Edited Mario Sica (3 results)

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Reprint. This is a smaller than trade sized paperback book. The book is in Near Fine condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. This book was republished in commemoration of the 75th anniversary Scouting (international, not US).

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Playing the Game First edition-first printing(1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2).Green hardback(silver lettering to the spine,good priceclipped jacket: A Baden-Powell Compendium by Lord Robert Baden-Powell Edited By Mario Sica price clipped.Drawing on Baden-Powell's extensive archive, "Playing the Game" is a rich and evocative selection of his writings, on peace - a major theme throughout his career and the theme of the 2007 centenary celebrations, on his own life, from his wonderfull idiosyncratic anecdotal autobiography and includes a healthy sprinkling of some of BP's more memorable aphorisms, such as 'I don't mind confessing I have a weakness for hippos' and 'The man who holds the average boy's attention for more than seven minutes is a genius', not to mention 'Knowledge without character is mere pie-crust'. Imbued with a strong sense of the splendour and the old-school Empire feel of Baden-Powell's work, "Playing the Game" offers a dazzling window into a world that's gone, but whose legacy remains alive, not least in the 28 million members of the Scouts Association. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.).

Hardcover. Condition: Nr Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. NOTE FOR OVERSEAS BUYERS: HEAVY BOOK FOR SHIPPING FROM THE UK WHICH WILL REQUIRE AN SLIGHTLY INCREASED POSTAGE FEE IN ADDITION TO OUR STANDARD RATE SHOWN, PLEASE EMAIL FOR PRICE-DETAILS IF RELEVANT. Near fine excellent clean crisp interior with no marks or inscriptions just lightly tanned to page block (closed edge of pages) contains several sketches, fine boards and d/j, not price-clipped./.