Sport and Sporting

Cambridge MA: [Harvard University], February 14, 1969. Illustrated by Frank O'Brien b/w photo in matt "THE GAME" November 23, 1969 [Harvard vs. Yale] on the reverse in pencil is title, date and photographer and 6014. Original edition. Watermark of Harvard University on letter. Single sheet, folded. Signed by Eric Cutler in blue pen. 28 x 21,75cm. pp. 1; 6; photo. Near Fine (letter), Photo (fine), Matt (very good with faint bottom right stain). "Dear Dave: The picture of the moment of Yale's doom and gloom which you so kindly sent was most gratefully received. Your letter landed inside the picture's folder until I went to have the picture framed and I apologize for my delay and oversight. The identities are as follows. Yale: 15, Ed Franklin '69, defensive back; 67, Andy Coe '70, linebacker. Harvard: 50, Ted Skowronski '69, offensive center; 75, Fritz Reed '70, offensive tackle; 61 Tom Jones '69, offensive guard [actor: Tommy Lee Jones]; 80 Pete Varney… Read More

London: Stanley Paul and Co, 1960. 235 pages. B/w frontispiece and many b/w photo plates. Original red boards with rules, titling and publisher's device on the spine. The book itself is bright, crisp and flawless. The price-clipped dustwrapper, which is lightly worn and chipped at extremities, is without the usual sunning of the red spine. Rare. NOTE: The entire lower panel (rear cover) of the dustwrapper is an advertisement for Percy Cerutty's book Athletics: How To Become a Champion. The words "2nd impression" which appear at the bottom of that advertisement refer to Cerutty's book, not to My World on Wheels!. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good.

London: George Newnes Limited, 1896. Complete in 6 parts, 140 pages, all pages illustrated. 15 Athletics, 6 Billiards, 6 Chess, 13 Cricket, 34 Cycling, 38 Football (Rugby and Soccer), 18 Golf, 4 Lawn Tennis, 4 Sculling, 2 Skating. A Who’s Who of Victorian British Sports, resplendant with their penny-farthing bikes and racing models, etc.Bound in magazine form.One magazine slight chipped on edges, staples rusty, covers in very good condition. Internally, rust marks sligtly showing on inner margin. Pages in very good clean condition. Very rare in parts. F. First Edition. Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Very good copy of Henry Rene d'Allemagne's classic history of sports and games of skill.With 100 lithographic and heliogravure plates (30 hand-coloured, many tinted) and 328 illustrations in the text. Games described include hoops, kite-flying, stilt-walking, spinning tops, hide-and-seek, darts, archery, carousels, bilboquet (cup and ball), the diabolo (Chinese yo-yo), tennis, golf, billiards, boules or petanque, wrestling, dancing, gymnastics, acrobatics, etc. The illustrations are facsimile heliogravures of ancient illuminated manuscripts, engravings, woodcuts and prints from the medieval era to the 19th century.Text in French.Henry-Rene d'Allemagne (1863-1950), was librarian at the Bibliotheque de l'Arsenal in Paris, an archivist, historian and specialist in decorative arts. He published books on many unusual subjects such as games, ancient locksmithing, illumination, playing cards, etc.Some browning to the decorative colour pictorial boards, t.e.g., marble endpapers, interior clean and bright with… Read More

Privately Printed, 1946. First edition. Paperback in very good condition.. Gift inscription from the author dated 2008; 9" x 6" stapled booklet; [24] pages. Early, likely first, book, of cartoons, by Miller, the producer director of sports films.

1838 NIMROD British Field Sports HUNTING Art Horses Dogs Illustrated ENORMOUS
Charles Apperley, more commonly known as Nimrod, was a Welsh sportsman and writer who published important works on fox hunting. One of his best works was 'British Field Sports' – a book of hunting, chase sports, and dogs and animals. Like many of Nimrod's books, this work contains exquisite illustrations depicting horse riding, hunting scenes, game animals, and much more.
Item number: #19096
Price: $599
NIMROD [pseud. of Charles James Apperley]
Sporting : embellished by large engravings and vignettes illustrative of British field sports
London : A.H. Baily & Co., 1838. First edition.

Details:

· Collation: Complete with all pages
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[8], viii, 144
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21 full-page engravings, plus engraved frontispiece and title page
· Provenance: Armorial bookplate – William Taylor Copeland
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William Taylor Copeland, MP, Alderman (1797–1868) was a British businessman (the head of Spode Copeland porcelain potteries… Read More

London: Stanley Paul and Co, 1960. 235 pages. B/w frontispiece and many b/w photo plates. Slight tanning on endpapers. Original red boards with rules, titling and publisher's device on the spine. The dustwrapper is worn, chipped and marked; the dustwrapper spine is sunned as usual. Rare. Signed and inscribed by Mockridge's widow, Irene Mockridge, and dated August 2, 1961. NOTE: The entire lower panel (rear cover) of the dustwrapper is an advertisement for Percy Cerutty's book Athletics: How To Become a Champion. The words "2nd impression" which appear at the bottom of that advertisement refer to Cerutty's book, not to My World on Wheels!. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good.

1890 1ed Big Game Hunting of North America Deer Polar Bears Caribou Wolves Hunter

G.O. Shield's "Big Game of North America" is a rare, late 19th-century account of hunting, particularly deer hunting, in North America. This work includes impressive, full-page engravings and descriptions of animal characteristics, focusing on some of the most desirable game animals in North America – mule deer, caribou, moose, grizzly and polar bears, buffalo, mountain goats, cougars, wolves, and wolverines!
Item number: #30118
Price: $499
SHIELDS, George Oliver
The Big Game of North America. Its habits, habitat, haunts, and characteristics; how, when, and where to hunt it
Chicago: Rand, McNally & Co., 1890. First edition.

Details:

· Collation: Complete with all pages
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581, [15]
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41 illustrations
27 full-page
14 in-text
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
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Red cloth
· Size: ~9.5in X 6.75in (24cm x 17cm)
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Book cover like new - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine like new.
Jacket like new, slight shelf wear; protected in fresh mylar cover.
Proceeds benefit Friends of the Library.
"Honest and reliable service - every book hand-packaged with care."

John Miles Ltd. London. 1935. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (9 x 5.8 inches). Illustrated with colour frontis (A photograph of Sir Malcolm Campbell at Brooklands in his R-type M.G. Midget) and 71 mono photographs throughout. Finely bound in recent full black morocco leather. Spine with raised bands. Compartments ruled and lettered in gilt. Single blind ruled border on boards. Original racing circuit map endpapers (showing the courses for Monaco, Indianapolis, Comminges, Pescara, Monza, Tripoli, Brooklands, Mille Miglia, Le Mans, Douglas, Tourist Tropht, Linas-Montlhery and Reims) bound in at the front and the original publishers black cloth front board bound in at the rear. A fine copy.

1889 HUNTING Shooting GUNS Sports & Game Hunt Dogs Falconry Illustrated 3v SET
'The Badminton Library' was perhaps the most important 19th-century encyclopedia published with the intent of providing the English public with reading on sports and leisure, skill improvement, and general knowledge of their favorite pastimes.
This lot from the 'Badminton Library' contains three books on hunting and shooting including "Coursing and Falconry" by Cox and Lascelles. These volumes feature fine illustrations depicting hunting scenes, hunting dogs, game birds and fowl, and even views of women shooting bows and arrows!
Item number: #23368
Price: $599
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The Badminton Library
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1889-96.
Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages; 3 volumes
o "Shooting" (1889) – [2], xiii, [1], 358
Lord Walsingham and Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey
o "Coursing and Falconry" (1892) – xiii, [1], 413, [3]
Harding Cox and Gerald Lascelles
o "Poetry of Sport" (1896) – xxxvi, 420
Hedley Peek
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1887 ROUGH RIDERS Provenance SHOOTING Pheasant Hunting Trapping Roosevelt
"Shooting: Field and Covert" is a 19th-century authoritative guide to British shooting sports, co-authored by Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham, an English politician and naturalist, and Sir Ralph William Frankland Payne-Gallwey, an engineer and ballistics expert. The book aims to be an encyclopedic resource for both novices seeking instruction and seasoned practitioners looking to refine their skills in various forms of shooting, such as partridge, pheasant, and rabbit hunting. With contributions from the Hon. Gerald Lascelles and A.J. Stuart-Wortley, the text covers a wide range of topics, from the history of gun-making and the selection of firearms to the management of game, dog training, and addressing the challenges posed by poachers. It features over 100 engravings, including full-page plates and in-text woodcuts, by artists like Harper Pennington and G.E. Lodge. This work, part of The Badminton Library, represents a… Read More

1760 Complete Sportsman 1ed Fairfax Hunting Fishing Equestrian Husbandry SPORTS

'The Complete Sportsman' is an 18th-century English hunting manual by Thomas Fairfax. First published in 1760 (Westwood & Satchell), this book provides a wealth of knowledge on hunting fox and deer, shooting, fishing, bowling, horse-racing and training, dog-breeding, and much more!

Item number: #24631
Price: $599

FAIRFAX, Thomas

The complete sportsman, or, Country gentleman's recreation : containing the whole arts of breeding and managing game cocks, with the best methods of fighting them. Of rearing and backing colts ... Of shooting, and of shooting flying…

London: Printed for J. Cooke, [1760]. First edition.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o vi, 7-240
o Includes engraved frontispiece
· References: Westwood & Satchell, p. 90; ESTC N 44488
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~7.25in X 4.25in (18cm x 11cm)

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1908 British Sports & Sportsmen Cricket FOX HUNTING Soccer Footballers HUGE 2v

"British Sports and Sportsmen" is a rare, early 20th-century survey of famous hunters, cricketers, footballers, and animal racers of Great Britain – men who held prominent positions throughout England whether political or societal. The unnamed author begins this collection of biographies with figures from the mid-18th-century, most notably Hugo Meynell, the father of modern fox hunting for his role in the Quorn Hunt.

This 1908 limited edition was published as part of only 250 copies. This particular two-volume, folio example is numbered no. 189 and is filled with hundreds of portrait engravings!

Item number: #23950
Price: $599

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British sports and sportsmen; past & present

London: "British Sports and Sportsmen", [1908]. Limited edition.

Details:
· Collation: Complete; 2 volumes
o Part I – [4], xxiii, [1], 168
o Part II – [4], 169-325, [1]
o Illustrated with over 300 engravings!
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libro de oro del vedado tennis club,1902-1952,uno de los clubes mas importantes de la cuba del ayer.libro conmemorando el cincuentenario,super ilustrado,con fotos.historia de la fundacion del club sus socios y las actividades culturales y deportivas que se realizaban en el.libro raro y escaso.El Vedado Tennis Club fue una club social cubano para la recreación de la alta burguesía habanera entre 1902 y 1959. Escenario de juegos de >béisbol, >fútbol y >fútbol americano. Reconocido internacionalmente como >yacht club fue la única institución recreativa capaz de emular con el >Habana Yacht Club.
Entre los numerosos asociados de la aristocracia habanera que frecuentaron el Vedado Tennis Club, se encuentran los presidentes de la República, >Mario García Menocal y Gerardo Machado; y otras personalidades influyentes como Orestes Ferrara, >Enrique Conill y Porfirio Franca.El Vedado Tennis Club fue fundado el 9 de junio de 1902 y tuvo como primer presidente a >René Berndes Bosch. En el momento de su… Read More