Search Results: SPORT from Chilton Books

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, political and social significance." Pp.xvi/336, 32 pages of black & white photos. Red cloth, dustwrapper has a removable clear protective wrap. VG/VG.

Rothmans of Pall Mall. nd. (c.1967).. Pp 48, some b/w illustrations. P/b, slight creasing to covers, illustrated cover. G+.

Ward Lock. 1990.. Shows you how to perfect your technique and improve your performance, effectively and quickly". Pp 128. Many b/w illustrations. P/b. 22 cms x 17 cms. Illustrated cover. 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 owner's signature to front endpaper: "Gilmour Steven 197." Clean illustrations on lightly spotted paper. VG.

London: The Sportsmans Book Club, 1962.. 1st Sportsmans Book Club ed. Biography of a boxer. Pp. 240, 13 b/w illustrations, slight toning to pages. Maroon cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w. G+/G+.

London: James Nisbet & Co., Ltd. [ 1937 ] .. First Edition. Publishing date obtained from COPAC records. Small 8vo. pp.64. Illustrated dustwrapper, with crayon to the front cover, lightly rubbed along edges. Thin cloth covered boards, with red title to front board. The introduction signed: C. T. R., E. M. W., i.e. Cecil Thomas Rudd and Edgar Murray Witham. Very clean text illustrated with many black & white pictures of footballers and formations, showing you how to play the game. A very good copy.

London: Hamlyn. 1984.. 1st ed. "This well-established series is intended for newcomers to a particular sport or game, and teaches them how to begin and how to progress to a reasonable standard". Pp 61. Many b/w illustrations. P/b. 24 cms x 17 cms. Illustrated cover. VG.

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 in office as general manager and secretary....Read too of huge crowds clamouring for Cup tickets, the car crash that ended the career of an orange-loving goalkeeper, a bribery scandal that lifted the lid off a betting syndicate, the 'blackleg' in a strike threat, and the epic giant-killing of the coming League champions." 24cms x 16cms. Pp.192, 23 pages of black & white photos. Black cloth, dustwrapper. VG/VG.

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: James Nisbet & Co., Ltd. [ 1937 ].. First Edition. Publishing date obtained from COPAC records. Small 8vo. pp.64. Illustrated dustwrapper, rubbed and chipped along edges. Thin cloth covered boards, with red title to front board. The introduction signed: C. T. R., E. M. W., i.e. Cecil Thomas Rudd and Edgar Murray Witham. Very clean text illustrated with many black & white pictures of batsman and bowlers showing you how to play the game. A very good copy.

Enfield: Guinness Publishing Ltd., 1995.. Rep. Brings together the top name in quality newspaper sports coverage and the premier name in sports books to tell the story of over 100 years of the nation's favourite summer game. Pp. 256, b/w illustns. throughout. Dark green cloth, gilt title to spine, illustd. d/w. 27.4cms. x 20.3cms. VG/VG.

London: Stanley Paul. 1988.. Takes you through every club in the bag, from tee to green, out on to the practice ground and back into your own living room. For every class of golfer with a view to adding that vital something extra to his game". Pp 142. Many b/w illustrations. P/b. Illustrated cover. G+.

London:Robert Hale,1974.. 2nd ed. "Comprehensive A to Z Encyclopaedia of the most fascinating and most universal of all outdoor games." Pp.320,signed by author to fep, gift inscription and embossed owners details to fep,45 b/w photo illustrations + occasional line illustrations throughout. Green cloth, photo illustrated d/w has small edge tears. G+/G+.

London: Stanley Paul & Co. Ltd., 1962.. 1st ed. "This book recaptures all the thrills and drama of some of the major events in world football." Pp. 174, 23 b/w photographs. Black cloth, portrait illustrated d/w. G+/G+.

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 x 23cms. Pp.96, colour photo illustrations by Crispin Thruston throughout. Red cloth, dustwrapper has very minor edge wear. VG/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: 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 Denes. Blue cloth, dustwrapper is in an old clear protective wrap and has crease to top front edge. VG/G+.

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 point notation to rear endpaper (No.3 "Don't Black-Out!")! Green cloth, gilt title to spine, edges rubbed. G+.

London: Pan Books. 1970.. How to improve your game, explaining and analysing key strokes. The most important of these are brought to live by flipping the outside edges of the pages when a cinematic effect is achieved which shows the complete motion of the stroke". Pp 144. Full of b/w illustrations. P/b. Illustrated cover. G+.

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 track and finally retired in a blaze of glory to Britain's National Stud." Pp.8/196, 16 pages of b/w photographs. Red cloth, d/w slightly rubbed. VG/G+.