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BILBLIOGRAPHY OF SWIMMING

Swimming bibliography. 1st edition. 4to. 308pp. Internally very good. In the original blue cloth, spine tanned and one small pen mark to upper board. Generally in very good condition.

£45.00

CAPTAIN WEBB AND 100 YEARS OF CHANNEL SWIMMING

Highlights many of the people that have made history swimming the Channel. First edition. 8vo. 64pp. Many photographic illustrations.  Dust-wrapper, very good.

£12.00

DAVID WILKIE

A biography published soon after Wilkie had won the Olympic gold medal at the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games. 8vo. 180pp. Dust-wrapper. A very good copy.

£4.00

DAVID WILKIE

A biography published soon after Wilkie had won the Olympic gold medal at the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games. 8vo. 180pp. Dust-wrapper. A very good copy. Signed and dedicated by Wilkie to title-page.

£15.00

DAVID WILKIE (JAMES COOTE'S COPY)

A biography published soon after Wilkie had won the Olympic gold medal at the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games. 8vo. 180pp. Dust-wrapper. A very good copy. Signed by Wilkie and both authors to fly-leaf.

£20.00

GOLD - A TRIPLE CHAMPION'S STORY

Autobiography of Michelle Smith, the Irish swimmer who won 3 gold medals at the 1996 Olympic Games. This was written soon afterwards. 8vo. 191pp. Dust-wrapper, very good. Signed nicely by Smith to title

£20.00

GOLD MEDAL GIRL. THE CONFESSIONS OF AN OLYMPIC CHAMPION

Autobiography of the great Australian swimmer. 1st edition. 8vo. 206pp. Dustwrapper with a few nicks and edgewear, generally very good. 

£9.50

GREAT LENGTHS - THE HISTORIC INDOOR SWIMMING POOLS OF BRITAIN

A beautifully illustrated history of the development of indoor swimming pools in Britain, from the Georgian period to the modern leisure and competition pools of today. 8vo. 292pp. Paperback. Very good

£18.00

HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR DIVING

Sports instructional book with many photographs. Part of the "How To Improve Your" series. Paperback. 8vo. 56pp. Very good.

£8.00

HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR SKIN AND SCUBA DIVING

Sports instructional book with many photographs. Part of the "How To Improve Your" series. Paperback. 8vo. 84pp. Very good.

£7.00

HOW TO SWIM WELL: TEACHING YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY

Instructional work by one of America's foremost swimming coaches. First UK edition. 4to. Numerous illustrations. A very good copy in dust wrapper.

£7.00

HOW TO TEACH SWIMMING AND DIVING

Swimming instructional book. The author was a professor and swimming coach at Springfield College. 8vo. 238pp. Fold-out tables. Original red boards. Very good condition.

£20.00

LET'S ALL GO SWIMMING

Instructional book by the respected British coach. 1st edtion. Small 8vo. Original blue cloth, no dustwrapper. A very good copy.

£30.00

LONDON SALVAGE CORPS SWIMMING CLUB ANNUAL REPORTS 1899-1903

A collection of annual reports for the London Salvage Corps swimming club from 1899 to 1903, bound together as one volume. Each report was handwritten (and then copied) with drawings, reports of each

£48.00

MARK SPITZ - THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE OF AN OLYMPIC CHAMPION

Authorised and illustrated biography of the legendary Olympic swimmer, featuring new insights into his career and behind-the-scenes anecdotes. 8vo. 288pp. Very good condition. 

£9.00

THE NEW MAGIC OF SWIMMING

Swimming instructional book. 8vo. 184pp. Original blue boards, a little rubbed and faded. Light foxing throughout and some creasing to endpapers. A good copy.

£7.00

THE NEWEST SWIMMING

Swimming instructional book looking at new developments in swimming in the 1930s. 8vo. 144pp + section of photos. Original green boards. Very good.

£8.00

OTTER SWIMMING CLUB CENTENARY 1869-1969

Centenary history of the London based swimming and water-polo club. Paperback. Large 8vo. 62pp. Very good condition.

£30.00

SIX DAYS TO SWIM - A BIOGRAPHY OF JEFF FARRELL

Swimming book. A biography of the American swimmer Jeff Farrell who recovered from appendicitis in six days to qualify for the 1960 Olympics, where he won 2 gold medals. 8vo. 143pp. Dust-wrapper, lightly

£45.00

SOUTHERN COUNTIES' AMATEUR SWIMMING ASSOCIATION 1948 HANDBOOK

Handbook for 1948. Paperback. 112pp. Covers a little creased and marked. A good copy.

£15.00

SOUTHERN COUNTIES' AMATEUR SWIMMING ASSOCIATION 1949 HANDBOOK

Handbook for 1949. Paperback. 128pp. Covers a little creased and marked. Ink writing to front and back covers. A fair copy. Signed by the the swimming writer and administrator, Pat Besford, on

£15.00

SWIM WITH ME

Autobiography and instruction from the British Olympic swimmer and coach. 1st edition. 8vo. Very good in slightly stained dustwrapper.

£24.00

SWIMMERS' ANNUAL 1972-3

Illustrated annual review of the 1972 domestic and international swimming season, including the Munich Olympics. 8vo. 116pp. Paperback. Good condition.

£20.00

SWIMMING

Holbein swam the Channel four times as well as performing other feats of long distance swimming. This book is most bizarre. For example it includes sections on "Smoking Under Water" ("smoke a cigar until

£36.00

SWIMMING

Comprehensive history and bibliography of swimming. 1st edition. 8vo. 488pp. illustrations and diagrams. Internally very clean. In the original yellow cloth. Gutter exposed, particularly at back. In the

£80.00

SWIMMING

A volume in the All-England series. Full of useful advice on every aspect of swimming, including "When using a bathing machine, make sure that your doors are fastened, and in particular to attend to the

£70.00

SWIMMING

A volume in the All-England series. Full of useful advice on every aspect of swimming including an appendix on "Directions issued .....for restoring the apparently dead". First edition. Small 8vo. [v]

£90.00

SWIMMING

Swimming instructional in the 'Oval' series. New and revised edition. Small 8vo.148pp. Internally very good, clean and bright. In the original colour illustrated red cloth. Very good condition.

£50.00

SWIMMING - A LIFELONG ACTIVITY

Billed as "an inspirational argument for swimming". Paperback. 8vo. 125pp. Very good condition. Signed by the author to half-title page and dedicated to the well-known swimming administrator Pat Besford.

£8.00

SWIMMING - THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF SPORT

Disbound chapter (pages 420-435)  from The Encyclopaedia of Sport, edited by The Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire, Hedley Peek and F.G. Aflalo. Also includes a section on water polo. Paperback.

£18.00

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