Phillips Hubert Westall B C (14 results)

HC. Condition: good+, green cloth (hardcover). B&W ill. (illustrator). 258pp First published in 1939. All the games which the card enthusiast will wish to have in his repertory.

Condition: Good. 1933. First Edition. 336 pages. No dust jacket. Brown illustrated cloth boards with lettering. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pen inscription to front pastedown. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Lettering is bright and clear. Minor splits to spine ends and corners causing cloth to be frayed. Visible wear marks to boards.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Firmly bound, green cloth boards. Few marks on cover. Some marks on the end papers. No jacket forward lean to the binding.

Condition: Good. 1945. 258 pages. Green pictorial dust jacket over green cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. The unclipped dust jacket has heavy edge wear, with tears, chips and areas of loss. Moderate tanning to spine and edges.

Condition: Good. 1943. Reprinted. 258 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing, mild to end-papers and text-block edges. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout, binding remains reasonably firm. Cracking to hinges, no damage to end papers. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Moderate crushing to spine ends, with splitting, fraying and loss to the head, tail and joints. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Sunning to spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Firmly bound, green cloth boards. Foxing on the end papers and on the closed page edges. No jacket, no writing inside.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. xx, 292pp. Red cloth-covered boards; black titles on front and spine; top text block edge sprayed black. 12mo. Sun-faded spine, rubbed spine ends. Top text block edge dusty, remaining edges starting to tan and fox. Free endpapers starting to fox. Previous owner's signature on pastedowns. Bookseller's label on front pastedown. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Brings together carefully selected hands from important matches and brings out the salient points in each case - opposite each hand is a discussion of the lessons that can be learned from it.

Hard Back. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Canvas & brick-red illustrated boards.336pp includes clean blank pages for Notes & the Answers.Set out in 5 parts;- Games of Encounter - Chess , draughts etc / Whist Family of Card Games - Contact Bridge, Whist etc / Other Card Games - Poker, Bezique, etc / Other Card Games- Greek Hearts , Parliament , Racing Demons etc / Party Games- Sardines, Musical Hats , Spelling Bee etc / Pencil & Paper games.VG[Book- no inscsp; no annotation, clean throughout, sound copy , light tan to end papers] Outer boards faded over time with shelf-edge-wear. 200x125mm. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition without dw in The Sports and Pastimes Library series. A very good, tight copy with slight sunning to the spine in dark green boards. The book gives an outline of how at least 50 games are played; some are more familiar whilst others are quite obscure. The authors are well-known in this field.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial grey cloth. 336 pp. B/w illustrated. No inscriptions. VG+.

Reprint. 8vo. xii. 258pp. Numerous illustrations in text. Green cloth, gilt lettering on spine. White & brown dw with drawing of Poker hand in brown and brown lettering on front cover, not price clipped 10/6 net. Covers : very slight knocks front bottom corner & bottom edge of spine, 0.2cm spot on rear. Dw : 2cm loss top of spine, spine edges rubbed, slight foxed. Contents : slight browning to eps, few small fox spots outside edge of pages else very clean & tight & unfoxed. Clean tight copy. VG/VG-.

Condition: Poor. A lot of dirty marks, a few small tears, creases and wear on jacket. Also some shelf wear on cover and foxing on outer edges of pages. Content is fine.

(rep) Or.cl. (sl rubbed) 258pp. Nice copy. Including bridge, piquet, black maria, cribbage, poker and many more.

1st edition. Wide 8vo. xii + 336pp. Numerous illustrations in text. Brown pictorial cloth, unusual drawings of different games in progress within red house on font & back covers, titles black to front and spine. Dw repeats cover design, not price clipped 5s net. Owner's name on ep, but crossed out. Covers : very slight shelf knocks top/bottom of spine + top corners else bright. Dw : slight rubs top/bottom of spine else very clean. Contents : book slight lean, a few small fox marks outside edges of pages front inner hinge opened but still tight else very clean & tight. Clean tight copy. VG+/VG+.