JOHNSON, JACK & SCHAAP, DICK (Intro Essay) & THE LAMPMAN (Intro Essay)

Sm quarto, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 262pp, illus/photos, VG (minor bruising & rubbing/soiling to spine & board extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning & soiling to eps) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate to heavy creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Chelsea House Publishers 1969

KEYWORDS: sport history boxing boxers autobiography memoir Jack Johnson autobiographies

WINDER, ROBERT

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co / Bloomsbury 2013

KEYWORDS: sport history cricket almanacks Wisden publishers

PARKER, A C

Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Howard Timmins 1963

KEYWORDS: south african sports journalist sport a c parker

SAXTON, C K

Octavo softover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: NZRFU 1960

KEYWORDS: Rugby sport technical guide

PELMEAR, KENNETH & MORPUGO, J E (in collaboration with) & OWEN, O L (intro)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1958

KEYWORDS: rugby football sport sporting kenneth pelmear

SIM, J A (ed) & MEMBERS OF THE NEW ZEALAND ALPINE CLUB

THIS VOL ONLY, octavo, navy blue heavy boards, gilt lettering & bands to spine, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 352pp + unpaginated postlims, illus, VG+ (v slight chafing to board edges, v slight tanning & soiling to page edges) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: The N.Z. Alpine Club Inc 1978

KEYWORDS: new zealand alpine journal club mountaineering history sport

BARTLETTE, KEVIN (as told by)

Imperial octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+) : all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and reasonable condition, but usually secondhand ; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Salty Media Group 2011

KEYWORDS: AFL Football Austalian sport players history biography

SAUNDERS, GEOFF & PLAYER, GARY (foreword)

SIGNED, LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#113/1963) (SIGNED BY BOB CHARLES). Quarto illus heavy board, white lettering on spine, frontispiece, xvii + 311pp + [4], illus/photos, VG+ (slight bruising to spine + extrems, slight bruising and chaffing to boards, slight tanning to page edges).

PUBLISHER: Hope Publishing LTD 2020

KEYWORDS: golf New Zealand NZ biography Sir Bob Charles sport history limited numbered signed

LAVER, FRANK

FIRST EDITION. Octavo, red buckram boards, spine lettered in gilt, front board panelled & lettered in blind, device in blind to rear board; frontis., plates; xvi + 296 + 16 (advts) pp.; VG- (moderate & scuffing soiling to boards, moderate bruising to edges & extrems with moderate to heavy chipping; light to moderate soiling to pg edges & eps, heavy soiling; some soiling throughout; light cracking at fr, central & rear gutters).

PUBLISHER: George Bell & Sons 1905

KEYWORDS: Frank Laver Australia Australian sports sport cricket life lives memoir autobiography sportsman sportsmen travel

ALCOCK, CHARLES W (ed.)

Sm octavo, light cl covers lettered in black; advt eps, frontis., advts throughout; [14 advts] + 269 + 19 (advts) + [12 advts] pp.; VG- (moderate soiling & scuffing to covers, moderate bruising to edges & extrems w chipping & fraying to cl; stamps in black ink to front covers; light to moderate soiling to pg edges; moderate soiling, tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals; moderate cracking to fr & rear hinges, bdg sloppy; creasing to fr & rear advts; prev ownership inscr in blue ink to first p.).

PUBLISHER: James Lillywhite, Frowd & Co. 1888

KEYWORDS: 19th nineteenth century sports games sport sportsmen sportsman James Lillywhite cricket cricketer

ALCOCK, CHARLES W (ed.)

Sm octavo, light cl covers lettered in black; advt eps, frontis., advts throughout; [7 advts] + 269 + 19 (advts) + [16 advts] pp.; VG- (moderate soiling & scuffing to covers, moderate bruising to edges & extrems w chipping & fraying to cl; light to moderate soiling to pg edges; moderate soiling, tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals; moderate cracking to fr & rear hinges, bdg sloppy; tearing to front pp., some advts loose; creasing to fr & rear advts; prev ownership inscr in blue ink to tp).

PUBLISHER: James Lillywhite, Frowd & Co. 1889

KEYWORDS: 19th nineteenth century sports games sport sportsmen sportsman James Lillywhite cricket cricketer

ALCOCK, CHARLES W (ed.)

Sm octavo, light cl covers lettered in black; advt eps, frontis., advts throughout; [11 advts] + 262 + 22 (advts) + [8 advts] pp.; VG- (moderate soiling & scuffing to covers, moderate bruising to edges & extrems w chipping & fraying to cl; light to moderate soiling to pg edges; moderate soiling, tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals; moderate cracking to fr & rear hinges, bdg sloppy; tearing to front pp., some advts loose; creasing to fr & rear advts; prev ownership inscr in blue ink to tp; adhesive markings to fr & rear; some tearing to central pp.).

PUBLISHER: James Lillywhite, Frowd & Co. 1890

KEYWORDS: 19th nineteenth century sports games sport sportsmen sportsman James Lillywhite cricket cricketer

ALCOCK, CHARLES W (ed.)

Sm octavo, light cl covers lettered in black; advt eps, frontis., advts throughout; [14 advts] + 275 + 22 (advts) + [9 advts] pp.; VG- (moderate soiling & scuffing to covers, moderate bruising to edges & extrems w chipping & fraying to cl; light to moderate soiling to pg edges; moderate soiling, tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals; light cracking to fr & rear hinges; prev ownership inscr in blue ink to tp).

PUBLISHER: James Lillywhite, Frowd & Co. 1891

KEYWORDS: 19th nineteenth century sports games sport sportsmen sportsman James Lillywhite cricket cricketer

ALCOCK, CHARLES W (ed.)

Sm octavo, light cl covers lettered in black; advt eps, frontis., advts throughout; [12 advts] + 266 + 21 (advts) + [6 advts] pp.; G (moderate to heavy soiling & scuffing to covers, moderate to heavy bruising to edges & extrems w chipping & fraying to cl, prev ownership inscr in black ink to front cover; light to moderate soiling to pg edges; moderate soiling, tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals; heavy cracking to fr & rear hinges, txt block loose from covers; insect holes to fr pp.; light cracking to central gutters; creasing to pp. throughout).

PUBLISHER: James Lillywhite, Frowd & Co. 1894

KEYWORDS: 19th nineteenth century sports games sport sportsmen sportsman James Lillywhite cricket cricketer

ALCOCK, CHARLES W (ed.)

Sm octavo, light cl covers lettered in black; advt eps, advts throughout; [13 advts] + 272 + 19 (advts) + [2 advts] pp.; VG- (moderate soiling & scuffing to covers, moderate bruising to edges & extrems w chipping & fraying to cl; light to moderate soiling to pg edges; moderate soiling, tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals; segment cut out to fr advt; some pen & pencil annotation throughout).

PUBLISHER: James Lillywhite, Frowd & Co. 1893

KEYWORDS: 19th nineteenth century sports games sport sportsmen sportsman James Lillywhite cricket cricketer

ALCOCK, CHARLES W (ed.)

Sm octavo, light cl covers lettered in black; advt eps, 1 plate, advts throughout; [9 advts] + 315 + xxx (advts) + [3 advts] pp.; VG- (moderate to heavy soiling & scuffing to covers, moderate to heavy bruising to edges & extrems w chipping & fraying to cl; light to moderate soiling to pg edges; moderate soiling, tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals; prev ownership inscr in blue ink to fr p.; moderate cracking to fr & rear hinges, bdg sloppy, tearing to fr pp.; loose pencil annotation throughout).

PUBLISHER: James Lillywhite, Frowd & Co. 1896

KEYWORDS: 19th nineteenth century sports games sport sportsmen sportsman James Lillywhite cricket cricketer

ALCOCK, CHARLES W (ed.)

Sm octavo, light cl covers lettered in black; advt eps, advts throughout; [9 advts] + 295 + xxx (advts) + [2] + [3 advts] pp.; G+ (moderate to heavy soiling & scuffing to covers, prev ownership inscr in red ink & pencil scribbles to fr cover, moderate to heavy bruising to edges & extrems w chipping & fraying to cl, segment cut out of lwr front board; moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; moderate soiling, tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals; prev ownership inscr in blue ink to fr p.; moderate cracking to fr & heavy cracking to rear hinges, bdg sloppy, tearing to fr pp.; moderate tanning & foxing & creasing to pp. throughout).

PUBLISHER: James Lillywhite, Frowd & Co. 1897

KEYWORDS: 19th nineteenth century sports games sport sportsmen sportsman James Lillywhite cricket cricketer

BETTESWORTH, W A

FIRST EDITION. Signed & inscribed by author. Sm octavo, green buckram boards, spine & front board lettered in gilt; illus.; xvi + 468 + xxi pp.; VG (moderate soiling & scuffing to boards, moderate bruising to edges & extrems w some chipping; light soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps; gift inscr to ht recto; some annotations to rear).

PUBLISHER: Merritt & Hatcher (1910)

KEYWORDS: sports sport games cricket sportsmen sportsman profiles lives biography

WARNER, P F

COLONIAL FIRST EDITION. Sm octavo, green cl boards, spine lettered in gilt, spine & front board decorated in black; frontis., plates; xiv + 204 + [4 (advts)] pp.; VG (light to moderate soiling & rubbing to boards, light bruising to edges & extrems; light to moderate soiling, tanning & foxing to pg edges & eps).

PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green, and Co. 1903

KEYWORDS: sports sport games sportsmen cricket cricketers travel first edition

ALCOCK, CHARLES W

Sm octavo, light cl covers lettered in black; frontis. tipped in, advt eps, advts throughout; [6 advts] + 242 + [20 advts] pp.; VG- (moderate soiling & scuffing to covers, moderate bruising to edges & extrems w chipping & fraying to cl; light to moderate soiling to pg edges; moderate soiling, tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals; owner's inscr to advt in blue ink; moderate cracking to front, central & rear gutters, bdg sloppy, some tearing to pp. at central gutters; owner's inscr & library stamp to tp; pen & pencil annotation throughout).

PUBLISHER: George Routledge & Sons 1876

KEYWORDS: 19th nineteenth century sports games sport sportsmen sportsman James Lillywhite cricket cricketer