Search Results: Sport from Blacket Books

Isle of Purbeck Golf Club Ltd., 1992. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardback. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper which has a couple of small edge tears. A clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. 110 pages. Many illustrations including colour. The club's centenary souvenir programme is attached to the rear end-paper.

Breedon Books, 1987. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. Slight damage towards the foot of the first 20 pages or so. 368pp. Many illustrations. A comprehensive history of Aberdeen football club.

London: Collins, 1981. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. A near fine copy in a similar dustwrapper which is not price-clipped. A clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. 192pp. Illustrated. A golfing autobiography.

London: Studio Editions, 1994. Reprint . A very good copy in a good, complete, dustwrapper with two small tears. 144pp. Many illus. including colour. This is the world of golf through the eyes of the collector of golfing ephemera, hardware and literature.

Minster Lovell Oxfordshire: Bookmarque Publishing, 2007. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Just a little bumped at foot of spine but otherwise a fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. No. 162 of 500 copies of the hardback edition. 64 pages. Numerous black and white illustrations. Maps. Full results tables. This book chronicles for the first time the full history of the event, which was held between 1934 and 1966 and hosted many of the RAC British Championships.

Edinburgh: Printed for the Club By T. And A. Constable, 1901. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Hardback. A very good copy in dark green cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. All edges gilt. Maroon end-papers. This is copy no. 103 but the limitation is not given. Pp.xxii,85. 14 full-page illustrations. 20 illustrations in the text. The Trotters Club originated about 1888 and was originally a rambling club and discussion group but soon became a skittles club meeting at the Sheep Heid Inn, Duddingston, Edinburgh. I understand the club still exists and meets there monthly during the skittles season. The club published two books, this and a second volume published in 1909. They contain songs, poems, photos of the club's activities etc. The songs are humorous or light-hearted with titles such as "M'Arthur's Raid on Cooross", "Gowf, Life and Skittles" etc. Contains a roll of members at 1901. The book gives a fascinating glimpse of a small part of Edinburgh life at the… Read More

Edinburgh: Printed for the Club By Gordon Wilson, Edinburgh at the Thistle Press, 1909. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Hardback. A very good copy in red cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. All edges gilt. Black end-papers.This is copy no. 171 but the limitation is not given. 151 pages. 24 illustrations. Contains prose pieces on the progress of the Trotters Club since the publication of the club's first volume in 1901, "A Trotter on the Himalayas" etc together with fresh songs and a Roll of the Club in 1909.

Royal Troon Golf Club, 2001. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Hardback. 4to. A fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper. Pp.viii,224. Numerous illustrations, many in colour. The history of a championship golf course.

London: World Sports, 1952. First Edition . Soft cover. Good. Softback. 4to. A good plus copy. One inch tear at foot of spine. 114 pages. Numerous illustrations including colour. British competitors have been underlined in ink. Round-up of each sport with a foreword by Lord Burghley and an article on Athletics by Harold Abrahams.

St Andrews Golf Press, 2012. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. A near fine copy in green cloth lettered in gilt. A nice clean copy with no ownership inscription or other internal marking. 277 pages. Numerous illustrations with many in colour. The history of the fourth oldest golf club in the world. (Please note this is a very heavy book so extra postage will be required.)

Edinburgh: The Bruntsfield Links Golfing Society Ltd. In Association with John Donald Publishers Ltd., 1992. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Hardback. A very good copy in publisher's laminated illustrated covers.No inscriptions. 22 black and white illustrations including frontispiece. 100 pages.

St. Andrews Golf Press, 2012. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Hardback. A very good copy in green cloth lettered in gilt. No ownership inscription or other internal marking. 277 pages. Numerous illustrations, many in colour. The history of the fourth oldest golf club in the world. (Please note this is a very heavy book which will require extra postage).

Edinburgh: The Bruntsfield Links Golfing Society Ltd. In Association with John Donald Publishers Ltd., 1992. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. A very good copy in laminated boards. Small tear in boards at top of spine. Pp.ix,100. Frontispiece and 21 illustrations.

Aedificamus Press, 1990. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. A near fine copy in a similar dustwrapper. Signed by the author on the title page. 224pp. 20 illustrations.

London: Duckworth, 1935. First Edition . Bert Thomas. A very good copy in a good, almost complete, dustwrapper which is not price-clipped and which is now protected. Introduction by Bernard Darwin. 120pp. Many illus. An anthology of caddie stories.

London: Autosport, 1958. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Hardback. A near fine copy in a similar dustwrapper. Pp.vii,278. 65 illustrations. This is the story of several famous marques which have left their impression on the motor racing scene, including Mercedes-Benz, Alfa Romeo Ferrari etc.

Hamlyn, 1995. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. 208 pages. Many illustrations including colour. The official history of Celtic from the early days to the end of the 1994-95 season.

The West Kilbride Golf Club, 1993. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. Pp.ix,158. Four colour plates. Many black and white illustrations.

London: Robert Hale, 1972. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. 240 pages. Illustrated.

London: Robert Hale, 1975. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. A very good copy in a near very good dustwrapper which is complete and untorn. There is a damp stain at the foot of the spine of the wrapper but it is barely visible externally. A clean copy internally with no ownership inscription or other marking. 187 pages. Illustrated. The autobiography of a world champion cycle racer.