London: Andre Deutsch, 2013. A near Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. First Edition, First Printing. 293 pages. 49 colour photographs. The inspiring autobiography of Great Britain's finest female rower and one of the heroes of the 2012 Olympic Games. 200. First. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
London: Century, 2005. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. 281 pages. Colour photo illustrations throughout. When he was a child he wanted to be the fastest bike rider. He would dream about winning the world championship. But he has achieved more than his wildest dreams: he has dominated the championships, he has broken dozens of records, he has raised the limits, he has reshaped the frontiers of his sport. By 2002, aged only 23 years old, he had finally completed the success of winning world titles across all categories: 125cc, 250cc, 500cc and MotoGP. 24. First. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
London: Hutchinson / Stanley Paul, 1976. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. 175 pages. 44 illustrations. To millions of people Graham Hill was a legend both on and off the track and it was by chance that he had almost finished telling his story to Neil Ewart just before his tragic accident in 1975. Based on extensive taped interviews and, above all, it concentrates on Graham.. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
London: Simon and Schuster, 2015. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. xi + 370 pages. Nigel Mansell was one of the most fearless exciting and successful racing drivers of all time. Having worked his way up through the ranks, he got his first opportunity in Formula One racing for Colin Chapman's Lotus Team in 1980. Over the next 15 years he would go on to win 31 grands prix and become world champion in 1992. He followed it up by winning the IndyCar title the next year, becoming the only man ever to hold both titles simultaneously. In this compelling and frank memoir, Mansell looks back on his career and at the sport he loves. 22. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Surrey: Vision Sports , 2013. SIGNED BY DICK KNIGHT ON TITLE PAGE ' FROM DICK TO GEOFF - FROM THE GOLDSTONE...TO THE AMEX! and SIGNATURE. A Fine copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. 360 pages. 42 illustrations. When Dick Knight took over as chairman of Brighton and Hove Albion in 1997, the football club were on the brink of extinction. The Goldstone Ground had been sold without any proper plans for a replacement and a groundshare agreement signed with Gillingham FC, 75 miles away in Kent. The club was two games away from relegation out of the Football League. When Knight stepped down 12 years later in 2009, construction on a stunning new 23,000 capacity community stadium was well underway and the club had won three promotions in four seasons. This is the very personal story of how the maverick advertising guru behind Wonderbra's famous 'Hello Boys' poster campaign led Brighton and Hove Albion back from the brink. 21. Signed by Author. First. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Boston: Little Brown, 1947. Cloth boards have staining and some minor marks. Internally the front hinge is lighly cracked else a very clean, tight and unmarked copy. xix + 247 pages. Coloured frontispiece and numerous drawings by Milton C. Weiler. A1D. First. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Weiler, Milton C.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
London: Ebury Press, 2002. A near Fine unmarked copy with dustjacket whih has a repaired closed tear and is not price clipped. A large format volume of 288 pages. Photo illustrations throughout. Endpapers are fight posters. Foreword by Jose Torres with an introduction by Victor Bockris. A celebration of the life and career of the most famous and revered champion. With over 250 pages of meticulously researched text and spectacular photographs - many never before published - the book offers a unique portrait of Ali's meteoric rise to fame. PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 2.1 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 159. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
London: George Routledge, 1885. Pictorial cloth boards have wear to edges and marks to front and back and fading to spine. Internally there is a contemporary name, inscription and date to front endpaper, a few odd marks to some pages else generally a clean, tight and unmarked copy. 211 pages. 4 full page colour illustrations tissue guarded (2 of which are loose) have foxing to edges. Frontispiece illustration has been bound in after page 174 not as a frontispiece. Other illustrations in the text. A1B. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Sturgess, John. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
London: The Alpine Club, 1967. A Very Good+ unmarked copy which has small name and a blind embossed address to front endpaper. Plastic covers. 185 pages and numerous diagrams. Volume II of the Alpine guide to selected climbs in the Mont Blanc mountain range. 203. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall.
Staines, Middlesex: Lifeline, 1986. SIGNED and dated by author with no dedication. Red boards have had a water stain to lower edge at some time in the past which has caused the first few and last few pages to become crinkled to the lower margin (not affecting the text) and the reverse of the dustjacket to have some of the colour to leach out. Dustjacket is price clipped. 318 pages. Illustrated. C3A. First. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Newton Abbot: David and Charles, 1979. SIGNED BY RAY REARDON to title page with dedication 'to Ron Best Wishes, 1981'. A near Fine unmarked copy in pictorial laminated boards which has a very small nick to spine edge. The World Professional Snooker Champion of 1970, 1973, 1974, 1975 and 1976 shows how to play the game, covering Basic skills - the grip, the stance, bridging, striking - Potting - Playing with side - Stop, stun and screw shots - Positional play - Safety and escape play - Red - black play - Splitting the pack. 206. Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
London: Yellow Jersey Press, 1998. A Very good unmarked copy with usual age toning to page edges with VG dustjacket which is not price clipped. First UK edition, first printing. 299 pages. 19 illustrations. The book collects thirty of the best pieces ever written about this sporting legend in an anthology by the greatest about The Greatest. Muhammad Ali's story is told by a stellar array of athletes and social commentators all of them compelled to write about this amazing man. Hunter S. Thompson, Tom Wolfe and Norman Mailer, Floyd Patterson defends Ali's right to criticise America's participation in the Vietnam War; Malcolm X explains how by declaring himself 'a man of race', Cassius Clay 'the entertainer' became Muhammad Ali the 'threat'. Ali himself contributes with some poetry in his famous interview with Playboy magazine; and Gay Talese gives us a front seat on the 1996 ride to Cuba where Ali met Fidel Castro. 13. First. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1975. A near Fine unmarked copy with VG+ dustjacket which is not price clipped. 351 pages. Fully illustrated with drawings by Rodger McPhail. A comprehensive work by a first class team of experts, all authorities in their field. 155. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by McPhail, Rodger. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
London: Hamlyn, 1977. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from usual age toning to page edges) with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. 62 pages. Illustrations by Hana Feurstein. Despite being one of the most popular games in the world, bridge is often thought to be a difficult game to learn. This is not true if it is learned from first principles, with an expert as the guide. In this book Jeremy Flint assumes no previous knowledge and describes each aspect of bridge (more precisely contract bridge) from the beginning. Throughout the text over 200 examples of hands and deals, printed in two colours, enable the reader to follow, card by card, the points the author makes in the text. 24. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Feurstein, Hana. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
London: Stanley Paul, 1961. Dark green title to spine on green boards which have a bump to front top corner. Internally very clean, tight and unmarked. Dustjacket has a little wear and is price clipped. Illustrated throughout. For the first time in Rugby Union history a top-class team of experts have pooled their knowledge for the benefit of young rugby players. Great players from all of the Home Counties give expert advice on the various phases of the game and its associations. Playing positions are discussed in constructive detail and the game in all of the rugby-playing countries of the world is shrewdly analysed and reviewed. Famous matches are graphically recalled and the jobs of the referee, the selector and the critic are carefully explained. **** NOT EX LIB **** 2. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
London: Stanley Paul, 1962. A near Fine unmarked copy with dustjacket which has some loss to front top and is not price clipped. Illustrated throughout. Following the earlier Book of Rugby Football, Bryn Thomas again leads a team of famous contributors to the sport. Great players give their expert views on a wide variety of topics, which will interest particularly the young enthusiast who is seeking guidance on the finer points of the game. The book also contains special reports of the game in England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand, **** NOT EX LIB **** 2. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Lake District: The Fell and Rock Climbing Club, 1968. Plastic coated cover which has light wrinkling. Internally clean and unmarked. 151 pages. Map endpapers. Coloured frontispiece. Drawings of the climbs with index marked and graded list of each climb, list of first ascents and general index. 309. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.
London: Climbers' Club, 1968. Plastic coated pictorial cover which is clean and unmarked. Internally there is a previous owner's name and address else clean and unmarked. 228 pages. Map endpapers. Diagrams by R.B. Evans, T. Briggs, D. Carnell. 14 photographs. Technical notes, Access, Geology and details of each climb. 309. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.
Éditions De La Martinière, 1996. Une belle copie. Avec ses 674 pages et ses 500 photographies en noir et en couleurs, La Fabuleuse Histoire De La Boxe raconte 300 ans d'un sport dont la sanction supreme, le K.O. redouté par certains, souhaité par D'autres, en fait une discipline particulière. **** DÉBALLÉ POIDS EST 2.5 KILO PEUT EXIGER D'APPOINT FRAIS DE PORT **** 2. Couverture Rigide. Très Bon/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
San Francisco: Collins, 1996. A near Fine unmarked copy. A large format volume of 176 pages. Illustrated throughout with photographs. Foreword by Muhammad Ali. It wasn't easy doing what Ali did in Atlanta. But this is a man who, all his life has come up with one incredibly gutsy performance after another. There was no wy he could beat Sonny Liston. So he went out and beat Sonny Liston. There was no way he would give up his title. So as an act of principle he gave up the heavyweight championship of the world. He beat George Foreman, when everyone knew he couldn't. He won the heavyweight crown for a third time, against Leon Spinks, when he was too old to win. Each time the world thought Ali was out of miracles, he performed another miracle. That's Muhammad Ali, In Perspective: and what you had in Atlanta was a wonderful reaffirmation of just how much Muhammad Ali means to the world. Three billion people were watching. Three billion people were in love with one man. Three billion people, even if it was just for a moment, had all the hate and petty prejudices removed from their hearts, and felt nothing but love. That's a miracle. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.96 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 1. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
