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RUGBY FOOTBALL
Written by D.R. Gent.
Stock no. 1328421
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode Limited. 1st 1932. Very good condition.

The Aldin Series. Foreword by Walter T. Pearce. Illustrated with b/w photographs specially taken for this work. 224 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Fading to spine and cover edges. Foxing to textblock.

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THE ORIGIN OF CHEPSTOW RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB
Written by Bernard Jarvis.
Stock no. 1327835
Published by The Chepstow Society. 1st 1978. Very good condition.

White card wraps. ISBN: 0900278420. Staple are rusty causing small brown marks inside covers. Contents otherwise fine.

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THE HISTORY OF KENT COUNTY CRICKET VOLUME ONE
No author listed.
Stock no. 1827985
Published by Kent County Cricket Club. 1st thus 1997. Slightly better than very good condition.

Being a reprint of the original text of 1907, edited by The Right Hon. Lord Harris, including Appendices A.B.C.D. & E, the last published in 1910. Blue cloth boards, black titles. Pale foxing to top edge of text block. Boards bright and clean. Contents clean.

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THE HISTORY OF KENT COUNTY CRICKET VOLUME TWO 1910-1984
No author listed.
Stock no. 1827983
Published by Kent County Cricket Club. 1st thus 1997. Slightly better than very good condition.

Being a reprint of Appendices F.G.H. & I. first published between 1924 & 1985. Blue cloth boards, black titles. Boards clean and bright. Some minor marks to text block. Contents clean.

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THE HISTORY OF ROYAL AIR FORCE RUGBY 1919-1999
Written by John Mace.
Stock no. 1327392
Published by The Royal Air Force. 1st 2000. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 0953843602. SIGNED by the author to front free-endpaper (by means of an inscription). Small barcode sticker to lower edge of same page. Minimal bumping/rubbing to spine and corners.

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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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