London: Yellow Jersey Press, 1999. First Edition with full numberline. Signed by author on title page without inscription. 16mo. 180 pages. Illustrated dust jacket. Black boards stamped in gilt. Unclipped dust jacket shows light edgewear. Edges of boards have two very shallow indentations, otherwise sturdy and square. Pages unmarked. More

New York: Greystone Press, [1941]. First edition, 8vo, pp. 245; original cloth in white pictorial dust jacket by the artist Reginald Marsh; jacket edges a bit worn, spine browned, else fine. A noir pugilistic novel about Leslie Phillips, an aspiring prize-fighter who "is offered up as a sacrifice..... More

Paris: Alexandre Cadot, 1856. First Edition. Small octavo (16cm.); contemporary brown calf-backed marbled boards, gilt spine, marbled endpapers; 320pp. Boards a bit scuffed at extremities with some exposure, chiefly at corners, contemporary bookseller ticket to front pastedown and slightly latter rubber-stamps to title page a few internal leaves, stock uniformly..... More

Worcester, MA?: Boy Scouts of America Troop 8, 1949. Ten volumes; small 12mo (18cm.); each issue comprised of a single sheet folded into 4-paneled brochure; text and illus. printed mimeograph. A hint of wear, else a Very Good or better collection. Possibly unrecorded newsletter issued by the Boy Scouts..... More

Ithaca, NY: Cornell Publications Printing Co., 1923. First Edition. Octavo. 107 pages. Black and white photographs. Photographic dust jacket with additional onion skin covering. Green boards stamped in red and gilt. Courtney never lost a rowing race as an amateur, though his professional career was marred by controversy. He..... More

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, ca. 1932. First Edition. Slim 12mo (16.5cm.); publisher's brown printed card wrappers; 63pp. Some minor dampstaining and spotting to upper wrappers, spine just starting to peel from upper joint, else Very Good, contents about fine. We find only one OCLC record as of June, 2017, listing..... More

New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1949. Second Printing. Octavo. 244 pages. Black and white diagrams and photographs. Photographic dust jacket. Green boards stamped in white. Unclipped dust jacket is chipped along edges with some general soiling, more heavily to rear panel. Boards are worn at extremities with chipping and..... More

Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1898. First Edition. Large Octavo. 272 pages. Black and white illustrations throughout. Brown boards decorative chess board to front and spine and front in gilt. Top edge gilt. The second in Young's 'Chess Strategetics' series and includes chapters on major tactics, geometric and sub-geometric..... More

Garden City: Garden City Publishing Company, 1926. Reprint of the G.P. Putnam's Sons edition. Photographic dustjacket over red cloth-covered boards with black lettering. Jacket chipped at corners and spine ends, with a few small tears and a couple scuffs to face. Spine ends nudged with a small tear at head..... More

London: Ward and Lock, 1863. First Edition. Slim octavo (18.5cm.); contemporary half brown morocco over marbled boards by Little Brown & Co., gilt spine in six compartments, expertly recased with spine laid down, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, original brown pictorial cloth spine and upper cover bound in rear; 112pp.;..... More

[Buckingham]: Kenilworth Press, [1987, 1993]. Reprint. Small quarto; publisher's simulated cloth in brown pictorial dust jacket; 240pp.; illus., chiefly photographic. Light wear from handling, spine rather cocked and sunned, else a Near Very Good copy. Compiled by Watson, the Olympic, World and European Three-Day Event Gold Medallist. More

Detroit, MI: Morris-Systems Publishing Co., 1929. Second Edition. Signed by Banks on front free endpaper dated Nov 12, 1937. Octavo. 201 pages + advertisement. Graphs and illustrations of games throughout. No dust jacket. Green boards stamped in gilt, now faded. Light wear to extremities and slight lean to..... More

London: Heath Cranton Limited, 1924. First Edition. Octavo. 164 pages. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Light brown boards stamped in gilt. No dust jacket. Boards are worn and rubbed at edges with some light general smudging. Light roll to toned spine. Binding gives a little but sound..... More