The White Stallions of Vienna
London, The Sportsman's Press, 1985/ 1963. More
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Bits and Pieces. Being Motor Racing Recollections of "B. Bira"
London, G.T Foulis & Co. Ltd, 1947 [sixth impression, but 'fifth edition' printed on spine of dustwrapper]/ 1942. More
History of Yorkshire County Cricket 1903 - 1923. [Together with] ... 1924 - 1949
Leeds, Chorley and Pickersgill/ The Electric Press and the Yorkshire County Cricket Club, 1924 and 1950. More
Victor Richardson. A Great Australian All Round Sportsman
Flagstaff Hill, The Author, 2021. Ian and Greg Chappell, Victor Richardson's grandsons, have each written a foreword; the author has signed the title page of this copy. More
A vintage photograph of the 'Rover Football Team (Premiers 1909 and 1910)'
Mildura, Henry T. Stevens, 1910. The photograph was taken when the Rovers won the 1910 premiership; they were the forerunners of the Renmark Rovers Football Club. The origin of the Riverland Football League 'was in 1909 when Lyrup, Renmark Town and Fairview Rovers founded the Murray Football Association' (Wikipedia). In..... More
A vintage photograph of the Rover Football Team, '1910 Premiers'
Mildura, Henry T. Stevens, 1910. The photograph was taken when the Rovers won the 1910 premiership; they were the forerunners of the Renmark Rovers Football Club. The origin of the Riverland Football League 'was in 1909 when Lyrup, Renmark Town and Fairview Rovers founded the Murray Football Association' (Wikipedia). In..... More
A vintage photograph of the team, captioned 'S.P.S.C. v. P.A.C. Annual Football Match, 1903. Won by P.A.C. by 5 goals 10 behinds to S.P.S.C. 3 goals 8 behinds'
Adelaide, The Gresham Studio, 5, King William St. 1903. Those featured in the photograph are (left to right, top to bottom) J.F. Bagot, J.A. Yuill, C.N. Mackenzie, S.D. Ronald, M.H. Moyes, and V.C. Cresdee; T.A. Caterer, Esq. (a master), F. Chambers, W.H. Job, W.G. Duncan, M.J.D. Murray, W.C. Sangster, W.H...... More
Cricket Nurseries of Colonial Barbados. The Elite Schools, 1865-1966
Barbados, The Pres University of the West Indies, 1998. More
Learning the Ropes. The Life Story of a 'King of the Knockouts'
Canberra, Aboriginal Studies Press, 1992. With the ownership signature of anthropologist Peter Sutton. More
The Arab Horse in Europe. History and Present Breeding of the Pure Arab
London, George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1970 (first English edition). More
Trout Quest
Melbourne, Lansdowne, 1969. More
Angaston Football Club. The Strange but True Football Facts of the Blue and Whites. A Brief History
Angaston, The Club, 2004. More
Early Cricket in Sydney. Edited by Cashman, Richard and Stephen Gibbs
Sydney, NSWCA, 1991. Signed by the editors on the title page. More
Hallett Cricket Club, 1878-2001. Reunion at Hallett Hall, 15th September, 2001
[Hallett, Hallett Cricket Club], 2001. Dated (15 September 2001) and signed in ink on the title page by the author. This copy bears the ownership signature (twice) of John Honan (a key player). Loosely inserted are five original black and white snapshot-sized photographs of HCC teams (only one of which..... More
Cricket on the Limestone Plains. The History of the A.C.T. Cricket Association, 1922-1992
[Canberra, The Author], 1992. Inscribed and signed by the author. More
A silver medallion 'Presented to R. Sadler 1884' by the Semaphore Football Club
Adelaide, Stevenson [Brothers, Jewellers], 1884. The South Australian 'Register' (Friday 27 June 1884) has an account of a recent match between Carlton and an Adelaide and Suburban Football Association team, with R. Sadler in the side: 'The match between the above teams, which was to have been played on Wednesday..... More
An album of photographs of a skiing holiday at the Cresta Palace Hotel, Celerina (near St Moritz), Switzerland, in the winter of 1912-1913
The first seven photographs (captioned on the album leaves), and another 22 loosely inserted in an envelope mounted on the rear pastedown (15 postcard-format, 6 small snapshots, all captioned on the verso), show members of the Reid family of Glasgow and various friends enjoying themselves in the snow and on..... More
Climbs and Ski Runs. Mountaineering and Ski-ing in the Alps, Great Britain and Corsica
London, Adam and Charles Black, 1957/ 1929. With a long introduction by Geoffrey Winthrop Young. More
The Australian Golfer
Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1906. The first Australian golf book of any substance. Daniel Gordon (Dan) Soutar was born in Carmyllie, Scotland in 1882. 'In 1888, his family moved to the nearby seaside resort town of Carnoustie where - over the next 15 or so years - he received a...... More
A South Adelaide Football Club ('SAFC') member's badge
Undated, but undoubtedly early, and possibly the club's first enamel badge. More
A vintage photograph of the 'South Adelaide Football Club. First Twenty. 1879'
Adelaide, Melbourne Photo. Co., 16, 18 and 20, Rundle Street, 1879. Those featured in the photograph are (left to right, top to bottom) are G.F. Sharpe, T. Reid, C. Kerr, R. Absalom, S.A. Wallace (captain), A. Mehrtens (vice-captain), Jno. Donnell, C. Coley, J. Douglas, C.C. Kingston (Association delegate); F. Mehrtens..... More
A vintage photo-montage of the 'South Adelaide Football Club. Played 16 Matches. Won 14. Drawn 1. Lost 1. Premiers 1892'
The 31 individuals featured in the photograph are (as numbered): Hon C.C. Kingston MP (president), W.G. Coombs (chairman), J. Maddern (secretary), F. Marlow (treasurer), J. Reedman (captain), W. Bushby (vice-captain), W. Anderson (committee), S. Shepherd (committee), A. Ramsay (committee), A. Hamon (committee), G. Rowley, A. Goode, A. Bushby, T. Cook..... More
A detached autograph album leaf (165x195mm) signed in pencil by the South African touring team in Australia at the time of the First Test in Brisbane, 5-10 December 1952. The signatures are Cheetham (Captain), Endean, Fuller, Funston, Innes, Keith, McGlew, McLean, Mansell, Melle, Murray, Norton, Tayfield, Waite and Watkins (plus Viljoen, the Manager). 'Initial reactions to South Africa's third visit to Australia were unfavourable ... Fears that the Tests would be one-sided with little public appeal proved to be unfounded. Not only was the visiting team competitive but shared the Test series two-all, with one drawn' (Webster)
On the verso are the pencil signatures of the New South Wales team for the match against Queensland, 24-28 October 1952 (SSM 434). The heavyweights are Miller (Captain), Barnes, Benaud, Burke, Carroll (12th man), Craig, Davidson, de Courcy, Flockton, Lindwall, Morris, Trueman (and Sydney Trumper, the Manager). Barnes, Lindwall, Miller..... More
An original 'S.A.C.A... Lady's Ticket' for 1900-01
The ticket (number 435) was issued to 'H.E. Hodge Esq'; the initials against the printed title of 'Hon. Treas.' are indecipherable, but they do not appear to be those of Mostyn Evan, SACA treasurer from 1898 to 1910. More