PEP GUARDIOLA. ANOTHER WAY OF WINNING. THE BIOGRAPHY. London, Orion, 2012. 8vo. xxi+330pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Good condition. A biography of the Barcelona and Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola. [ref: 79955] £10.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
FIRST FOUR MINUTES. London, Putnam, 1955. 8vo. 224pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in unclipped dust-wrapper. Good condition. Autobiography of Roger Bannister, the first man to run the mile in under four minutes. [ref: 68473] £20.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
HUNTING. SIXTH EDITION. London, Longmans, Green, 1891. 8vo. xii+373pp. Illustrated. Original pictorial cloth. A volume in the Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes. [ref: 76186] £20.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
GOLF FAULTS ILLUSTRATED. NEW AND ENLARGED EDITION. London, Newnes, [c.1905]. 8vo. (7)+174pp. Profusely illustrated. Original pictorial cloth, gilt. Spine slightly rubbed, otherwise in good condition. A series of instructional articles by J.H. Taylor first published in C.B. Fry's Magazine under the title Golf Faults Illustrated. Illustrated with superb action photographs by G.W. Beldam. [ref: 79758] £45.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
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 |
IAN BOTHAM ON FISHING. London, Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 2008. Large 8vo. 240pp. Profusely illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a publisher's label laid down on the half-title. The Somerset and England cricketer Ian Botham on his love of angling. [ref: 74415] £15.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
ATHLETIC SPORTS. TENNIS, RACKETS AND OTHER BALL GAMES. EDITED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SPORTING LIFE. London, Sports & Sportsmen, (c.1927). Folio. xiii+421pp. Numerous photogravure plates with tissue guards. Original full red morocco, gilt, all edges gilt. LIMITED EDITION of 1,000 numbered copies. A lavish volume on all aspects of athletic sports. These include the Olympic games, tennis, lawn tennis, rackets, etc. [ref: 39492] £90.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
BIG GAME HUNTING AND ANGLING. COMPILED AND EDITED BY "THE SPORTSMAN". London, British Sports & Sportsmen, 1914. Folio. xiii+593pp. Numerous photogravure plates with tissue guards. Original publisher's buckram. Top edges gilt. LIMITED EDITION of 1,000 numbered copies. A lavish volume of all aspects of hunting and angling around the world,. Chapters include Big Game Hunting in Africa, A Trip to Rhodesia in 1898 and Elephant Hunting in German East Africa. [ref: 39489] £90.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
BREEDING AGRICULTURE COUNTRY-LIFE PURSUITS. EDITED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SPORTING LIFE. London, Sports & Sportsmen, (c.1910). Folio. xiv+491pp. Numerous photogravure plates with tissue guards. Original full red morocco, gilt, all edges gilt. LIMITED EDITION of 1,000 numbered copies. [ref: 39257] £90.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
HUNTING. COMPILED AND EDITED BY "THE SPORTSMAN". London, British Sports & Sportsmen, 1912. Folio. xiii+645pp. Numerous photogravure plates with tissue guards. Original publisher's buckram. Top edges gilt. LIMITED EDITION of 1,000 numbered copies. A lavish volume on all forms of hunting, including fox hunting, drag hunting, hare-hunting, and stag-hunting. With chapters on hunting in Australia and India. [ref: 39491] £90.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |