Berlin: Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, 1925. Second revised (Zweite, verbesserte Auflage). Softcover. 8vo. vii,[1],110,[1]pp. Original printed wraps. Heft 7 of the series "Beiträge zur Turn- und Sportwissenschaft." Title-page signed by previous owner with handwritten note in blue ink (possibly by the author?) "A gift from Dr. Diem, 10/10/32." Dr. Carl Diem (1882-1962)..... More
New York: Horizon Press, (1968). (First Edition). Hardcover. 8vo. 192 pp. White cloth binding with dj. With 53 illustrations, mostly b&w photographs. Foreword by Chick Evans. Very light wear to cover. Dj with wear along edges, slight fading. Else in very good condition. More
Berlin: Das Museum Für Leibesübungen E.V., 1930. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 96pp. Tan cloth with brown lettering to cover. Corners slightly rubbed. Some discoloration and staining to boards. An interesting look at the history of the sport museum and its collections and of sport in general. Includes a look at..... More
Berlin: Sportverlag, 1956. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 79 (1)pp. Original color photo-illustrated wrappers with white and brown lettering on cover. Color photograph on back cover. Profusely illustrated with impressive sepia-toned photographs of festivities on the occasion of the opening of the new Leipzig sports stadium. Includes photographs of competitive sports..... More
Leipzig: Rudolf Schick & Co., 1928. First edition. Softcover. Oblong Octavo. 39pp. Original illustrated tan wraps. "Herausgegeben im Auftrage des Kölner Hauptausschusses durch P. F. Wiedemann und Fritz Winter (Published on order of the Cologne Main Committee by P.S Wiedemann...)." Illustrated with offset reproductions of sepia-toned photographs depicting close-ups, portraits..... More
Berlin: Deutscher Archiv-Verlag (Aus dem internationalen Olympischen Institut), 1941. 1. bis 5. Tausend (First edition). Hardcover. Sm. 4to. 292pp. Decorative gold-stamped blue cloth with gold lettering on spine in original illustrated dust jacket. Fascinating publication looking at the history of Asian horse-riding games. Delightfully illustrated with over 120 photographic color..... More
Lyon, Mississippi: Derrydale Press, 1998. Limited ed. Hardcover. 4to. x,385pp. 1/2500. Blue leather with gold lettering and decoration on front board and spine. This log contains "the incidents...mainly from [the author's] experiences during a continuous residence of five or six years, winter and summer, on the extreme southwestern portion of..... More
Frankfurt A.M. H. Bechhold Verlag, 1925. Second revised. Hardcover. Octavo. 228pp. 1/3 cloth over pictorial paper covered boards with gold lettering on spine, and red and black lettering on front cover. Fascinating and scarce work on light aircrafts for sport and travel, profusely illustrated with 195 reproductions of b/w photographs..... More
Boston; London: Little Brown, and Co.; Longmans, Green, and Co, 1894. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. XVI, 534pp. Original illustrated cloth. Decorative endpapers. Frontispiece protected with a tissue-guard. Oval minature portrait engraving of Sir Ashton Lever on title page. Fascinating work on the history and technique of Archery. With 23 illustration..... More
Remscheid: NP, ca. 1930's. Softcover. Rare price-list for Gloria roller skates by Herm. Becker: Abt.: Schlittschuh- und Rollschuhfabrik. 8vo. Pictorial wraps. 16 pages, including front and back wrapper. Illustrated with b/w drawings and 2 b/w reproductions of photographs. Stamp and handwriting by previous owner on front wrapper. Handwritten annotations in..... More
NP: Congreso PCC, (1980). Hardcover. 8vo. Unpaginated. Red cloth binding with photo-illustrated dj of Castro. Castro's book on sports, 1959-1980. With b&w photos and charts. Dj creased to front. Text in Spanish. Overall, in very good condition with good dj. More
Chicago: J. G. Ferguson Publishing Company, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. Large quarto. 464pp. Original cranberry colored handcrafted mission leather boards with illustration and embossed title on front, and gold lettering on spine. Speckled fore-edges. Illustrated endpapers. Book housed in its original artistically decorated box. In every field of endeavor, certain..... More
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1931. Hardcover. Quarto. Brown cloth with pasted-down illustration of "The Sportsman" on cover, t.e.g. 245 pp. Illustrated throughout in b&w. Very good condition. 1/850 copies. Contains "the accounts of explorers and travelers, on old records, newspaper items, and magazine descriptions, - all from the era..... More
Beaverton, Oregon: Touchstone, 1974. Hardcover. 4to. xii, 195 pp. Brown cloth with green spine, decorated with gold lettering, Original dj. One of 1200 copies. Signed by the author, Lee Richardsonon on dedication page. Decorative endpapers. Profusely illustrated with color facsimile photographs of time spent in the wilderness fishing in Oregon..... More
Wien: A. Pichlers Witwe & Sohn, 1927. Later edition. Softcover. Small octavo (7 1/2 x 4 1/4"). 119, [1]pp, [24]pp (Photographs). Original illustrated yellow wrappers, with black lettering to covers and spine. A collection of new German gymnastics exercises for school and clubs, built on the foundations of health, posture..... More
Braunschweig: Selbstverlag, 1925. Softcover. 8vo. 112pp. Stapled illustrated wraps, as issued. Rare sales catalog by the German sports equipment manufacturer v. Dolffs & Helle. The company founded in Braunschweig in 1865. Illustrated throughout with b/w drawings of many types of sports equipment and accessories. 6 page price-list laid-in, as published..... More
Leipzig: Grethlein & Co., n/d. Second edition. Softcover. 8vo. 102pp. Illustrated wrappers. Some spotting, discoloration, creasing and chipping to wraps. Head and tail of spine chipped. Frontispiece of Carpentier. Interesting booklet on Georges Carpentier's style of boxing. Carpentier (1894-1975) was light-heavyweight champion from 1920-22. Illustrated with reproductions of annotated b/w..... More
Berlin: Sportverlag, (1959). Hardcover. 8vo. 132 pp. Black cloth binding. Pamphlet laid in at front that folds out, with a color anatomical depiction and listing of all the muscles in the body. The other side has a diagram and listing in b&w of the body's bones. Photographs and drawings throughout..... More
Boston, London: Little, Brown & Co.; Longmans, Green & Co., 1894. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xvi, 534pp., 23 plates, incl. frontispiece, 1 folding map. Original illustrated brown cloth with black and silver lettering on cover, gilt vignette, black, silver and gilt lettering on spine. Decorative endpapers. Frontispiece with tissue guard..... More
NP, n/d. Softcover. Wraps. 30pp. Rules and guidelines of the 1908 Turnfest Nordamerikanischer Turnerbund (North American Gymnastic Union). Political unrest in 1848/49's Germany brought a few thousand refugees to the United States. Many of these were Turners, who soon after their arrival started to build Turner clubs after their German..... More
NP, n/d. Softcover. 1) Swimming and Diving, Empire Pool. 28pp. Stapled orange wraps. 2) Opening Ceremonies and Track and Field, Empire Stadium. 40pp. Stapled blue wraps. Two official programs of the 5th British Empire and Commonwealth Games which were held from 30th July - 7th August 1954 in Vancouver, Canada..... More
Oslo: Jewish Museum Oslo, 2014. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 58pp. Original color illustrated wraps with red and white lettering on cover. Inside cover photographs. Exhibition curated for the Jewish Museum Oslo to celebrate the bicentennial year "devoted to showing Jewish life and presence at its most ordinary and fundamentally "Norwegian"..... More
Lyon, Mississippi: The Derrydale Press, (1998). Limited Edition. Hardcover. 4to. xvi,189pp. 1/500. Blue leather with gold lettering and decoration on front board and spine. Frontis b/w reproduction of painting of various shark species. Includes many b/w reproductions of photographs, drawings or models, and early fishermen. A Blue Water Classic edition..... More
Stuttgart: Union Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft, ND (ca 1926). First edition. Softcover. Octavo. 161, [1]pp. Original illustrated wrappers. This early monograph on Hockey explore the skills, strategies, equipment, and the rules of the game. It is profusely illustrated with numerous b/w photographic reproductions. Edges slightly darkened and creased. Text in German, gothic..... More
Zürich: Verlag Julius Wagner, ca. 1928. First edition. Softcover. 8vo. 180,4pp. Stiff wrappers with white, orange and black lettering. Creasing, age wearing , staining and some discoloration to wrappers. Small closed tear to tail of spine. Frontispiece. A detailed account of major international sports events in 1927. Includes a special..... More