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THE STORY OF THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE 1888-1938 (FACSIMILE EDITION)

Charles Edward SUTCLIFFE, J.A. BRIERLEY & F. HOWARTH

Facsimile edition of the official history of the F.A, originally published in 1938. Paperback. 4to. 300pp. Profusely illustrated with b/w team group photographs and portraits of players and officials.

£14.00 (Code: 91821)

ENGLISH SPORTING PRINTS

F.L. WILDER

A handsome, detailed history of sporting prints, including a section on the technical processes used. Descriptions accompany each plate. Field sports and racing are the main focus, but a range of other

£25.00 (Code: X05516)

CRICKET IN MANY CLIMES

Pelham Francis WARNER

An account of five amateur cricket tours to the West Indies, Portugal, South Africa, and twice to North America during the period 1897 to 1899. First Edition. 8vo. xiii + 272pp. Frontispiece, 15

£14.00 (Code: 87076)

OLYMPIABOKEN 1952 (OLYMPIC BOOK 1952)

Lennart BRUNNHAGE

Volume covering the 1952 Olympic activities in Helsinki from a Swedish perspective. 1st edition. Large 4to. 286pp. Tables, black and white photos. Internally very good, clean, fractionally tanned. In the

£95.00 (Code: 31870)

BILLIARDS

Joseph BENNETT

Classic billiards instructional with many diagrams and illustrations. First edition. 8vo. 483pp + adverts. Dark green boards with gilt titles and gilt page edges. Corners bumped and boards rubbed. Front

£130.00 (Code: 40613)

FAMOUS CRICKETERS OF MIDDLESEX (MULTI-SIGNED)

Dean HAYES

Essays on great Middlesex cricketers through the ages. First edition. 8vo. A fine copy. Signed on the front free endpaper by players of the mid 1990s including Gatting, Gould, Tomlins, Bloomfield,

£42.00 (Code: 77099)

INTRODUCING SQUASH

Donald George BUTCHER

The first post-war book on squash, explaining the game via a series of charts and diagrams. All very technical! Don Butcher was British Open Champion 1930-2 and British Professional Champion 1930-5. 8vo.

£8.00 (Code: 21829)

CRICKET NOTES, WITH A LETTER CONTAINING PRACTICAL HINTS, BY WILLIAM CLARK

William BOLLAND

Contains essays and reminiscences on cricket's early history. Small 8vo. iv + 155pp. Original red cloth, soiled, corners bumped, gilt motif to front cover. The cloth spine is not present and the front

£25.00 (Code: 84366)

FOOTBALL

Montague SHEARMAN et al

An essential work of football reference, split into three parts: history, the Association Game, the Rugby Union game. Contributors incude WJ Oakley, GO Smith, Frank Mitchell, MC Kemp, and others. A voume

£75.00 (Code: 72898)

THE SOUTH AFRICAN RUGBY ANNUAL 1950

Ron ALDRIDGE (ed.)

Covering the year 1949 in South African rugby. First year of issue. Paperback. 156pp. Title-page and advert page missing - starts with contents page. Neat ink notes to last page.  Original pictorial

£20.00 (Code: 80828)

LAWNS, LINKS & SPORTSFIELDS

J. MACDONALD

Volume on the designing, construction and maintenance of grounds for various sports; cricket, golf, tennis, football, bowls etc. 1st edition, small 8vo. ix, 78pp. including figures in-text throughout plus

£30.00 (Code: 27130)

THE COMPLETE FIGURE SKATER

T.D. RICHARDSON

Figure Skating Instructional from NSA triple gold medallist and former chairman of the Ice Figure Committee. 1st edition. 8vo. xvi, 213pp. key to the 16 main positions to rear free end paper and pastedown.

£32.00 (Code: 26090)

LADIES' GOLF

May HEZLET

Classic golf book on ladies' golf, including instruction, history, details of ladies' golf clubs and players etc. The author was the Open Ladies' Golf Champion for 1899 and 1902. Many excellent photographs. 8vo.

£450.00 (Code: 36362)

THE CAMERONIANS FOOTBALL TROPHIES 1906-10 POSTCARD - INCLUDING DURAND CUP, INDIA

Two original real photographic postcards - one showing the football trophies won by the Cameronians during the period 1906 to 1910, including competitions in both India and South Africa (such as Orange

£75.00 (Code: 37810)

THE FOURTH OLYMPIAD, BEING THE OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES OF 1908 CELEBRATED IN LONDON ...

Theodore Andrea COOK

Official report of the Olympic Games held in London in 1908 with full results of the games, complete lists of all competitors, rules of the sports, etc. Small 4to. 794pp. 100+ text illustrations. Gilt

£280.00 (Code: 63057)

HOW TO PLAY CROQUET. WITH HINTS AND SUGGESTIONS…

W.H. PEEL

Croquet instructional by 3 times open champion and founder and 1st secretary of the Croquet Association 1st edition. 12mo. 92pp. 4 pages adverts to rear. Illustrations, diagrams and photos in-text throughout.

£15.00 (Code: 78755)

THE THEORY OF MODERN RUGBY FOOTBALL

Ian Malcolm Bowen STUART

The author explains and examines all aspects of rugby with reference to some of the game's greatest early practicioners. Sam Tucker, captain of the England Rugby XV in 1930, supplies the foreword; the

£20.00 (Code: X00096)

HILTON, HORACE HAROLD ("HOYLAKE") 1903 vanity fair print

"SPY" (Sir Leslie Ward)

Chromolithographic print, published in Vanity Fair on 16 July 1903. Part of the "Men of the Day" series, #886. Accompanying biographical page included. Harold Hilton won the Open Champioship for the second

£220.00 (Code: 13756)

ENGLAND V GERMANY 2000 FOOTBALL PROGRAMME

Official programme for the World Cup qualifying match between England and Germany, played at Wembley, October 7th 2000. This was the last ever match beneath the twin towers, Germany winning 1-0 with a

£30.00 (Code: 28643)

BOXING NEWS ANNUAL AND RECORD BOOK 1951

BOXING NEWS

This annual ran from 1946 to 1985 and was the main source of information for statisticians. It was compiled by the staff of Boxing News and summarised the year's boxing. The first editor was

£8.00 (Code: 91283)

A HISTORY OF THE CORINTHIANS FOOTBALL CLUB

Frederick Norman Smith CREEK

The definitive work on the club, written by one of its playing members. This is a key work of reference which throws out some fascinating reminiscences of the game from the early 19th century. This work

£115.00 (Code: 89746)

PAUL HENRY FOLEY (WORCESTERSHIRE) CRICKET AUTOGRAPH

Original ink autograph of Paul Foley, who played for Worcestershire CCC from 1878 (pre-first-class). Foley is significant as the man most responsible for Worcestershire becoming a first-class

£200.00 (Code: 70789)

THE BOOK OF THE HARD COURT

"Lawn Tennis & Badminton"

Guide to tennis as played on hard courts, comprehensive analysis and history of varying hard court types, from cinder ashes to brick. A valuable reference of technical and construction tips and anecdotes

£25.00 (Code: 28644)

GEORGE E. WILLES (CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY & WARWICKSHIRE) CRICKET AUTOGRAPH

Original ink autograph of the Reverend George Willes, who played cricket for Warwickshire (pre-first-class) and for Cambridge University. This autograph came from a visitors book from the early 1890s

£150.00 (Code: 70788)

OLYMPIABOKEN 1948 (OLYMPIC BOOK 1948)

Lennart BRUNNHAGE

Volume covering the 1948 Olympic activities in London and St. Moritz from a Swedish perspective. 1st edition. Large 4to. 242pp. Tables, black and white photos. Swedish text. Internally very good, clean,

£85.00 (Code: 31871)

ROWLAND HILL MEMORIAL MATCH 1929 RUGBY PROGRAMME

Official souvenir programme issued by the Rugby Football Union for the tribute match to Rowland Hill between the combined XVs of England & Wales against the same of Scotland & Ireland. Rowland

£180.00 (Code: 6307A)

TENNIS

Helen WILLS

Helen Newington Wills Roark (1905-98) won 31 Grand Slam titles including seven US Open singles titles and eight Wimbledon singles titles during the 1920s and 30s. She typically wore a white sailor suit

£60.00 (Code: 60412)

THE MIDLAND RUGBY FOOTBALL ANNUAL 1934-35

H.V. BRODIE (Editor)

The first edition of the official publication of the Midland County Rugby Football Unions. Includes photographs of English, Scottish, Irish, Welsh and Army XVs, 1933-34, plus results and summaries of all

£40.00 (Code: 81402)

THE PAR GOLF SWING

Alfred Henry PADGHAM

Alfred Henry Padgham (1906-66) was a leading British pro in the 1930s and 1940s. He won the 1936 British Open at Hoylake having finished second and third the two previous years. He was a member

£8.00 (Code: 85666)

PRESTWICK GOLF CLUB - A HISTORY AND SOME RECORDS

James E SHAW (Compiler)

History of the famous Golf club and the course which was host to the first twelve Open champiosnhips. 1st edition. Large 8vo. Original red coth with gilt titles to front board and spine. Lightly rubbed

£485.00 (Code: 47335)