Sport
THE UNWRITTEN RULES OF BASEBALL: The Etiquette, Conventional Wisdom, and Axiomatic Codes of Our National Pastime.
Pp. xii+244, appendices, bibliography; cr. 8vo; printed papered boards; text block lightly browned; Collins, New York, 2010. Third printing. More
JOE DIMAGGIO: the hero's life.
Pp. xii+548, text illustrations (several full page), index; med. 8vo; two-tone grey papered boards, spine lettered in gilt; fore-edges uncut; dust wrapper; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Simon & Schuster, New York, 2000. First edition. More
THE DIMAGGIO ALBUMS: Selections from Public and Private Collections Celebrating the Baseball Career of Joe DiMaggio.
With an Introduction and Commentaries by Joe DiMaggio. In two volumes. Pp. 800 (continuously paginated), 56 plates (47 coloured), plus numerous black & white illustrations (many full page), index; demy 4to; qr. navy morocco, the spines numbered and ruled in gilt around raised bands, with gilt lettered and decorated red..... More
ROYAL CINQUE PORTS GOLF CLUB, DEAL.
A personal record of these ancient links in their centenary year. Pp. [56], printed on rectos only, illustrated in colour and black & white; oblong folio; blue cloth, upper board lettered and decorated in gilt; Grant Books, Droitwich, Worcestershire, 1992. Edition limited to375 numbered copies, signed by the president and..... More
THE GLORIOUS WORLD OF GOLF.
Special photography by Norman Synder. Pp. 250, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white (many full or double page), index; demy 4to; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed, the backstrip faintly faded; Hamlyn, London, 1973. First U.K. edition. [See Donovan & Murdoch 50740]. More
GOLF RULES EXPLAINED.
The ninth edition of the standard work on the rules of golf, fully revised and updated. Pp. 224(last blank), text illustrations and tables, glossary, index; pictorial glazed papered boards, with a couple of tiny bumps to bottom edges; dust wrapper; Greenwich Editions, London, 1996. Ninth edition, revised. *First published in..... More
THE GOLFERS.
Foreword by Henry Cotton. Pp. 192(last blank); printed paper wrappers, faintly soiled, publisher's imprint overprinted; dust wrapper, slightly soiled and rubbed; minor printing flaw to outer leaves; Collins, London, 1982. Uncorrected Proof Copy. Donovan & Murdoch 50750. More
GOLF COURSES OF THE PGA EUROPEAN TOUR.
With Gordon Richardson. Photography by Brian Morgan. Pp. 304, illustrated in colour throughout (many full or double page), index; med 4to; dust wrapper; upper hinge starting, the free endpapers faintly tape marked;Aurum Press, London, 1992. First edition. More
BASEBALL and the American Dream.
Pp. 264(last blank), text illustrations (several full and one double page); med. 8vo; dark blue cloth, lettered and ruled in white, the boards a trifle sprung and faintly scuffed; dust wrapper; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, the free endpapers faintly offset, outer leaves and edges lightly..... More
BENSON AND HEDGES GOLF YEAR.
2nd Edition 1991. Foreword by Jose-Maria Olazabal. Pp. 256, illustrated in colour and black & white throughout; cr. 4to; maroon boards, spine lettered in gilt, fore-edge of upper board and fore-corners slightly bruised; dust wrapper, edges lightly worn; ownership inscription on upper free endpaper, which is lightly soiled; Partridge Press..... More
BENSON AND HEDGES GOLF YEAR.
3rd Edition, 1992. Foreword by Bernhard Langer. Pp. 256, illustrated in colour and black & white throughout; cr. 4to; bottom edge of upper board lightly bruised; dust wrapper; Partridge Press, London, 1992. More
HEINEKEN WORLD OF GOLF 93.
Pp. 224(last blank), illustrated in colour throughout; bottom edge of upper board faintly bruised; dust wrapper; Stanley Paul, London, 1993. First edition. More
THOMAS EDWARDS & FAMILY: Farriers and Yachtsmen of Sandridge/Port Melbourne 1868-1961.
Pp. [vi]+60(last blank), pictorial title page, text illustrations (a couple full page), full page family tree, appendices; narrow demy 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, stapled, slightly scuffed, edges a trifle rubbed; Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society, Melbourne, 1997. First edition. More
THE GOLF MONTHLY ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF GOLF.
Pp. 256, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, pictorial endpapers, glossary, index; med. 4to; edges of boards lightly rubbed; dust wrapper, edges a trifle creased; edges of leaves faintly soiled; Golden Press, Sydney, 1990. First Australian edition. More
EAST LAKE COUNTRY CLUB HISTORY.
Home Course of Bobby Jones. Foreword by Furman Bisher. Pp. xiv+80(last blank), 3 coloured plates (1 double page), black & white text illustrations, index; demy 4to; gilt lettered dark green cloth, boards faintly marked; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed;Cherokee Publishing Company, Atlanta, Georgia, 1984. First edition. More
WHO'S WHO IN INTERNATIONAL GOLF.
Pp. 128, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white (one double page); dust wrapper; small red ink stain to bottom edge of a few leaves; Facts on File Publication, New York, 1983. First U.S. edition. Donovan & Murdoch 51500. More
QUANTUM GOLF.
The path to golf mastery. Pp. [ii]+xiv+120+[6](for notes), text illustrations and decorations, references; dust wrapper; Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1991. First Australian edition. More
FALCONS SILVER JUBILEE: 25 YEARS OF NETBALL.
Pp. 60, illustrated; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, stapled, a trifle marked; [Falcons Netball Club, Bendigo, Victoria, 1985]. More
ON COURSE FOR THE OPEN.
A pictorial autobiography. Pp. 128, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white; small cr. 4to; dust wrapper; Stanley Paul, London, 1987. First edition. More
GOLF - THE WINNING FORMULA.
Foreword by David Leadbetter. Pp. 240(last blank), 4 coloured plates plus numerous black & white illustrations; wide demy 4to; foot of spine bruised; dust wrapper, edges lightly creased, long closed tear from bottom edge of back panel, tape-repaired on reverse; edges of leaves a trifle soiled; Stanley Paul, London, 1992..... More
GOLF - THE WINNING FORMULA.
Foreword by David Leadbetter. Pp. 240(last blank), 4 coloured plates plus numerous black & white illustrations; wide demy 4to; dust wrapper; Stanley Paul, London, 1991. Seventh printing. More
THE GOLFER'S MANUAL being an historical and descriptive account of the national game of Scotland, by 'A Keen Hand',
and originally published in l857 and now reprinted with an introduction by Bernard Darwin. Pp. [vi]+xii+84+[4](last colophon, blank), frontispiece and pictorial headpieces by John O'Connor, glossary, appendix; demy 12mo; qr. green linen, spine lettered in gilt, patterned papered boards; top edges green, others uncut; within plain brown papered slipcase, which..... More
THE FAULKNER METHOD.
Photographs by Louis T. Stanley. Pp. 64(last blank), plus 92 pages of photographs; demy 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, boards lightly marked; price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly soiled, edges a trifle rubbed; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, outer leaves and edges foxed; Hutchinson, London, 1952. First edition..... More
CHECK LIST OF BOOKS ON ANGLING, FISH, FISHERIES, FISH-CULTURE, ETC. in the library of Daniel B. Fearing.
Pp. 138; Maurizio Martino Publishing, Mansfield Centre,CT., n.d.[c. 1998]. Edition limited to 150 copies. *Facsimile of the extremely limited (25 copies) 1911 first edition. Daniel Fearing's collection contained over 2,000 books on fish and fishing. More