Sporting Art Books

Fine Angling For Coarse Fish, Lonsdale Library Book. One of the volumes from Lonsdale Library, Fine Angling For Coarse Fish, with original dust cover. The book with one hundred and forty-eight illustrations. The Lonsdale Library of Sports, Games & Pastimes, Editors The Right Hon. The Earl of Lonsdale & Mr. Eric Parker...

Antique Croquet Rule book by John Jacques. A rare early Croquet 'Laws and Regulations' book by John Jaques. Published in 1865 with illustrated diagram...

Golf book, British golf links by Horace Hutchinson. An original copy of the first thorough study of the British golf links courses, one for the true co...

Dean's champion hand books, lawn tennis By Straw Hat. A rare instructional pocket book on Lawn Tennis by Straw Hat (Mr. J. Jeffery). This little book is part of Dean & Son Ltd., the...

Vintage fishing book, The Natural Trout Fly And Its Imitation By Leonard West. A 2nd edition angling book by Leonard West entitled 'The Natural Trout Fly An...

Famous Cricketers and Cricket Grounds 1895. Large late Victorian first edition cricket book "Famous Cricketers and Cricket Grounds 1895" edited by C.W. Alcock and published by Hudson & Kearns and 'News of the World', London. The unpaginated book with faded gilt edge pages, green cloth covering with gilt title to front cover with a gilt image of a cricketer (W.G. Grace) in front of the stumps. Internally very clean, cover rather worn, first few pages lose. Throughout the book there are large format full-page photographs of cricketers (majority by E. Hawkins & Co., Brighton) with facsimile signatures and descriptive captions. The last photo is of the books editor, C.W. Alcock, himself a fair cricketer and footballer in his school days at Harrow. He had over twenty-five years' service in football as the Secretary of the Football Association, and only a little less as Secretary of the Surrey County Cricket Club. He took a leading roll in the formation of the code of rules which resulted ultimately in what is known as the Association game. Front page with text 'Famous Cricketers and Cricket Grounds 1895, edited by C.W. Alcock, London, Published by Hudson & Kearns, 83-87, Southwark Street, S.E. and 'News of the World', 9 & 10 Whitefriars Street, E.C'. There is an alphabetical index listing all 285 photographs. There is a small trade label inside 'Brentano's, Booksellers & Stationers, 37 Avenue de L'Opéra, Paris'. Great collection of cricket photographs, far too many to mention, but does include:- W.G. Grace, C.B. Fry, Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji. Team photos of Surrey, Gentlemen 1894, Players 1894, Kent, Lancashire, Gloucestershire, Somerset , 1891-1892 Lord Sheffield's Australian Team, The Australians 1893 "Eighth Team", Sussex, Yorkshire, Middlesex, Leicestershire County, Nottingham, Warwickshire County, Cambridge University, Oxford University, Gentlemen 1895, Players 1895, Essex, Hampshire & Derby. A photograph of Lord's Cricket Ground - Eton & Harrow match 12th July 1895. Photos of the following cricket grounds:- Sussex County Ground (Hove), Somerset County Ground (Taunton), Old Trafford Ground (Manchester), Cambridge University Cricket Ground, Oxford University Cricket Ground, Canterbury Cricket Ground, The Oval Cricket Ground, Lords...

A good 1st edition angling book by Captain Hale of the East Lancashire Regiment entitled 'How to Tie Salmon Flies'. This is a hard back copy with original...

Two volume set of first edition (1836) books, 'The Complete Angler' by Izaak Walton and printed by William Pickering. Hard back copies beautifully boun...

Antique Golf Book, The Golf Courses of the British Isles Described by Bernard Darwin. A fantastic first edition golf book written by Bernard Darwin, one...

Fishing Book, The Dry-Fly Fisherman's Entomology. A fantastic first edition fishing book written by Martin E. Mosely, F.E.S. published 1921, George Rout...

A fine golf book in excellent condition, "Essentials of Golf" by Abe Mitchell. Hard back copy with beige cloth cover and green title to spine and front board...

Perrier golf book, Charles Crombie Rules of Golf. An original Perrier Rules of Golf, Illustrations by Charles Crombie. The wonderful book contains the...