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Marie Luise Gothein
£55.00

A History of Garden Art (Two Volumes)

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A comprehensive and beautifully illustrated history of the art of gardening, "from the earliest times to the present day."

Charles Darwin
£320.00

The Journal of a Voyage in H.M.S. Beagle

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A very handsome reproduction of Darwin's ground-breaking work.

An Undistinguished Naval Officer (H.J.B. Montgomery)
£35.00

The British Navy in the Present Year of Grace: Vols. 2 and 3 1886

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An idiosyncratic description of the Royal Navy, with chapters on The Royal Marines, officers' wives and crime and punishment.

Edward Ray
£24.00

Golf Clubs and How to Use Them

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A practical descriptive guide, in a charming little "ladybird" sized book.

Niblick (Charles Stedman Hanks)
£35.00

Hints to Golfers

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A technical and scientific guide to golf, but with a light hearted touch, which was very popular in its day.

Robert Harris
£30.00

Sixty Years of Golf

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An illustrated history of golf from the late 19th century to the mid 20th, written by a former Scots international player. Scarce volume.

Nevin H. Gibson
£20.00

A Pictorial History of Golf

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A lavishly illustrated history of over 400 years of golf.

John Behrend
£20.00

John Ball of Hoylake

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A biography of the British golfer, who won nine major championships from the late 1800's to the early 1900's.

Joyce and Roger Wethered, Bernard Darwin et al.
£32.00

The Game of Golf ( The Lonsdale Library Volume IX)

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A practical guide to golf, with chapters on stroke play, match and medal play, green-keeping and more.

Tom Ryder
£20.00

On the Box Seat: A Manual of Driving

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A practical guide to driving light horses as practiced around the world.

Duke of Beaufort
£15.00

Driving

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A detailed period guide to carriage driving of all types.

E.D Cuming
£18.00

Coaching Days & Ways

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Lively tales of the heyday of fast mail coaches, before the advance of the railways.

Gordon Phillips
£18.00

A Century of Springs: A Record of William E. Cary Ltd. 1848-1948

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Published on the Centenary, a history of the family business as they moved with the times manufacturing springs and other fabricated parts for horse drawn carriages and then motor vehicles.

Gilbert Seldes
£25.00

The Great Audience

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An interesting analysis of the effects of broadcast media - movies, radio and tv - from the perspective of 1950. 

F.C. Stern
£45.00

A Chalk Garden

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With a chapter covering each month, the author takes us through a year in his garden on the South Downs overlooking the English Channel.

Jason Hill
£30.00

The Contemplative Gardener

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A practical gardening guide, with a focus on getting the maximum amount of pleasure from a small garden; whilst conscious of wartime limitations.

S. Reynolds Hole
£25.00

Our Gardens

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One of the "Haddon Hall Library" series. A charming guide to gardening,  with practical advice mingled with history and poetry,

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