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BLACK AND WHITE 'OOPS: THE STORY OF 100 YEARS OF LYDNEY RUGBY CLUB 1887-1987
Written by John Powell.
Stock no. 1827466
Published by The Chequer Press. Circa 1987. Slightly better than very good condition.

Green pictorial staple-bound cardwraps. B/w photos. 51 numbered pages. Spine edge of covers lightly faded/browned with tiny nick to top front edge. Contents clean.

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GATES OF FEAR - GREAT EXPLOITS OF THE WORLD'S BULLRINGS
Written by Barnaby Conrad.
Stock no. 1326532
Published by Michael Joseph. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Cream cloth, gilt title (on red title label) to spine, red matador vignette to front cover. B/w photos and illustrations. 335 pages. A book about those gates of fear and the men who wait, pale and with pounding hearts, to see what is going to come out of the dark tunnel. Spine bumped. Inscription in ink to margin of acknowledgements page. Contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge rubbed and slightly grubby.

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NEWPORT RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB 1874-1950 (IMAGES OF SPORT)
Written by Steve Lewis.
Stock no. 1826975
Published by Tempus. 1st 1999. Slightly better than very good condition.

Images of Sport series, part of The Archive Photographs series. B/w photos. Pictorial cardwraps. 128 pages. ISBN: 0752415700. A very nice copy, some light scuffing to rear cover, contents clean.

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MODERN ARCHERY
Written by Frank L. Bilson.
Stock no. 1826111
Published by The Paternoster Press Ltd.. 1952. Very good condition.

First published under the title English Archery in 1947. This is the same title, rewritten, revised nad enlarged under the title Modern Archery. A Complete Handbook to the Sport and Guide to the Making and Care of Equipment. Red cloth with black titles. B/w photos. B/w illustrations. Fourth Impression. Ex-lib with minimal markings. Spine slighlty faded and library number to base of spine. Name in ink to front endpaper. Text block browned, contents clean.

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THE CROSSBOW ITS MILITARY AND SPORTING HISTORY, CONSTRUCTION AND USE
Written by Ralph Payne-Gallwey.
Stock no. 1825586
Published by Merlin Unwin Books. 1st thus 2007. Nearly fine condition.

A unique exploration of a weapon used for centuries. The crossbow, probably first introduced to England by the Norman invaders in 1066, successfully defended many an early Briton and its present-day corollaries are used by sportsmen everywhere. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 9781873674079. Text block very slightly grubby. Contents clean.

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POLO IN INDIA
Written by Jaisal Singh.
Stock no. 1824823
Published by Roli Books. 1st 2007. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of Indian Polo from the earliest incarnation of the modern game in Manipur, India right up to the present day. Large square format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour & b/w photos. ISBN: 9788174364517. Spine & corners bumped. Small knock to top front spine edge of boards. Front joint starting to pull (weight of contents) but binding tight. Free front endpaper has a few fingermarks. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded at front spine edge, a little creased and rubbed at edges with a few minor closed tears (no loss), previous bookseller's barcoded label to rear panel.

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THE HISTORY OF LLANELLI CRICKET CLUB
Written by Bob Harragan.
Stock no. 2140783
Published by Llanelli Borough Council. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Red boards with gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0906821126. A few marks and light browning to outer page edges.

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A HISTORY OF DINAS POWYS RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB
Written by Anthony J. Moses; Brenda C. Moses.
Stock no. 2140759
Published by The Starling Press. 1st 1982. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The Rugby Club and Its Associations With The Village, 1882-1982. B/w photos. ISBN: 0903434563. Light foxing and browning to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with some tears and chips; loss to edge of rear panel; faded spine.

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NEWPORT COUNTY FOOTBALL CLUB 1912-1960
Written by Richard Shepherd.
Stock no. 2140696
Published by Tempus. 2001. Very good condition.

Card wraps. B/w photos. Images of Sport series. ISBN: 0752410814. Some light cover corner creasing.

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WHO LET THE DOGS OUT? THE REVIVAL OF NEWPORT RUGBY
Written by Steve Lewis.
Stock no. 2139294
Published by Vertical Editions. 1st 2002. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Black boards with gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1904091016.

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THE SPIRIT OF PENARTH
Written by Chris Thau.
Stock no. 1322810
Published by CHT Publishing. 1st 2011. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

One Hundred and Thirty-One Years of Seaside Rugby 1880-2011. Large format. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 366 pages. B/w photos throughout. Limited first edition of 500. ISBN: 9780957048409. Spine slightly bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge creased and faded. This is copy no. 236.

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HOWARD WINSTONE THE WELSH WIZARD
Written by Les Miles.
Stock no. 2135435
Published by Concept Associates Ltd.. 1995. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The biography of this boxer. Black boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 1899812008. Foxing/browning to endpapers and outer page edges. Some edge creasing and a few marks to wrapper.

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