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THE VADE MECUM OF FLY-FISHING FOR TROUT

George Philip Rigney PULMAN

A rewritten and enlarged edition of ‘complete practical treatise’ first published in 1841. The author also compiled Rustic Sketches, a collection of verses on angling and other subjects

£110.00 (Code: 61930)

DAS OLYMPISCHE DORF XI. OLYMPIADE BERLIN 1936 (SIGNED BY BRITISH OLYMPIC FOOTBALL TEAM)

(1936 Berlin Olympics)

Official photographic guide to the Olympic Village for the 1936 Berlin Olympics. 1st edition. Landscape format. 27 plates, photographic and illustrations. Internally very good, clean and bright. In the

£240.00 (Code: 25263)

FRANK COBDEN (CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY) CRICKET AUTOGRAPH - FAMOUS VARSITY HAT-TRICK IN 1870

Original ink autograph of Frank Cobden, who played for Cambridge University from 1870-72. Cobden famously took a hat-trick in the 1870 Varsity match to win the game by 2 runs - this became known

£140.00 (Code: 94421)

NORWOOD PARAGON CYCLING CLUB TIME TRIAL OFFICIAL RESULTS 1953 TO 1955

Three official results cards for the Open 50 Mile Time Trials held by the Norwood Paragon Cycling Club for 1953, 1954 and 1955. All in good/very good condition.

£18.00 (Code: 71441)

THE ABC OF CROQUET…

Maj. A. MAINWARING

Historical and instructional guide to croquet in the ABC series. Written by then Major, Arthur Mainwaring who in some 4 years time as Lt. Col. would be unsuccessfully court martialed for cowardice in allowing

£110.00 (Code: 1086)

THE NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH FISHES

BUCKLAND, Frank

Westwood and Satchell point out that this is a rewritten work based on Buckland's earlier A familiar history of the British fishes, which the author refers to in the preface as the 'first edition'. The

£50.00 (Code: 2042)

HAROLD HILTON: HIS GOLFING LIFE AND TIMES

John GARCIA

Golf book. Harold H. Hilton remains the only British amateur to have taken the Open twice or to have won the US Amateur. He later became the inaugural editor of Golf Monthly before taking over 

£48.00 (Code: 23766)

R.F. & H.L. DOHERTY ON LAWN TENNIS

Reginald Frank & Hugh Lawrence DOHERTY

Laurie Doherty (1875-1919) won the Wimbledon singles title five times in a row and the doubles seven times, with his brother, Reggie. In 1903 he won the US Open, thus became the first tennis player to

£24.00 (Code: 80944)

EASIER GOLF

Jack WHITE

An instructional volume 'devoted to a method of teaching rather than to a method of playing shots', without intending to graft any specific style onto the player (though Murdoch writes that

£25.00 (Code: 13719)

MARYLEBONE CLUB CRICKET SCORES AND BIOGRAPHIES (VOL. XIII)

(Arthur HAYGARTH)

The thirteenth volume in Arthur Haygarth's monumental 14-volume work (a 15th was added by FS Ashley-Cooper in 1925 and a 16th-20th by Roger Heavens). Covers the period shown on the spine, 1874-76. The

£130.00 (Code: 754B)

JAMES LILLYWHITE'S CRICKETERS' ANNUAL FOR 1896

Charles William ALCOCK (Ed)

Twenty-fifth  year of issue, covering the 1895 season and England's 1894-95 tour of Australia under AE Stoddart, with an account and scorecards for all matches plus tour statistics. Known as the "Red

£15.00 (Code: 80450)

THE WINNING SHOT

Jerome Dunstan TRAVERS & Grantland RICE

Golf book. Jerome Dunstan Travers (1887-1951) was a leading American amateur golfer of his day, winning the US Open Championship in 1907, 1908, 1912 and 1913, the New Jersey Amateur three times, and the

£140.00 (Code: 21168)

JACK HOBBS & DOUGLAS JARDINE (ENGLAND) 1929 CRICKET PHOTOGRAPH

HOBBS, J.B. & JARDINE, D.R.

Rare original black and white Press photo of Jardine and  Hobbs walking out to open the batting for the only time together for England - Sutcliffe being ill - against Australia in the Fifth

£300.00 (Code: 93025)

THE LIFE OF TOM MORRIS WITH GLIMPSES OF ST ANDREWS AND ITS GOLFING CELEBRITIES

William Weir TULLOCH

A facsimile copy of the 1908 biography of 'Old Tom' Morris, the Scottish golf pioneer and greenkeeper, four times a winner of the British Open, which includes accounts of his matches with Willie Park

£200.00 (Code: 37464)

A WHO'S WHO OF LANCASHIRE COUNTY CRICKET CLUB 1865-1990 (MULTI-SIGNED)

Robert BROOKE & David GOODYEAR

This reference book lists all the Lancashire County players with short pen portraits in addition to batting, bowling and fielding records and First and Second Class competition results for

£50.00 (Code: 77798)

THE GAME OF CROQUET

Anon

Obscure and early booklet, unattributable and undatable by Drazin, with no comparative copies in the holdings of the main university libraries. The copy at Oxford has the same title but only calls for

£240.00 (Code: 7720)

THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF ARCHERY, BY THE LATE HORACE FORD ... NEW EDITION, THOROUGHLY REVISED AND RE-WRITTEN BY W. BUTT

(Horace Alfred FORD)

A new edition of Horace Ford's original work which first appeared in articles in the Field and were then republished in book form in 1856, with a second edition in 1859. Thus, this could be called the

£90.00 (Code: 4424)

CRICKETANA

James PYCROFT

A fascinating collection of essays originally published by the author in London Society magazine during the 1860s. Many facets of the game are covered including the origins of Lord's and the other

£50.00 (Code: 65690)

R.F. & H.L. DOHERTY ON LAWN TENNIS

R.F. & H.L. DOHERTY

Laurie Doherty (1875-1919) won the Wimbledon singles title five times in a row and the doubles seven times, with his brother, Reggie. In 1903 he won the US Open, thus became the first tennis player to

£80.00 (Code: 69070)

HANDBOOK OF THE CROQUET ASSOCIATION: VARIOUS VOLUMES BETWEEN 1904 & 1981

the Croquet Association

Alongside the monthly Croquet Association Gazette, the Association published a yearly handbook from the early 1900's. More a reference guide than the Gazette the contents vary from year to year but generally

£1,300.00 (Code: 1082)

LE TOUQUET-PARIS-PLAGE HORSE SHOW (SEPTEMBER 9TH 1917 - MUTINY OF ETAPLES) PROGRAMME & TICKET

Original programme and ticket for the Horse Show (Concours Hippique) held in Le Touquet-Paris-Plage on Sunday September 9th, 1917. The competitors were all cavalry officers of the British, Belgium and

£250.00 (Code: 86829)

SCOTTISH LEAGUE HISTORIES (INDIVIDUAL CLUB HISTORIES BOUND IN)

SCOTTISH FOOTBALL LEAGUE

Collection of club histories and reference works from Scottish League teams in two bound volumes. Vol. 1 contains; Queens: 1919-1969 (120pp.) by Jardine, Peterhead Centenary: 1891-1991 (52pp.), A History

£200.00 (Code: 29866)

THE ANGLER’S GUIDE (NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN'S COPY)

Thomas Frederick SALTER

This copy of a classic work belonged to Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, a keen angler. After some preliminary chapters on tackle and trolling come two sections: 'Bottom and Float Fishing

£365.00 (Code: 62019)

SPORTS HEROES CARD GAME

History Heroes

History Heroes' game of Sports Heroes is a pack of cards, containing individual cards of History Heroes’ forty greatest Sports Heroes, such as the first century BCE Athenian, Pheidippides, said

£8.99 (Code: 46018)

CROQUET ASSOCIATION GAZETTE 1904-1981 - FULL RUN IN GREEN HALF MOROCCO (27), & 4

CROQUET ASSOCIATION

Complete run of the 'Official Organ of the Croquet Association' from the Volume 1 Number 1, In April of 1904 at which stage 'Every member of the Croquet Association [is] entitled to to free delivery of

£2,000.00 (Code: 1080)

STRATFORD-ON-AVON GOLF CLUB PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM 1929 (FEATURING SAMUEL RYDER, ABE MITCHELL ETC)

Phyllis MOORE

Titled "A Souvenir of A Week-end in the Life of the Lady Captain of the Stratford-on-Avon Golf Club". Samuel Ryder became an aficionado of golf in 1907 at the late age of 49 after illness left him unable

£1,500.00 (Code: 2340)