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$525.00
1o18a/9

The Fisherman Under the Southern Cross: A Story of Adventure in New Zealand


GREY, ROMER

FIRST EDITION. Crown 8vo, pp. viii + 274; green patterned buckram bds, spine & front board lettered in red; frontis., plates; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with sl chipping; light tanning & soiling to pg edges, eps, prelims & terminals); in facsimile d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Harper & Brothers 1930

KEYWORDS: Romer Grey fishing fish angling angler sport game ocean sea saltwater adventure New Zealand first edition

$90.00
1o18a/11

Songs and Ballads of Sport and Pastime


TOMLINSON, WILLIAM WEAVER (ed)

12mo, pp. xxiv + 294 + [10 (advts)]; blue cl bds, spine lettered in gilt; arabesque border in blind & wreath ornment enclosing title in gilt to front board; teg; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with light chipping; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscripton in black ink to front pastedown; heavy cracking to front hinge, light to moderate cracking to rear hinge; moderate cracking to central & rear gutters).

PUBLISHER: Walter Scott 1895

KEYWORDS: 19th century sport game songs poetry poems verse ballad pastime fishing hunting

$40.00
1o18a/12

An Old Man's Holidays


THE AMATEUR ANGLER [MARSTON, E]

Foolscap 8vo, pp. [16] + 140 + [4 (advts)]; green buckram bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt, roll-tooled borders in gilt & illus. in black to front board; teg, frontis., plates; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with moderate chipping; moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in black ink to ffep; heavy cracking to hinges; moderate cracking to front, central & rear gutters).

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston and Company 1901

KEYWORDS: E Marston angling angler fish fishing river stream sport game travel

$65.00
1o18a/13

Big Game at Sea


HOLDER, CHARLES FREDERICK

LIMITED EDITION. UNNUMBERED. imp. 8vo, pp. xv + 352; blue leather bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt, gilt rules to spine, double roll-tooled border in gilt & illus. to front board; aeg, marbled eps, frontis., plates, illus.; VG- (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; two lg closed tear to front joint, one from head, one from tail; prev booksellers stick to rear board).

PUBLISHER: The Derrydale Press 2000

KEYWORDS: Charles Frederick Holder fish fishing angling angler sea ocean saltwater game sport

$200.00
1o18a/14

Fly Patterns: Tie Thousands of Flies


Dry, Nymph, Emerger, Streamer, Steelhead, Saltwater, and Warmwater

KAUFMANN, RANDALL & MARY; STIDHAM, MIKE (illus.)

FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY AUTHORS. Imp. 8vo, pp. 478; black cl bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt; illus. prelims, photos, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; sl tanning & soiling to pg edges; sl tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; light tanning to edges).

PUBLISHER: Western Fisherman's Press 2008

KEYWORDS: fish fishing fly angling angler flies tying dressing sport game pattern insect imitation

$30.00
xx177pol207840

The Contemplative Man's Recreation: A Bibliography of Books on Angling and Game Fish in the Library of British Columbia


STARKMAN, SUSAN B & READ, STANLEY E (ed); MACKENZIE, N A (forew); HAIG-BROWN, RODERICK L

8vo hardcover (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 Library of the University of British Columbia 1970

KEYWORDS: angling angler fishing fish game sport bibliography book history books list handlist guide

$45.00
w14a/8

Win Without Boasting: The Derek Jones Story


WRIGHT, DON

Quarto, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 192pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing to extrems, boards sl warped, sl tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Don Wright 2001

KEYWORDS: New Zealand harness racing horse horses sport Derek Jones biography biographies memoir

$40.00
2e18b/6

Zane Grey: A Photographic Odyssey


GREY, LOREN

FIRST EDITION. Imp. 8vo, pp. [10] + 211; grey cl bds, spine lettered in white; photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; light tanning throughout); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; lg open tear to front flap at head).

PUBLISHER: Taylor Publishing Company 1985

KEYWORDS: Zane Grey fish fishing angling angler adventure travel sport game life lives pictorial history

$15.00
xx177pol1207922

The Guileless Trout


MCCASKIE, H B

8vo 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 Cresset Press 1950

KEYWORDS: fish fishing trout flies angling angler sport game recreation

$17.50
xx185pol207940

Olympic Obsession: The Inside Story of Britain's Most Successful Sport


CROSS, MARTIN

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Breedon Books 2001

KEYWORDS: Great Britain British sport rowing comeptition competitivegold medals medallists

$120.00
1y36a/9

Champion Blokes


SMITH, MAX

RARE THUS, SIGNED by 29 of the outstanding sportsmen who are the subject of this book, AND signed and dated by the author, octavo, green buckram boards, blue gilt lettering to spine, 231pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & rubbing/discolouration to spine & boards/edges, light tanning to page edges & eps, sl foxing to rear eps) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasng & chipping to edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling to spine & covers)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1964

KEYWORDS: New Zealand sports history sport heroes signed collectables collectibles former champions

$25.00
xx183pol208065

Arthur's Boys


ROMANOS, JOSEPH

FIRST EDITION, imperial 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Moa Beckett 1994

KEYWORDS: New Zealand sport history sports athletics track field Arthur Lydiard coaches trainers athletes biographies first editions

$27.50
xx183pol208066

Trout Fishing


BROOKS, JOE & BEECHAM, TOM (Drawings)

CERTIFIED AS FROM THE COLLECTION OF JACK G MELL, imperial 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Popular Science Publishing 1972

KEYWORDS: sport hobbies fly fishing flyfishing angling trout Joe Brooks

$35.00
xx182pol208098

Tales of Fishing Virgin Seas


GREY, ZANE

Imperial octavo softcover (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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: The Derrydale Press 2000

KEYWORDS: sport fishing hobbies Zane Grey literature

$18.50
xx172pol208223

Rocket Ron: The Ron Necciai Story and His Record-Setting 27 Strikeouts


STONE, GEORGE

8vo softcover (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: Infinity Publishing 2008

KEYWORDS: Ron Necciai baseball 20th century sport sporting history

$60.00
ak1/18a/27

Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1958 (95th Year)


PRESTON, NORMAN (Ed & Preface)

LACKS D/W, sm octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps & title page, frontispiece, xxxvi + 1035pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, light fading to spine, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, top corners of pgs961-982 creased)

PUBLISHER: Sporting Handbooks 1958

KEYWORDS: sport history Wisden past issues 1958 almanacks cricket statistics results

$50.00
ak1/18a/28

Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1949 (86th Year)


PRESTON, HUBERT (Ed & Preface)

LACKS D/W, sm octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board (heavily rubbed), printed eps, viii + 935pp, illus, VG- (heavy rubbing & cracking to spine & hinges, light rubbing to board edges, moderate chafing & soiling, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, heavy cracking to front gutter- binding sloppy, light cracking & foxing to gutters & pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Sporting Handbooks 1949

KEYWORDS: sport history Wisden past issues 1949 almanacks cricket statistics results

$45.00
ak1/18a/37

Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1950 (87th Year)


PRESTON, HUBERT (Ed & Preface)

LACKS D/W & OTHER SM BLOCKS OF PAGES, sm octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, printed/illus eps & prelims/terminals, viii + 1003pp, illus, G+ (moderate rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems, moderate staining & discolouration to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps, v heavy cracking to gutters throughout- binding loose & sloppy, some sm blocks of pages missing)

PUBLISHER: Sporting Handbooks 1950

KEYWORDS: sport history Wisden past years issues 1950 almanacks statistics results

$37.50
xx187pol208606

Half a Century of Sport


PEASE, Sir ALFRED

Octavo hardcover (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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: John Lane, The Bodley Head 1932

KEYWORDS: sport hunting history Sir Alfred Pease

$80.00
2g24c/24

Dynamic Judo: Throwing Techniques


KUDO, KAZUZO

4to, pp. 224; red heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt & white; illus. tp, photos; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in black ink to ht, covered in whiteout); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing, fading & soiling; light to moderat ebruising & creasing to edges & extrems; med open tear to spine; moderate tanning & foxing; price clipped to front flap).,

PUBLISHER: Japan Publications Trading Company 1967

KEYWORDS: martial arts athletic sport judo throwing tehchniques method guide self defence self-defence

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