Sports & Games (Bibliographies) from Wykeham Books

Sotheby's, Monaco, auction catalogue for the sale held on 28th February and 1st March, 1987. Cloth, 4to,. 515 pp, numerous colour and black-and-white plates. 598 lots. In French. The first part of the sale, devoted to works on all forms of hunting. From the introduction: "Jeanson, bien sûr, ne manqua pas d'acquérir nombre de chefs d'oeuvre aux ventes Rahir… Read more about this item

SportsPages London, bookseller's catalogue, n.d [c 2008]. Laminated illustrated wrappers,. 116 pp, numerous colour ills. 300 items. From the preface - "The books contained in this catalogue are all classics of their genre. No angling bibliophile, for example, will be ignorant of the works of Blacker, Bowkler or Ronalds, while a cricket library worthy of the name will not… Read more about this item

Moravian Chess, Olomouc, n.d. [but c 2002], reprint edition. Cloth, small 8vo,. 189 pp. Over 400 entries. A very valuable work covering the period from 1475 to 1849, with each entry annotated. Entries are arranged chronologically. Appendices cover English-language chess columns in newspapers and magazines to 1850; and a list of non-chess journals cited in the main list. Indexed.… Read more about this item

The Mountaineers, Seattle, first US edition, 1980. Laminated wrappers, 4to,. 165 pp. 949 entries. From the Publishers' Note: "This American edition has been produced from the same plates used to produce the British edition. The author has subsequently obtained some missing dates and has identified some errors; those which are significant are noted below." Contents: Introduction; Subject Index (Subject… Read more about this item

Grant Books, Droitwich, first edition, 1980. Limited edition of 250 copies. Cloth, 4to, cover-titles, 25 cm. 90, [1] pp, 9 ills. Copy No. 217. Signed by Shirley Grant on the limitation page and by the compiler H. R. Grant at the end of his preface. Corners very slightly bumped, otherwise Near Fine.

Nimrod Press Ltd, Alton, first edition, n.d. but [1988]. Cloth, 4to,. x, [ii], 349 pp, ills. Approximately 2,100 entries. The best bibliography of Boxing. There are six introductory chapters surveying the history of the literature of boxing, followed by an excellent annotated bibliography. Numerous illustrations and reproductions of title -pages. White illustrated dustwrapper over red cloth. A presentation… Read more about this item

Europa Publications, London, first edition, 1987. Cloth, 8vo,. 128 pp, ills. 142 entries bibliographically described. From the blurb - "This guide to the early literature of cricket traces and illustrates the historical and sociological growth of the game up to 1895 when Alfred Gaston produced the first separately printed bibliography. David Rayvem Allen explores the wealth of early books… Read more about this item

St. Giles Publications Ltd, Milton Keynes, first edition, 1983. Cloth, 8vo,. [vi], 294 pp, plates, ills. A well-illustrated guide which includes sections on clubs, early golf balls, patent and auto-caddies, photographs and photogravures, prints and engravings, watercolours, oil paintings, silver and plate, statuettes and bronzes, medals, ceramics and glass, postage stamps, cigarette cards, books, indoor golf games, ephemera,… Read more about this item

Georg Olms Verlag, Hildesheim, reprint of 1928-1937 first edition. 4 vols, green rexine, gilt cover-titles, 4to,. xxiv, 324 pp, 86 plates + xvi, 358, [2] pp, 167 plates + [6], 256, [1] pp, plates 168-266 + xx, 260, [1] pp, 116 plates. With a preface by Kurt Lindner. Schwerdt's collection of sporting books was probably the finest in… Read more about this item

New Mews Press, Newbury, first edition, 1976. Limited edition of 400 numbered copies. Printed wrappers with flaps, 8vo, 24 cm,. 36 pp. Copy No. 72. Very Good.

Motteroz, Paris, first edition, 1882. Limited edition of 480 copies. Printed wrappers, 8vo,. 172, [3] pp. An unnumbered copy. Spine torn with loss, wrappers darkened, duststaining to untrimmed edges, otherwise a Good partly unopened copy.

The Library Association, London, 1981. Cloth, 8vo,. 255 pp, ills. Highlights and evaluates the key English language sources of golf from both sides of the Atlantic and elsewhere. Each chapter has a discursive commentary on the literature of a particular aspect, the history of golf or "how to play" books, followd by bibliographical listings for the works considered,… Read more about this item

Scarecrow Press, London, first edition, 1992. Cloth, white cover-title and gilt croquet hoops, small 8vo,. xx, 214 pp. 679 entries. Rendell Rhoades was a distinguished American scientist of many interests, including a particular enthusiasm for croquet : by the time of his death in 1976 he had built up a collection of nearly 1,000 pieces of croquet literature.This bibliographical… Read more about this item

Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., London, first edition, 1951. Cloth, 4to,. xvii, 443 pp, plates. From the foreword by Ernest Gee: "[Mr. A. H. Higginson] has done a great service for Sportsmen everywhere in giving brief memoirs of authors from Gaston de Foix and Dame Juliana Berners to the present day writers. Not only does he give many… Read more about this item

British Library, Boston Spa, second edition, 1999. Illustrated laminated boards, small 4to, 26 cm,. xvi, 815 pp, ills. Over 7,000 entries. A Football Compendium is an evaluative annotated bibliography of all books and serials published in the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland up to the end of 1998 on the game of association football in all its… Read more about this item

Kendall Whaling Museum, Sharon, first edition, 1985. 2 vols, main vol: cloth, 8vo; supplement laminated illustrated wrappers, 4to, 30 cm. ix, 157 + 61 pp. 893 and 894-1240 entries. Wrappers of Supplement slightly yellowed, otherwise a Very Good set.

British Library, Boston Spa, first edition, 2001. Illustrated laminated boards, small 4to, 26 cm,. xlv, 261 pp. An Athletics Companion is a bibliography of books on track and field published in the United Kingdom or Republic of Ireland up to the end of the year 2000, and a guide to that literature. Main sections are: A. History and… Read more about this item

Holland Press, London, 1977 reprint of 1891 first edition. Decorated cloth, 8vo,. xxviii, 289 pp, ills. 378 entries. The second Holland Press reprint of this classic bibliography of Falconry. Books in nineteen languages are catalogued, all with extensive and illuminating notes. Indispensable for the collector. Top edge of textblock smokestained, upper fore-edge corners bumped, otherwise Very Good in… Read more about this item

Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, first edition, 1991. Printed wrappers, oblong 4to, 22 x 28 cm,. 64 pp, ills, erratum slip laid in. From the introduction: "Our ancestors, and some of us, have trained and treated horses; drawn, painted, and sculpted bosses; written lyrically about horses; enjoyed horses as companions, labor-saving devices, forms of entertainment and sport, sources… Read more about this item

Sotheby's, Monaco, auction catalogue for the sale held on 28th February and 1st March, 1987. Cloth, 4to,. 515 pp, numerous colour and black-and-white plates. 598 lots. In French. The first part of the sale, devoted to works on all forms of hunting. From the introduction: "Jeanson, bien sûr, ne manqua pas d'acquérir nombre de chefs d'oeuvre aux ventes Rahir… Read more about this item