Games & Sports from Armadillo & Dicker Books & Ephemera

Printed for John Fielding, London. Fair. 1790. 3rd ed.. Third edition. 12mo., later [19th century] green morocco with fiv e raised bands, gilt titles and ruling; marbled boards, new endpa pers. 135 pp., [1, advt]. Explains the rules to be observed by yo ung anglers, the choice and preparation of rods and lines, float and fly fishing, the… Read more about this item

NY, Chicago: P. F. Volland. 1918. 1st ed., oblong 4to, ½ green cloth, illustrated boards. Briggs ’ classic work on the joys and frustrations of the sport, most of which had been previously published in the New York Herald-Tri bune. Very good: Externally very clean with rubbed corners, edge s; spine a bit loose; front hinge… Read more about this item

London: MacMillan and Co. . Poor. 1866. 1st ed.. Training in Theory and Practice. London MacMillan and Co. 1866. 1 st ed., Oblong 8vo, blue cloth. 202 pp. Gilt titles and spine wit h gilt artwork of the Oxford Eight rowing team on the front cover ; two folding plates. An early treatise on the sport of rowing. M aclaren… Read more about this item

Berlin: Cigareten-Bilderdienst, Hamburgo . 1936. 1st. 4to, Publisher's blue boards with bright gilt design and black le ttering. 128 pp. plus folding map. The first only of two volumes; this volume for the winter olympics. Several hundred glossy phot ographs tipped-in to their pages; mostly b/w but some color. A go od+ copy overall. Text block and photos… Read more about this item

London: Longman Rees Orme Brown And Green. Poor. Hardcover. 1827. 1st ed.. First Edition, 1827. 3 Volumes. 8vo, boards. Vol. (1). xviii, 316 pp, Vol. (2). vii, 314pp [2]. Vol. (3). vi, 207pp. Woodcut chapte r headings by George Cruikshank. ##### . otion, marbles, popguns, the kite, ancient music, optical illusio ns, the swing. Also, an important book… Read more about this item