SPORTING
Golf. [The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes].
London: Longmans, 1895. Frontispiece + numerous illustrations by Thomas Hodge and Harry Furniss. 480pp., usual light scattered foxing, thick 8vo, brown cloth, pictorial spine and front cover. London: Longmans, Green, 1895. Fifth edition. An exceptionally nice copy in the original cloth. Early (fifth) edition, revised and with additions, of the work that established Horace Hutchinson as a major writer on the sport of golf. A look at golf history, styles, instruction, celebrated golfers, and etiquette. More
The Olympic Games: 80 Years of People, Events and Records
London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1976. Illustrated in black and white & color. 272 pages. 4to, black boards. London: Barrie & Jenkins, (1976). A near fine copy, lacking the dust wrapper. Inscribed by the author, Lord Killanin (6th President of the International Olympic Committee) to author Leon Uris. More
An Almanac of Twelve Sports BOUND WITH A Unique Scrapbook of mounted Kipling Stories AND Song sheet for Fuzzy-Wuzzy
London: Heinemann, 1898. Illustrated with 13 tinted linoleum cuts by William Nicholson. Short slim folio, handsomely bound in full brown morocco; gilt-stamped and inlaid with red morocco rosettes on covers, raised bands, inner dentelles. London: Heinemann, 1898, [story clippings range from 1914-1917]. Very good. The pamphlet, in original pictorial wrappers is bound-in, along with a unique, well-planned 33 page scrapbook of neatly mounted Kipling stories, taken from illustrated journals such as the Saturday Evening Post, The Daily Express (London), and..... More
An Almanac of Twelve Sports.
New York: R.H. Russell, 1898. Illustrated with 12 colored plates after woodcuts by William Nicholson, with text in facing pages. Thin folio pictorial boards (well-worn at edges and with some soiling and light penciling on covers; contemporary gift inscription on front endpaper). New York: R.H. Russell, 1898. First American edition. Overall a very good(-) copy. All the plates are in clean condition, with some offset to the opposite text pages, as usual. There is one rather large purplish stain on..... More
Four Centuries of Sport in America, 1490-1890.
Lanham: Derrydale, 1991. With a new foreword by Paula Welch. Tall 4to, two-toned boards, very slightly edge-worn d.w. Lanham: Derrydale, (1991). Reprint. Bumped corner, still a very good(+) copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier; or Twelve Years Sporting Reminiscences of an Indigo Planter.
London: Macmillan, 1878. Frontispiece and 8 other b/w illustrations, some in-text. xvi, 361 pages. 8vo, attractively rebound in black leather-backed cloth with the original cover image of gilt-stamped tiger preserved. London: Macmillan, 1878. First edition. A near fine copy of this uncommon book. More
Sport with Gun and Rod in American Woods and Waters.
New York: Century, 1883. 2 vols. 27 full page illustrations, 11 Japan proofs, and many text illustrations.Tall 4to, embossed cloth; spine ends rubbed. New York: Century, (1883). Internally fine. More
Sport with Gun and Rod in American Woods and Waters.
New York: Century, 1883. Hundreds of woodcut illustrations throughout the text. 892 pages, thick 4to, pictorial tan cloth, decorative spine (rubbed at the top). New York: Century, (1883). Very good. Among the contributors are Dan Beard, John Burroughs, George Bird Grinnell, James A. Henshall, John Muir, Thaddeus Norris, Charles E. Whithead, and others. More
Sport with Gun and Rod in American Woods and Waters.
Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1884. 2 vols. 27 full page illustrations, 11 Japan proofs, and many text illustrations.Tall 4to, 1/2 black leather, maroon boards, extremities rubbed. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1884. Internally fine. More
Salmon of the Atlantic
New York: Parke, Austin, 1925. 11 black & white illustrations, 8vo, pale green cloth (spine faded and somewhat blotchy), chipped d.w. New York: Parke, Austin & Lipscomb, (1925). First Edition. A very good copy in a good dust wrapper. More
Mount and Man: A Key to Better Horsemanship.
London: Country Life, 1925. With a Foreword by Viscount Allenby. Illustrations by Lionel Edwards including 26 full-page plates, and many in-text figures. 135pp. Slim 4to, older 1/2 red leather (front hinge repaired; internally clean). London: Country Life, 1925. Very good. More
Recollections of My Fifty Years Hunting and Fishing.
Boston: Stratford, 1923. Numerous photographic illustrations. with photos. 259 pages. Tall 8vo, burgundy cloth, edgeworn d.w. Boston: Stratford, 1923. First Edition. A fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. Inscribed by he author on the fly-leaf. More
Sport and the Spirit of Play in American Fiction: Hawthorne to Faulkner.
New York: Columbia University Press, 1981. xv+369pp. 8vo, black cloth, slightly edge-worn d.w. New York: Columbia University Press, 1981. Ownership signature on endpaper, still a near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
LeRoy Neiman: Art and Lifestyle.
New York: Felice, 1974. 350 illustrations, 300 in full color, 285pp., 4to, beige cloth, lightly edgeworn d.w. New York: Felicie, (1974). First Edition. Near fine in very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Old English Sporting Prints and Their History.
London: The Studio, 1923. Rubricated title page. 103 plates, including 24 color with guards, by Pollard, Stubbs, and others; 34 pages of text. 4to, gilt decorated red cloth, with sporting motif, t.e.g. London: Studio, 1923. Very good (+). Limited edition, one of 1500 copies. More
Old English Sporting Prints and Their History.
London: The Studio, 1923. Rubricated title page. 103 plates, including 24 color with guards, by Pollard, Stubbs, and others; 34 pages of text. 4to, gilt decorated red cloth, with sporting motif (spine and covers soiled), t.e.g. London: Studio, 1923. Very good Limited edition, one of 1500 copies. More
Nimrod's Northern Tour, Descriptive of the Principal Hunts of Scotland and the North of England.
London: Walter Spiers, 1838. 427 pages + index. 8vo, 3/4 burgundy morocco (spine slightly worn), t.e.g. London: Walter Spiers, 1838, Very good (+). More
Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton, Esg. of Halston, Shropshire.
London: Ackermann, 1837. With Notices of his Hunting, Shooting, Driving, Racing, eccentric, and extravagant exploits. Illustrated with 18 hand- colored engraved plates by H. Alken and T. J. Rawlins. Engraved title page, xii, 206 pp.Slim 8vo, full crimson morocco, inner dentelles,elaborately gilt spine, a.e.g. London: Rudolf Ackermann, 1837. Second edition, reprinted with considerable additions from the New Sporting Magazine. Near fine. More
My Horse and Other Essays
Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1928. Edited by E. D. Cuming. 4 color and 26 black-and-white tipped in plates. xxvi + 304 pages, 8vo, red cloth; uncut edges, t.e.g (spine evenly faded). Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1928. A very good(+) copy. 55 of 175 numbered copies. More
Sportsmen in a Landscape.
London: Theodore Brun, Fine Editions Limited, 1954. Illustrated primarily in black & white. 224pp. 8vo, gilt-decorated green leather. London: Theodore Brun Fine Editions Limited, (1954). Limited edition, numbered 53 out of 150. Edge-worn with a repaired hinge, otherwise a very good copy. More
Salmon Tactics
London: Philip Allan, 1934. Illustrated with 19 plates from drawings by the author. 147 pages. 8vo, green cloth, d.w. London: Philip Allan, 1934. First Edition. A fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Squire Osbaldeston: His Autobiography.
London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1926. Edited, with commentary, by Cuming. Introduction by Theodore Cook. Color frontispiece, 16 color illustrations, 75 in black and white, map, 260pp., thick 4to, beige cloth. London: John Lane/The Bodley Head, (1926). First edition, very good (+). Master of the Quorn & Pytchley hounds. More
Squire Osbaldeston: His Autobiography.
London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1926. Edited, with commentary, by Cuming. Introduction by Theodore Cook. Color frontis., 16 color illustrations, 75 in b/w, map, 260pp., thick 4to, beige cloth. London: John Lane/The Bodley Head, (1926). Reprint edition, same year as the first. Very good. Master of the Quorn & Pytchley hounds. More