Books - "sport"
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Chess
first edition 246pp [incl.diagrams] VG (red cloth,stained and mod.rubbed,mod.sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,dec.eps,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,contents sl.browned,sl.cocked and shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: routledge london 1892
KEYWORDS: sport pastimes games chess l.hoffer
Water-Fowl and Game-Birds in Captivity
the sports and pastimes library
first edition 240pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (green cloth,sl.soiled w.sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,eps and edges sl.foxed,edges soiled) in G+ d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.sunned w.spine browned,mod.internal foxing,bumps and chipping to extrems.w.some losses and several closed tears,sl.tatty)
PUBLISHER: witherby london 1932
KEYWORDS: natural history ornithology birds sport and pastimes library arthur f.moody
On Snow-Shoes to the Barren Grounds
twenty-eight hundred miles after musk-oxen and wood-bison
first edition 322pp ills.[b/w] VG- (green cloth,rubbed and soiled,bumps and chipping to extrems.w.wear to hinges,boards shaky w.paper separation at ep gutters,owner's inscr.to front pastedown,head of ffep clipped,edges sl.soiled,spine cracked and shaky w.final section loose but all present,eps sl.foxed,cocked)
PUBLISHER: osgood,mcilvanie london 1896
KEYWORDS: history travel geography sport hunting caspar whitney
Scholar Mountaineers
pioneers of parnassus
first edition 164pp ills.[b/w] VG (brown cloth,sl.rubbed,sl.bumps to extrems.,clear acetate protector is taped to pastedowns,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: dennis dobson london 1950
KEYWORDS: mountaineering history sport travel geography wilfrid noyce
Motor racing today
first edition 128pp illus, (b/w photographs) VG (green cloth, sl bumps to head and foot of spine, spine sl cocked, v. sl foxing to eps and edges and some sections of contents) in VG d/w (sl rubbed and soiled w. sl chipping to head and foot of spine and in a few places along upper and lower edges, small internal hole near base of spine w. a few minor closed tears)
PUBLISHER: arthur barker london [1961]
KEYWORDS: biography sport motor racing history racing drivers scottish grand prix racing ireland innes
Controlling a Racing-Car Team
first edition 119pp illus, (b/w photographs) VG (red cloth, sl bumps to head and foot of spine, sl sunning to spine and along upper and lower edges of boards, spine sl cocked, sl foxing to prelims and edges) in VG d/w (sl rubbed and soiled w. mod tear to head of spine and hinge area and upper edge near adjacent to front flap hinge, sl chipping to other edges of hinges w. sl surface loss along spine hinges, price clipped)
PUBLISHER: g.t. foulis london 1951
KEYWORDS: sport motor racing history organisation strategy planning resources travel davis s. c. h.
Practical Letters to Young Sea Fishers
first edition 340pp+ads.ills.[b/w] VG (olive cloth w.gilt/black dec.stamps,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,dec eps,eps and edges sl.foxed,spine cracked and sl.shaky)
PUBLISHER: horace cox london 1898
KEYWORDS: nautical sport fishing john bickerdyke
The Ring
world's foremost boxing magazine vol.xiii no.7 august,1934
first edition this issue only 64pp ills.[b/w] VG (in col.wrappers,mod.rubbed and soiled,owner's sign.to front cover,sl.creasing and wear to extrems.,2cm closed tear to fore-edge of final 10pp o/w contents clean)
PUBLISHER: the ring springfield 1934
KEYWORDS: sport boxing the ring
The Ring
world's foremost boxing magazine vol.xii no.9 october,1933
first edition this issue only 48pp ills.[b/w] VG (in col.wrappers,mod.rubbed and soiled,owner's sign.to front cover,mod.wear and creasing to extrems.w.some minor closed tears,2cm closed tears and creasing to head of final 20pp)
PUBLISHER: the ring springfield 1933
KEYWORDS: sport boxing the ring
The Ultimate Mountains
an account of four months' mountain exploring in the central himalaya
first edition,98pp, ills , G+ (black cloth, bumps and wear to extrems, v sl soiling to both rear and front boards, dealers sticker to front paste down, v minor foxing to some prelims, contents clean.) in G d/w (wear with some losses to extrems, sellotape marks to some extrems, soiling to rear , some internal soiling and discolouration.)
PUBLISHER: cassell & co london 1953
KEYWORDS: thomas weir mountaineering exploration himalayas sport travel
Baseball
the early years
first edition,373pp, ills (b/w) VG-(green cloth with minor surface losses to some extrems sl foxing to prelims and eps, sl cocked.) in G d/w ( quite large losses to head and foot of spine and tears to some extrems.)
PUBLISHER: oxford university press, new york, 1960
KEYWORDS: harold seymour baseball sport
Notes on Sport and Travel
with a memoir by his daughter mary h kingsley
544pp, VG- (red cloth, bumps to extrems, spine sunned, adhesives to front paste down and ffep, pencil to ffep verso, sl foxing to prelims, eps and some contents, rough cut edges some unopened, foredges browned.)
PUBLISHER: macmillan & co, london, 1900
KEYWORDS: george henry kingsley sport travel biography history
The AFS Football Annual 1935/36
196pp NF (paper wrappers sl.rubbed,sl.sticker marks to front board)
PUBLISHER: tony brown nottingham 1997
KEYWORDS: football sport history tony brown
Newnes complete guide to Sea Angling
197pp ills (b/w) NF (blue cloth, cracked sl.shaky spine w.gilt,sl.stain to eps)in VG+ d/w (sl.sunned, sl.bumps to extrems,small tear to rear cover,price clipped)
PUBLISHER: newnes london
KEYWORDS: fishing sport alan wrangles
Lawn Tennis Up-To-Date
first edition rebound 233pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (rebound in dk,green cloth w.gilt-on-black title label to spine,sl.rubbed and soiled,new prelims.,content edges sl.foxed w.some minor foxing to contents,tight)
PUBLISHER: methuen london 1921
KEYWORDS: sport lawn tennis history s.powell blackmore
Practical Boat Sailing for Amateurs
198pp+ads.ills.[b/w w.fold-out diagrams] VG- (green cloth w.gilt dec.stamps,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.,60% split to lower hinge,dented lower board chipped through to pastedown,dec.eps,owner's sign.to title and once in contents,lacks part of one diagram o/w all others are complete if loose,prelims.and edges mod.foxed w.some sl.foxing to contents,spine cracked and shaky w.separation starting at some sections)
PUBLISHER: upcott gill london [nd,c.1890]
KEYWORDS: nautical history sailing sport g.christopher davies
Marvels of the World's Fisheries
interesting descriptions of the many & curious met
248pp, ills (b/w) VG- (grey cloth boards with black decorative stamps, bumps to extrems, small closed tear to upper spine, sl soiled and faded,owners inscription to ffep, foxing to prelims, contents and foredges, sl cocked.)
PUBLISHER: seeley service, london, 1923
KEYWORDS: sidney wright fishing sport
Rugby Football To-Day
352pp, ills (b/w) G+ (green cloth, minor bumps to extrems, soiled, sunned, owners inscription to ffep, foxing to prelims, some contents and foredges, sl soiling to some contents, binding cocked and shaky.)
PUBLISHER: john murray, london, 1931
KEYWORDS: e h d sewell rugby history sport
World Sports Car Championship
194pp, ills (b/w) VG (red cloth, minor bumps to extrems, small adhesive to ffep, minor foxing to prelims, last page of contents creased, binding cocked.) VG- (creasing and chips to extrems, surface wear and soils, internal foxing and water damage, price clipped.)
PUBLISHER: macgibbon & kee, 1961
KEYWORDS: cyril posthumus motor sport transport
Fifty Years with the Speed Kings
first edition 176pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (red cloth,minor bumps to extrems.,lacks ffep,edges v.sl.foxed,spine cracked but tight) in VG+ d/w (mod.rubbed and sl.soiled,mod.chipping to extrems.w.some minor closed tears)
PUBLISHER: stanley paul london 1961
KEYWORDS: motor racing sport biography david mcdonald