The sporting life by Alan C Jenkins - 1974

Paperback. Very Good.

Glasgow: Blackie & Son. 299 pages. . Very Good. Hard Cover In a Dust Jacket. First Edition.. 1974.

Blackie, 1974. hardcover. fine/fine. 1st edition Blackie 1974 1st printing fine hardcover book & fine dw (dust jacket), as new, Tolstoy, Sassoon, PG Wodehouse, HG Wells - We have traded for 20+ yearsIn stock shipped from our UK warehouse Each Book is in a protective clear bag, well packa

Blackie & Son Ltd, Glasgow, Scotland, 1974. First Edition. Black Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. silver titles spine; illustrated by b/w. drawings; "The delights and terrors of the sporting life are celebrated in a collection of memorable stories: motor races, yacht races, horse races, skydiving, mountain climbing, show-jumping, team sports such as cricket and rugby, the ancient recreations of falconry and jousting, and many other games and tests of skill. Fiction by such masters as Dickens, Conan Doyle and H. G. Wells accompanies personal reminiscences by record-smashing racing driver Malcolm Camp bell, horsewoman Pat Smythe, and other great athletes of our time. Homer records the great Funeral Games held by Achilles. Leo Tolstoy leads a bear hunt through the snow-covered Russian forest. Damon Runyon tells the sentimental tale of Baseball Hattie, the toughest fan the New York Giants ever had. Ernest Hemingway describes the bloodthirsty rituals of the bullring, while William Hazlitt offers… Read More