Paris: Librarie de Firmin-Didot et Cie. 1879. First edition. Quarto. 132,[1],pp. Three-quarter leather over marbled boards with gold-tooled lettering and decoration on spine and gold-stamped borders on covers. Raised bands. Top edge gilt. Ribbon marker. Marbled endpapers. Frontispiece. First edition of this rare work on deer hunting and hunting dogs..... More
Berlin: Adolf Ecksteins Verlag, ca. 1916. Hardcover. Elephant folio. (Unpaginated). Maroon cloth with title stamped in gold on cover, corners of front board edged in decorative raised brass. Four raised studs on back cover. Elaborate publications with expensive bindings such as this were issued with brass studs to protect the..... More
Amsterdam and Leipzig: Arkstee et Merkus, 1764. Second Edition, in French only. Hardcover. Oblong Quarto. (4) 52 (2)pp., 9 plates, two of them folding. Bound in full brown morocco with gilt and blind-tooling to covers, gilt lettering and ruling on spine. Title page printed in red and black, with publisher's..... More
München: Verlag von Franz Hanfstaengl, ca. 1887. First edition. Hardcover. Portfolio. Unpaginated. 12 loose plates, as issued. Original decorative red cloth, with gold lettering on front board. Decorative endpaper and flaps. Title-page in gold lettering, with publisher's device. Extremely rare and exquisite work on equestrian sport, profusely illustrated with 12..... More
![Item #39574 East Kent Hunt (Fox Hunting) [WITH 24 ORIGINAL SILVER GELATIN PHOTOGRAPHS]. n/a](/pictures/thumb/39574.jpg?v=1439339908)
East Kent: NP, ND (ca 1910). First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. Unpaginated. [6] thick cardstock leaves, as issued. Original gilt-, and blind-stamped burgundy cloth, with gold lettering to spine. Striking collection of 24 original silver gelatin prints documenting the opening of a fox-hunting season in East Kent, a hunting ground located..... More
Bellows Falls, Vermont: Stephen Daye Press. Published for the National Ski Association, n/d. Hardcover. 19 volumes. 8vo. Rebound. Half gilt-lined leather over blue cloth with gold decorated spine. Some scuffing and discoloration to boards. Chipping and abrasions to spines of a few volumes. Spines of 1939 & 1948 volumes sunned..... More
![Item #19221 Sport in Art [SIGNED with two ORIGINAL LETTERS]. William A. Baillie-Grohman](/pictures/thumb/19221.jpg?v=1434441415)
London: Ballantyne and Co., ND. Edition de Luxe. Hardcover. 1/25. Sm. folio. xxiii,422,[1],pp. Brown suede with gold-stamped illustration of medieval hunting scene, gold lettering on cover and spine. Age wear to binding. Two-inch split along head of spine on front board. Abrasions to parts of leather. Top edge gilt. Fore-..... More
New York/Chicago/Philadelphia: A.G. Spalding & Bros, ca. 1894. First edition. Softcover. Oblong octavo. Approx. 8x11". 80pp. Illustrated tan stapled wrappers with black lettering on the cover. The publication is an early catalog of gymnasium and other assorted sporting equipment from A.G. Spalding & Bros. The internationally famous sporting goods company..... More
Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. Signed "Ali" on title page at a Book Soup event with his photographer Howard L. Bingham in 1993, Hollywood. Due to the effects Parkinsons Disease had taken on Ali's health he signed the book with just "Ali." Quarto. 192pp. Original marine blue..... More
New York: Time Inc. Home Entertainment, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Signed "Ali" on front free endpaper at a Book Soup event with his photographer Howard L. Bingham in 1993, Hollywood. Due to the effects Parkinsons Disease had taken on Ali's health he signed the book with just "Ali." Quarto. 192pp. Original..... More
![Item #49085 Muhammad Ali Memories [SIGNED]. Thomas Hauser, Neil Leifer, text, photographs](/pictures/thumb/49085.jpg?v=1646073179)
New York: Rizzoli, 1992. First edition. Softcover. Signed "Ali" on title page at a Book Soup event with his photographer Howard L. Bingham in 1993, Hollywood. Due to the effects Parkinsons Disease had taken on Ali's health he signed the book with just "Ali." Folio. Unpaginated. Original color photo-illustrated stiff wraps..... More
![Item #49084 Muhammad Ali. A Portrait in Words and Photographs [SIGNED]. Wilfrid Sheed](/pictures/thumb/49084.jpg?v=1646073169)
New York: Lawrence Schiller, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. Signed "Ali" on title page at a Book Soup event with his photographer Howard L. Bingham in 1993, Hollywood. Due to the effects Parkinsons Disease had taken on Ali's health he signed the book with just "Ali." Quarto. 255 (1)pp. Original red..... More
![Item #23843 Arena. Neun Steinzeichnungen [SIGNED]. Personal copy of Hans Ossenbach. Gino von Finetti](/pictures/thumb/23843.jpg?v=1434441560)
Berlin: Volksverband der Bücherfreunde, 1927. First edition. Hardcover. Portfolio. 3/4 cloth over paper covered boards, with a stone drawing illustration on front board. Title-page, [3]pp. of text, 8 loose-leaf plates of stone drawings. Fascinating Art work by one of the leading illustrators of his times. Gino von Finetti made his..... More
Berlin: Anton Bertinetti, n/d. Hardcover. 16mo. 111pp. Quarter cloth over gold and black decorated green cloth. Decorative color silk-moire endpapers. Published as an invitation to the first German horse-exhibition held in Berlin from the 12th - 22nd June, 1890. (Einladung zur ersten allgemeinen Pferde-Ausstellung zu Berlin vom 12. bis 22..... More
Düssedorf: NP, ca. 1926. Softcover. Ex-library. 8vo. 12 pages of text followed by 20 pages of plates. Laminated wrappers protected by modern mylar. A rare catalogue of an exhibition held in Düssedorf in 1926 of art works in relation to sports and physical training. Foreword by Dr. Walter Cohen. Illustrated..... More
Milano: Selleria A. Pariani, ND (ca 1930). First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 42pp. Original illustrated wrappers protected by modern mylar. Photographic title-page. Rare catalogue of saddles, harnesses and various other riding equipment by the Italian saddle manufacturer A. Pariani Selleria. Founded in 1903, Pariani become famous for the skilled craftsmanship and..... More
Berlin: Anton Bertinetti, n/d. Softcover. 16mo. 111pp. Original gilt and black-stamped soft orange leather. Published as an invitation to the first German horse-exhibition held in Berlin from the 12th - 22nd June, 1890. (Einladung zur ersten allgemeinen Pferde-Ausstellung zu Berlin vom 12. bis 22. Juni 1890). Contents: Organisation der Ausstellung..... More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1887. Stanley Berkeley. Large Paper. Hardcover. Lg. 8vo. xxvi, 446 pp. Gilt decorated 3/4 blue morocco over gilt stamped orange cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Expertly rebacked retaining original boards. Light rubbing to edges. Corners lightly bumped. Gilt top edge. Pages untrimmed. Light..... More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1886. Large Paper. Hardcover. Lg. 8vo. Gilt decorated 3/4 blue morocco over gilt stamped orange cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Expertly rebacked retaining original boards. Light rubbing to edges. Corners lightly bumped. Gilt top edge. Pages untrimmed. Silk ribbon marker. The Badminton Library..... More
![Item #34757 Legkaia atletika dlia zhenshchin [women's track and field athletics]. Iu. Vonzblein,...](/pictures/thumb/34757.jpg?v=1434442215)
Mockba (Moscow): Fizkultura i sport, 1930. Limited First edition. Softcover. 1/5000. Small quarto. 109, [3]pp. Original photo-illustrated wrappers. Scarce first edition of this remarkable monograph on women's track and field athletics profusely illustrated with 90 b/w drawings and photographic reproductions. This work was written by Iu. Vonzblein, in collaboration with..... More
Varsovie (Warsaw): Sport Y Turystyka, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 88pp. Original decorative dust-jacket over cloth, with gold lettering on front board. Pictorial endpapers. Fascinating work commissioned by the Polish Olympic Committee, and praising the winter sports in Poland. The numerous photogravures in duo tone illustrate the different sections dedicated..... More
Leiden: Brill. Hes & De Graaf Publishers, 2014. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 783 (1)pp. Original black cloth with gilt lettering on cover and spine, in original illustrated dustjacket, b/w lettering on spine; housed in matching illustrated slipcase. Illustrated half-title. Frontispiece. Publisher's device on title page. This elaborate and luxuriously produced..... More
![Item #48717 The Dettes. A Catskill Legend [SIGNED]. Eric Leiser](/pictures/thumb/48717.jpg?v=1631562859)
New York: Willowkill Press, 1992. First limited edition. Hardcover. 86/200 signed by Walt, Winnie and Mary Dette, and Eric Leiser on colophon. Quarto. 267 (1)pp. Original tan calf with blind-stamped bait hook symbols on front and back cover over cream cloth and gilt-red lettering, tooling and ruling on spine; housed..... More
Berlin: Klasing & Co. G.m.b.H., 1935. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. 261pp. Original illustrated wrappers with brown and red lettering on front cover. Fascinating official catalogue of the International Car and Motorcycle Fair exhibition held in Berlin in 1935. This scarce catalogue is complete with all its maps (most of them..... More
Leipzig: Arbeiter-Turnverlag AG, 1929. Softcover. 4to. Stapled, color illustrated wraps, as issued (three in photomontage). 120pp., continuos pagination. Profusely illustrated with b/w and duo-tone reproductions of photographs of the games and events of the second Workers Olympics, held in 1929 in Nürnberg (Nuremberg). The first Olympics of this kind took..... More