SPORTING ANECDOTES. BEING ANECDOTAL ANNALS, DESCRIPTIONS, TALES AND INCIDENTS OF HORSE-RACING, BETTING, CARD-PLAYING, PUGILISM, GAMBLING...AND OTHER SPORTS. EDITED BY 'ELLANGOWAN'. London, Hamilton, Adams, 1889. 8vo. 352pp. Original cloth, spine worn. Recollections of boxing, horse-racing and gambling. [ref: 41619] £12.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY. London, Cassell, 1972 8vo. x+190pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY HENRY COOPER on the title-page. Autobiography of the British heavyweight boxer Henry Cooper. [ref: 82332] £45.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
SPORTSVIEW GRANDSTAND. THE TV BOOK OF ALL SPORTS. EDITED BY PETER DIMMOCK. London, Vernon Holding, 1961. Small 4to. 192pp. Profusely illustrated. Original cloth in slightly chipped dust-wrapper. All sports covered including boxing, cricket, football and tennis. [ref: 83846] £12.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
GLOVES OFF. London, Century, 2022. 8vo. x+317pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Autobiography of the champion heavyweight boxer Tyson Fury. [ref: 79148] £9.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
THE SPORTSMAN'S FRIEND IN A FROST. London, Thomas Cautley Newby, 1857. 8vo. 416pp. Original decorative cloth. Sports include hunting, boxing and horse racing. [ref: 59345] £50.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
MORE THAN A GAME. A HISTORY OF HOW SPORT MADE BRITAIN. London, John Murray. 2023. 8vo. ix+326pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. A history of how all sports have affected Britain. These include boxing, cricket, football, golf and tennis. [ref: 83076] £15.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
THE BOXING COMPANION. AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO THE SWEET SCIENCE. New York, Mallard Press, 1991. 4to. 128pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in slightly chipped dust-wrapper. A guide to the art of boxing. [ref: 84941] £15.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
TEESIDE'S SPORTING GREATS. Liverpool, Juniper Publishing, 2000. 4to. (8)+256pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Good condition. SIGNED BY SIXTEEN OF THE FEATURED TEESIDE SPORTS PERSONALITIES on the front end paper. Signatures include: Ken Churchill (athletics), Geoff Cook (cricket), Paul Curran (cycling), David Mills (football), Norma Shaw (bowls) and Maxie Smith (boxing). Biographies of successful Teeside sportsmen and sportswomen. [ref: 80399] £35.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
FENCING, BOXING AND WRESTLING. London, Longmans, Green, 1889. Large 8vo. 337pp. Illustrated. Original publisher's half morocco, top edges gilt, edges untrimmed. Spine worn. LIMITED LARGE PAPER EDITION of 250 numbered copies. A volume in the Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes. [ref: 39275] £90.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
THE YOUNG SPORTSMAN. ANGLING, ARCHERY, ATHLETICS, BOWLS, BOXING, CANOEING, CRICKET...EDITED BY ALFRED E.T. WATSON. London, 1900. Small 4to. viii+663pp. Many text illustrations. Original decorative cloth, gilt, covers soiled. Largely reprinted from The Encyclopaedia of Sport. Cricket, pages 131-185, with contributions by F.G. Ford (left-handed batsmen), K.S. Ranjitsinhji (batting), and T. Richardson (bowling). Padwick, 7159. [ref: 50230] £20.00 enquire buy |