Lot: 141
Bettinson & Bennison The Home of Boxing, Odhams [1922], 63 photo-plates; Bruce Woodcock Two Fists – and a Fortune, 1951, spine faded; James Corbett The Roar of the Crowd, Garden City, 1926; Eddie Eagan Fighting for Fun, 1932; Alexander Johnston Ten - And Out! 1928; and four other pre-1960 boxing titles. Fair to Fine. (9)
Lot: 142
Jack Goodwin Myself and My Boxers, 1924; Bohun Lynch The Complete Amateur Boxer, 1924, in chipped d/jkt; Doherty In the Days of the Giants, 1931; Eugene Corri Refereeing 1000 Fights, 1919, VG, and Gloves & the Man [1927] (requires repair); Bernard Angle My Sporting Memories, 1925 in fair d/jkt; and other boxing titles. Varied condition (9)
Lot: 143
Jack Dempsey Championship Fighting, Nicholas Kaye, 1950, 1st Edition, gilt cloth, VG; Bohun Lynch Knuckles and Gloves, Collins, 1922, 1st Edn. in fair d/jkt; Harry Cleveland Fisticuffs and Personalities of the Prize Ring, Sampson Low, n.d., gilt cloth, VG; and Bettinson & Tristram The National Sporting Club, 1901, quarto, vellum, gilt, worn. Fair to VG (4)
Lot: 144
W.Gibson The Farrier’s New Guide T. Longman, 1735, contemp. leather, worn, 1871 ownership inscription; frontispiece creased, and seven other VG plates; clean text; together with Weatherby The Racing Calendar for the Year 1815, C.H. Reynell, 1816, front board detached. (2)
Lot: 145
Trevor Wignall The Sweet Science, Chapman & Hall, 1926, 1st Edn, original cloth, gilt, some discolouration, ownership inscription to front paste-down, brown marks to pp.34 & 35, few marginal pencil marks, very largely good clean text; 32 fine photo-plates.
Lot: 146
Daniel Gormally Insanity, passion and addiction: a year inside the Chess world, 2016; and various others including Chess Yearbooks (15) from 1938. Four titles in Russian. Mainly s/bks. Fair to VF (33)
Lot: 147
Thomas Stoddart An Angler’s Rambles and Angling Songs, Edmonston & Douglas, 1866, original gilt cloth, front inner hinge weak o/w fine; The Angler’s Companion to the Rivers and Lochs of Scotland, Herbert Jenkins, 1923, VG; plus another. (3)
Lot: 148
Bernard Darwin John Gully and his times, Cassell, 1935, original cloth, gilt, worn at extremities; occasional spotting, frontispiece marked, three additional plates. Remainder mark at foot of textblock. The life of a famous prize fighter. 230pp
Lot: 149
Henry Downes Miles Pugilistica: The History of British Boxing, John Grant, 1906, tall octavo, 3 volumes, original gilt decorated cloth, spines a little faded o/w fine; uncut two sides; 64 plates (two double-page); foxing to endpapers and prelims, occasional minor spotting elsewhere. A VG set. (3)
Lot: 150
Gene Tunney A Man Must Fight, Cape, 1933, 1st Edn, original gilt cloth, VG; front inner hinge weak, photo portrait; and Nat Fleischer Jack Dempsey: The Idol of Fistiana, 1936, in slightly chipped d/jkt, photo portrait. Fine internally. (2)
Lot: 151
Collection of mainly Manchester City and International Cricketers’ signatures in small album, including Colin Bell, Andy Dibble, Tony Book, Gary Owen, Joe Royle, Alex Stepney, Shaun Goater; and South Africa & England Cricketers 1998 including Ian Botham, Gary Kirsten, Hansie Cronje, Sean Pollock, Alan Donald, Bob Willis, Paul Allott, Mike Atherton and many others; plus few TV celebrities with William Roache & Eddie Large.Signatures are ‘back to back’ and carefully annotated. Fine. (90)
Lot: 152
Album of autographs, 1990s, chiefly Sport, some Entertainers, with Lancashire Cricketers, Joan Collins, Francis Lee, Asa Hartford, Falcon (Gladiators), Manchester City players 1995 and 1997; West Indies Cricketers with Andy Roberts, Wes Hall, Courtney Walsh & others; TV Soap stars; Sammy McIlroy, Ray Illingworth, Ian Botham, Teddy Sheringham; South African Cricket Team 1998 including Hansie Cronje, Jacques Kallis, Alan Donald; Bob Willis, Richie Benaud; England Cricket Team 1997; Brian Kidd, Alex Ferguson, and many other well-known. Signed pages mostly ‘back to back’. Fine (124)
Lot: 153
Album of Cricket autographs 1998-2000, plus few Manchester United, with many International cricketers, plus County players; includes Graham Lloyd, Wasim Akram, Andy Flintoff, Jack Simmons, Robin Smith, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Henning Berg, Marcus Trescothick, Jack Russell, Nathan Astle, Anil Kumble, Andy Flower, Mpumelelo Olonga, Brian Lara, Curtley Ambrose, Chris Gayle, Viv Richards, David Gower, Graham Gooch, and many other well-known. Mostly annotated. Most signed pages ‘back to back’. Fine (165)
Lot: 154
Nimrod [Charles Apperley] The Life of a Sportsman, Kegan Paul, 1905, quarto, green gilt cloth, slightly worn, fine internally with 36 hand-coloured plates each with a titled tissue-guard.
Lot: 155
Paul Magriel The Memoirs of the Life of Daniel Mendoza, Batsford, 1951,1st Edn, fine in a faded d/jkt, chipped at corners; and James Fair Give Him to the Angels: The Story of Harry Greb, N.York, 1946, in a very worn d/jkt, with browning to endpapers, title page and text margins. (2)
Lot: 156
Pierce Egan Life in London; or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq., and his elegant friend Corinthian Tom, Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 1822, tall octavo, First Edition, third issue (with footnote on p.9 and first sheet of music numbered); contemp. half-calf worn, backstrip repaired and chipped in places; bookplate has been removed from the front pastedown o/w VG internally; complete with half-title & adverts, 36 hand-coloured plates and 21 wood engravings plus an extra coloured plate with adverts; 3 leaves of folding sheet-music; browned offset from each plate on to the facing page. Occasional minor spotting affects some page margins.
Lot: 157
Geoffrey Gambado Annals of Horsemanship, containing accounts of Accidental Experiments, and Experimental Accidents, J. Murray, 1811, original boards with good title label, backstrip worn away, hingeing weak; uncut; fine internally with 17 engraved plates by W.H. Bunbury; frontisp., title, xvi, 95pp
Lot: 158
Collection in albums and loose with many VG/Fine part-sets including Ty-Phoo Horses (19/25), Churchman Racing Greyhounds (41/50) including end-cards (No.1 stained on reverse), plus various Player, Pattreiouex, Wills & Gallaher issues; some sets stuck-down. Mixed condition. Also The Forged Stamps of all Countries, J.Dorn, 1930s, 240pp, VG.
Lot: 159
Cigarette & Trade Card sets (43) in 3 albums, mostly 1920s/1930s, some post-1950; includes many Players & Wills issues, Carreras Alice in Wonderland, Gallaher Racing Scenes, Jibco Screen Stars 2nd series. Also some odds. Mainly G/VF (43 sets + odds)
Lot: 160
Selection in plastic sleeves with some shipping interest including 1930s poster advert for trips to Tripoli, RP close-up of Gustav Hamel (“Flying at Hendon Series”), Ruhleben Camp Christmas 1916 greetings (PU), few of Irish interest, fine early chromo of Port Said, etc. Fair to VF (33)