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Games and Hobbies

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The Boardgame Book (alt spelling Board Game)

Marshall Cavendish, London
Large Folio in colour printed boards, 160pp, illustrated in colour throughout index etc. PLUS large colour printed folded sheet loosely inserted (as issued)
An extremely well preserved almost AS NEW copy (slight small bump to bottom cover corner tips) in a near FINE price-clipped Dust Jacket (slightly creased along top edges, slightly nicked and rubbed at top flap fold corner tips, looks fine in its protector)
HardcoverDustjacket
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£17.95
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MCC Yearbook 1988 - 89

Harrington Kilbride, London
Large heavy 4to. in colour printed stiff glossy card covers, 280pp, illustrations in text, etc
A well preserved near FINE clean and tight copy (mild shelf rub to cover corner tips)
1st editionSoftcover
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Toy Trains - A History

Victor Gollancz, London
4to in blue faux cloth, silver lettering to spine. 160pp, colour plates, illustrations in text, bibliography, index etc. Wrapper text states 'With price guide' - presumably originally loosely inserted in the book (and which our copy no longer has) as such does not appear in the actual text.
An extremely well preserved almost AS NEW copy ( pages faintly tanned) in an AS NEW Dust Jacket
1st editionHardcoverDustjacket
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Hommage a Teriade (Diploma Galleries, Royal Academy Arts, 9 August - 12 October 1975)

Royal Acadamy Arts, London
Square 4to in colour printed stiff card covers, 68pp, plates etc. Exhibition devoted to the Paris art patron and publisher of fine illustrated books and the art journals Verve, Minotaure and Bete Noire
Spine tanned covers marginally tanned and a little dusty else about FINE an otherwise well preserved clean and tight copy
1st editionSoftcover
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£6.95
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Just My Story

Hutchinson, London
8vo in green cloth, gilt lettering to spine, 192pp, plates, index
A well preserved VERY GOOD+ copy (page-block edges slightly dusty) in a dusty and lightly edge-worn VERY GOOD Dust Jacket (looks very presentable in its protector)
1st editionHardcoverDustjacket
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The Laws of Four- Handed Bezique Adopted by the Portland Club with A Guide to the Game (SIGNED COPY)

Thos De La Rue, London
Small 8vo. in blind ruled green cloth gilt lettering to front cover, patterned end-papers, all page-block edges gilt, 27pp with two blank leaves of thinner paper interleaved. This copy inscribed in ink 'With Persicus' compliments & best wishes' on verso of the front fly-leaf, there are also 2 ink corrections to the text, possibly also by the author. This book contains the rules of Bezique only, the list of contents calls for two more general chapters, a description and a guide to the game, which are lacking, it is probable the book was sold in two formats - the extra chapters included in copies for more general readers &c.
VERY GOOD, a clean and tight copy (very small chip to cloth on rear cover adjacent to the spine, mild crease to top fore-corner of front cover slightly mirrored by the page block and rear cover, circular private bookplate on the front paste-down end-paper)
Signed copy1st editionHardcover
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British Jigsaw Puzzles of the 20th Century

Richard Dennis, Shepton
Extra Large 4to. in colour printed boards, 132pp, illustrations in text, colour plates, index etc
NEW unread copy
1st editionHardcover
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£14.40
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2001 Formula One Annual (SIGNED COPY)

European Press, London
Thick and very heavy 4to in black boards, 672pp, illustrated in colour throughout. Elegantly inscribed 'To andrew with best wished' and signed by Nigel Mansell on the title-page
Almost AS NEW (minute speck of shelf rub to cover corner tips)
Signed copy1st editionHardcover
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£37.95
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Sir William Burrell 1861 - 1958 (Revised Edition 1985)

Glasgow Museums and Art Galleries, Glasgow
Landscape 4to in stiff glossy card covers, 24pp, sepia plates etc
VERY GOOD (mild cover creasing, corners rubbed, otherwise a clean and tight copy)
Softcover
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Make Your Own Working Paper Clock

Harper and Row, London
Large 4to. in colour printed stiff glossy card covers, 40pp on stiff card. Cut out and make a clock etc
AS NEW (page-block edges sl tanned)
1st editionSoftcover
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Make Your Own Working Paper Clock

Harper and Row, London
Large 4to. in colour printed stiff glossy card covers, 40pp on stiff card. Cut out and make a clock etc
AS NEW (page-block edges sl tanned)
1st editionSoftcover
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£6.00
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Postcards and Cigarette Cards (Philips Auction Catalogue for Sale 29 and 30 July 1987)

Phillips, Son and Neale, London
4to in colour printed stiff glossy card covers, 56pp plus 16pp plates at rear, 974 lots listed and described
An extremely well preserved AS NEW unread or barely read copy
1st editionSoftcover
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Royal Mail Special Stamps 19 -The Story Behind the Stamps

Royal Mail, London
Lavishly produced Square 4to in decoratively blind embossed black faux leather 56pp, plus folder re dead Queen Mother stamps. Lacks all stamps but otherwise complete
AS NEW in an AS NEW slip-case
1st editionHardcoverDustjacket
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Royal Mail Special Stamps-the Story Behind the Stamps-no 14 (Complete with all stamps as issued)

Royal Mail, London
Lavishly produced square 4to in gilt and blind embossed faux leather covered boards, 51pp, illustrated in colour throughout PLUS all 9 special issues for 1997 (42 stamps in all) in folder PLUS erratum slip relating to death of Princess Diana and its effects on stamp selling. All housed in a cloth and colour printed slip-case
All AS NEW in an AS NEW slip case
1st editionHardcoverDustjacket
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Royal Mail Special Stamps No 15 (1998) the Stories Behind the Stamps

Royal Mail, London
Square 4to in gilt and blind embossed black simulated leather, 51pp on glossy art paper, with transparent pockets for stamps, illustrated in colour throughout, with colour printed thick card slipcase. Lacking the stamps
AS NEW in an AS NEW slip-case
1st editionHardcoverDustjacket
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Tal's 100 Best Games 1961 - 1973

Batsford, London
8vo in grey faux cloth, silver lettering to spine. 251pp, indexes etc
A well preserved FINE barely read copy in a faintly tanned but otherwise AS NEW Dust Jacket (publisher-price-clipped with publishers new price sticker to inner flap)
1st editionHardcoverDustjacket
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Antique Personal Possessions

Blandford Press, Poole
4to in green faux cloth, gilt lettering to spine., 128pp, colour plates, illustrations in text, index etc
A well preserved FINE copy (faint shelf-rub to cover bottom edges) in a near FINE Dust Jacket (two minor short closed tears adjacent to head of spine panel, barely noticeable residue from old price sticker)
1st editionHardcoverDustjacket
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£2.95
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The Telegraph Book of the Olympics

Aurum Press, London
Large 8vo in blue faux cloth, gilt lettering to spine. 309pp
NEW unread copy in NEW Dust Jacket
1st editionHardcoverDustjacket
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£8.40
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London 2012 Olympic Games - The Official Book

Carlton, London
4to in gilt embossed colour printed stiff card covers, 127pp, illustrated in colour throughout, etc
NEW unread copy
Softcover
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£3.95
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Dolls' Houses and Miniatures

John Murray, London
4to in blue faux cloth, gilt lettering to spine, 160pp, colour plates, illustrations in text, bibliography, index etc
An extremely well preserved almost AS NEW unread or barely read copy (very slight push to spine ends) in an almost AS NEW Dust Jacket (minute nick to head of spine panel)
1st editionHardcoverDustjacket
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Inns of Sport

Whitbread and Co, London
Tall 8vo. in colour printed boards, 54pp, colour plates, illustrations in text, index etc
An extremely well preserved very clean and bright FINE copy (tiny specks of rub to spine tips, hint of tanning to edges) in a dusty and very slightly edge-nicked but otherwise about FINE Dust Jacket (looks fine in its protector)
1st editionHardcoverDustjacket
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Twirlymen - The Unlikely History of Cricket's Greatest Spin Bowlers (Signed Copy)

Yellow Jersey, London
8vo in dark blue boards, white lettering to spine, 400pp, index. Large inscription signed by the author on page facing title page
NEW unread copy (slight crease to bottom edge of the signed leaf)
Signed copy1st editionHardcover
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The Story of Benjamin Pollock and Pollock's Toy Museum

Pollock's Toy Museum, London
Large 4to in illustrated stiff card covers, 16pp, illustrations in text
A well preserved FINE copy (covers faintly tanned)
1st editionSoftcover
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The Collectors Book of Books

Studio Vista, London
Large 4to. in black cloth, gilt lettering to spine, 144pp, colour plates, numerous illustrations in text, index etc. With the blank bookplate on the front fly-leaf (as issued)
A well preserved near FINE copy (slight shelf-rub to cover bottom edges, page-block edges slightly tanned and dusty) in a slightly tanned and lightly edge-nicked but otherwise VERY GOOD Dust Jacket (looks very presentable in its protector)
1st editionHardcoverDustjacket
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Fountain Pens Vintage and Modern (Signed Limited Edition)

Classic Pens, Epping
4to in blue faux cloth, gilt lettering to spine. 244pp, numerous illustrations in text, index etc. No 57 of 1000 copies, this being a signed presentation copy from the author
AS NEW in an AS NEW Dust Jacket
Signed copy1st editionHardcoverDustjacket
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The New Practical Window Gardener - Being practical directions for the cultivation of flowering and foliage plants in windows and glazed cases, and the arrangement of plants and flowers for the embellishment of the household

Groombridge and Sons, London
8vo in ornate colour printed and gilt embossed green cloth, bevelled cover edges, all page-block edges gilt, 204pp, numerous woodcuts in text plus 6 full page chromolithographs (frontispiece plus 5 others, and all called for)
An extremely well preserved, clean and tight VERY GOOD+ copy (very slight shelf rub to cover corner tips and spine ends, mild soiling or tanning to end-papers, scattered mild foxing to leaves)
1st editionHardcover
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£174.95
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Historische Aktien USA / Historic Stock Certificates USA, - Spiegelbilder der Wirtschaft - Band I / Mirrors of the Economy - Volume 1

Hermann Schmidt, Mainz
Large heavy 4to. in red cloth backed boards with printed paper labels to spine and front cover (as issued), 295pp, numerous colour illustrations, dual text in English and German
An almost AS NEW unread copy (faint shelf-rub to cover bottom edges, slight bump to bottom cover corner tips)
1st editionHardcover
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£12.95
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Thomas Hodge - The Golf Artist of St Andrews

Sports Design International, London
Large heavy 4to. in colour printed boards, 239pp, colour plates, illustrations in text, etc
NEW copy in NEW Dust Jacket
1st editionHardcoverDustjacket
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£44.95
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Durham Bookbinders and Booksellers 1660 - 1760

Oxford Bibliographical Society, Oxford
Large 4to. in stiff card covers, 61pp, plates etc
An extremely well preserved AS NEW unread or barely read copy
1st editionSoftcover
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More Binding Variants

Constable, London
8vo in printed red wrappers, 52pp. An appendix to Carter's Binding Variants in English Publishing 1820-1900
A well preserved very near FINE unread or barely read copy (very faint soil to bottom edge of front cover, slight pale red offset from front cover to front end-paper lower margin, tiny nick to top corner tip of front cover)
1st editionSoftcover
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£15.95
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