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Auction No 369, Category: Sport

12 Lots (displaying 1 - 12)

Theodore Roosevelt "African Game Trails", 1910, and "Through the Brazilian Wilderness", 1914

Lot: 199

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £18
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Theodore Roosevelt African Game Trails, 1910, and Through the Brazilian Wilderness, 1914, both John Murray First Editions, latter showing some subtle repair to the cloth binding; uncut two sides; plates and maps complete. VG (2)   

Jack Hare "Gladiators of the Prize Ring, and My World Travels", Willsons, Nottingham, [1925],

Lot: 206

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Jack Hare Gladiators of the Prize Ring, and My World Travels, Willsons, Nottingham, [1925], octavo, pictorial boards, spine darkened, good; browning to b/w frontispiece and rear endpaper o/w fine internally; 304pp including photo-plates. 

Michael Herbert "Never Counted Out! The Story of Len Johnson, Manchester's Black Boxing Hero and Communist"

Lot: 207

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Michael Herbert Never Counted Out! The Story of Len Johnson, Manchester’s Black Boxing Hero and Communist, Dropped Aitches Press, 1992, A5 s/bk, 123pp; and Fred Deakin Peerless Jim Driscoll, Crescendo Publications, 1987, A5 s/b in d/jkt, 100pp. Fine. (2)

Nat Fleischer boxing softbacks comprising "Max Baer, the Glamour Boy of the Ring", 1942, 44pp

Lot: 208

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Nat Fleischer boxing softbacks comprising Max Baer, the Glamour Boy of the Ring, 1942, 44pp; Jack McAuliffe, the Napoleon of the Prize Ring, 1944, rust marks to title page,77pp; and Terrible Terry, the Brooklyn Terror, 1943, ex-library, some damp-staining, 64pp. Fair to fine. (3)

Carl A. Thimm "A Complete Bibliography of The Art of Fence, Comprising that of the Sword & of the Bayonet, Duelling, &c."

Lot: 209

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £42
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Carl A. Thimm A Complete Bibliography of The Art of Fence, Comprising that of the Sword & of the Bayonet, Duelling, &c., Franz Thimm, 1891; octavo, half-vellum, gilt, darkened; fine internally; t.e.g., uncut elsewhere; xvi,261,(3)pp.

Stanislaus Lynch "Hoof-Prints on Parchment: Hunting Poems", Irish Tatler [1952], orig.cloth,

Lot: 210

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £20
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Stanislaus Lynch Hoof-Prints on Parchment: Hunting Poems, Irish Tatler [1952], orig.cloth, signed & inscribed by the author March 1954; and four other pre-1940 works on fox-hunting, all illustrated. VG (5)

John Jackson "Hunting Songs and other Memorabilia", Fletcher & Speight, Bury, 1902, 1st Edn,

Lot: 211

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £20
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John Jackson Hunting Songs and other Memorabilia, Fletcher & Speight, Bury, 1902, 1st Edn, original gilt cloth, VG; b/w tissue-guarded Frontispiece and 4 other photo-plates. 59pp. [John Jackson was a huntsman with the Holcombe Harriers, 1867-1899]

[Sir Richard Clayton] "A Treatise on Greyhounds with Observations on the Treatment & Disorders of them"

Lot: 212

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
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[Sir Richard Clayton] A Treatise on Greyhounds with Observations on the Treatment & Disorders of them, T. Godsden, 1825, 2nd Edn, small octavo, contemp. half-leather gilt, over marbled boards, VG; first few pages including frontispiece & title page with some light damp-staining at the fore-edge o/w VG internally; uncut two sides; related newscutting on front pastedown; previous owners’ signatures, one dated 1884, the other of C. Ward-Jackson MP, Boer War & WWI veteran; pp.xiii,122. 

Paul Niedieck "With Rifle in Five Continents", Rowland Ward, 1909, First Edn, modern half-leather, gilt, fine;

Lot: 213

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £54
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Paul Niedieck With Rifle in Five Continents, Rowland Ward, 1909, First Edn, modern half-leather, gilt, fine; complete with all photo-plates and additional illustrations in the text; occasional tone marks in the margins; a corner tear to pp.207/8 requires repair. 

Nevill Armstrong "After Big Game in the Upper Yukon", John Long, 1937, 1st Edn, orig.gilt cloth

Lot: 214

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £26
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Nevill Armstrong After Big Game in the Upper Yukon, John Long, 1937, 1st Edn, orig.gilt cloth, gilt title faded o/w VG; V. Prescott-Westcar Big Game, Boers and Boches, 1937, 1st Edn, orig.gilt cloth, VG, occasional foxing; and a rebound copy of Mackie The Keeper’s Book, 1910. (3)

Boxing biography, chiefly softbacks, including James Murray "Three Tears for Glasgow", 1990, signed by the author;

Lot: 215

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Boxing biography, chiefly softbacks, including James Murray Three Tears for Glasgow, 1990, signed by the author; Stan Shipley Bombardier Billy Wells, 1993; Alan Roderick Johnny! The Story of the Happy Warrior, 1990; Fred Deakin Tommy Farr, 1989; and others, all first editions, mainly VG/VF. (8)

Tom Newman "Advanced Billiards", John Long, 1924, First Edn, original cloth, gilt, spine faded,

Lot: 216

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
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Tom Newman Advanced Billiards, John Long, 1924, First Edn, original cloth, gilt, spine faded, uncut at foot, fine internally with all plates; Billiards Simplified; or, How to Make Breaks, Frederick Warne, 1884, gilt cloth, a.e.g., recased with new endpapers, ownership inscription of 1885, plates complete, 64pp catalogue of snooker tables & equipment at rear by Burroughes & Watts; plus a later edition of Billiards Simplified with original printed cloth, lacking the catalogue. Good to VG (3)