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British Sports and Sportsmen, Past and Present -
Circa 1913 - British Sports and Sportsmen, London - First Edition. Royal Edition, limited to 250 copies, of which this set is number 105.
Two large finely bound folios containing the biographies of 303 of leading British sportsmen from the eighteenth and (primarily) nineteenth centuries, practitioners of the hunt, polo, steeplechase, cricket, rugby, boxing, and other gentlemanly pursuits accompanied by approximately 300 full page photogravure portrait plates. With a fascinating introduction by Horace G. Hutchinson. Volume I covers Hugo Meynell 1735-1808 to The Hon. Egremont Lascelles 1825-1892; Volume II covers George Parr 1826-1891 to Henry Arthur, Viscount Chelsea 1868-1908.
Compiled and Edited by ‘The Sportsman’. Two large folio volumes [39x29cm] . Profusely illustrated.
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Circa 1913 - British Sports and Sportsmen, London - First Edition. Royal Edition, limited to 250 copies, of which this set is number 105.
Two large finely bound folios containing the biographies of 303 of leading British sportsmen from the eighteenth and (primarily) nineteenth centuries, practitioners of the hunt, polo, steeplechase, cricket, rugby, boxing, and other gentlemanly pursuits accompanied by approximately 300 full page photogravure portrait plates. With a fascinating introduction by Horace G. Hutchinson. Volume I covers Hugo Meynell 1735-1808 to The Hon. Egremont Lascelles 1825-1892; Volume II covers George Parr 1826-1891 to Henry Arthur, Viscount Chelsea 1868-1908.Compiled and Edited by ‘The Sportsman’. Two large folio volumes [39x29cm] . Profusely illustrated.
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Players and Slayers. With some Remarks and Reminiscences of Bernard Fanning - Inscribed and Annotated -
Leo Fanning
1910 - Gordon & Gotch, Wellington - First Edition
A rare copy of this idiosyncratic collection of articles on New Zealand rugby, inscribed and annotated by the author.
Leo Fanning has not only inscribed this copy to the artist Maurice Poulton ‘with good wishes 27 Aug 58’ but he also adds hand-written comments to ‘A Barmaid’s Monologue’ (page 135) to which he writes ‘a “fake” interview. Those were the days of young barmaids.’ and also his article ‘A Handy Man’s Lament’ (page 140) to which he adds by hand ‘Another “fake” - The “local colour” for this splurge was got from a tramp across the South Island with Sid Jenkinson on February, 1899’’.
Bernard Fanning, who supplies the additional ‘remarks and reminiscences’, was a Canterbury Lock, and All Black (1903 22-3 vs Australia, in Sydney).
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1910 - Gordon & Gotch, Wellington - First Edition
A rare copy of this idiosyncratic collection of articles on New Zealand rugby, inscribed and annotated by the author.Leo Fanning has not only inscribed this copy to the artist Maurice Poulton ‘with good wishes 27 Aug 58’ but he also adds hand-written comments to ‘A Barmaid’s Monologue’ (page 135) to which he writes ‘a “fake” interview. Those were the days of young barmaids.’ and also his article ‘A Handy Man’s Lament’ (page 140) to which he adds by hand ‘Another “fake” - The “local colour” for this splurge was got from a tramp across the South Island with Sid Jenkinson on February, 1899’’.
Bernard Fanning, who supplies the additional ‘remarks and reminiscences’, was a Canterbury Lock, and All Black (1903 22-3 vs Australia, in Sydney).
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Fifty Years of Rosslyn Park -
C. C. Hoyer Millar
1929 - Printed Privately for the Club by Wyman & Sons Ltd., London - First Edition
Rosslyn Park Football Club was founded over 130 years ago in 1879 by departees of Belsize Park RFC and named after Rosslyn Hill in NW3, the club became the first club based in England to play rugby internationally when it faced Stade Francais in Paris on 18 April 1892.
This is the most comprehensive history of the club, illustrated with twenty black and white photographs.
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1929 - Printed Privately for the Club by Wyman & Sons Ltd., London - First Edition
Rosslyn Park Football Club was founded over 130 years ago in 1879 by departees of Belsize Park RFC and named after Rosslyn Hill in NW3, the club became the first club based in England to play rugby internationally when it faced Stade Francais in Paris on 18 April 1892. This is the most comprehensive history of the club, illustrated with twenty black and white photographs.
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The Rugby Football Annual 1922-23 -
Charles Marriott (editor)
1922 - Walker & Co., 38 Heath Road - First Edition
A near fine and thus scarce example of the sixth issue of this annual which ran up to 1939-40 and is the primary reference for rugby in this period.
Beginning with articles on notable rugby men, summing up of the seasons matches teams and players; Club Football in 1921-1922,; Half-Back Play; How to Coach a School Team; The Game in the North; followed by results of international, public school, and Oxbridge matches, with players; The Laws of the Game of Football as played by The Rugby Football Union; and finally a list of international and local fixtures for the coming season.
Interspersed throughout with wonderful period advertisements and black and white photographs.
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1922 - Walker & Co., 38 Heath Road - First Edition
A near fine and thus scarce example of the sixth issue of this annual which ran up to 1939-40 and is the primary reference for rugby in this period.Beginning with articles on notable rugby men, summing up of the seasons matches teams and players; Club Football in 1921-1922,; Half-Back Play; How to Coach a School Team; The Game in the North; followed by results of international, public school, and Oxbridge matches, with players; The Laws of the Game of Football as played by The Rugby Football Union; and finally a list of international and local fixtures for the coming season.
Interspersed throughout with wonderful period advertisements and black and white photographs.
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British Sports and Sportsmen: Cricket and Football. Edited in conjunction with The Sporting Life -
P. F. Warner (editor) , George Lyttelton
1934 - Sports & Sportsmen Ltd., London - First and Limited Edition, number 894 of 1000
This massive and magnificently bound limited edition folio covers Cricket, Association Football, Rugby, and the final century of pages with profiles of ‘Prominent Players and their Performances’. Huzzah!
Heavily illustrated, beginning, of course, with a frontispiece of W. G. Grace, and a further 235 black and white photographic plates and in-text images. With contributions by major sportsmen and players of the era, and edited by Sir Pelham Francis Warner, known affectionately as the ‘Grand Old Man of English Cricket’.
Chapters on Rugby and Football include ‘The Rise of Rugby Football’, ‘Rugby Football at Universities’, and ‘The Evolution of Association Football’. Chapters on Cricket include ‘Cricket Tours Overseas’, ‘Gentlemen v. Players’, ‘Public Schools Cricket’ and ‘Cricket: An Honours List’.
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1934 - Sports & Sportsmen Ltd., London - First and Limited Edition, number 894 of 1000
This massive and magnificently bound limited edition folio covers Cricket, Association Football, Rugby, and the final century of pages with profiles of ‘Prominent Players and their Performances’. Huzzah!Heavily illustrated, beginning, of course, with a frontispiece of W. G. Grace, and a further 235 black and white photographic plates and in-text images. With contributions by major sportsmen and players of the era, and edited by Sir Pelham Francis Warner, known affectionately as the ‘Grand Old Man of English Cricket’.
Chapters on Rugby and Football include ‘The Rise of Rugby Football’, ‘Rugby Football at Universities’, and ‘The Evolution of Association Football’. Chapters on Cricket include ‘Cricket Tours Overseas’, ‘Gentlemen v. Players’, ‘Public Schools Cricket’ and ‘Cricket: An Honours List’.
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Price HK$ 2,000