THE GOLFER'S BEDSIDE BOOK TEXT DECORATIONS BY IONICUS. EDITED BY DONALD STEEL. London, Batsford, 1971. 8vo. 240pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Good condition. Golf anthology. Contributors include Peter Alliss and Bernard Darwin. [ref: 83253] £20.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
GOLF HISTORY & TRADITION 1500-1945. Ludlow, Excellent Press, 1998. 4to. 344pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Good condition. A comprehensive history of golf. [ref: 83218] £45.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
RUGBY FOOTBALL, GOLF, LAWN TENNIS, CRICKET. London, 1933. 8vo. xv+695pp. Original cloth, covers soiled. Instructional. Cricket, by M.D. Lyon, pages 507-695. Also Rugby Football by D.R. Gent, Golf by H. Cotton and Lawn Tennis by J.H. Doeg and Allison Danzig. Padwick, 7065. [ref: 45767] £10.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
VOLUME XLV. NOS. 791-802 INCLUSIVE. COMPLETE WITH TITLE-PAGE AND INDEX. Philadelphia, January - December, 1921. 4to. pp.1017-1044+308pp. Illustrated. Rebound in cloth with original wrappers preserved. Good condition. The American Cricketer was started by Daniel S. Newhall and Henry Cope, and was intended to serve as the public organ of all cricketers in America. Each issue contains details of fixtures, the formation of new clubs, information on tours by foreign teams, details of American and foreign scores, etc. From 1899, although still mainly concerned with cricket, this periodical contained sections on golf, tennis, association football, rowing, and other sports. This periodical ran from June 28, 1877 until April 1929. It appeared weekly from May to November, and monthly from November to April. Padwick, 4050. [ref: 7367] £125.00 enquire buy |
VOLUME XLVII. NOS. 815-826 INCLUSIVE. COMPLETE. Philadelphia, January - December, 1923. 4to. 264pp. Rebound in cloth with original wrappers preserved. The American Cricketer was started by Daniel S. Newhall and Henry Cope, and was intended to serve as the public organ of all cricketers in America. Each issue contains details of fixtures, the formation of new clubs, information on tours by foreign teams, details of American and foreign scores, etc. From 1899, although still mainly concerned with cricket, this periodical contained sections on golf, tennis, association football, rowing, and other sports. This periodical ran from June 28, 1877 until April 1929. It appeared weekly from May to November, and monthly from November to April. Padwick, 4050. [ref: 13710] £125.00 enquire buy |
THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR OF PUBLICATION. Edinburgh, The Golfer's Handbook, 1935. 8vo. 946pp. Illustrated. Original decorative cloth, spine soiled and worn. A handbook of golf, containing rules, statistics, and a record of events. [ref: 83194] £65.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
A BOOK OF HEALTHY RECREATIONS FOR YOUTH. CONTAINING UPWARDS OF A HUNDRED AMUSEMENTS, INCLUDING GAMES OF ACTIVITY AND SPEED; GAMES WITH TOYS, MARBLES, TOPS, HOOPS, KITES, BALLS; AND FULL INSTRUCTIONS IN ARCHERY, CRICKET, CROQUET, AND BASE BALL. New York, Dick & Fitzgerald, 1866. 8vo. 116pp. misnumbered [1-3], 4, [11],12-120+[19]pp. publisher's advertisements. With 124 woodcut illustrations. Original cloth-backed pictorial boards (including an illustration of two cricket bats), covers soiled and worn. Rebacked. Staining to lower corner of preliminary pages. Instructional sporting treatise. Cricket, pages 64-82, with 13 woodcut cricket illustrations, (including one leaf with six images). Other sports covered include baseball, pages 83-92; croquet, pages 93-101; foot-ball, (including rugby), pages 101-103; and golf, pages 109-110. Not recorded either by Gaston, Bibliography of Cricket, 1895, Taylor, Catalogue of Cricket Literature, 1906, Goldman, Bibliography of Cricket, 1937, or Padwick, Bibliography of Cricket, 1984. [ref: 58047] £1200.00 enquire buy |
A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO THE CLUB AND ST. ANDREWS COURSES. St. Andrews, 1969. 8vo. 15pp. One illustration. Original pictorial wrappers. [ref: 76142] £12.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
PORTRAITS AND BIOGRAPHIES OF HEROES AND HEROINES OF SPORT AND PASTIME. London, 1896. Folio. 140pp. 140 illustrations. Original pictorial cloth illustrating cricket, football, tennis, golf and other sporting themes, with a central vignette of W.G. Grace. All edges gilt, corners worn. Short biographies and portraits of famous sportsmen. Includes the following cricketers from the Golden Age: R. Abel, C.B.Fry, W.G. Grace, F.S. Jackson, A.C. MacLaren, W.W. Read and A.E. Stoddart. Padwick, 7249. [ref: 28438] £150.00 enquire buy |
LESSONS I HAVE LEARNED. INSPIRATIONS AND INSIGHTS FROM AUSTRALIA'S GREATEST GOLFER. Melbourne, Geoff Slattery Publishing Pty Ltd, 2005. 8vo. 208pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. SIGNED BY PETER THOMSON on the half-title. Autobiography of the Australian golfer Peter Thomson, who won the British Open five times. [ref: 77109] £45.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
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