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WHEN THE GLOVES CAME OFF - THE POWERFUL AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BRITAIN'S PLAYBOY BOXER

Billy WALKER with Robin McGIBBON

Paperback edition of the boxing autobiography of the colourful 1960s London heavyweight.  8vo. 266pp. Paperback. Fine condition.

£9.00 (Code: 78239)

BOXING REFERENCE DICTIONARY

F.C. AVIS

An A-Z of boxing terminology from a series of handy sized reference guides to various sports. First edition. Paperback. 8vo. 128pp. Good condition.

£15.00 (Code: 89683)

IN SEARCH OF SHERGAR

Colin TURNER

The inside story of the kidnapping of Shergar. 8vo. 185pp.  Dust-wrapper, very good.

£4.00 (Code: 49845)

RUNNING FREE

Sebastian COE with David MILLER

Autobiography of the Olympic middle-distance runner. Reprint. 8vo. 174pp. 24 b/w plates. Dust-wrapper, good.

£4.00 (Code: 75601)

SOUTH POLE 2000: FIVE WOMEN IN SEARCH OF AN ADVENTURE

Caroline HAMILTON

The story of the 5 women who walked 700 miles to the South Pole. 8vo. 259pp. including diagrams and appendices. 22 pages of photographs. Dust-wrapper, very good. Signed by the author on the title page.

£12.00 (Code: 29118)

RUNNING FREE

Sebastian COE with David MILLER

Autobiography of the Olympic middle-distance runner. 8vo. 174pp. 24 b/w plates. Dust-wrapper, very good. Signed and dedicated by Coe to title-page.

£16.00 (Code: 49082)

FREE FALL

John FRANCOME

Horseracing novel from the champion jockey. 8vo. 314pp. Dust-wrapper. Very good condition. Nicely signed by the author to title-page (not dedicated).

£14.00 (Code: 93878)

ROLAND GARROS ALBUM PROGRAMME 1984

(FRENCH OPEN TENNIS)

Album programme for the 1984 French Open Tennis tournament. 4to. 134pp. Illustrated boards. Very good condition.

£15.00 (Code: 37771)

ROLAND GARROS ALBUM PROGRAMME 1982

(FRENCH OPEN TENNIS)

Album programme for the 1982 French Open Tennis tournament. 4to. 126pp. Illustrated boards. Very good condition.

£15.00 (Code: 37772)

THE MODERN OLYMPICS - A LIST OF REFERENCE MATERIAL IN THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY

Karl BROWN (compiler)

Listed chronologically, by Games, with index. 29pp. 4to. Paperback. Very good condition. 

£25.00 (Code: 76383)

PEDS OF THE PAST 1837-1920 - FAMOUS ATHLETES AND PEDESTRIANS WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO SHEFFIELD

Glenn PIPER

Centred around in-depth portraits of 16 pedestrian athletes from the Sheffield area, copiously illustrated with archival images. 4to. 225pp. Paperback. Minor wear to cover otherwise very good condition.

£20.00 (Code: 82531)

WHO'S WHO IN SPORT - AN AUTHORITATIVE REFERENCE GUIDE TO SPORT AND SPORTSMEN

Shaw

A comprehensive list, with short biographical details, of several thousand leading sportsmen (and women!) of the time. A remarkable piece of research. 8vo. 322pp. Original green boards. Very good

£16.00 (Code: 53874)

EGYPT OPEN TENNIS TOURNAMENT 1938 (GEZIRA SPORTING CLUB)

Official programme for the Thirty-First Open Tournament and Lawn Tennis Championship of Egypt, played between March 10th-20th, 1938 at the Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo. Visiting players included George

£30.00 (Code: 27540)

OPEN NET

George PLIMPTON

American sports-writer George Plimpton tries his hand at ice hockey during a season as goal-tender with the Boston Bruins. 8vo. 288pp. Dust-wrapper. Small loss to wrapper at rear otherwise good condition.

£8.00 (Code: 90795)

CLOSED FISTS, OPEN HEART - THE DANNY GREEN STORY

Danny GREEN with Daniel LANE

Boxing autobiography of Danny Green. Paperback. 8vo. 277pp. Very good condition.

£20.00 (Code: 71851)

OPEN POLICE BOXIING CHAMPIONSHIPS 1954 (ROYAL ALBERT HALL) PROGRAMME

Official programme for the tournament held on April 26th, 1954. Good condition.

£14.00 (Code: 91338)

ENGLISH OPEN TABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS - SOUVENIR PROGRAMME 1958

Official illustrated programme for the tournament held at the Empire Pool and Sports Arena, Wembley on 28 and 29 March 1958.  Some scores neatly marked to programme of events. Very good condition.

£20.00 (Code: 81892)

ENGLISH OPEN TABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS - SOUVENIR PROGRAMME 1960

Official illustrated programme for the tournament held at the Royal Albert Hall on 26 March 1960.  A few creases and neat taped repairs to cover and some scores neatly marked to programme of events.

£18.00 (Code: 81893)

WORLD'S FIRST OPEN TRAMPOLINE CHAMPIONSHIPS 1964 (ROYAL ALBERT HALL) OFFICIAL PROGRAMME

Official programme for the very first trampoline gymnastics world championships, held at the Royal Albert Hall on March 21st 1964. The men's competition was won by the American Dan Millman who went on

£45.00 (Code: 74754)

WORLD'S SECOND OPEN TRAMPOLINE CHAMPIONSHIPS 1965 (ROYAL ALBERT HALL) OFFICIAL PROGRAMME

Official programme for the second trampoline gymnastics world championships, held at the Royal Albert Hall on January 30th 1965. The men's competition was won by the American Gary Erwin, and the women's

£38.00 (Code: 74755)

ATHLETICS PROGRAMME - 32ND ANNUAL FIVE MILES OPEN ROAD TEAM & INDIVIDUAL HANDICAP, ROCHESTER, 1955 (WON BY GEORGE KNIGHT)

Programme for the race on 19 November 1955 won by George Knight of the Essex Beagles in a record-breaking time of 25.06 minutes, staking his claim for inclusion in the GB Team for the Melbourne Olympics.

£18.00 (Code: 80212)

COARSE FISH: WITH NOTES ON TAXIDERMY FISHING IN THE LOWER THAMES, ETC.

Charles WHEELEY

A practical account of the methods of coarse fishing, with particular reference to The Thames. A volume in the "The Anglers' Library", edited by Sir Herbert Maxwell and F.G. Aflalo. First Edition. Small

£18.00 (Code: 2025)

ERNIE RODERICK V HENRY HALL 1948 BOXING PROGRAMME

Official boxing programme for the Welterweight Championship of Great Britain contest, held at Harringay Arena on November 8th 1948. Sandeyron v Dickie O'Sullivan also on the card. File holes roughly punched

£10.00 (Code: 88599)

TENNIS AS I PLAY IT

Maurice E. MCLOUGHLIN

Tennis instructional designed to help 'climbing to expert class' by the first tennis champion from the western United States, winning the US open in 1912 & 1913 and becoming the first American Wimbledon

£85.00 (Code: 22172)

SKATING

Captain S. DUFF-TAYLOR

Comprehensive illustrated ice skating primer, covering figure skating, free-skating, racing etc. 8vo. 68pp. including diagrams in-text throughout. Plus 8 pages of photos and 6 pages of publishers' adverts

£18.00 (Code: 26915)

PROGRESSIVE WORLD RECORD LISTS 1913-1977

IAAF

All athletics world records for each event listed as they were broken, with times/distances, athletes' names and countries and  locations, includes separate supplementary lists up to 1986 slipped

£24.00 (Code: 87212)

JOHN H STRACEY V HEDGEMON LEWIS 1976 BOXING TICKET

Official ticket for the fight held at the Empire Pool Wembley, London on 20th March 1976. Stracey's name is misspelt. Comes with a dressing-room pass for the same fight. Good condition.

£8.00 (Code: 93546)

6 DAY CYCLE RACE 1951 OFFICIAL PROGRAMME

Official programme for the 6 Day Cycle Race, held at Wembley Sports Arena from May 27-June 2, 1951. Some times/results recorded neatly in pencil. Comes with three tickets for the event, a steward's pass

£20.00 (Code: 60025)

THE GREAT WHITE HOPES: THE QUEST TO DEFEAT JACK JOHNSON

Graeme KENT

The story of the search to find a white world heavyweight boxing champion to defeat the black champion, Jack Johnson, in the pre-WW1 era. Large 8vo. 244pp. Photos. Very good condition.

£7.00 (Code: 77230)

THE OUT OF DOOR LIBRARY - ATHLETIC SPORTS (INCLUDING GOLF, TENNIS, CYCLING, SURFING ETC.)

D.A SARGENT, H.J. WHIGHAM, Robert D. WRENN .....

Includes chapters on athletics, golf, lawn tennis, cycling, surf and surf-bathing and hunting in America. Authors include H.J. Whigham (US Open Golf Champion in 1896), Robert D Wrenn (US Open Tennis Champion

£35.00 (Code: 66763)