SPORT from Chilton Books

Brighton: Clifton Books, 1969.. 1st edition. Story of speed-record holders Malcolm and Donald Campbell and their exploits on land, water and in the air. Pp.118, 8 black & white photo plates. Green cloth, dustwrapper has minor edge wear. VG/VG.

Manchester: H.Rawson, 1950.. With a foreword by G.P.Seed [Captain, English XII, Olympic Games, 1928]. 19cms x 12.5cms. Pp.85, 6 diagrams and plans. Blue stiff card cover, slightly rubbed to spine. VG.

Chelmsford, Essex: Foxearth Publishing, 2001 .. First edition. Large format paperback. in very good condition. 29.5cm x 21.0cm x 1.0cm. pp.vi./pp.162 . Illustrated card covers, just light rubbing to edges, Clean throughout with many coloured illustrations. VG.

London: Published By The Field, The Field House, Bream's Building (c. 1932) .. First edition (publication date from British Library). A very good original binding. 11.0" x8.5" x 0.5". 4to. pp.ix/pp.10-59 + 25 tipped-in black & white plates . Green boards with rubbed gilt titles. Boards scuffed and edges rubbed and bumped. Light toning to endpapers. Previous… Read more about this item

London: Quiller Press, 1998.. 1st edition. "With some careflly selected photographs and plenty of tail-end anecdotes to add to the entertainment, Point-to-Pointing is a book that anyone with the remotest interest in steeplechasing will enjoy; and if ever there was a full-scale demonstration of how much point-to-pointing owes to hunting, and of the sport's integration with mainstream National Hunt… Read more about this item

London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1948.. Wildfowling, game shooting, fine writing by a variety of authors, shooting records, stalking experiences, the game laws, ballistics, game seasons, unusual happening in the shooting field, dog training, dog stories, descriptions of days on stubble and moor, in marsh and wood, make the contents good reading for all those interested in gun and game!"… Read more about this item

London: Andrew Melrose Ltd, 1921.. 1st edition. Big game, shooting and fishing in Asia and Africa. Chapters include: Some Tiger and Panther Stories; The Patli Dun; Mahser Fishing; My First Expedition to British East Africa; A Week of Disaster; Four Days; Borneo; A Shhot in India in 1911-12; Mostly About Bears; My Second Expedition to East Africa. Pp.x/234,… Read more about this item

Southend-on-Sea: Desert Island Books, 2007.. 1st edition. "The story of one of the most eventful and successful periods in Bristol Rovers' long history. The Bert Tann Era began early in 1948, when this former Charlton Athletic reserve, the son of a ship's painter, joined the club as chief coach, and lasted until the summer of 1972, when he died… Read more about this item

London: The Sportsmans Book Club, 1958.. An aid to the appreciation of Athletics, Boxing, Cricket, Association and Rugby Football and Lawn Tennis. Pp.144, black & white photo frontispiece + 17 further black & white photos, toning to endpapers. Red cloth, dustwrapper has edge tears and some losses. G+/Fair.

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1996.. Shows how a car is designed; who does what in a race team; how the engineers set up the car to get the best out of the circuit and the driver; how race strategies are effectively plotted; what goes into a driver's fitness; what happens during pit stops and how safety is assured." 29.5cms… Read more about this item

London: Faber and Faber, 1960.. 1st edition. "Takes the reader in easy, practical stages from his firt visit to a gliding club right up to the time when, alone, he expertly takes his glider up and sets off on a long cross-country flight." 24cms x 19cms. Pp.111, black & white frontispiece + 114 photo figure illustrations by Gabor… Read more about this item

London: Macdonald and Jane's, 1977.. 1st edition. "Cricket historians may well see the year 1977 to have been the most important in the history of the game. It was drama-packed almost from the time the first ball was bowled in the Centenary Test spectacular at Melbourne in March. Not only did that match celebrate 100 years of Test cricket… Read more about this item

Cheltenham: SportsBooks Limited, 2007.. The 1948 Olympic Games were held while Britain was still suffering from the Second World War. There was rationing, and shortages; bomb sites disfigured London and other major cities. Yet London took on the Games and staged them very successfully...Tells how London came to be awarded the Games, how they were managed, and their economic,… Read more about this item

London: The Sportsman's Book Club, 1951.. I have tried in this book to dissect the methods of the masters for the benefit of the everyday golfer, to weed out their idiosyncrasies and extract the elementary basic principles to which they all conform." (author's foreword). Pp.xxii/280, illustrated with 32 pages of photographs and 16 diagrams, toning to endpapers, 9… Read more about this item

Warwick: British Driving Society, 1994.. Affiliated to the British Horse Society and Joint National Horse Education and Training Council. To encourage and assist those interested in the driving of Horses and Ponies. Pp.128, black and white photos throughout. Red card covers with gilt titling and gilt silhouette of a driving carriage and horse to front. VG.

London: Hyperion/Ward Lock, 1978.. 1st ed. "The beginner at archery needs to know, not only about the techniques involved in the sport, but about the correct equipment, the various types of archery practised, safety procedures, the terminology and the different sorts of competitions and tournaments." Pp122, 34 b/w photos and 11 line drawings. Green cloth, d/w slightly… Read more about this item

London: W.Foulsham, nd.(c.1930's).. Foulsham Sports Library series. 16cms x 10cms. Pp.89/7(ads), 8 b/w photo plates showing leading tennis players of the day (Suzanne Lenglen; J.Borotra; O.G.N.Turnbull; Helen Wills-Moody; Mrs Hamish Munro; Mrs L.A.Godfree; Rene Lacoste;and A.R.F.Kingscote) demonstrating strokes, some figure illustrations, some spotting mainly to prelims and ads pages but the lower page corners are foxed to… Read more about this item

London: W.H.Allen, 1976.. 1st ed. "...follows the career of Grundy from the time when he was a tiny golden chestnut colt to his racecourse triumphs. Winner of the Derby, Irish 2,000 Guineas, Irish Sweeps Derby and King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes, Grundy shattered the all-time record for Ascot's historic 1 and a half mile… Read more about this item

New York: Fodor's Travel Publications, Inc., 1992.. 1st ed. "Running is a timeless book that captures the essence of the runner's life." Pp. 3/216, 23 illustrations. P/b. VG.

London: The Sportsmans Book Club, 1961.. 1st Sportsmans Book Club ed. "Rugby is a great game - not ending with the blown whistle." Pp. 232, 17 b/w illustrations, 6 woodcuts. Maroon cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w. VG/G+.