John Player Art of Cricket
London, Secker & Warburg, 1983. More
Sport
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
The Truth About Trout. Observation, Presentation and the Functional Fly
Rosny Park, Tas-Trout Publications, 1988/ 1983. With the ownership signature of Audrey Abbie. More
The Foundations of Golf. Dedicated to the Late Beginner
New York, McBride, 1926 [first edition]. 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 detached autograph album leaf (135x105mm) signed in ink by members of the tenth South African touring team in England, 1951
There are eleven signatures: Rowan (presumably when captain), Endean, Chubb, McCarthy, McGlew, McLean, Mann, Mansell, Melle, Waite and van Ryneveld. Slight corner creases (well away from the signatures); in excellent condition. 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
The Adelaide Friends of Sri Lankan Cricket present an Evening with the Sri Lankan Cricket Team. Saturday, January 4, 2003 .. [cover title]
A program (octavo, 12 pages of colour photocopy) signed by the entire squad of eighteen next to their portraits on the last few pages; a fine copy. The fifteen players are Jayasuriya, Attapatu, De Silva, Vaas, Muralitharan, Tillakaratne, Jayawardena, Arnold, Sangakkara, Fernando, Gunawardene, Gunaratne, Fernando, Nissanka and Mubarak. Offered together..... More
Board of Control for Cricket in India 1929-1979. Golden Jubilee Commemoration Volume
[Bombay, Board of Control for Cricket in India, 1980]. More
Skiing the High Plains. A History of the Ski Exploration of Victoria's Alpine Area
[Armadale, The Author, 1982]. More
The Real Thing. A small broadside (295 x 210 mm) limited to 500 numbered copies - signed by Stoppard - of an extract from his play of the same name published by Faber in 1982
It is a monologue on the construction of a cricket bat. 'Henry: (holding his cricket bat). This thing here, which looks like a wooden club, is actually several pieces of particular wood cunningly put together in a certain way so that the whole thing is sprung, like a dance floor..... More
Defence '87 Down Under [The America's Cup - Australia 1987]
Netley, Samaria, 1986. Inscribed and signed by James Hardy (yachtsman, etc, etc) on the flyleaf, and inscribed, dated (1986) and signed by the artist on the half-title. More
Obstacle Race. Aborigines in Sport
Sydney, University of New South Wales Press, 1996 [revised edition]/ 1995. With the ownership signature of the anthropologist Peter Sutton. More
Salmon Fishing
London, Seeley, Service, [1935]/ 1931. Volume X in the Lonsdale Library. Loosely inserted are three illustrated advertising items; The Angler's Weekend Book, staple bound, 8 pages, fine; Greased Line Fishing for Salmon, a 2 page flyer folded in the middle, excellent [and] The Lonsdale Library 'bookmark' (printed on both sides)..... More
Official Souvenir. 1946 Davis Cup Challenge Round.. Kooyong, Australia. December 26, 27 and 28, 1946
Sydney, Lawn Tennis Association of Australia, 1946. The honour of organising this, the first post-war Davis Cup competition, and of making the draw, fell to Australia, the holder of the trophy since 1939. 'Challenges by Italy and Hungary were rejected by Australia on the grounds that for 1946 at least..... More
Terowie Athletic Club. Annual Sports. New Year's Day .. 1919.. Official Programme
Terowie, Terowie Athletic Club (printed by 'Times' Print, Peterborough), 1919. + The 'Official Program' [sic] for the event held two years later, on 3 January 1921. Apart from buff-coloured wrappers, it is similar in all respects, albeit in fine condition. The contemporary ownership details of Miss J. Markey are pencilled..... More
Breeding the Racehorse. Edited and translated by Edward Spinola
London, J.A. Allen, 1959/ 1958. More
Fly Dressers' Guide
London, Black, 1972/ 1970 (fourth edition)/ 1952. More
A Springbok Down Under. South Africa on Tour 1931 - 1932. Based on the Diary of Ken Viljoen
Tasmania, Apple Books, 1991. Number 182 of only 400 copies. Signed by both authors. More
Studies of an Angler
Melbourne, The Author, 1950. More
Studies of an Angler
Melbourne, The Author, 1950. More