Sport and Sporting

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998 First printing of the stated first edition, green boards with gilt-lettered spine, 260pp. Boldly signed directly on the front-free endpage by defensive lineman Reggie White #92 (1961-2004) and quarterback Brett Favre #4; sale includes 2 certificates of authenticity, one from a registered sports authenticator, the other from the auctioneer from whom the item was purchased. Book and dust jacket in fine condition.

William Blackwood & Sons. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1907. First. Hard Cover. 2" copper-colored stain to bottom right edge, front board. Edgewear to extremities, but overall binding sturdy, corners very lightly bumped. Foxing to front endpapers. Inner pages and photos bright and unmarked. Top-edge gilt, rough-cut pages. Frontis photo, 9 color illust. 30 full-page photo illust. Contents include: Early References to Golf At St. Andrews, First Competition, Method of Scoring, A Tariff for Payment of Caddies, Ownership of the Links, The Open Championship .

London: George Newnes Limited, 1896. Complete in 6 parts, 140 pages, all pages illustrated. 15 Athletics, 6 Billiards, 6 Chess, 13 Cricket, 34 Cycling, 38 Football (Rugby and Soccer), 18 Golf, 4 Lawn Tennis, 4 Sculling, 2 Skating. A Who’s Who of Victorian British Sports, resplendant with their penny-farthing bikes and racing models, etc.Bound in magazine form.One magazine slight chipped on edges, staples rusty, covers in very good condition. Internally, rust marks sligtly showing on inner margin. Pages in very good clean condition. Very rare in parts. F. First Edition. Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Hutchinson & Co. London. 1911. REVISED EDITION. 8vo. (7.8 x 5.4 inches). Illustrated with "forty-eight illustrations almost entirely from photographs specially taken for the work". Some foxing throughout, mostly to the margins, but still a very good, tight and square copy in the publishers green cloth boards with gilt and black lettering and illustrations to the front board and spine. Top edge gilt.

The Kingswood Press, 1991. Collected Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Previous owners inscriptions: Old book Plate. Book Condition: Good. Jacket condition: No jacket. Published: 1991 1st Edition: Yes. Pages: 240. Description: The History of the Thames Rowing Club and Tideway Rowing. A scarce book.

Piccadilly W. London: Messrs, Fores. Very Good+. 1884-1911. First Edition. Hardcover. This magazine was published from 1884-1912. This is the first 28 of 29 volumes. Uniformly bound in publisher's half red morocco over blue cloth covered boards. Spines have raised bands, gilt lettering to two compartments and gilt decorations to remaining four compartments: crossed whips with a fox's brush and riding hat; duck; horse's head and a horse shoe. With marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. 896 plates (32/vol) after Finch Mason, R. M. Alexander, Cuthbert Bradley and others (the majority tinted duotone lithographs). Glossy b/w 'Fores's Illustrated Catalogue' (from 6 to 22 pp) bound into the rear of each volume followed by ads for other Fores's publications. Slight unevenness to color of spines (as usual) , minor scuffing to some edges & corners. Condition of covers ranges from VG to VG+. Four volumes have a few flecks of foxing on the front &/or rear endpapers. Top… Read More

This is a scarce, bound volume of POLO magazine ("The Magazine for Horsemen") that contains 8 issues from January to August, 1931 with wonderfully illustrated color covers. "Volume V" is printed on the spine. Red, hardcover cloth binding with gilt lettering and decorations on the spine (and the name "J.L. Lundean" in gilt at the base of the spine). Published by Quigley Publishing Company in the United States. The magazine was "obtainable by subscription only." Oversized - the volume measures 14 1/8" tall x 10 1/4" wide. "Hunting ~ Steeplechasing ~ Horseshows" - contents include general horsemanship, horse show results, sailing, steeplechase, polo and foxhunting, with many illustrations from photographs and drawings. The issues include great illustrated advertisements (some in color) for companies such as Brooks Brothers Clothing, Duesenberg, Abercrombie & Fitch, Izod, A.G. Spalding & Bros., Johnston & Murphy Shoe, Firestone, Fortune Magazine, and many more.The following 8 issues are included:VOLUME… Read More

South Africa: KC Publications, 1989 Limited Edition 578/1000. Signed by approximately 130 top rugby players. Abundant biographies and photographs. A collector's item. ---------- Orders over $100.00 are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Size: Approx 8" Wide By 12"Tall

Berlin: im Deutschen Verlag,, 1937. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at half-title page - " Arthur Kiekebusch su wiedersehen 1937 herrlich (?) Leni Riefenstahl". Arthur Kiekebusch was a German production manager and director, best known for the 1920 silent film "The Woman in the Dolphin" starring Bela Lugosi. He was the assistant production manager, with responsibility for all cameras and lenses, on Riefenstahl's film "Olympia" from which the photographs in this book were taken. He also worked with Leni on her 1935 film "Triumph of the Will" as unit manager and head cameraman. The First Edition book is Very Good Minus, boards bowed, cloth rubbed at corners and spine ends, prior owner name and US address front end page, hinges starting, lacking the dust jacket . Regardless, given their close working relationship, an important and historic association copy in German film making.. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good Minus/No Jacket.… Read More

In as new condition inside and out. DJ is not clipped. Name of bookshop label, Henry Sotheran Ltd stuck inside first page. See photos

Seville: Imprenta Sevillana, S.A, 1975. Subscriber's Edition, an edition limited to 850 copies. SIGNED at half title page by Robert Vavra, John Fulton, and the subject, bullfighter Curro Camacho. Uncommon SIGNED by all three. The book is Fine in a Near Fine slip case with very light rubbing at edges. . SIGNED. Limited First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Limited Edition.

Very good copy of Strutt's classic study of medieval English games, sports, festival recreations and performances. With 140 hand-coloured engravings in the text.First published in quarto in 1801, this is the third edition and first in octavo, with index and notes by William Hone, published in 1830.Profusely illustrated with examples from illuminated manuscripts in the British Museum, the Bodleian, Harleian and Royal libraries, etc.Contains all forms of intellectual and physical games, from archery to bell-ringing, football to apple-bobbing, chess to bear-baiting, acrobatics to golf, jousting to gambling, opera to maypole dancing.Joseph Strutt (1749-1802) was an English engraver, artist, antiquary and writer famous for his work on the history of English costume and sports.Red library cloth binding with gilt title on spine, ink stamp on rear of title page, solid text block, interior fresh with delicate hand-colour on the engravings.

Very good copy of Henry Rene d'Allemagne's classic history of sports and games of skill.With 100 lithographic and heliogravure plates (30 hand-coloured, many tinted) and 328 illustrations in the text. Games described include hoops, kite-flying, stilt-walking, spinning tops, hide-and-seek, darts, archery, carousels, bilboquet (cup and ball), the diabolo (Chinese yo-yo), tennis, golf, billiards, boules or petanque, wrestling, dancing, gymnastics, acrobatics, etc. The illustrations are facsimile heliogravures of ancient illuminated manuscripts, engravings, woodcuts and prints from the medieval era to the 19th century.Text in French.Henry-Rene d'Allemagne (1863-1950), was librarian at the Bibliotheque de l'Arsenal in Paris, an archivist, historian and specialist in decorative arts. He published books on many unusual subjects such as games, ancient locksmithing, illumination, playing cards, etc.Some browning to the decorative colour pictorial boards, t.e.g., marble endpapers, interior clean and bright with… Read More

Large engraved and folded broadsheet (585 x 468 mm) with a beautifull interior view of a billiard hall with a lavishly decorated billiard table with 6 male billiard players, ca 224 x 470 mm, in the upper half of the sheet, designed and engraved by Daniel, graveur du roi. Lower part of the sheet with text in 6 columns, centre fold marked by a billiard cue, adorned with four richly decorated medals in the corners of the text. - Bound with: Chéreau, Charles. Nouvelles règles du jeu de billard, ... Paris, chez l'auteur ca 1844. Large engraved and folded broadsheet ((585 x 468 mm) with an ornate calligraphic drop-title framed by emblematic vignettes, with rules of variant billiard games in six columns, centre fold marked by a billiard cue, and with two oval ornate medals in lower corners of the text. - Bound with: Chéreau, Charles. Nouvelles règles du jeu de billard, ... A Paris, chez l'auteur ca 1844. Large engraved and folded broadsheet ((585 x 468 mm) with an ornate calligraphic drop-title framed by… Read More

New York, NY: Arthur Fields Books, Inc., 1975. First Edition, stated. Inscribed and signed by the author. VG in VG DJ. Inscription on front flyleaf describing Secretariat. Minor wear to binding edges. Lower front corner heavily bumped. Other corners moderately bumped. Binding tight; textblock clean and bright. Unclipped DJ shows age-toning overall, has small tear near upper front spine, creasing at corners, long creases on the back, and some light soiling/abrasion. Overall, a solid copy with a wonderful inscription. Definitely a part of Secretariat's history. Photo is of the copy here at Barbed Wire Books.