, 1890
Seller: Berkelouw Rare Books, Berrima, NSW, Australia
London: Ward Locke & Co. n.d. circa 1890. 12mo. Orig. illust. wrapper chipped. 96pp. With numerous text-illusts.
Published by Chas Goodall & Son Ltd London, 1911
Seller: Deightons, Bournemouth, United Kingdom
First Edition
New edition, 1st edition thus, dated on title page. Softback. 24mo. 27 + (5) + (2)pp including covers ( adverts at rear ). All edges gilt. Pale blue soft card pictorial covers, red & black lines around edges + intense pattern using pips in red & black + lettering on front. Original white cotton ties through. Covers : slight rub along spine edge, 1cm scuff rear, faint rubs edges, shelf dust marks rear else very clean & unchipped. Contents : very clean & tight & unfoxed. Clean tight copy. VG.
Published by London Bickers and Bush, 1860
Seller: J & S WILBRAHAM, LONDON, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Small 8vo, pp xii, 563, digrams in the text, original textured cloth stamped in gilt and blind, rubbed, neatly recased with new endpapers, a good sound copy, FIRST EDITION, the very rare firts collective edition of the 'Captain Crawley' games handbooks, popular at this period but elusive today; a later edition with Pardon's name on it was issued as Beeton's Book of Games in 1876, but this earlier printing is uncommon in any condition. All main games are convered including billiards, chess and draughts, as well card games.
Published by C. H. Clarke, London, 1859
Seller: Brian P. Martin Antiquarian and Collectors' Books, Midhurst, SUSSE, United Kingdom
Book
Cloth Bound. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. The rare 1859 first edition, first issue of this classic by a prolific author. The 170-page text, with all edges gilt, is complete and in good, clean condition, apart from an ink stain along the edge of the bottom blank margin of the last few leaves and rear paste-down end paper (not affecting the text). The front free end paper and the rear free end paper are missing but both inner hinges have been neatly strengthened. No inscriptions. The original red cloth hardback binding with gilt title and cards on the front panel and gilt title on the spine, is tight, with some wear, fading and staining. The price reflects the condition of this very rare book. See photographs attached. (BMGAS).
1st Edition. Scarce. weight: 2.7 lb. Good, book has survived a fire and the top and foredge are smoked, the top margins of most pages have smoke and damp damage. Numerous illustrations. 8vo., 23x15.5 cm. xv, 261 pp. Recased in quarter black leather over green boards.
Published by Ward Lock and Co., London
Seller: Leakey's Bookshop Ltd., Inverness, United Kingdom
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Eleventh edition. Small 8vo. Pp vi, 188. BOUND WITH W. Patterson, "The Games of Draughts; with the laws, advice to young players, analysis of games, games played throughout, etc etc." First edition, No date, Small 8vo. Dean and Son, London. Pp 64. BOUND WITH James Tonar, "The Game of Draughts. Scale for Handicap Draughts Contests, to which is added the Standard Laws. J. Gould, Middlesborough. No date. Small 8vo. Pp 7. Half calf. Boards a little marked but a sound and attractive copy.
Published by C. H. Clarke [1859], London, 1859
First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Good. None (illustrator). First edition. A little pocket sized guide to the card game of whist, with information on loo, and cribbage. The rare first edition of this volume. A guide to the trick-card game of 'whist', popular in the eighteenth and nineteenth century, by Captain Crawley. The rare first edition dated from Jisc 1859. With some chapters also on loo, a seventeenth century trick-card game, and cribbage.In the original publisher's cloth binding with gilt to the edges. In the original publisher's cloth binding with gilt to the edges. Externally with some shelf wear and edge wear and some soiling to the boards. The rear board has a faint damp marking and a white minor mark, the front board presents some minimal damp marks to the upper right extremity. The head and tail of the spine and extremities are slightly bumped. Evidence of attempted removal of an inscription on the front pastedown, and an imprint by the bookseller on the front free endpaper. Internally, With a faint minor spotting to the first and last few leaves, otherwise the pages are bright and clean. Good. book.
Published by C.H. CLARKE, PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON, 1858
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
HARD BACK BROWN. Condition: FAIR. Second edition. Chess: its Theory and Practice to which is added a Chapter on Draughts; rust cloth; edgewear; cracked on front top corner; rubbing along edges; gilt edges; borwning pages; gilt title with chess design on front DATE PUBLISHED: 1858 EDITION: Second edition 180.
Published by Ward, Lock And Co. 0, London.
Seller: James Hine, Ilminster, SOMER, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. No edition stated, Nd. c. 1870. May not be a first edition. Publishers highly decorative blue cloth with gilt decorations. Light rubbing to the top and bottom of spine and corners. Some marking to rear cover. An attractive book in a very good piece of Victorian cloth binding. Scarce. 242 p. Book.