WILKINSON MICHAEL

The Phar Lap Story

Victoria, Budget Books. 1983, First Thus. (ISBN: 086801088X) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. price clipped DW, small name and address rubber stamp to fep, rubbed spine ends on dust jacket, 252pp + plates, non fiction account of the greatest racehorse of the Twentieth Century. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 004833

Catalogue: Hobbies Sport and Leisure

Keywords: Phar Lap Australasian Horse Racing Equestrian Melbourne Cup Racehorse Non-Fiction Biography 086801088x

MILITARY MODELLING

Military Modelling Annual 2

Kings Langley, Model & Allied Publications. 1975, First Edition. (ISBN: 0852424159) Soft Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. (500 gram rate) tidy, light wear to spine, 144pp well illustrated with photos and diagrams, some in colour, includes Britains / Strathcona's Horse / Indian wars / Sd Kfz 251 half-track / 8th regiment Hussars / bavarian Infantry 1870-71 / XI Dragoons 1756 / Fallschirmjaeger / Panzerjaeger. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 002967

Catalogue: Hobbies Sport and Leisure

Keywords: Model Making Modelling Aircraft Tanks Military Miniatures Toy Soldiers Naval 0852424159

YOUNG NAT

The History of Surfing

Palm Beach Press. 1983, First Edition. (ISBN: 00959181601) Hard Cover, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. VG, minor bumping to corners, DW short closed split along fold at bottom corner, also short split at top corner of rear DW fold. 200pp colour and black and white photos. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 001304

Catalogue: Hobbies Sport and Leisure

Keywords: Surfing Hawaii California Australia New Zealand South Africa Japan History Illustrated 00959181601

FLEISCHER NAT

Jack Dempsey the idol of Fistiana

New York, The Ring. 1929, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: TAD..an intimate narrative with numerous illustrations'. first edition 1929, lacks backstrip, edges rubbed and worn , covers loosening at hinges, pictorial illustrated cover, corners bruised, 309pp on sized art paper stock. special ringside cartoons by TAD as well as ringside photos. foreword by Dempsey. Biography from his birth upto and including his greatest bouts. Internally tidy, good for a custom binding or working copy. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 000745

Catalogue: Hobbies Sport and Leisure

Keywords: Biography Boxing Heavyweight Jack Dempsey Pugilism Sport Athletics Tad

FLESICHER NAT

John L. Sullivan, Champion of Champions ( Boxing biography)

London, Panther. 1956, First Edition. Mass Market Paperback, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. (200 gram rate) taped spine, rubbed edges of wrapper, name to first page, browned paper stock, 144pp + plates, first thus paperback edition, biography of the first boxing heavyweight champion of the world. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 006848

Catalogue: Hobbies Sport and Leisure

Keywords: Boxing Pugilism Pugilist Nineteenth Century Champion

CARDUS NEVILLE

A Cricketer's Book

London, Grant Richards. 1922, reprint. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. blue cloth lightly rubbed, lightly soiled, pencil name to fep, endpapers age browned, some minor light scattered foxing, first reprint in August after June first issue, 256pp. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 007553

Catalogue: Hobbies Sport and Leisure

Keywords: Cricket Cricketing Sport Sports Cardus

FITZGERALD-O,CONNER P

SHARK-O! shark hunting in the Hebrides

London, Secker. 1953, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. name and date to fep otherwise VG, DW price clipped with light chipping at head, 272pp + plates, a shark hunting venture in Scottish Hebrides, going after them with harpoons and small boats. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 012893

Catalogue: Hobbies Sport and Leisure

Keywords: Shark Hunting Hebrides Scotland Harpoon Big Game Fishing

BALDER A P

The Complete Manual of Skin Diving

London, MacMillan. 1975, Seventh. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. price clipped Dw minor rubbing or chipping to joint ends, xviii 302pp with diagrams etc, reprint of 1968 edition complete guide to skin and scuba diving. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 003478

Catalogue: Hobbies Sport and Leisure

Keywords: Skin Diving Scuba Snorkelling Aqualung Manual Compressed Air

GONZALES PANCHO & DICK HAWK

How to play and win at tennis

London, Souvenir. 1963, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. 123pp illustrated with photographs and drawings. 4 pages have some minor rusty staining from spilt liquid. DW rubbed and chipped to edges with tear to front and some loss to rear panel corner. Good/Good.

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Book number: 012691

Catalogue: Hobbies Sport and Leisure

Keywords: Gonzales Tennis Sport Technique

KOECHLIN-SMYTHE PAT

The Complete Riding and Driving System, Vaulting ; Official Instruction Handbook of the German National Equestrian Foundation Book 3

London, Threshold Books. 1987, First Edition. (ISBN: 0901366838) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. small area of lamination lifting to extreme bottom corner of cover, 144pp, diagrams etc (500 gram rate). Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 012177

Catalogue: Hobbies Sport and Leisure

Keywords: Equestrian Sports Horse Riding Vaulting Handbook English Translation German Federation 0901366838

BUTLER PAT

Popular Judo

London, Thorsons. 1961, third edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. stunning red and blue artistic DW, tiny split at head of spine, and a very short tear at bottom of rear panel, price clipped. Book crisp red boards. book printed on sized art paper with many b&w photos of the techniques. 78pp. Pat Butler was a leading light in the 1950s UK Judo movement. this book covers syllabus for the belts from white through to black, and includes a chapter on Judo and self defence. Towards the very rear the bottom margin is very lightly affected by some rippling to the pages. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 000203

Catalogue: Hobbies Sport and Leisure

Keywords: Martial Arts Judo Combat Sports

ELLIOT PAUL & CHRIS MCCUBBIN

GURPS, Atomic Horror, Science Runs Amok in B-Movie Adventures

Steve Jackson Games. 1993, First Edition. (ISBN: 1556342713) Soft Cover, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. (500 grm rate) unsold shop stock, bumped and split tail of spine and light handling wear, 128pp. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 006839

Catalogue: Hobbies Sport and Leisure

Keywords: Role Playing Game Supplement Rpg Gurps Generic Universal Role Playing System B-Movies 1556342713

BULLIVANT PETER

Electric Round-The-pole Flying

Hemel Hempstead, Model & Allied Publications. 1972, First Edition. Printer Wrapper, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. (500 gram rate) stapled sheets in printed wrapper, lightly soiled, 56pp, small annotation to inside rear cover, flying powered aeroplane models round a pole (attached to it), includes plans for building the models. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 002964

Catalogue: Hobbies Sport and Leisure

Keywords: Model Aeroplane Flying Radio Control Aviation Hobbies Flying

WILLETT PETER

An Introduction to the Thoroughbred

London, Stanley Paul. 1969, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. second impression of first edition, price clipped DW 180pp + plates, a little adhesive offset from the DW sleeve to the endpapers, origins and development of thoroughbred/ heredity and environment / Inbreeding / aspects of selection / blood-lines and families / stud book etc British throroughbreds. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 012452

Catalogue: Hobbies Sport and Leisure

Keywords: Equestrian Horse Breeding Horse Racing Thoroughbred British Stallions Sires Bloodstock Stud Flying Childers

KING PETER AND MUHAMMAD ALI

Muhammad Ali Picture Book

London, Concorde Distribution. 1976, First Edition. Printer Wrapper, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. Magazine, (500 gram rate) stapled newsprint sheets with pictorial paper wrappers, 66pp, small pen date to contents page. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 012648

Catalogue: Hobbies Sport and Leisure

Keywords: Boxing Heavyweight Muhammad Ali Cassius Clay Photographs Ephemera Booklet Magazine