Sport and Sporting

London: Henry Colburn, Great Marlborough Street, 1840. 1st Edition . Fine/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. pp: [vii]viii - xxvi [1]2-576; [iii]iv - viii [1] 2 - 646. TWO-VOLUME FIRST EDITION. Two volumes uniformly bound in blue leather covered boards. Both volumes have gilt lettering within black title pieces on the spine. All edges of both volumes are marbled. Both volumes have marbled endpapers. Volume I has a generic bookplate on the front paste down. Other than overall light wear and soiling, the title page of volume II is loose, and last page of volume II has some tape repair to the edge. The text blocks of both volumes are clean and free of foxing.

Book cover like new, very slight shelf wear - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine like new.
Jacket glossy and like new.
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Formula 1, the worlds most popular motor sport, from a totally new perspective ... Hidden in workshops around the world lie forgotten and abandoned machines unfulfilled. These purpose built cars have never started a race, never felt the excitement of a grand prix. Yet they define an era of Formula One, changing the landscape. Unraced tell the stories of nine grand prix cars that never started. An exciting and fresh look at F1 from the Author of Autodrome. The Unraced are largely forgotten or overlooked but the stories they have to tell reveal more about the sport than any championship winner, and or the first time these stories are told in a refreshing style, backed up with 150 photos, many never published before. The book covers Honda… Read More

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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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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1821 Life in LONDON Pierce Egan Boxing Illustrated by Cruikshank Tom & Jerry 2v

Known primarily for his extensive account of boxing, Pierce Egan was a well-known and popular British sportswriter. His popularity as an author spurred him to create a recurring monthly journal entitled "Life in London" in which he employed George Cruikshank to illustrate each edition. It is filled with stories, articles, and accounts of various topics including boxing, parties, and adventure stories while using his own characters Tom & Jerry which inspired the 'Tom & Jerry' cartoon characters.

Item number: #24555
Price: $750

EGAN, Pierce

Real life in London, or, The rambles and adventures of Bob Tallyho, Esq. : and his cousin the Hon. Tom. Dashall, &c., through the metropolis

London: printed for Jones & Co., 1821. First edition.

Details:
· Collation: Textually complete
o Vol. I – x, 3-656
o Vol. II – [2], ix, [1], 3-668
o 18 color plates including frontispieces and title pages
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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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Brown cloth binding with title on the spine and front board.

Very good. Brown cloth binding with title on the spine and front board.

National Football League, 1971. Softcover. Like New. 1971 compilation of 13 Media Guides for all 13 NFC teams. Previews 1971-1972 season. In 3-ring blue vinyl binder with each guide in original clear vinyl sleeve. Packed with team histories, biographies of players and coaches with photos, individual (1970) games summaries, player and team records and much more. Page counts vary from 72 to 116 and measure 7" x 5". All guides in collectible as-new condition, appearing never to have been handled. Immaculate collection. USA delivery only. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Green leather binding. Gilt edging on both boards. Red title plates with gilt lettering and decoration on the spine.

1801 HUNTING & FISHING 1ed Rural Sports Illustrated Horses DOGS Falconry 3v SET
William Daniel's "Rural Sports" is an early 19th-century history of outdoor sports and activities in England. Sports and games such as hunting and fishing have long been a staple pastime all over the world, and naturally countless books have been written and published on the matter. However, Daniel's 'Rural Sports' is one of the best much in part to the exquisite, full-page engravings throughout! As expected of such a work, this book contains descriptions of fishing and fishing tackle, horse riding, game hunting, falconry, hunting dogs, and much more!
Item number: #24923
Price: $795
DANIEL, William Barker
Rural Sports
London: Bunny & Gold, [1801-13]. First edition.
Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages; 3 tomes
o Vol. I – [10], 383, [5]
o Vol. II – [4], 520, [4]
o 'Supplement' – [16], 507, [25]
o Illustrated throughout – 70 engraved plates
· Provenance: Handwritten
o [Richd. Vawdrey], 1830
o [B. U.… Read More

1910 Book of FOOTBALL 1st ed by Walter Camp SPORTS Rules & Strategy Athletics

Walter Camp was a 19th-century American football player who is best-known for his contributions and innovations to football. Camp helped establish the line of scrimmage as well as the four-down system. He wrote numerous books and essays on football including his famed 'The Book of Football'. This book covers the rules of the game as well as descriptions of positions and gameplay.

Item number: #24593
Price: $499

CAMP, Walter

The book of foot-ball

New York : The Century Co., 1910. First edition.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o [2], xx, 363, [1]
o Illustrated throughout
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; secure
o Yellow cloth
· Size: ~8.5in X 6in (21.5cm x 15cm)

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12 mo. (7 1/8 by 4 1/4 inches) 62 pages, two plates, marbled paper over plain paper covered boards, bookplate, inked name of a previous owner dated 1831 on upper right of front fly leaf; very good condition.

"Containing every requisite information to obtain a complete Knowledge of that Noble Weapon, considered as an Instrument of Amusement To Which is Added A Summary Sketch of Laws For Archers, With many other Observations and Instructions."

Includes a list of Archery Societies.