Sport
More than a Game. History of the Western Province Cricket Board 1959-1991
Cape Town, Western Province Cricket Association, 2000. More
Handbook of Tasmania
Hobart, John Vail, Government Printer, 1914 (second edition)/ [1908]. Section IV (pages 305-420) is 'An Angler's Guide: Sport with Rod and Line', with much on fishing locations and fish species. The other sections are I: Information for Immigrants and Statistics; II: Australia's Playground and Health Resort; III: Crown Lands Laws..... More
Champions. The Racing Record of Famous Thoroughbreds in Australia
Sydney, Tralca, 1980. More
An official Australian Board of Control for International Cricket autograph sheet for the Australian Team on Tour, 1968
The seventeen signatures are Lawry (Captain), Ian Chappell, Connolly, Cowper, Freeman, Gleeson, Hawke, Inverarity, Jarman, Joslin, Mallett, McKenzie, Renneberg, Redpath, Sheahan, Taber and Walters. Very slightly creased; a fine copy. More
Laws of the Australasian Game of Football as adopted by the Australasian Football Council
Adelaide, South Australian Football League Limited (and printed by Lonnen & Cope), 1924. 'Umpires and stewards must report bad language and foul play, such as hitting with the fist and with the elbow. The game, according to the laws, is strong enough, there being no occasion for foulness of any..... More
A vintage photograph (captioned in the negative 'ARS. AFC | Stroud 27/4/18' and 'Photo | Comley'), featuring a team of rugby players wearing ARS-branded jerseys, with Australian servicemen in uniform behind them
We suggest the eighteen members of the squad come from the Aeroplane Repair Section of the Australian Flying Corps based at Leighterton. We purchased this photograph with a small group of aerial photographs of Leighterton Aerodrome, about which the Australian War Memorial has this to say: 'By 1917 the Australian..... More
Izaak Walton's 'The Compleat Angler'. The Art of Recreation
Brighton, The Harvester Press, 1988. A full-length study of Walton's classic of angling literature. More
Seaton Bent. Royal Adelaide Golf Club, 1992-2017
Mile End, Wakefield Press, 2017. More
The Quest of the Trout
Melbourne, Robertson & Mullens Ltd, 1926. A posthumous publication: the author 'died on the seventeenth of September, 1926, before this book had gone through the press; but it is written exactly as he left it, save that Part IV ['Where to Fish'] has been added by Mr. Frank Cudmore, a...... More
Irish Hunting
Tralee, The Kerryman, [1954]. The history, the colour and the pageantry of Ireland's thirty-five packs of foxhounds and staghounds. Illustrations by Lionel Edwards. More
The Bradman Albums. Selections from Sir Donald Bradman's Official Collection. Volume 1: 1925-1934... Volume 2: 1935-1949
Sydney, Rigby, 1987. This is an example of the deluxe edition limited to only 500 sets; a small printed numbered sheet of paper signed by Don Bradman was mounted in the first volume of each set when it was originally published. This set comes from the bindery archive and is..... More
Tench. How to Catch Them
London, Herbert Jenkins, 1956/ 1954. More
Recollections of the Murray Bridge Racing Club
Murray Bridge, The Author, 1989. More
England V. New Zealand 1902-1949. A Brief History of Cricket Between the Two Countries
Falmouth, The Barcliff Advertising and Publishing Co., Ltd., [1949]. More
The Noblest Game. A Book of Fine Cricket Prints
London, Harrap, 1969. More
The Spyder California. A Ferrari of Particular Distinction
Scarsdale, John W. Barnes, 1976. More
Wickets and Goals. Stories of Play
London, Chapman and Hall, 1926. With the ownership signature of Ernest H.M. Baillie, the sportswriter 'BAIL', who possessed an exceptional cricket library (see the MCG website). Includes Australia v England, 1893-1909. Also with the stamps (pocket, card and cancellation datestamp) of the Melbourne Cricket Club library. Catton also writes of..... More
Blue and Yellow. Being an Account of Two Seasons of B. Bira, the Racing Motorist, 1939 and 1946
London, G.T. Foulis & Co., Ltd., 1947. More
The Arabian Horse in America. New and Revised Edition
New York, Arco Publishing Company, Inc., 1974 (revised edition)/ 1957. This edition 'contains a great deal of new material that brings the Arabian story up to date'. More
The First Hundred Years. History of S. A. Tattersalls Club
Adelaide, Brolga Books, 1980. One of 1000 copies. More
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20th Australian XI Tour in Great Britain, 1948 [cover title]
Sydney, The Australian Board of Control for International Cricket Matches, 1948. Essentially the itinerary for 'The Invincibles'. The name 'Mr Niehuus' is written lightly in pencil on the front cover; this is probably Richard Niehuus (1917-2005) who 'played in ten first-class matches for South Australia between 1946 and 1948' (cricinfo)..... More
Adelaide District Cricket Club. A Grade - B Grade - C Grade Premiership Dinner .... 20th May 1959 [cover title]
[Adelaide, The Club, 1959]. And autographs there from this auspicious year, in which the Club won the premiership in all three grades in the 1958-59 season. Sir Don Bradman proposed the toast to the Club, and he is one of the signatories, along with Clarrie Grimmett, the Club coach. Among..... More
Australian Cricket Board. Retirement Dinner in Honour of P.L. Ridings, A.O. Grevillea Room, Hyatt Regency, Adelaide. Thursday 12th September, 1991 .... [cover title]
[Adelaide, Australian Cricket Board, 1991]. Philip Lovett Ridings (1917-1998) played first-class cricket for South Australia from 1937 to 1957; he was captain from 1946 to 1957. He was then a cricket administrator, serving as Chairman of the Australian Cricket Board from 1980 to 1983. Loosely inserted is an original colour..... More