History of Ski-Ing by Lunn, Arnold - 1927

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.

Coward-McCann,, 1969. Ex-library. FIRST EDITION in dust jacket. The book has tape residue on pastedowns; pocket removed from FFEP. The dust jacket is about fine. Subtitle: ACROSS THE SOUTH PACIFIC WITH SURFERS AND A CAMERA. An uncommon surfing title.

1835 British Manly Exercises BOXING Running Sailing Horse Riding Swimming SPORTS

'British Manly Exercises' is a mid-19th-century handbook for a variety of sports. Written by Donald Walker, this book covers numerous games and activities including running, climbing, swimming, boxing, sailing, riding, and racing,

Item number: #12943
Price: $399
WALKER, Donald
British manly exercises : in which rowing and sailing are now first described, and riding and driving are for the first time given in a work of this kind ...
London : Hurst, 1835.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
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xix, [1], 298, [8]
o 53 engraved plates
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight & secure
· Size: ~6in X 4in (15cm x 10cm)
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Very Good. Pamphlet. White wraps with b&w illustration on front, staple bound. Signed by author Joyce Hamilton and her husband Jon Hamilton. Wraps have light soiling, else very good. Joyce Hamilton's diary contains daily entries while on the famous jet boat adventure going UP the Colorado through the Grand Canyon.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 30 pp; Signed by Author .

London: Stanley Paul and Co, 1960. 235 pages. B/w frontispiece and many b/w photo plates. Slight tanning on endpapers. Original red boards with rules, titling and publisher's device on the spine. The dustwrapper is worn, chipped and marked; the dustwrapper spine is sunned as usual. Rare. Signed and inscribed by Mockridge's widow, Irene Mockridge, and dated August 2, 1961. NOTE: The entire lower panel (rear cover) of the dustwrapper is an advertisement for Percy Cerutty's book Athletics: How To Become a Champion. The words "2nd impression" which appear at the bottom of that advertisement refer to Cerutty's book, not to My World on Wheels!. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good.

1887 ARCHERY Theory & Practice England ROBIN HOOD Techniques Weapons Bow & Arrow
Horace A Ford was a 19th-century, twelve-time champion of the Grand National Archery Meeting in the United Kingdom. He held the highest recorded mark for over 70 years. Ford has been described as "Great Britain's Greatest Archer" and even American Maurice Thompson stated, "...no better Archer ever lived."

This late 19th-century edition of Ford's 'Theory and Practice of Archery' glances at the history of Archery accounting for ancient England, Robin Hood, the medieval times and all the way to the foundation of the National Archery Society in the late 1800s. This work also focuses on Ford's unique scientific style including bow and arrow type, feathering, stances, scoring and many other factors. This work is illustrated with diagrams.
Item number: #5266
Price: $399
FORD, Horace
Theory and practice of archery
London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1887.

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Collation: Complete with all pages
o [x], 296
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1868 HUNTING & Fishing Frank Forester Field Sports Herbert Illustrated 2v

Henry William Herbert's works are of major importance to collectors of American sporting books. Herbert is considered the first sportswriter in America who helped make sport hunting both abundant available and beloved among American men.
Herbert's book 'Frank Forrester's Field Sports'
includes information on:
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Hunting
o American Quail
o Pintail Duck
o Bison
o Bear
o Goat
o Antelope
o Elk
o Moose
o Deer
o Turkey
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Sporting Dogs
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Fishing
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Sporting Nomenclature
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Rabies
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Game Laws
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And more!
This early edition includes 18 illustrated engravings throughout both volumes.
Item number: #14227
Price: $499
HERBERT, Henry William
Frank Forester's field sports of the United States, British provinces, of North America.

New-York: Townsend & Adams, 1868.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes
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Vol. 1: [xlvi], 12-366
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1908 Billiards & Pool Sports Pastimes Games Strategy Illustrated Charles Roberts

"Billiards" by Charles Roberts, provides a coherent and concise instruction manual to give lessons in billiards with illustrations. It features 11 plates from photographs, as well as many in text illustrations and diagrams. This book is a viable look into techniques, strategy, and gameplay from one of the world's greatest billiard's coaches.
Item number: #17096
Price: $399
ROBERTS, Charles
Billiards for Everybody

London: George Routledge & Sons, 1908.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
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x, [2], 129, [3]
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Black and white illustrations throughout
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
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Pictorial red cloth
· Size: ~7.5in X 5in (19cm x 13cm)
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Very Good. Pamphlet. White wraps with b&w illustration on front, staple bound. Signed by author Joyce Hamilton and her husband Jon Hamilton. Wraps have light soiling, else very good. Joyce Hamilton's diary contains daily entries while on the famous jet boat adventure going UP the Colorado through the Grand Canyon.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 30 pp; Signed by Author .

Redlands, CA: Pacific Sunset Publishing, 2018. Limited Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Near Fine. Signed on front free endpaper by David F. Matuszak with the inscription Aloha. Red cloth stamped in gilt. 1481 + 3 ad pp. No. 769 of an edition limited to 1000 copies. Many illustrations and often pages bordered in green bamboo. No Flaws or Blemishes but minimal shelf handling resulting creasing to jacket at top edge at rear and a tiny ding on the front spine edge. Still Gift Quality.. A comprehensive and definitive (nearly 1500 pp.) history of Southern California's surfing hotspot. 'The central themes of San Onofre are how California surfing evolved, what the day-to-day life of a surfer was like, who were the pioneer surfers and how did they interact with the resident San Onofre sub-cultures, and how did the surfers' adventures establish San Onofre as a world-famous surf beach that shaped California surfing culture.' - publisher.