new stock - Sportspages

NEW STOCK
New Stock from Sportspages
Welcome to our first new stock update of 2016. We have some fantastic items from rugby, cricket and golf along
with scarce and unusual football books this time. We also have a selection of items from more obscure sports treats for collectors of tiddlywinks, fen skating, stoolball and longball literature (c'mon we know you're out there).
PATRICK DIVORTY ON FOOTBALL
Subtitled "Being evidence given before the Royal Commissioin appointed to enquire
into the value of Football as a factor making for International Peace and the
Abolition of Armaments". Divorty was an Irish Glaswegian comic and, in this rare
little book, he communicates his views on football. The book was published by the G
& J. MacLachlan and the book also served as a promotional tool for their drinks
business. Contains ten very nice colour lithograph illustrations.
Paperback. 8vo. 49pp. Small chips to paper wrapper. Bookplate to inside of front
cover and from the collection of Robin Marlar (Sussex cricketer), with his small
bookplate slipped in. Very scarce.
Date
Publisher
Author
1914
Glasgow: G & J
Maclachlan
Patrick DIVORTY
£480.00
35176
HYDERABAD V WEST INDIES 1959 CRICKET PROGRAMME
Official souvenir cricket programme for the match played on Jan 30 - Feb 1, 1959. A
strong West Indies team won the match comfortably, by ten wickets. Contains many
good articles and statistics.
Paperback. 68pp. A few neat ink marks to stats pages. A very good copy.
Date
1959
£100.00
37233
COPA DO MUNDO 1950
World Cup tournament brochure, in Spanish, issued by Esso. It is regarded as the
main publication, as there was no official guide produced.
Paperback. 17.5 x 12.5 cm. 44pp. Pictorial covers, with extensive light foxing.
Further foxing to some internal pages. Generally a very good copy of a rare
brochure.
Date
Publisher
Author
1950
Esso
(STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF BRAZIL)
£1,200.00
36155
HENRY BLOFELD SCORES A CENTURY AT LORD'S, AGED 16 - COMBINED SERVICES V
PUBLIC SCHOOLS 1956 CRICKET SCORECARD
Official scorecard for the match played at Lord's on August 8-9, 1956. Blofeld came
in at number 8 and scored 104 out of a total of 214 against some experienced
bowlers, including Leary, Shirreff and Subba Row. An impressive performance,
albeit in a losing cause.
Part-printed. Blofeld's score has been written in ink. Very good.
Date
1956
£38.00
37340
THE "SPORTING" ENGLISH? A COMMENTARY BY "MAN IN THE STREET"
An Australian rant against the perceived unsportsmanlike behaviour of Jardine's
Bodyline team in the infamous 1932-33 Ashes series. The author, thought to be
W.R. Staton, rants unrelentingly, believing that "Australia has always been the target
for criticism - very often unjust criticism - from English visitors, big men and peering
littlenesses alike".
8vo. 90pp. Pictorial boards, general spotting and boards a little warped. A very
good copy of a rare and interesting book.
Date
Publisher
Author
£540.00
35178
1933
Macquarie Head Press
"MAN IN THE STREET" (pseud.)
ARSENAL V WIGAN ATHLETIC 2006 (LAST GAME AT HIGHBURY) FOOTBALL
PROGRAMME - LEATHERBOUND
Limited edition matchday programme for Arsenal's last match at Highbury, against
Wigan on May 7th, 2006. The programme is bound in red leather with all titles in gilt
to front. All page edges are also gilt. Comes with a small poster of Highbury slipped
in and a separate publication called "A-Z of Highbury", which was presented with the
programme. The programme is signed to the front cover by Peter Hill-Wood,
Chairman of the club, and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity (#868), which is
also signed by Hill-Wood.
Fine condition.
Date
2006
£175.00
37005
CONFESSIONS OF A TURF CROOK
Autobiography of an engaging crook whose identity is unclear but is referred to here
as Leonard Himstein. The editor descibes him as not being a "deserving member of
society ...but he has at least the supreme virtue of candour". A fascinating and
unusual book.
8vo. 179pp. Original red boards. Very good condition. Rare.
Date
Publisher
Author
1924
Philip Allan
Leonard HIMSTEIN
£185.00
50003
VICTOR BARNA
Biography of the great Hungarian and, later, British Table Tennis player, five times
world singles champion.
8vo. 127pp. A fine copy in dust wrapper. Scarce.
Date
1974
Publisher Eastland Press
Author
Philip REID
£75.00
41686
THE GAME OF SQUASH
Early instructional book with many good photographic illustrations.
12mo. xx + 131pp. plus adverts. Tan suede leather boards with incised title to front
cover. All edges gilt. Original owner's name neatly in ink to front endpaper. A very
good copy.
Date
Publisher
Author
1901
New York: J.F. Taylor
Eustace MILES
£150.00
36028
BADMINTON
Instructional work on Badminton by the finest female player of her age.
1st edition. Small 8vo. 119pp. 6 plates. Original red cloth (no dust wrapper). Boards
a little worn to edges. A good copy. Signed by Betty Ubber and her husband (the
authors) on the fly leaf along with 6 other signatories who may have been
players of the time.
Date
1936
Publisher Eyre & Spottiswoode
Author
E. UBER and H.S. UBER
£48.00
41405
WARD BROTHERS, CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD
A biography of the famous Ward brothers of New York State, four of whom were
declared World Rowing Champions in 1871. Josh Ward was also a very successful
single sculler. Written by the grand-daughter of Gilbert Ward.
8vo. 76pp. Dust-wrapper, rubbed to edges with piece missing from top right corner
and two smaller areas of loss.A couple of marks to back cover. Signed and dated
by the author to front endpaper. A very good copy of a rare book.
Date
Publisher
Author
£200.00
36385
1958
New York: Vantage Press
Irene WARD NORSEN
AUSTRALIA 1930 - ENTERTAINMENT ABOARD SS "ORFORD"
Programme for the Orford Racing Club's Indian Ocean Meeting held on board the
Orient Line's SS "Orford" on March 28 1930 and attended by the Australian
cricketers who were travelling to England. Ten players are listed as race stewards
on the front cover, including Bradman, while Vic Richardson and Ted a'Beckett are
down as owner's of horses running in the fifth race. A most unusual and charming
item from the Australian tour of UK in 1930.
16.5 x 10cm. Single folding card. The race winners have been written in in pencil on
the back of the card. Very good.
Date
1930
£95.00
11887
MUHAMMAD ALI 1974 PRESS PHOTOGRAPH
Original Press photograph showing Ali a few days before the fight with George
Foreman ("Rumble in the Jungle"), when he spoke of a "Holy War".
20 x 28cm. Press caption printed to reverse. Very good.
Date
1974
£80.00
43697
GOLF IN THE YEAR 2000, OR WHAT WE ARE COMING TO
Golf novel about a man falling into a coma in 1892 and waking in the year 2000. His
experiences of golf in the year 2000 include driverless golf carts, watching the game
by using a series of giant mirrors suspended around the course and clubs that
automatically keep the player's score.
First edition. 8vo. 159pp. Rebound in maroon boards with original paper wrappers
preserved. Very good condition.
Date
1892
Publisher Fisher Unwin
Author
J.A.C.K. (J. McCULLOUGH)
£550.00
36463
THE BOXING REFEREE
'The writer of this book... deals exhaustively with the referee's duties and practical
difficulties'.
1st edition. Small 8vo. 170pp. In its scarce original dustwrapper, this edgeworn but
complete, page edges foxed, internally very good. A nice copy.
Date
Publisher
Author
1926
Methuen
Norman CLARK
£75.00
49486
NEW ZEALAND MAORI RUGBY LEAGUE TOUR TO AUSTRALIA 1908 POSTCARD
Postcard. Real photographic image, by Crown Studios of Sydney, showing the
Maoris performing the Haka and also parading in native costume. This tour was the
very first Maori rugby league tour.
Postally unused. In very good condition. Very rare images of this important tour.
Date
1908
£220.00
36165
ROCHDALE V NORWICH CITY 1962 (LEAGUE CUP FINAL, 1ST LEG) FOOTBALL
PROGRAMME
Official programme for the first leg of the 1961-62 League Cup Final between
Rochdale and Norwich City, played at Spotland on April 26th, 1962. Norwich won
the match 3-0 and secured the trophy in the second leg a few days later.
14 x 10.5cm. Very good condition. This is one of the most sought-after post-war
football programmes.
Date
1962
£1,150.00
37115
LANCASHIRE V LEICESTERSHIRE 1963 CRICKET SCORECARD (FIRST EVER "LIST A"
CRICKET MATCH AND FIRST IN GILLETTE CUP)
Official scorecard for the match played at Old Trafford on May 1st, 1963. This was
the first ever match in the Gillette Cup, being a preliminary round match, won
comfortably by Lancashire. It was also the very first "List A" cricket match. Peter
Marner was the first player to ever score a "List A" century and Brian Statham the
first to take 5 wickets. An historic scorecard.
Fully printed. Very good condition.
Date
1963
£65.00
37337
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY V BATH ROUND TABLE 1959 TIDDLYWINKS WORLD TITLE
PROGRAMME
Programme for that never-to-be-forgotten match at The Regency Ballroom Bath,
19th June 1959, the elimination match for the Tiddlywinks world title.
4pp. A few folds and creases but a fantastically rare item from the golden age of
British tiddlywinks!
Date
1959
£24.00
50209
CHAPMAN & LARWOOD (ENGLAND) 1928 - GOING OUT TO BAT AT SYDNEY
Original b/w Press photo of APF Chapman (20) and H Larwood (43) walking out to
continue piling up runs after Hammond's mighty 251 in England's then world record
total of 636 against Australia at Sydney in the Second Test, Dec 14-20, 1928.
England won by 8 wickets as captain Chapman retained the Ashes decisively 4-1.
Larwood took 18 wickets in the series, a precursor to his destructive (and
controversial) 33 wickets in 1932/33.
26 x 20.5cm. White borders. Light creasing to edges. Press and ink markings to
reverse. Good.
Date
1928
£325.00
2261
WALES V FRANCE 1968 SIGNED DINNER MENU (FIRST FRENCH GRAND SLAM)
Menu card, in the shape of a rugby ball, for a dinner held in honour of the French
rugby team after the match played on March 23rd, 1968. France won the match 149, to secure their first ever Grand Slam.
Signed on the back cover and inside by at least 33 players and guests. These
include Welsh players Gerald Davies, Bennett, Dawes, Taylor, O'Shea, Lloyd,
Gray, Richards, Rees, John, Raybould, Morris, Thomas, Jones, Baxter and
Grahame Hodgson. Also signed by Dave Nash (coach), Alun Thomas and Cliff
Jones. French autographs include Campaes, Claude Dourthe and Jean Prat
(coach). There are many unidentified autographs, some of which are
undoubtedly of the French team.
The card has a couple of grubby marks, but is generally in very good condition.
Date
1968
£160.00
37222
THE STANDARD STOOLBALL RULES C. 1920
Small booklet containing the rules of Stoolball, as proposed and passed at a
meeting held at Glynde by a committee representing the Stoolball Clubs in the
County of Sussex. All committee members are listed. Published by Lloyd & Son of
Lewes, a general sports outfitters who were best known as gun manufacturers.
12 x 8cm. Paperback. Stapled booklet. 8pp. Lightly foxed, but generally very good.
Date
c.1920
Publisher Lewes: Lloyd & Son
Author
(LLOYD & SON, LEWES)
£85.00
46613
RULES OF THE GAME OF LONG-BALL
Small booklet covering the rules of Long-Ball, a game made popular in Denmark,
which can be linked to both cricket and baseball. These rules have been drawn up
by the Birmingham Gymnasts Club. There is no date given but it would seem to be
from the 1940s or early 1950s.
Paperback. 11 x 7cm. 8pp. Owner's name to front cover. Some light marks. Good.
Date
Publisher
Author
£20.00
36783
1940s
Ling Physical Education Association
Birmingham Gymnasts Club
IRELAND V SOUTH AFRICA 1970 RUGBY PROGRAMME
Official programme for the match at Lansdowne Road, January 10th 1970.
Single folded sheet with a further central fold. Scores marked in ink to centre
spread. Lightly rubbed. Good condition. A rare original programme.
Date
1970
£100.00
37137
TENNIS ADVERTISING CARD - VAN HOUTEN CHOCOLATE, HOLLAND
Advertising card for Van Houten, a Dutch chocolate company. Shows two girls
playng tennis.
16 x 11cm. Advert printed to reverse. Very good.
Date
1890s
£28.00
36718
NOTTINGHAM FOREST 1977-78 (CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON) BOUND SET OF
PROGRAMMES - MULTI-SIGNED
A bound set of programmes for all Nottingham Forest home matches in the League,
FA Cup and League Cup in 1977-78. Forest, under Brian Clough, confounded all the
critics to win the League Championship and the League Cup just a year after being
promoted. Also included is the Forest Year Book for 1977-78, the final of the Notts.
F.A. County Cup (against Notts County) and the Brian Clough and Peter Taylor
Testimonial match against Derby County. The programmes are extensively
signed throughout, always neatly in ink and across pen or photographic
portraits. Autographs include Clough (twice), Robertson (x6), Bowyer (x2),
Lloyd (x3), Woodcock (x3), Elliott (x3), Anderson (x3), Birtles (x2), Shilton (x3),
Gemmill (x3), Needham (x4), Burns (x4), Woods (x5), O'Hare (x3), Barrett (x4),
Clark (x2), McGovern (x2), O'Neill (x4), Sutton, Burke, Haslegrave, Peter
Taylor, Jimmy Gordon (x5) and O'Kane (x2),. Other autographs include John
Lawson , Fenton, Brooking (x2), Trevor Francis, Notts County players (x12),
Swindon players (x3) and Leicester City (x2).
The programmes are bound in red cloth boards with gilt titles to spine. There is
some wear to the covers, especially to the head and tail of spine. All programmes
are in very good condition.
Date
1977
£600.00
36693
THE YEAR BOOK OF ARGENTINE CRICKET (FIRST EIGHT ISSUES)
A rare complete set of eight issues, covering the seasons 1919-20 to 1926-27, and
1928. It is most unusual to come across a full run of this annual.
Paperback. Each 8vo. Illustrated. Original printed paper wrappers, the spines of two
issues (4th & 8th) strengthened with Sellotape. All issues in good condition except
issue 8 which has very tatty wrappers with piece missing from back cover. Original
gift inscription to front cover of issue 6. Very scarce [Padwick, 4251]
Date
Publisher
Author
£850.00
5511
1920-28
Buenos Aires: The British Printery / The Souvenir Publishing Co.
James McGOUGH (Comp.)
AUSTRALIA CRICKET TEAM 1948 SIGNED CARD
Pictorial card, published by the Orient Line. Signed on the inside in ink by the full
touring squad - KR Miller, DG Bradman, RA Saggers, WA Johnston, SG
Barnes, ERH Toshack, AL Hassett, CL McCool, AR Morris, RA Hamence, RN
Harvey, IW Johnson, D Tallon, RR Lindwall, SJE Loxton, DT Ring, WA Brown
and Keith Johnson (manager). Also signed by Bill O'Reilly and Jack Fingleton.
Colour illustration of Gouldian Painted Grass Finches to front, the first of a set of 6
pictures of Australian wild birds.
19 x 12cm. Single folded card. Tears to top and bottom of spine. Grubby marks
throughout although the signatures remain bright and clean.
Date
1948
£635.00
2325
MODERN RUGBY FOOTBALL - NEW ZEALAND METHODS
An instructional for the beginner, player and spectator. Baskerville was a Rugby
Union player before organising the ground-breaking Rugby League tour to Great
Britain in 1907-08, which continued in Australia. Baskerville died from pneumonia
while in Australia in 1908.
8vo. 128pp. Illustrated red boards, rubbed to head of spne and a little faded to
edges. Previous owner's name to front endpaper. A good copy of a rare book.
Date
Publisher
Author
1907
Gordon & Gotch
Albert Henry BASKERVILLE
£140.00
36003
A TEXT BOOK ON RUGBY FOOTBALL
Nice 1920s coaching manual. The author was a former Irish international who also
played for Blackheath and the Barbarians.
First edition. Small 8vo. 135pp. Frontispiece of Dan Drysdale, the famous Scottish
full-back + 5 plates. Original blue boards, in very good condition. This copy belonged
to the author and has been used by him to make notes for the second edition. Ink
amendments have been made in particular to the title-page and introduction, which
the author has initialled. There are a few pencil annotations later in the book, but it is
largely untouched. An unusual association copy.
Date
1926
Publisher Athletic Publications
Author
I.M.B. STUART
£100.00
36016
LANCASHIRE COUNTY AND MANCHESTER CRICKET CLUB OFFICIAL HANDBOOK 1935
(EXTENSIVELY SIGNED)
First issued 1930, then annually to 1938, then from 1947 to date.
Sixth year of issue. 8vo. 121pp. Illustrated. Original cloth, gilt. Very good condition.
Signed to the front pastedown by 12 Yorkshire players from 1935, signed to
the front endpaper by 11 Kent players from the same season, and signed to
the centre team photograph by the full Lancashire team from 1934 (County
Champions). The Yorkshire autographs include Sellers, Sutcliffe, Leyland,
Verity, Wood, Hutton, Macaulay, Fisher, Smailes, Barber, Mitchell and Bowes.
Kent include Woolley, Chapman, Todd, Freeman, Fagg, Ames, Wright, Lewis,
Valentine, Hamilton and Watt. The Lancashire team was Washbrook,
Hopwood, Iddon, Booth, Pollard, Parkinson, Oldfield, Paynter, Tyldesley,
Eckersley, Lister and Duckworth.
Date
Publisher
Author
1935
Manchester: the Club
(LANCASHIRE COUNTY CRICKET CLUB)
£600.00
36818
OPEN GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP 1929 (MUIRFIELD) PROGRAMME
Official programme for the Open Golf Championship at Muirfield, held on May 8th10th 1929. Walter Hagen was the winner. This programme was for the Thursday
(May 9th). Contains the Official Programme Pairings for the final 2 rounds played on
Friday 10th May.
Programme - covers lightly rubbed and a little grubby. Staples rusting. Very good.
Pairings sheet - single folded sheet with results from the first two rounds and final
pairings printed and the scores and total from the last two rounds added neatly in
pencil. Some closed tears and foxing, but still good.
Date
1929
£1,200.00
36473
THE EVOLUTION OF TRACK AND FIELD PERFORMANCES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD
(1924-1960)
A remarkable statistical work which includes the progressive records of all the major
Athletic disciplines (track and field) in over 40 countries from 1924 to 1960. For
example, I now know that in 1935 Mr. Calistrat extended the Romanian triple-jump
record to 13.66m. He continued to improve on this year-on-year until the late 1940s.
English language.
Paperback. 127pp. Library marks/stamps to title-page and to front cover (partially
removed). Good.
Date
Publisher
Author
£70.00
36779
1960
Rome: "La Fiaccola"
Luigi MENGONI (compiler)
BARBARIANS V NEW ZEALAND 1973 (THE FAMOUS MATCH)
Official programme for the match at Cardiff Arms Park, 27th January 1973. This was Image
the most famous of all Barbarians games against the touring sides. In what was
seen as a rematch between the All Blacks and the 1971 British Lions, Gareth
Edwards scored one of the most famous tries of all time in the first few minutes of
the game. The rest of the game lived up to the start and it was crowned by an
equally brilliant try from J.P.R. Williams in the second half. Barbarians won a famous
victory 23-11.
A very good copy.
Date
Image not found or type unknown
1973
£55.00
41687
A TOUCH OF GLORY - 100 YEARS OF WELSH RUGBY (SIGNED BY THE WALES 2005
GRAND SLAM TEAM)
A good history of Welsh rugby with many photographs.
Small 4to. 176pp. Dust-wrapper, lightly rubbed. A very good copy. Signed to the
front endpapers by at least 25 players and staff from the Welsh Grand Slam
winning team of 2005. These include Henson, Sidoli, Yapp, Peel, Shanklin,
McBryde, Cooper, Jenkins, Davies, Shane Williams, Rhys Williams, Martyn
Williams, Jones, Phillips, Jonathan Thomas, Gareth Thomas and Mike
Ruddock.
Date
Publisher
Author
1980
Michael Joseph
Alun RICHARDS
£150.00
7798
KIPCHOGE OF KENYA
Rare biography of the great Kenyan distance runner Kip Keino.
Paperback. 8vo. 157pp + Appendices. Illustrated card covers, lightly rubbed. A good
copy.
Date
1970
Publisher Nakuru: Elimu
Author
Francis NORONHA
£85.00
46525
A HISTORY OF THE ROYAL & ANCIENT GOLF CLUB ST. ANDREWS 1754-1900
A superb history of the oldest golf club in the world. Murdoch describes this book as
"one of the most handsome books in the library of golf" and it is the first golf book to
use full colour illustration.
First Edition. Small 4to. xi + 306pp on hand-made paper, rough edges, top edges
gilt. Frontispiece, 41 plates. Original green cloth, title in gilt to upper cover and
spine, sl wear to head and tail of the spine. A very good copy of this classic title.
[D&M, 16090]
Date
Publisher
Author
1907
William Blackwood
Harry Stirling Crawford EVERARD
£750.00
36464
FAMOUS GOLF LINKS
With contributions by Andrew Lang, Harry Stirling Crawford Everard, and T.
Rutherford Clark. Westward Ho! Musselburgh, Bembridge, Pau, are among 21 golf
clubs features, plus sections on golf in Canada and the Worcestershire Golf Club.
First Edition. Small 8vo. x + 201pp. + [2]pp of adverts. Frontispiece, 18 plates, 13
woodcuts in the text. Original decorative cloth, a little faded. A very good copy.
[D&M, 2960]
Date
1891
Publisher Longmans, Green
Author
Horace Gordon HUTCHINSON (Ed.)
£450.00
36465
GOLFING: A HANDBOOK TO THE ROYAL AND ANCIENT GAME. WITH LIST OF CLUBS,
RULES, & C. ALSO GOLFING SKETCHES AND POEMS ...
A fascinating collection of essays on the ancient game supported by some delightful
drawings by R.M. Alexander, and others.
First Edition. Small 8vo. 135pp. + [17] blanks + 4pp of advertisements. Colour
portrait frontispiece of Tom Morris, from a drawing by Thomas Hodge of St.
Andrews. Frontis and one plate are loose but present. Contents very good. Original
illustrated green cloth with gilt devices to the spine, a little faded. A good copy of this
scarce title.
Date
Publisher
Author
£320.00
36455
1887
Edinburgh: W & R Chambers
(Charles E.S CHAMBERS)
DELINEATIONS OF ST ANDREWS ...
The last chapter covers the Company of Golfers (founded 1754) and the famous
course at St Andrews, also the construction of golf balls, for which St Andrews was
a pioneering centre. The first edition was published in 1807 by Peter Hill of
Edinburgh.
Third edition, revised. Small 8vo. xii + pp264 + [4] 3 plates. Rebound in brown
boards with gilt title to spine and new endpapers. Some early restoration work to a
couple of pages, but generally a very good copy.
Date
1838
St Andrews: Cupar / R.
Publisher
Tullis
Author
Rev. James GRIERSON
£450.00
36456
ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL
One of the very earliest books on Association Football. It is essentially an
instructional book, with notes on how to play the game , positions and the rules of
the game. Goodall played, most notably, for Preston North End, Derby County and
England. He was also Watford's first manager and a first-class cricketer for
Derbyshire. This book was first published in 1898 - this a second impression fom
1902.
Small 8vo. 108pp + adverts. Original illustrated boards, lightly rubbed. Early owner's
name to front endpaper. Front gutter largely exposed. A good copy of a very rare
book.
Date
Publisher
Author
1902
William Blackwood & Sons
John GOODALL
£400.00
35691
HALF HOURS WITH AN OLD GOLFER
The author covers a range of different golfing subjects, all carried out in verse.
Contains some fine colour plates.
First edition. 8vo. 184pp. Original brown boards with gilt decoration to front and
spine. A very good copy.
Date
1895
Publisher George Bell
Author
James MCHARDY ("CALAMO CURRENTE")
£395.00
36459
ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL
Early and rare instructional book about Association Football. Kenneth Hunt played
for Wolverhampton Wanderers, scoring in the 1908 FA Cup Final and played twice
for England. He also won an Olympic Gold Medal at the 1908 Olympics.
8vo. 91pp. Illustrated board covers, lightly rubbed. The front board has come loose.
The spine is chipped with only parts of the title now visible. Very rare.
Date
Publisher
Author
1920
C. Arthur Pearson
Kenneth R.G. HUNT
£550.00
36430
MANCHESTER UNITED
Sportsmans Book Club edition of a good history of Manchester United.
Small 8vo. 242pp. 8 plates. Dust-wrapper, laminated with photographs of the team
and Matt Busby laid down. Some further pictures laid down to half-title page.
Signed to the front pastedown and front endpapers by over 50 Manchester
United players and staff. These include Matt Busby, Jimmy Murphy, Viollet,
Bobby Charlton, Foulkes, Sadler, Redman, McShane, Bogan, Bradley,
Hawksworth, Olive, Paddy Kennedy, Heron, Cassidy, Scanlon, Herd, Johnny
Morris, McFarlane and Lynn.
Date
1962
Publisher Sportsmans Book Club
Author
Percy Marshall YOUNG
£700.00
35570
DEFENDING THE ASHES
An account of England's 1920-21 tour of Australia, with photographs by the author
and cartoons by Arthur Mailey.
First Edition. Large 8vo.[ix] + 203pp. Frontispiece, 23 plates. Green cloth, a little
faded to spine and marked to front. Some light foxing throughout. Signed nicely by
Fender to title-page.
Date
Publisher
Author
£160.00
36936
1921
Chapman & Hall
Percy Gordon Herbert FENDER
THE CARDIFF RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB: HISTORY AND STATISTICS, 1876-1906
The earliest history of the club, which began life as the Glamorgan Football Club in
the season 1873-74. Perhaps the most notable aspect of this books is the amount of
rare portraits of early Cardiff players that appear. Many are found nowhere else.
Each season is covered in good detail, outlining the players, lists of club officers,
fixtures, and match reports for the bigger games.
First Edition. Small 4to. [ii] + 222pp. Profusely illustrated in the text, mainly portraits,
team groups. Original light blue cloth, edges bumnped, title in black lettering to front
cover. Front gutter exposed, otherwise good. A scarce book. [Jenkins, 526]
Date
[1908]
Publisher Cardiff: The Club
Author
C.S. ARTHUR (Comp.)
£250.00
44061
RUGBY UNION FOOTBALL
The author takes a fresh look at the subject of rugby football, twenty years after
publishing his first book on the subject (with the same title).
First Edition. Small 8vo. 248pp. Original owner's name to front pastedown. Dustwrapper, lightly rubbed and spine a little darkened. Rare in wrapper.
Date
Publisher
Author
1923
William Heinemann
Colonel Philip TREVOR
£85.00
35996
NEW ZEALAND V BRITISH ISLES 1930 (2ND TEST) RUGBY PROGRAMME
Official souvenir programme for the 2nd Test between Great Britain (British Lions)
and the All Blacks, Lancaster Park, July 5th 1930.
Some very light creasing and spine is splitting to top and bottom. Staples rusty with
the centre page loose from one staple. Still a very good copy. Programmes from
this tour are very rare.
Date
1930
£700.00
35971
LA REINE DES COURTS (DONNAY)
Advertising brochure produced by the Belgian tennis racket makers, Donnay, with
stunning full-page colour illustrations throughout by Anto-Carte.
8vo. 22pp + 6 unnumbered leaves. 10 full-page colour-printed illustrations,
vignettes. Ring-bound with printed and embossed card covers. VERY SCARCE.
Date
Publisher
Author
c.1928
Bruxelles: J-E Goossens,
Herman CLOSSON
£700.00
41221
THE LAWS OF LAWN-TENNIS 1899
Official edition of the Laws of Lawn-Tennis, issued under the authority of the LawnTennis Association, for the year 1899.
Paperback. 16.5 x 10.5cm. 22pp + adverts. Illustrated card covers, slightly faded to
front. A good copy.
Date
1899
Publisher Horace Cox
Author
F.H. AYRES
£100.00
35826
WISDEN CRICKETERS' ALMANACK 1864-1878 (FACSIMILES)
Complete set of the first 15 editions of Wisden in facsimile. Bound in red / brown
cloth, gilt titles to front covers and spines. Presented in a fold-out yellow box - the
lids are loose. Very good condition.
No.388 of a Limited Edition of 1000 copies.
Date
Publisher
£720.00
36383
1991
John Wisden & Co.
HANDBOOK OF FEN SKATING
Includes chapters on fen skating as a sport, the history of skating, skating
equipment and the geography of the Fens, including maps. Frontispiece of a skating
match at Chatteris.
8vo. 230pp + adverts. Original red boards with gilt illustration. Ex-library, with marks
to spine, residue of labels to front endpapers and stamp to title-page. Frontispiece
held secure with clear tape. Boards and spine are rubbed and a little faded.
Internally very good.
Date
1882
Publisher Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington
Author
Neville GOODMAN and Albert GOODMAN
£195.00
48307
THE COMPLETE SKI-RUNNER
The author, President of the Ski Club of Great Britain, discusses many of the
techniques of advanced downhill skiing.
First edition. 8vo. xvi + 213pp. Frontispiece + 15 plates. A fine copy in the
immaculate dust-wrapper.
Date
Publisher
Author
1930
Methuen
Arnold Henry Moore LUNN
£285.00
21175
MIKE HAWTHORN - GOLDEN BOY. THE LIFE AND DEATH OF BRITAIN'S FIRST WORLD
CHAMPION DRIVER
Beautifully produced biography of the great motor-racing driver, with hundreds of
photographic illustrations.
Large 4to. 437pp. Dust-wrapper, very good. Signed by both authors to title-page.
This a very large book and may incur further postage costs.
Date
2008
Publisher Hampshire: PJ Publishing
Author
Tony BAILEY and Paul SKILLETER
£110.00
35371
REG HARRIS - AN AUTHORITATIVE BIOGRAPHY
Biography of the great post-war star of British cycling.
Paperback. 8vo. 88pp. Covers, lightly rubbed. Very good.
Date
1950
Publisher Temple Press Ltd.
Author
George PEARSON
£25.00
36664
GETTING WICKETS
Cricketing autobiography of Australian great Clarrie Grimmett.
Paperback. 1st edition. 8vo. 120pp. plus frontis. and 4 pages of photos. Illustrated
covers, a little rubbed to edges and spine. Some light foxing, mainly to endpapers.
Very good.
Date
1930
Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
Author
C.V. "Clarrie" GRIMMETT
£55.00
36416
ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL
Dimmock (1900-72) scored the winner for Spurs in the 1921 F.A. Cup Final and was
a member of the famous 1919-20 Spurs side that scored 102 goals, with only 32
conceded, while losing just four out of 42 games to run away with the second
division Championship. This is one of the earliest books on tactics.
8vo. 124pp. Original green cloth, rubbed to edges with a few light marks. Small ink
note to first advert page. Internally good. A fair/good copy.
Date
Publisher
Author
£320.00
36432
1927
Arthur Pearson
Jimmy DIMMOCK