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xxfud171722

Wembley and Beyond


BRIGGS, BARRY; ECCLESTONE, BERNIE (forew.)

super octavo hardcover (NF) in d/w (NF) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Circle Productions 2009

KEYWORDS: sport memoir motorcycle racing speedway

$25.00
xxfue171724

2018 British Speedway Yearbook


OAKES, PETER (ed.)

octavo softcover (NF) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Front Page Books 2018

KEYWORDS: sport motorcycle racing motorcycle speedway motorsports britain british yearbook

$68.50
1w9e/19

The Jensen Healey Stories


BROWNING, PETER & BLUNSDEN, JOHN

Super octavo, brown faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine, 160pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, sl foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to both pastedowns) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, heavy peeling to spine, moderate soiling to covers, light fading to edges)

PUBLISHER: Motor Racing Publications 1974

KEYWORDS: Jensen Healey cars motor classic automotive sport motorsport illustrated engineering history biography

$150.00
1w9e/25

The Boxing Referee: An Exhaustive Treatise on the Duties of a Referee and an Explanation of the Queensberry Rules Relating to Boxing Contests and Competitions


BRADLEY, J. FRANK

INSCRIBED, SIGNED & DATED BY AUTHOR, octavo, green leather soft boards, gilt lettering to front board, aeg, marbled eps, frontispiece, vii + 92pp + ads to rear, VG- (moderate scuffing to spine & extrems, light chafing to boards, moderate tape staining to eps, various historical ownership names in ink to prelims, light creasing to page edges, heavy cracking to gutters sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: The Queenhithe Printing and Publishing c.1910

KEYWORDS: sport boxing refereeing rules guidelines history knock-outs signed

$75.00
1w9e/29

The National Sporting Club: Past and Present


BETTINSON, A. F. & TRISTRAM, W. OUTRAM (Eds)

SIGNED, INSCRIBED & DATED BY BOTH AUTHORS, PLATES LOOSE, super octavo, cream heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt lettering & tooling to front board, teg, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, xv + 215pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG- (moderate scuffing with some surface loss to boards & edges, moderate discolouration to spine, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, light tape residue to eps, prev. owner's name stamp to half title page & contents page, moderate cracking to gutters throughout- some plates loose)

PUBLISHER: Sands & Co 1901

KEYWORDS: sport club house history illustrated boxing signed national sporting club

$50.00
1w12a/3

Jaws Maui


LYON, CHARLIE & LYON, LESLIE & MAX, BLUE (Photos)

Folio, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 227pp, illus/photos, VG (light scuffing to edges, light foxing & scuffing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, light chafing, light foxing to internal sides)

PUBLISHER: Peter Cannon 1997

KEYWORDS: surfing aquatics ocean sport hobbies illustrated Hawai'i Maui

$65.00
1w35a/6

Racing Illustrated Vol III - No. 70 (October 1896) to No. 79 (December 1896)


N/A

REBOUND AS FAMOUS RACEHORSES - 260 PICTURES, folio, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, paginated as 410pp - 648pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges & throughout, binder's sm label to front pastedown, light creasing & chipping to most page edges)

PUBLISHER: Racing Illustrated 1896 (Rebound as one volume later)

KEYWORDS: race horses racing horse equine illustrated photos history sport horseracing

$100.00
1w39a/10

Peter Biegel's Racing Pictures


BIEGEL, PETER & WINTER, FRED (Fore)

Oblong quarto, quarter faux leather bound green heavy cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt horse motif to front board, marbled eps, illus title page & prelims, 160pp, illus, VG+ (light scuffing & discolouration to board edges, boards sl warped, light creasing to some page edges) in slipcase, VG (light scuffing & bruising, light soiling, 1cm scuff to front)

PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1983

KEYWORDS: art Peter Biegel horses equine horse racing collection sport

$75.00
1w39a/21

Richie McCaw 148


McCAW, RICHIE & HANSEN, STEVE (Fore)

Lg oblong quarto, black heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 312pp, illus/photos, VG+, in d/w, VG (light marking)

PUBLISHER: Mower/Upstart Press 2016

KEYWORDS: sport rugby union Richie McCaw 148 all blacks autobiography memoir illustrated pictorial 7 New Zealand

$100.00
1w44a/36

Theory and Practice of Turbocharging and Supercharging


HENDERSON, BOB

Octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, 88pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing to spine & covers, light fading to spine, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: SpeedSport Motobooks 1974

KEYWORDS: cars motorsport turbocharging supercharging engines engineering illustrated exhaust controls automotive sport

$65.00
2i29a/12

Full Throttle


BIRKIN, Sir HENRY (TIM) & The Rt. Hon. THE EARL HOWE (Fore)

Octavo, yellow heavy boards, black lettering to spine, 133pp, VG- (heavy scuffing to spine & extrems with some surface loss, moderate chafing & foxing to boards, moderate splitting to hinges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light doodlings to terminals & rear eps in ink & pencil)

PUBLISHER: G. T. Foulis & Co 1957

KEYWORDS: racing cars motorsport automotive sport transport illustrated Sir Henry Birkin Tim

$90.00
2i32a/11

The Tour of the Third All Blacks 1935


OLIVER, C. J. & TINDILL, E. W.

Octavo, light card stapled covers, black lettering to spine, printed eps, 200pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate scuffing & chipping to extrems, light tanning to spine, sl tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate closed tearing to pages at staples to prelims & terminals, prev. ownership ink stamps to eps)

PUBLISHER: Sporting Publications/Wright & Carman (Printer) 1936

KEYWORDS: sport rugby All Blacks tour 1935 England UK history union

$50.00
2i32a/12

The Book of the Great Rugby Tour With the All Blacks in Springbokland 1928


NICHOLLS, M. F.

Octavo, stapled illus light card covers, yellow lettering to front cover, printed eps, 200pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping to covers & extrems, closed tearing to cover edges, prev. owner's name in ink to inside front cover, prev. ownership ink stamps to eps, moderate rusting to staples, heavy separation of covers to staples- still intact)

PUBLISHER: L. T. Watkins 1928

KEYWORDS: rugby union All Blacks Springboks South Africa history 1928 tour illustrated sport

$55.00
2i37a/1

Rugby in the Bays: A History of Rugby in Golden Bay, Motueka and Murchison to 1970


PARKINSON, MIKE & MEADS, COLIN (Fore)

Oblong quarto, illus glossy light card covers, beige & white lettering to spine, 313pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl cracking to front gutter)

PUBLISHER: Mike Parkinson/Paturau Press 2013

KEYWORDS: New Zealand rugby sport history Golden Bay Motueka Murchison the bays statistics

$35.00
2i37a/29

Race Day


JOWITT, GLENN (Photos) & O'SULLIVAN, VINCENT (Intro)

Oblong quarto, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 96pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate scuffing & bruising to board edges & extrems, boards sl warped, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate chafing, soiling & tanning to covers & edges)

PUBLISHER: William Collins Publishers 1982

KEYWORDS: New Zealand photos photography sport horse racing Glenn Jowitt collection

$55.00
2i37b/9

1954 Indianapolis 500-Mile Race Official Yearbook


N/A

OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE OF CADILLAC HISTORIAN MAURICE HENDRY (AKA HORACE MENDRY) quarto, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, printed eps, 112pp, illus/photos, VG (light scuffing & moderate foxing to spine & extrems, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning to page edges, v occasional highlighting to text)

PUBLISHER: Floyd Clymer 1954

KEYWORDS: cars sport motorsport racing Indianapolis 500 mile race history 1954 illustrated yearbook

$40.00
2i41a/4

Kiwi Bike Culture: Unique Motorbike Collections


HOLMES, STEVE

Oblong quarto, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, 191pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing to cover edges, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: HarperCollins Publishers 2013

KEYWORDS: New Zealand motorsport sport motorcycling illustrated motorcycles collections machinery mechanics engines engineering

$15.00
xxstf172163

Make Your Own Hot Rod


SMITH, LEROI

SCRUFFY EX-LIBRARY, octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Dodd, Mead & Company 1971

KEYWORDS: cars hot rod guide building automotive racing motorsport sport illustrated engineering mechanics engines

$45.00
2i42a/41

1954 Mobilgas Economy Run


CLYMER, FLOYD (Intro)

Quarto, illus stapled light card covers, 64pp, illus/photos, VG- (moerate scuffing, tanning & foxing to covers, moderate scuffing to spine)

PUBLISHER: Floyd Clymer 1954

KEYWORDS: cars automotive illustrated 1954 mobilgas economy run competition sport engineering mechanics

$30.00
xxsth172245

Stuart Surridge: Skipper of Surrey's Golden Era


LODGE, JERRY

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: The History Press 2008

KEYWORDS: sport cricket English Stuart Surridge biography memoir illustrated Surrey county

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