Search Results: SPORTS & RECREATION / Water Sports from Lawrence Jones

Noosa Heads: Tropicsurf, 2012. HEAVY. Unpaginated (approx 250pp), num col photographs, pictroial endpapers. Decorated white cloth in slipcase. Slipcase badly stained but book only has some foxing to cloth. Produced by Tropicsurf, an Australian company that provides luxury surf tours and vacations in various exotic locations.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Slipcase. 4to.

Sydney: HarperCollins, 2007. 256pp, index, glossary, maps, col photos. Or pictorial card with clear plastic protective jacket. Brief gift note inside front cover, faint sticker mark to plastic. Internally excellent.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

London: Frank Cass, 2001. xxiii, 260pp, index, bibliography, notes, bw ills. Or card. Light pencil underlining and marginal markings throguhout, otherwise excellent. The history of surf and sunbathers, surf lifesavers, and surfers with particular emphasis on how they use their bodies to distinguish their cultures. . First Paperback. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

Sydney: Ebury Press, 2013. HEAVY. xxvii, 271pp, index, num bw & col ills, pictorial endpapers. Glossy pictorial boards in jacket. Slight edge wear to jacket. SIGNED and inscribed (to Wayne) by the author on half-title page. 100 years of surfing in Australia.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

Stanley, Falkland Islands.: South Atlantic Publications, 2009. 197pp, index, bibliography, num col ills, maps. Pictorial card. Very slight edge wear to cover. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. Square 8vo.

Coolangatta, Qld.: Mission Australia, 2002. 192pp, num bw ills. Or pictorial card. Slight edge wear and curl to top front corner. History of the Gold Coast Surfrider clubs from Main Beach in the north to Cabarita in the south.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.

Sydney: Hachette Australia, 2013. 358pp, bw & col ills. Pictorial card. Minor edge wear to cover, light even toning to page edges. Richie Lovett has been attacked by a shark, washed into the Indonesian jungle by a tsunami and diagnosed with cancer. After radical surgery to rebuild his leg Rich set about the challenge of learning to surf again. One of sport's most inspiring stories.. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

Honolulu: Editions Limited, 1998. 179pp, index, chronology, num bw & col photographs. Or blue cloth in pictorial jacket. Near new. The story of a surfer who wanted to become an oceanographer and did. From big-wave surfing to deep diving to oceanography his life is one of adventure. From the early days of surfing in California and Hawaii in the '40s, 50s and '60s the book unfolds into a drama of oceans and men and women heroes; the birth and death of the Hawaiian islands and undersea volcanoes.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to.

London: Transworld Publishers, 2008. 276pp, index, glossary, num col ills. Pictorial card with integral flaps. Some minor foxing, old price reduction sticker to front.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.

Rio De Janiero: Brasil Surf, 1975. 30pp, bw ills. Stapled wraps. Surface water damage and chips to both covers, pen mark to front. Scarce first issue of Brazilian surfing magazine in Portuguese.. Periodical. Soft Cover. Fair. 4to. Magazine.

Noosa Heads: Noosa Heads Surf Life Saving Club, 2003. v, 98pp, appendices, bw ills, pictorial endpapers. Or pictorial laminated boards. A little foxing to prelims otherwise excellent. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to.

Noosa Heads: Noosa Heads Surf Life Saving Club, 2003. v, 98pp, appendices, bw ills, pictorial endpapers. Or pictorial laminated boards. Near new. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to.

New York: Harry N Abrams, 2008. HEAVY. 177pp, glossary, col ills. Or boards in jacket. Minor edge wear to jacket. The genesis of modern surfing with essays by the surfing legends themselves (including Rabbit Bartholomew, Shaun Tomson and Mark Richards).. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Merkel, Dan (photography). Folio.

Salisbury, Qld.: Stuart Scott, 2008. 129pp, num bw & col ills. Or pictorial card covers. Near new with slight bump to top of spine. SIGNED by author with year inside front cover, plus looslely inserted slip with All the Best Scott Stewart in red. This first (and thus far, only) edition was limited to only 1000 copies. Tall tales and true from the Peter Badcoe Club, 1ALSG, Back Beach, Vung Tau, South Vietnam. For 6 years the defining elements of Australian youth of the 1960s & 1970s (the Vietnam War, surfing and rock'n'roll) came together on a wide beach in South Vietnam. The Army built a clubhouse so the troops could stow their weapons, have a hot shower, change into civvies, and enjoy a burger and beer with mates. It also provided the surfboards, and fortified the beach with barbed wire and machine gun emplacements. This was Australia's own surfing enclave on the South China Sea- the Viet Cong-aka the VC or Victor Charlie, or just plain Charlie-most definitely didn't surf… Read More

Torquay: Mouvement Publications., 1994. 292 pp + iii pp, 12 pp of colour photographs, b&w illustrations throughout, glossary, two appendices. Pictorial card. Small area on title page with slight surface damafe, otherwise as new. Written for surfers, the book explains how to ride more waves and better understand how to improve skills in both free and competitive surfing. Written by some of the world's foremost surfers -- Barton Lynch, Wayne Bartholomew, Mark Richards, Margo Oberg, Peter Cole, equipment innovator Simon Anderson, as well as by renowned coaches and surf scientists -- the book provides a unique approach to improving surfing skills, detailing the theoretical and practical passage to performance surfing.. Second Edition.. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Oblong 4to.

Murwillumbah: Murwillumbah Printstop, 2006. 231pp, bw ills. Blue glossy boards. Near new. SIGNED by author on title page. Hisotry of the Cudgen Headland Life Saving Club in northern New South Wales.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to.

London: New Holland, 1997. 160pp, index, bibliography, num col ills, maps. Or pictorial card. Slight edge wear to cover, prev owner name on title page.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

Lincolnwood, IL: Passport Books, 1997. 172pp, index, bibliography, num col photographs, maps. or pictorial card. Near new. Includes dive sites in Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea.. First Thus. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Misiewicz, Alex.. 8vo.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 2009. xii, 320pp, index, bibliography, glossary, bw & col ills. Or red cloth in jacket. Near new with small black remainder mark dot on bottom edge. A cultural history of Makaha on Hawaiis Oahu. Weaving together stories of big-wave riders, exciting surf competitions, dramatic water rescues, while exploring the history and origins of some of the most thrilling extreme sports.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Sydney: Hachette Australia, 2020. viii, num bw & col ills, pictorial endpapers. Pictorial boards in jacket. Minor edge wear to jacket. Australian surfing, one year at a time, through the lives of our greatest surfers.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Small 4to.