Sports & Games from JimsOldBooks

London: Pelham Books, 1971. Unclipped dustwrapper has been trimmed at the inner flaps but with no loss to the text, a lot of old sellotape marks to the rev of dustwrapper, some of the marking visible on the front, also some creasing and small tears to edges. Minor bumping to spine ends and corners of red boards, sellotape marks to… Read more about this item

Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex: Desert Island Books, 2004. A very good clean tight copy in similar, unclipped dustwrapper of this hard-cover book. Deals with Aberdeen Football Club's successful 1954-55 season when they won the Scottish League Cup in 1956. 160pp, some b&w illustrations.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Edinburgh: Committee of the Scottish Councli of the Boy Scouts Association, 1961. A crease to top corner of back cover, rusty marks on same, some yellowing to the pages and rusting to the staples, but otherwise a not too bad copy of this soft-cover booklet. Written for Scottish members of the Rover Scouts (aged from 17 to early 20s).… Read more about this item

Long Riders Guild Press, 2010. A print-on-demand copy, but a very good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine or covers, of this soft-cover book. Deals with the two manuals of horsemanship written by William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle, namely: "Méthode et invention nouvelle de dresser les chevaux" (1658) and "A New Method and Extraordinary Invention… Read more about this item

London: Eveleigh Nash, 1909. No dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of red boards, also some old water-stains. Some fading to spine and rubbing to the black titles thereon, but they are still readable; those on front board are still clear, very slight rubbing to edges of b&w picture of man doing stretches. A previous owner's… Read more about this item

London: C Arthur Pearson, 1962. Quite a lot of creasing and tears to the edges of unclipped dustwraper, with the bottom inch missing at the spine. Some bumping to spine ends and corners of green boards, some of the pages are a bit grubby, but otherwise a not too bad copy of this hard-cover book. Written for Boy… Read more about this item

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1975. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, also a small tear; very slight bumping to spine ends of green boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Cricketing memoirs from the New Zealand and Worcestershire batsman Glenn Turner, also looking at cricket theory and technique. Contains "Review Copy" slip. … Read more about this item

London: Pelham Books, 1971. Slight creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends of brown boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Cricketing memoirs by the Australian batsman Doug Walters. 175pp, 30 b&w illustrations.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Stanley Paul, 1991. A semi-circular piece torn away from back panel of unclipped dustwrapper (by a parrot, previous owner tells me), minor bumping to spine ends and corners of green boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. A history of the wandering English Cricket team I Zingari (The Gypsies), founded as a purely amateur… Read more about this item

Toronto: Key Porter Books, 2000. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Looks at the history and use of the canoe in north America (US and Canada). Signed by the author on half-title "Jim Poling Sr". 143pp, numerous colour illustrations, also some in b&w.. Signed by Author.… Read more about this item

Guildford: Grosvenor House Publishing, 2010. Very slight scuffing to outer corners of cover, a small tea (?) stain to fore-edge, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. The autobiography of the author, a long-distance and ultra marathon runner, who held several World records, including for fastest time for Lands End… Read more about this item

London: Link House Publications, 1946. Some creasing to top edge of unclipped dustwrapper, also a small tear to top edge of same; some bumping to spine ends and corners of white illustrated boards, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this slim hard-cover book. A humorous book on cricket illustrated with cartoon-type drawings by the author. No publication… Read more about this item

Jerez: Granfiberica, 1988. Spanish language text. "Ensayo sobre la problematica actual del toro bravo como base de la fiesta" Slight creasing to edges of dustwrapper, many gift messages written on two blank pages for original owner, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. 78pp, b&w (and yellow) drawings. .. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing, 1986. Hardback edition from 1986. Minor corrugation (wrinkling) to the top edge of pages due to some accidental water spillage, but otherwise a good clean tight copy in similar, unclipped dustwrapper of this hard-cover book, being a biography of Jock Stein, who managed Dunfermline Athletic, Hibernian, and Celtic, as well as the Scotland team. … Read more about this item

David & Charles, 1998. A tear to the top edge of price-clipped dustwrapper, just at the top of the spine, minor bumping to top corners of illustrated boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. The author's account of her competing in Eventing (Horse Trials) between 1989 and 1998 with her horse King William, including the… Read more about this item

Dalkeith, Western Australia: Swan Publishing, 1996. A very good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine or covers, of this soft-cover book. The autobiography of the Australian cricketer Ian Healy. 208pp, numerous colour and b&w illustrations.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Boonsboro, Maryland: Half Halt Press Inc, 2003. Some creasing to the front cover, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine or back cover, of this soft-cover book, a collection of humorous pieces by the author on the sport of Dressage as found in the USA. 181pp, some b&w drawings.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good/No… Read more about this item