THE GREATEST: My Own Story. by Ali, Muhammad (with Richard Durham.)

D. Appleton NY, 1902. HB NODJ, 1902, 1st edition, 1st printing with #1 on last page of Text as Required, Green decorated Cloth with minor Rub, Wear, Tiny Chip Tears Extremities, Interior Nice & Tight with light Fox, Wear & few loose protruding pages reattached with small tape at Inner Hinge & Vox, NF/NF+, AS-IS, NODJ, 328 pages, page with pencil underlining. Signed by Illustrator. First Edition. Hard Cover.

Cambridge MA: [Harvard University], February 14, 1969. Illustrated by Frank O'Brien b/w photo in matt "THE GAME" November 23, 1969 [Harvard vs. Yale] on the reverse in pencil is title, date and photographer and 6014. Original edition. Watermark of Harvard University on letter. Single sheet, folded. Signed by Eric Cutler in blue pen. 28 x 21,75cm. pp. 1; 6; photo. Near Fine (letter), Photo (fine), Matt (very good with faint bottom right stain). "Dear Dave: The picture of the moment of Yale's doom and gloom which you so kindly sent was most gratefully received. Your letter landed inside the picture's folder until I went to have the picture framed and I apologize for my delay and oversight. The identities are as follows. Yale: 15, Ed Franklin '69, defensive back; 67, Andy Coe '70, linebacker. Harvard: 50, Ted Skowronski '69, offensive center; 75, Fritz Reed '70, offensive tackle; 61 Tom Jones '69, offensive guard [actor: Tommy Lee Jones]; 80 Pete Varney… Read More

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.

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

1838 NIMROD British Field Sports HUNTING Art Horses Dogs Illustrated ENORMOUS
Charles Apperley, more commonly known as Nimrod, was a Welsh sportsman and writer who published important works on fox hunting. One of his best works was 'British Field Sports' – a book of hunting, chase sports, and dogs and animals. Like many of Nimrod's books, this work contains exquisite illustrations depicting horse riding, hunting scenes, game animals, and much more.
Item number: #19096
Price: $599
NIMROD [pseud. of Charles James Apperley]
Sporting : embellished by large engravings and vignettes illustrative of British field sports
London : A.H. Baily & Co., 1838. First edition.

Details:

· Collation: Complete with all pages
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[8], viii, 144
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21 full-page engravings, plus engraved frontispiece and title page
· Provenance: Armorial bookplate – William Taylor Copeland
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William Taylor Copeland, MP, Alderman (1797–1868) was a British businessman (the head of Spode Copeland porcelain potteries… Read More

United States Lawn Tennis Association, 1953. First edition. 22 official programs of various USLTA Tennis Championships for the entire 1953 season, complete as published. Bound in green buckram with gilt tiles. USLTA officer S. Ellsworth Davenport, Jr.'s copy, with his name embossed on cover. 22 programs for matches at various US locations from June 7 - Aug 29, 1953. Each program is approx. 30 pages, profusely illustrated with b/w photos, plus a full color cover, vintage ads. All programs near fine in very good cloth covered boards, 9" x 12". . 1st. Hard. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. Folio. Magazines & Periodicals.

Very good + copy of Strutt's classic study of medieval English games, sports, festival recreations and performances. First published in 1801 and reprinted many times in both quarto and octavo editions. First quarto edition with hand-coloured lithographs of the annotated edition by William Hone of 1830.Profusely illustrated with charming figures excerpted from illuminated manuscripts in the British Museum, the Bodleian, Harleian and Royal libraries, etc.Joseph Strutt (1749-1802) was an English engraver, artist, antiquary and writer famous for his work on the history of English costume and sports.William Hone (1780-1842), was an English writer, satirist and bookseller.Contains all forms of mental and physical recreation, from archery to bell-ringing, football to apple-bobbing, chess to bear-baiting, acrobatics to golf, jousting to gambling, opera to maypole dancing.With 140 b/w engravings in the text, and the same 140 illustrations reproduced on 40 finely hand-coloured, lithographed plates (frontispiece… Read More

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

Privately Printed, 1946. First edition. Paperback in very good condition.. Gift inscription from the author dated 2008; 9" x 6" stapled booklet; [24] pages. Early, likely first, book, of cartoons, by Miller, the producer director of sports films.

1760 Complete Sportsman 1ed Fairfax Hunting Fishing Equestrian Husbandry SPORTS

'The Complete Sportsman' is an 18th-century English hunting manual by Thomas Fairfax. First published in 1760 (Westwood & Satchell), this book provides a wealth of knowledge on hunting fox and deer, shooting, fishing, bowling, horse-racing and training, dog-breeding, and much more!

Item number: #24631
Price: $599

FAIRFAX, Thomas

The complete sportsman, or, Country gentleman's recreation : containing the whole arts of breeding and managing game cocks, with the best methods of fighting them. Of rearing and backing colts ... Of shooting, and of shooting flying…

London: Printed for J. Cooke, [1760]. First edition.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o vi, 7-240
o Includes engraved frontispiece
· References: Westwood & Satchell, p. 90; ESTC N 44488
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~7.25in X 4.25in (18cm x 11cm)

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