1. Dent, C.T.

Mountaineering. Illustrations by H.G Willink and others.

Second Edition. London, Longmans, Green and Co., 1892. 14.5 cm x 19.5 cm. Frontispiece, XX, 439 pages. 13 illustrations on 13 plates and an additional 93 illustrations within text. Hardcover [publisher’s original brown cloth] with lettering on spine. Pictorial and series title on front board. Deckled top edge. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. [The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes].

2. Madden, Thomas More.

The Spas and Their Use – Medical Hand-Book of the Principal Watering Places on the Continent – Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, France and Italy.

Third edition. London, T.C. Newby, 1874. 14.8 cm x 19.8 cm XI, 369 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering and elaborate ornamentation to spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Firm binding with bookblock tight and square. With protective Mylar. Discreet bookseller’s label on lower front pastedown.

3. Mecredy, R.J.

Mecredy’s Road Book of Ireland.

4th edition. Revised and Enlarged. Vol.1 (Southern Section) Dublin, R.J. Mecredy & Co. Limited. no year 9 cm x 13.5 cm. 200 pages. Numerous railway maps within volume. Softcover [publisher’s original maroon cloth] with illustrated paper boards. Very good- condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some staining to front board. Coners of front board are rubbed. Edges dust-toned from ages. Binding firm and strong. Interior clean and bright apart from very occasional foxing. Private signatures of B. Cashel and T. Stoney on title page.

4. Pemberton, A.C. / Harcourt Williamson, Mrs. / Sisley, C.P. / Floyd, Gilbert.

The Complete Cyclist. Illustrated. Edited by B. Fletcher Robinson.

London A.D. Innes & Co. 1897. 13 cm x 20 cm. Frontispiece, 400 pages with numerous photographic plates and text-illustrations / humorous woodcuts (the photographs show for example Victorian cyclists in Hyde Park / Photograph of a group of Cyclysts after a “Gymkana” / Professional Cycling Race past the Grand Stand by the Wall Brothers, St.Kilda / Military Cyclist tilting at the Ring, etc.). Hardcover [publisher’s original cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Gilt lettering and design on front board. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior is bright and clean. Occasional minor foxing. Very rare, early publication on cycling in the victorian society ! [The Isthmian Library – No.2]

5. Shelford, Frederic.

Pioneering. A Series of Four Articles contributed to “The Engineer.”

London / New York, E. & F. N. Spon / Spon & Chamberlain, 1909. 12.5 cm x 19 cm. 82 82 pages. With numerous illustrations throughout the text, showing examples of basic equipment, medicines etc. for the pioneer and surveyor [photographs of “A Hammock as commonly used in West Africa” / “Miner’s Dial” / “Instrument Umbrella” (Mosquito Net) / “Edgington’s Aluminium Demi-Johns” / “Doulton’s Traveller Pump Filter” etc.]. Hardcover [publisher’s original brown cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor bumps to lower corner boards. Some minor signs of staining to pages 46 and 47, otherwise interior very good. Extremely Rare publication for the Settler and Pioneer in Colonial Africa !