BELDAM,GEORGE W.;VAILE,P.A.

first edition inscribed by one author [p.a.vaile] 403pp ills.[b/w] VG- (green cloth w.gilt tennis player stamp to top board,mod.rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.,both hinges split almost completely,boards shaky w.paper separation to ep gutters,owner's inscr.to ffep and half-title,author's warm inscr.to ffep verso - dated 3.3.05,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked and shaky)

PUBLISHER: macmillan london 1905

KEYWORDS: tennis sport vaile bedlam signed

FABIAN,A.H.;GREEN,GEOFFREY [EDS.]

4x vols.reprints ills.[b/w w.col.frontis.] VG+ (turquoise cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,content edges sl.soiled)

PUBLISHER: caxton publishing 1960

KEYWORDS: association football sport soccer fabian geoffrey green

ROGET,F.F.

first edition 312pp ills.[b/w w.col.frontis.+ folding maps] G (olive cloth,rubbed and stained,bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to front pastedown,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,some staining towards rear section)

PUBLISHER: t.fisher unwin london 1913

KEYWORDS: skiing sport ski-runs alps roget

FLETCHER,T.A.

136pp ills.[b/w] VG- (in paper wrappers,rubbed and osiled w.owner's inscr.to front cover,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.w.losses to head/foot of spine)

PUBLISHER: nz rugby football union [np] 1939

KEYWORDS: rugby football sport history fletcher

LUNN,ARNOLD

third edition revised 106pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (green cloth,v.sl.soiled,lacks ffep,sl.mark to half-title) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,few tears to upper edge)

PUBLISHER: methuen london 1948

KEYWORDS: mountaineering sport skiing arnold lunn

BEST,GEORGE;WRIGHT,GRAEME

first edition inscribed by author 206pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (burgundy cloth,v.sl.bumps to extrems.,eps and content edges sl.foxed,owner's inscr.and author's inscr.to half-title - to Michael Best Wishes and good luck with your football George Best) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,v.sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: queen anne press london 1981

KEYWORDS: sport biography george best graeme wright signed football

N/A

424pp ills.[b/w w.folding maps] VG+ (red cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.,content edges sl.soiled)

PUBLISHER: harmsworth press london 1960

KEYWORDS: hunting directory sport baily

N/A

first edition 322pp VG (green cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,owner's inscr.to head of title page)

PUBLISHER: shaw publishing london 1935

KEYWORDS: sport history

WALKER,JOHN; PALENSKI,RON

first edition signed by John Walker 248pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG+ (blue cloth, prev owners inscriptions to fep,John Walker's sign. to title page, light bruising to board extrems, sl foxing to page edges) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled, light tanning to spine, sl creasing to extrems)

PUBLISHER: moa publications auckland 1984

KEYWORDS: sport john walker new zealand signed athletics ron palenski

MARSH,NORMAN

first edition 167pp ills.[b/w and col.] imperial octavo brown cloth boards, VG+ (sl.wear to extrems.,) in VG+ d/w (plastic covered with gum adhestive strips to edges, sl sunned spine)

PUBLISHER: halcyon press auckland 1995

KEYWORDS: new zealand sport fishing norman marsh

SARGENT,HARRY R.

first edition 446pp ills.[b/w] VG (burgundy cloth,sl.rubbed and stained,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep and verso,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,some sl.foxing to contents) this is the true first edition - this from the author's preface Be it of what merit it may, the book should have been published more than two years ago by those to whom I had first entrusted it; however they have been got rid of, and the well-known firm of Simpkin, Marshall, and Co.are now my publishers - August, 1895 - I suspect that title pages may have been prepared by the dismissed publisher and were subsequently used by Simpkin for later editions despite them perhaps showing an earlier date

PUBLISHER: simpkin marshall hamilton kent london 1895

KEYWORDS: sport history harry sargent literature

MAXWELL,WILLIAM HAMILTON

first edition thus 337pp ills.[b/w] F in green cloth

PUBLISHER: ashford press publishing southampton 1986

KEYWORDS: history sport natural history ireland william hamilton maxwell

MULDOON,WILLIAM; VAN EVERY,EDWARD

first edition 364pp ills.[b/w] VG- (tan cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,80% split to upper hinge and across spine creating a flap,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) this copy is from the collection of the late former New Zealand Prime Minister R.D.Muldoon

PUBLISHER: stokes new york 1929

KEYWORDS: history sport wrestling biography muldoon

DICKINSON,R.

first edition inscribed by author 111pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth,spine and edges sunned,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,author's inscr.to title page) in G+ d/w (rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.several losses)

PUBLISHER: whitcombe and tombs christchurch 1956

KEYWORDS: new zealand trout fishing sport dickinson signed

CAMPBELL,GINA; MEECH,MICHAEL

first edition inscribed by Campbell 215pp ills.[b/w] NF (blue cloth,eps and content edges v.sl.foxed,Gina Campbell's inscr.to title page) in VG+ d/w (v.sl.soiled,sl.internal foxing)

PUBLISHER: sidgwick & jackson london 1988

KEYWORDS: biography sport motoring gina campbell signed bluebird

DAI CHO,YONG

first edition 239pp ills.[b/w] F in glossy wrappers

PUBLISHER: sid harta melbourne 2007

KEYWORDS: martial arts history sport yong dai cho taekwondo bongsul

KLEMANTASKI,LOUIS; FROSTICK,MICHAEL

first edition 63pp ills.[b/w] VG (blue cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,eps and content edges sl.foxed,minor wrinkling to fore-edge) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.,10cm tear to front cover,price-clipped) scarce in dustwrapper

PUBLISHER: hamish hamilton london 1960

KEYWORDS: motor racing sport le mans klemantaski frostick

ROBERTS,JOHN; BUCK,HENRY [ED.]

[first edition] 370pp+catalogue ills.[20 col.plates] G+ (burgundy cloth w.gilt dec.stamp to top board,rubbed and stained,chipping and wear to bevelled edges,text block detached from binding but all is present,dealer's label to front and rear pastedowns,ffep detached but present,frontis.portrait stained at edges,contents sl.foxed/soiled,spine cracked and shaky)

PUBLISHER: stanley rivers london [nd]

KEYWORDS: sport billiards roberts buck

O'HAGAN,SEAN

first edition 224pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (black cloth,sl.wear to eps,errata slip loosely inserted) in VG+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: pilgrims south press dunedin [1981]

KEYWORDS: new zealand rugby otago sean o'hagan sport

CATHCART, ALAN

large format blue cloth boards with silver lettering to spine 240pp illus VG+ (sl discolouration to boards, sl denting to rear, foxing to eps) in VG+ d/w (light rubbing, sl denting to rear, v light wear to extremities)

PUBLISHER: Guiness publishing London 1990

KEYWORDS: motorcycles transport pacing sport automotive