Captain Robert Weir (35 results)

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. Auth…

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 wil…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 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 CONDITIO…

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 nic…

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…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 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. GILES G D,…

Condition: Good Plus. 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 af…

The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes. New Impression.434 pages with illustrations by G.D.Giles, Frank Dadd, J. Stuart Allan, and from photography. The Polo section takes in Polo in England, India and America,as well as the continent and the Colonies! with the training and the rules. Brown decorative cloth, A Very nice cl…

Condition: Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original decorated russet cloth covers, gilt and two-tone lettering and rider to the spine, black background illustration and navy and white lettering to the upper panel, publishers light green and white swan and sail illustrated lining papers. 8vo 7¾'' x 6'' (xiii)…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 3rd Edition. 448 pages inc index, original lime green Longman's decorated endpapers, illustrated with line drawings throughout. Contents a little shaken in a couple of gatherings, endpaper and index leaves a little foxed as are a few pages, several light smudges to half titles and a few pen…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 8vo, first edition, pp,xiii, 423, illustrated by G.D. Giles, Frank Dadd and F. Stuart Allan, tissue guarded frontispiece, pictorial gilt and black titled brown cloth a bit faded with wear to the head and tail of spine, early name on the reverse of the leading free endpaper, some foxing. The Badmi…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Third Edition. Hardcover. Third Edition. A title in The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes. Light brown pictorial cloth. Contains two separate titles: Weir's "Riding" and Brown's "Polo." Illustrated with 23 full page plates and 45 vignette drawings. Text moderately foxed, images clean. One…

HC. Condition: Vg. Very nice copy of the volume, with many full page illustrations as well as those within the text by G.D. Giles, Frank Dadd, J. Stuart Allan along with photographs. Minor edge wear to head and foot of spine along with some minimal spotting and rubbing to covers. Save for some slight browning to page edges, no m…

Second edition. xiii, [1], 423pp, [1]. With a half title and frontispiece. Original publisher's decorative cloth. Some rubbing and marking to extremities and spine, some foxing to text. Both hinges cracking, with some splitting to endpapers. Some quires with unopened leaves. Later armorial bookplate of the Barons Raglan, bearing…

First edition.Plates. 8vo (7 1/4 x 5 inches). 423-pages. Finely bound contemporary full tan marbled calf, gilt border to sides. Spine gilt in compartments with black lettering piece, all edges marbled. Foxing to prelims. & at end. plate detached and torn. The binding by Gordon & Gotch, Melbourne, with their ticket. With the book…

Half-Leather. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Second Edition. Finely bound in half leather by Hatchards of Picadilly. Dark blue morocco spine and corners, with gilt ruled borders.Five raised bands on the spine, gilt title lettering, and date, with sporting emblems decorating four compartments.Top edge gilt.Ochre cloth boards, a…

hardcover. Condition: very good. With other authors' contributions as well as a chapter on Polo by J. Moray Brown. Illustrated by G.D. Giles, Frank Dadd and J. Stuart Allan, thick 8vo, brown pictorial cloth; (some foxing). London: Longmans, Green, 1891. Very Good. Previous owners' inscription from 1893 on half title. The Badmint…