ANTHONY, DON (COMPILER)

Man of Sport, Man of Peace : Collected Speeches and Essays of Philip Noel-Baker : Olympic Statesman 1889-1982 (Signed By Author)

London, Sports Editions Ltd. 1991, First Edition. (ISBN: 0951780204) Hard Cover, 10 x 7.75 inches. Inscribed 'To Tom (Lord Pendry) with all good wishes Don Anthony 26.10.92'. No other marks. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and two very tiny bumps. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with sunning to spine. 175pp. A selection of speeches and writings by Philip Noel-Baker, himself an Olympic silver medalist who devoted his life to the Olympic movement and he also received the Nobel Peace Prize for his tireless work for the League of Nations and the UN. Very scarce signed copy. Near Fine/Near Fine. Signed by Author.

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Book number: 027096

Catalogue: Sport - Other / General

Keywords: Sports, Olympics, Biography Biography - Sport Philosophy 0951780204

ANTHONY, DON

Volleyball : Do it This Way

London, John Murray. 1964, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8.75 x 5.5 inches. Ill.: John Barlee (photographs). No inscriptions or marks. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright boards, a faint stain down rear cover and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped with small nicks and rubbing to edges and damp effect to rear. 77pp. Written by one of the foremost authorities on the game of volleyball, this book, assisted by over 200 action photographs, provides full coverage of all the essential features of the game. Very Good (+)/Good (-).

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Book number: 003737

Catalogue: Sport - Other / General

Keywords: Sports John Barlee (Photographs)

ARLOTT, JOHN (EDITOR)

The Oxford Companion to Sports and Games

London, Oxford University Press. 1975. (ISBN: 0192115383) Hard Cover, 9.5 x 6.75 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with small nick to lower rear edge. 1143pp. Very comprehensive encyclopedic study of over 100 hundred sports. Well illustrated. Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 018384

Catalogue: Sport - Other / General

Keywords: Sports, Games 0192115383

BROWN, CRAIG; BROWN, DAVID

The Book of Sports Lists

London, Arthur Barker Ltd. 1983, First Edition. (ISBN: 0213168820) Hard Cover, 8.75 x 5.75 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked red cloth boards, tiny piece missing from lower corner of front end paper and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with slight creasing to upper edge and traces of storage. 226pp. Questions, answers, facts, anecodtes, controversy, scandal, sex, secrets - all connected with sport. A fascinating collection. Very Good (+)/Very Good.

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Book number: 024287

Catalogue: Sport - Other / General

Keywords: Sport, Questions, Answers, Facts, Anecdotes Social History 0213168820

BARRY DAVIES

Interesting, Very Interesting: The Autobiography

London, Headline. 2007, First Edition. (ISBN: 0755314220) Hard Cover, 9.5 x 6.25 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with svery slight rubbing to edges. 344pp. The autobiography of sports commentator Barry Davies of the instantly recognisable face and voice, who has led us through some of the most iconic sports events and personalities of the forty years up to the early 2000s. Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 021965

Catalogue: Sport - Other / General

Keywords: Sports Commentator, Biography, Biography - Sport 0755314220

STEVE DRYDEN (EDITOR)

Century of Hockey

Toronto Canada, McClelland & Stewart. 2000, First Edition. (ISBN: 0771041799) Hard Cover, 11 x 8.75 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with minor traces of storage. 160pp. Season by season highlights of the North American National Hockey League, the NHL with details of games, players, tournaments and stars from 1900 to 2000. Foreword by Bobby Orr, considered one of the greatest. Very scarce in the UK. Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 019939

Catalogue: Sport - Other / General

Keywords: Sports, Hockey, Usa, Canada 0771041799

THE EDITOR

Programa De Toros : Explanation of a Bull-Fight

Barcelona, Spain, Grafica Ferrer Coll. 1978. Soft Cover, 8.5 x 5.75 inches. No marks or inscriptions. Small crease to upper corner of front cover. Clean tight pages with slightly marked boards and no bumping to corners. Unpaginated. pp. Multi-lingual explanation (including English) of the 'sport' of bull-fighting with portraits of famous matadors. Good.

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Book number: 013664

Catalogue: Sport - Other / General

Keywords: Bull Fighting, Matadors, Spain,

THE EDITOR

World of Sport Annual 1983

Knutsford, Cheshire, Stafford Pemberton Publishing Co Ltd. 1982, First Edition. (ISBN: 0860303527) Hard Cover, 10.75 x 8 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, price clipped front end paper and no bumping to corners. 61pp. Near Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 011048

Catalogue: Sport - Other / General

Keywords: Sports, Football, Cycling, Snooker 0860303527

JOHN MONTELEONE; MARK GOLA

The 'Louisville Slugger' Complete Book of Hitting Faults and Fixes: How to Detect and Correct the 50 Most Common Mistakes at the Plate

Chicago, Illinois, Contemporary Books. 2001. (ISBN: 0809298023) Soft Cover, 10 x 8 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 202pp. How to improve your hitting in baseball, covering the stance, pre-swing, hip rotation, weight transfer, the swing and the mental approach. Well illustrated with step-by step photos to assist. Near Fine.

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Book number: 018620

Catalogue: Sport - Other / General

Keywords: Baseball, America, Sports, Batting, 0809298023

HARVEY, CHARLES (EDITOR)

Sport International

Sampson Low, Marston & Co Ltd. 1960. Hard Cover, 11.25 x 8.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with slightly marked boards and a little bumping to corners. 416pp. A very comprehensive work covering sixty-five different sports from air records to wrestling. Statistics and results since the first events ever played in many sports. Illustrated in black & white photographs. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 006897

Catalogue: Sport - Other / General

Keywords: Sports, Football, Cricket, Athletics, Cycling, Fencing, Rugby, Bowling, Badminton, Archery, Angling, Basketball, Boxing, Baseball,

HAWK, TONY; MORTIMER, SEAN

Hawk : Occupation Skateboarder

New York, Regan Books. 2000, First Edition. (ISBN: 0007114737) Hard Cover, 9.5 x 6.25 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with slight rubbing to upper edges of lightly faded covers. 289pp. Growing up in Serra Mesa, California with a 144 IQ, Tony Hawk was a hyperactive child who struggled hard to become a champion skateboarder and created a new style of skateboarding. This is his hard-hitting autobiography. Fine/Very Good (+).

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Book number: 005925

Catalogue: Sport - Other / General

Keywords: Skateboarding Sports_biography 0007114737

HICKS, W. J. (EDITOR)

Boys' Book of All Sports

London, News Chronicle. 1951. Hard Cover, 10 x 7.5 inches. Previous owner's neat name/address in pencil to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions, crossword unmarked. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked green cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with slight dustiness, a little foxing and tiny nicks to edges. 160pp. With features on football, table tennis, cycling, motor racing, cricket, boxing, tennis, rugby etc. Very Good (+)/Very Good.

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Book number: 009459

Catalogue: Sport - Other / General

Keywords: Soccer, Football, Table Tennis, Cycling, Motor Racing, Cricket, Boxing, Tennis

LOVESEY, JOHN ; MASON, NICHOLAS & TAYLOR, EDWIN (EDITORS)

The Sunday Times Sports Book

Tadworth, Surrey, World's Work. 1979. (ISBN: 0437154459) Hard Cover, 11.75 x 9 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with light traces of handling and storage. 287pp. A selection of the best from The Sunday Times sports pages over more than a decade - sport through the eyes of some of the best writers and photographers in the world. Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 012649

Catalogue: Sport - Other / General

Keywords: Sport, 0437154459

MANLEY, TYM (EDITOR)

WindSurfers Magazine : 5 Issues 1984/1986

London, Gear Magazines. 1985. Soft Cover, 8.25 x 6 inches. No marks or inscriptions. Light creasing to two covers. Five clean copies with unmarked boards, damp effect to covers of two issues and no bumping to corners. Total of ca 300pp. Issues Oct/Nov 1984, Dec/Jan 1985, Jan 1985, Mar 1985, May/Jun 1986. Good.

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Book number: 027285

Catalogue: Sport - Other / General

Keywords: Wind Surfing, Sports, Sea

PAYLOR, ERIC; WILSON, JOHN

Teesside's Sporting Greats

Liverpool, Juniper Publishing. 2000, First Edition. (ISBN: 0952862263) Hard Cover, 11 x 8.75 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with minor traces of storage. 256pp. Mini biographies and photographs of ninety-five sporting stars from the North East of England around Teesside. covering all major sports. Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 025192

Catalogue: Sport - Other / General

Keywords: Sports, Biographies, North East England Biography - Sport 0952862263