Sport and Sporting

New York: Everlast Sporting Goods. 1931. First Edition. Soft Covers. Clean pictorial soft covers. Interior of text is tight, clean and intact. Profusely Illustrated in b/w. Very Scarce with the original mailing envelope. Sports Catalog ; Drawings & Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 96 pages .

1835 British Manly Exercises BOXING Running Sailing Horse Riding Swimming SPORTS

'British Manly Exercises' is a mid-19th-century handbook for a variety of sports. Written by Donald Walker, this book covers numerous games and activities including running, climbing, swimming, boxing, sailing, riding, and racing,

Item number: #12943
Price: $399
WALKER, Donald
British manly exercises : in which rowing and sailing are now first described, and riding and driving are for the first time given in a work of this kind ...
London : Hurst, 1835.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
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xix, [1], 298, [8]
o 53 engraved plates
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight & secure
· Size: ~6in X 4in (15cm x 10cm)
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Privately Printed, 1946. First edition. Paperback in very good condition.. Gift inscription from the author dated 2008; 9" x 6" stapled booklet; [24] pages. Early, likely first, book, of cartoons, by Miller, the producer director of sports films.

1838 NIMROD British Field Sports HUNTING Art Horses Dogs Illustrated ENORMOUS
Charles Apperley, more commonly known as Nimrod, was a Welsh sportsman and writer who published important works on fox hunting. One of his best works was 'British Field Sports' – a book of hunting, chase sports, and dogs and animals. Like many of Nimrod's books, this work contains exquisite illustrations depicting horse riding, hunting scenes, game animals, and much more.
Item number: #19096
Price: $599
NIMROD [pseud. of Charles James Apperley]
Sporting : embellished by large engravings and vignettes illustrative of British field sports
London : A.H. Baily & Co., 1838. First edition.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
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[8], viii, 144
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21 full-page engravings, plus engraved frontispiece and title page
· Provenance: Armorial bookplate – William Taylor Copeland
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William Taylor Copeland, MP, Alderman (1797–1868) was a British businessman (the head of Spode Copeland porcelain potteries… Read More

Johnson Gorman Book Pub, 2000. 1st Edition . Hardcover. New/New. New - Unread Copy. Signed And Inscribed. Some Wear In The Corners. May Have Minor Shelf Wear To Edges. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. - His Name Is William Dickenson Hunter, But To Generations Of Canadian Sports Fans He's Known Best As Wild Bill. Part Showman, Salesman, Rebel And Visionary, And 100 Per Cent Lover Of The Game Of Hockey, Bill Hunter Has Been Witness To, And Part Of, The Lore Of Canadian Sport For 65 Years. Bill Hunter Formed His First Team At Age 17 And Toured A Baseball Club Through Dust Bowl Saskatchewan Before He'd Even Finished High School. Since Then He's Owned Or Managed More Franchises Than There Are Teams In The Nhl -- From Ladies Softball To Junior Hockey To Pro Hockey To Big-Money Curling. And When He Couldn't Get Into The Leagues He Wanted, He Started His Own. The Western Hockey League -- The World's Biggest Junior League -- Would Never Have Happened If Bill… Read More

1807 1ed Rural Sports HUNTING & FISHING Color Illustrated Horses DOGS Falconry
William Daniel's "Rural Sports" is an early 19th-century history of outdoor sports and activities in England. Sports and games such as hunting and fishing have long been a staple pastime all over the world, and naturally countless books have been written and published on the matter. However, Daniel's 'Rural Sports' is one of the best much in part to the 100+ exquisite engravings most of which are hand-colored! As expected of such a work, this book contains descriptions of fishing and fishing tackle, horse riding, game hunting, falconry, hunting dogs, and much more!
Item number: #19662
Price: $1095
DANIEL, William Barker
Rural Sports
London, Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme, 1807. First edition.

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Collation: Complete with all pages; 4 tomes
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'Rural Sports'
Vol. I – [8], 535, [1]
Vol. II – [4], 592, [8]
Vol. III – [4], 494, [8]
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'Supplement', 1813
[10], 742, [38]
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Illustrated… Read More

Lami Denozan. Paris. 1826. FIRST EDITION. Oblong 4to. (13.8 x 9.8 inches). Illustrated with 12 fine hand coloured lithographs, engraved by de Villain. A complete copy with the 12 plates and printed brown paper front wrapper and plain rear one mounted onto tabs and bound in a late 20th century half dark red cloth binding with gilt lettering to the spine. Marbled paper on boards. Plain off-white endpapers. A previous owner's small attractive colour printed bookplate on front pastedown. Some spotting to the leaves but mainly in the plain margins. Overall a very good copy of this scarce and attractive work. --------- Starting with the Artist's rough crossing of the Channel and stage coach from Dover, The London scenes include Pall-Mall, Westminster Abbey, A Horse race, Boxing match, and Boat race. ----- The sketches for this work were drawn during Lami's first visit to England in 1826. '.... a set of a dozen delicately hand coloured lithographs. These were intended as a memento for for tourists from the… Read More

1890 1ed Big Game Hunting of North America Deer Polar Bears Caribou Wolves Hunter

G.O. Shield's "Big Game of North America" is a rare, late 19th-century account of hunting, particularly deer hunting, in North America. This work includes impressive, full-page engravings and descriptions of animal characteristics, focusing on some of the most desirable game animals in North America – mule deer, caribou, moose, grizzly and polar bears, buffalo, mountain goats, cougars, wolves, and wolverines!
Item number: #30118
Price: $499
SHIELDS, George Oliver
The Big Game of North America. Its habits, habitat, haunts, and characteristics; how, when, and where to hunt it
Chicago: Rand, McNally & Co., 1890. First edition.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
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581, [15]
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41 illustrations
27 full-page
14 in-text
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
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Red cloth
· Size: ~9.5in X 6.75in (24cm x 17cm)
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Special Signed Edition with Printing on the Dust Jacket stating that and Kirk Herbstreit's Signature (No Inscription or Personalization) on a Special Signature Page. First Edition, First Printing with a Full Number Line. This Book is in Excellent, Like New Condition. The Dust Jacket (protected by a Brodart Dust Jacket Protector) has Very Light Rubbing to the Surface but No Tears, Creases, Stains, or Any Major Damage. The Hardcover Boards retain Sharp Corners with No Tears, Creases, Stains, or Any Major Damage. The Binding is Strong, Intact, and Undamaged. The Interior is Clean and Unmarked (other than the Author's Signature, of course) with No Writing, Highlighting, or Underlining and has No Tears, Creases, Stains, Mold, or Any Major Damage. The Page Edges have No Remainder Mark, Foxing, Stains, or Any Major Damage. Securely Packed and Promptly Shipped.

Book cover like new - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine like new.
Jacket like new, slight shelf wear; protected in fresh mylar cover.
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James Hilton. Good-bye Mr. Chips. For your Holiday reading. Little, Brown 10th Impression Thus, 1934. USED. VG/Good Condition original white, red and green Holiday motif price-clipped dust jacket. 126 pages. 5 ¼ X 7 ¾. Written by James Hilton, author of "Lost Horizon".

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Emanating from a thrilling and glamorous tradition comes Racing Style, a photographic representation of the Goodwood Revival, a motor car race of vehicles from the 40s, 50s and 60s.
The Goodwood Revival relives the glory days of the legendary Goodwood Motor Circuit, Britain s leading racing venue between 1948 and 1966, and host to contemporary racing of all kinds including Formula One. Racing Style brings us back to the tracks, as they once were, offering all the romance and excitement of original motorcar racing.
This edition celebrates Goodwood through the years with engaging and unusual photos. On each luminous page, the reader is invited to peek at details of the era, from the cockpits of bugattis to the competitors and spectators who dress in period clothing. Racing… Read More

Barre, MA: Barre Publishers. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Slipcase is toned with owner name on . one side panel.. 1965. First Trade Edition. Hardcover. One of 1500 copies. Brown cloth with top edges and clear acetate jacket housed in printed cardboard slipcase. A collection of natural history and fishing stories. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 89 pages .

Perth, Western Australia: Headway International Publishing, 1991. NF in NF DJ. Ownership sticker on front flyleaf, else clean, bright, and without markings. Binding shows all four corners bumped with light abrasion; light abrasion to edges of boards. Binding tight. Unclipped DJ has 1/4" tear at rear fold and minor curling and creasing with light abrasion. Overall, a clean, solid copy showing minimal signs of use. Photo is of the copy here at Barbed Wire Books.

Well illustrated trade catalogues of this vintage are scarce and in this superior condition exceedingly so. Sociological insight into the male leisured classes and, increasingly, all Australians.