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The Sydney Dream: A Special Issue of Not Only Black + White Magazine
$20.00 Add to cartMarcello Grand
Sydney: Studio Magazines, 2000.
A special issue of Not Only Black + White featuring nude photography of Australian Olympic Athletes for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. Published between 1992 and 2007 Black+White was a coffee table format magazine which featured work from some of the world’s top photographers, often nude or semi-nude portraiture, together with interviews with photographers and celebrities and articles on popular culture and current events. -
The Athens Dream: A Special Issue of Not Only Black + White Magazine
$30.00 Add to cartMarcello Grand
Sydney: Studio Magazines, 2004.
A special issue of Not Only Black + White featuring nude photography of Australian Olympic Athletes. Published between 1992 and 2007 Black+White was a coffee table format magazine which featured work from some of the world’s top photographers, often nude or semi-nude portraiture, together with interviews with photographers and celebrities and articles on popular culture and current events. This being the Michael Klim cover variant. -
Basic Tennis
$50.00 Add to cartBob Gordon
Waltham: American Publishing Corporation, 1972.
A basic guide to tennis illustrated by a naked young lady. -
A Tale of Two Teams: In Bonalbo League, 1964-1972
$30.00 Add to cartMargaret Marshall
[Brisbane]: Margaret Marshall, 2008. -
The Story of an Athlete (A Picture of the Past)
$650.00 Add to cartH. C. A. Harrison
Melbourne: Alexander McCubbin, No date.
Autobiography of one of the pioneers of Australian rules football, AFL. -
Rude Health
$20.00 Add to cartDavid Thorpe
London: Macmillan, 1981. -
Tiger Territory: The History of Oberon Rugby League
$65.00 Add to cartWendy Casey
Mudgee: Landers Publishing, 2009. -
The Complete History of Surfing from Water to Snow
$20.00 Add to cartNat Young
Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 2008. -
Hubbuck’s Diary 1926, Telegraphic Code and Export Price List
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21cm x 13.5cm. 7 plates, 52, [120], liv pages. Original green cloth, gilt lettering and decoration.
Extensive export price list of paints, varnishes, etc. of the firm Thomas Hubbuck & Son. This year with the firm’s registered labels for Spain, Japan, and China mounted in and including 7 photographic plates showing various sports: 1. Cricket, England V. South Affrica at Lords; 2. Polo, Jodhpur V. Eaton in final champion cup at Hurlingham; 3 & 4. Henley Regatta, Fourth Day; 5. Golf, Amateur championship at Westward Ho; 6. Golf, Open championship at Prestwick, Ayrshire; 7. Tennis at Wimbledon. The calendar is unmarked, the first page of memorandum has been ruled in pencil for use as a ledger, but has not been used.
Very minor general wear. Bookseller’s label. Near Fine Condition. -
Greats of Australian Surf
$40.00 Add to cartGraham Cassidy; Peter Crawford
Sydney: Lester-Townsend, 1983. -
Athletic Queensland: A History of Amateur Rowing, Boxing and Physical Development, Pedestrianism and Cycling, in Queensland
$1,200.00 Add to cartW. B. Carmichael; H. C. Perry
Brisbane: H. J. Diddams & Co., 1900.
Under the official patronage of the Queensland Rowing Association, Queensland Amateur Athletic Association, Brisbane Gymnasium, Queensland Cyclists’ Union. 4 works in 1 comprising the most detailed history of 19th century sport in early Queensland recorded by . Not only a detailed guide for physical fitness it is an invaluable record of local history. The four works are: 1. Amateur Rowing: By W. B. Carmichael with contributions by R. H. Roe, C. B. P. Bell, and F. W. de Little: Comprising a history of rowing Brisbane, Maryborough, Rockhampton, &c., crew discipline, how to row (with poses), training, &c.; 2. The Art of Boxing: Hints on Its Acquirement – How to Train – History of Amateur Boxing in Queensland by Harry C. Perry. With which is interwoven a detailed History of the Brisbane Gymnasium, the leading institution of its kind in the colony; and A Special Illustrated Article on Physical Culture, by T. Wilkinson, Together with a concise account of every Athletic Display and Boxing Tournament held under its auspices.; 3. Amateur Pedestrianism by W. B. Carmichael. Also an article on Best Methods of Starting, How to Train, &c. by C. Campbell. A Complete Record of All Intercolonial and Pedestrian Events in the Colony since the Year 1873.; 4. Amateur Cycling by Harry C. Perry. Including an Article on Best Methods of Training and Riding by J. A. Smith, also Recollections of the Pioneers by Geo. Tombuco. A Complete Record of All Principal Events, Both Local and Intercolonial. FERGUSON 7958. -
The Hamlyn Book of Skateboarding
$40.00 Add to cartPeter Arnold
London: Hamlyn, 1977. -
Greg Noll: The Art of the Surfboard
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Reprint.
26cm x 26cm. 176 pages, colour illustrations. Illustrated cloth, white lettering, pictorial jacket.
Very minor shelf wear and foxing. Near Fine Condition. -
The Wakulla Springs Project
$500.00 Add to cartWilliam C. Stone
Derwood: United States Deep Diving Team, 1989.
Detailed report of the 1987 expedition mapping the underwater cave at Wakulla Springs, Florida. A cave diving classic which some mark as the beginning of technical underwater diving. -
Reminiscences from Early Life and Including Cycling & Touring Experiences
$400.00 Add to cartJ. Pearson
Sydney: Vale & Pearson, 1933.
Biography of Joseph Pearson (1849-1939), draper, one of Australia’s early cyclists, and map publisher. First published in 1925, Pearson published this revised edition in 1933. “When Pearson toured Britain and the Continent in 1893, he rode some 3500 miles (5633 km). He bought road maps and, inspired by them, vowed to persuade his fellow cyclists ‘to take an occasional tour in the country … to get into our wide spaces’. In 1896 he published the Cyclists’ Touring Guide of New South Wales, which contained many practical hints. He agitated for the erection of road signs and that year helped to found the New South Wales Cyclists’ Touring Union, serving on the executive board. His early road and touring material provided the basis for the union’s two-volume Handbook, and Guide to the Roads of New South Wales (Sydney, 1898), the most detailed guide ever published in Australia.” (ADB) This copy signed on the wrappers upper panel, as usual. -
Ten Thousand Miles on a Bicycle
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First Edition. Signed by Author
20cm x 13.5cm. cviii, 800 pages, frontispiece. Original blue cloth, gilt lettering, top edge gilt.
“A book of American roads, for men who travel on bicycle. Its ideal is that of a gazetteer, dictionary, cyclopaedia, statistical guide, thesaurus of facts.” (from preface). A thorough history of 19th century cycling by one of its early adopters. Having never seen a cyclist riding a bicycle Kron ordered and received his first bicycle in 1879. Over the next 3 years he rode over 10,000 miles and contributed regularly to the cycling periodicals of the day. He then set about describing in great detail his touring experiences as well as all sorts of cycling minutiae, including reports from Australasian subscribers. Unable to find a publisher Kron pitched his book to his article readers and received over 3,500 $1 subscriptions. This being one of the subscriber’s autograph edition, signed by Kron on a bound in numbered subscriber’s leaf, of which this is one of Eugene M. Aaron of Philadelphia’s copies. Aaron was an entomologist and the first editor of Entomological News, also a keen cyclist he was Kron’s biggest supporter, with 15 subscriptions.
Minor bumping to board corners and edges. Small soil to spine. Very Good Condition. -
Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier; or, Twelve Years Sporting Reminiscences of an Indigo Planter.
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First Edition.
23cm x 14cm. xiii, 361 pages, 39 advertisements, 6 plates, black and white illustrations in the text. Original green cloth, gilt lettering and decoration.
Account of the author’s experiences after 12 years of living in India with particular attention to his hunting proclivities. Provenance: Lowther Collection, c/o J. T. Barnes (British Colombia).
Minor shelf wear. Lower hinge cracking but still intact. Foxing to endpapers. Pencil inscription to verso of front free endpaper and with occasional pencil annotations to margins. Good Condition. -
Swing in Time with Sue Becker
$10.00 Add to cartSue Becker
Sydney: Horwitz Publications, 1968.
Yoga with a margharita. This copy inscribed by Becker, To Rhonda. -
Fish Oregon Waters, Drive Oregon Highways
$60.00 Add to cartTravel and Information Department of the Oregon State Highway Commission
Salem: Travel and Information Department of the Oregon State Highway Commission, No date.
1930s fishing travel guide to Oregon. -
Corpus Christi: The Sportsman’s Paradise: Port of Play and Profit
$40.00 Add to cartThe Chamber of Commerce
Corpus Christi: The Chamber of Commerce, No date.
Circa 1940 fishing and hunting guide and map to Corpus Christi, Texas. -
The Lifesaver: Images of Summer
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First Edition.
29.5cm x 24.5cm. 159 pages, illustations, many colour. Cream cloth, bronze lettering, pictorial jacket.
Near Fine Condition in Good Jacket. Very minor shelf wear. 6cm closed tear to jacket lower flap edge. Near Fine Condition. -
For the Love of the Game: Ten Legends of Queensland Rugby League
$35.00 Add to cartMurray Barnett
Brisbane: Boolarong Press, 2015.
“Queensland State of Origin legends are indelibly printed on the minds of rugby league supporters – Lewis, Meninga, Lockyer. They are lauded for their contributions to the greatest game of all and rightfully so. But what about all the great players who played for Queensland before Origin? They are not so easily remembered, but this does not mean their status should be in any way diminished. This book is a tribute to their courage, dedication and spirit – and to their love of the game.” (publisher’s blurb) -
The Call of the Surf
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21cm x 14cm. xx, 294 pages, frontispiece, 16 pages black and white illustrations. Dark green cloth, gilt lettering.
Purportedly the first published book on surf fishing.
Minor foxing and tanning. Previous owner’s name, in pencil. Very Good Condition. -
Ice Skating for Pleasure
$10.00 Add to cartHoward Bass
Oxford: Oxford Illustrated Press, 1979. -
Australian Bushcraft: A Guide to Survival and Camping
$50.00 Add to cartRichard Graves
Sydney: Child & Associates, 1989. -
The Atlanta Dream: A Special Issue of Not Only Black + White Magazine
$10.00 Add to cartMarcello Grand
Sydney: Studio Magazines, 1996.
A special issue of Not Only Black + White featuring nude photography of Australian Olympic Athletes for the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. Published between 1992 and 2007 Black+White was a coffee table format magazine which featured work from some of the world’s top photographers, often nude or semi-nude portraiture, together with interviews with photographers and celebrities and articles on popular culture and current events. -
Outdoor Skating
$20.00 Add to cartFrank Simcoe
Sydney: A. P. Publishing, 1980. -
Roller Skater
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First Edition.
21.5cm x 14cm. 96 pages, black and white illustrations. Pictorial wrappers.
Creasing, minor soiling, and insect damage to wrappers. Minor soiling and foxing to edges. Good Condition. -
Ski Pioneers: Ernie Blake, His Friends, and the Making of Taos Ski Valley
$45.00 Add to cartRick Richards
Arroyo Seco and Helena: Dry Gulch Publishing and SkyHouse Publishers, 1992. -
The Guide to Good Gambling
$10.00 Add to cartClive Allcock; Mark Dickerson
Wentworth Falls: Social Science Press, 1986.