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Auction No 371, Category: Sport

25 Lots (displaying 1 - 20)

G. Bowers "Leaves from a Hunting Journal", Chatto & Windus, 1880, oblong quarto, pictorial boards, good

Lot: 99

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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G. Bowers Leaves from a Hunting Journal, Chatto & Windus, 1880, oblong quarto, pictorial boards, good, foxing to endpapers and title page, a few foxmarks elsewhere, 20 coloured plates; and Finch Mason Country Sketches, A.H. Baily, c.1881, oblong quarto, pictorial boards chipped at corners, 20pp of b/w cartoons. (2)

                                                            

Georges Carpentier "Brothers of the Brown Owl: A Story of the Boxing Ring", Cassell & Co [1921],

Lot: 127

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
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Georges Carpentier Brothers of the Brown Owl: A Story of the Boxing Ring, Cassell & Co [1921], original pictorial cloth, VG; contemp. gift inscription; 4 colour plates, plus b/w illustrations; occasional minor tone mark.

Kenneth Dower "The Spotted Lion", 1937; Handley "Roughing it in Southern India", 1911, VG;

Lot: 134

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £22
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Kenneth Dower The Spotted Lion, 1937; Handley Roughing it in Southern India, 1911, VG; John Taylor African Rifles & Cartridges, Samworth, 1948, fine; Felix Oswald Alone in the Sleeping-Sickness Country, 1915; and another. Fair to fine. (5)

W.F. Butler "The Wild North Land: being the Story of a Winter Journey, with dogs, across Northern North America"

Lot: 135

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £52
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W.F. Butler The Wild North Land: being the Story of a Winter Journey, with dogs, across Northern North America, Sampson Low, 1873, 1st Edition, nicely rebound in modern leather, gilt, fine folding map; and E. Marshall Scull Hunting in the Arctic and Alaska, 1914, 1st Edn, orig. gilt cloth, recased, new endpapers, fine internally, maps & photo-plates. (2)

Chess Openings literature 1950s to 1990s, very largely s/bks including Tirabassi "Benoni Defence: Taimanov Variation", 1993;

Lot: 137

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £30
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Chess Openings literature 1950s to 1990s, very largely s/bks including Tirabassi Benoni Defence: Taimanov Variation, 1993; Jansa & Pribyl How to Play the Pirc – A New System for Black! 1988; Nesis Tactics in the King’s Indian, 1992. Many are Batsford publications. Fair to VF (41)

 

Alexander "Alekhine's Best Games of Chess 1938-1945", 1959 in d/jkt; David Short "Nigel Short: Chess Prodigy", 1981,

Lot: 138

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £20
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Alexander Alekhine’s Best Games of Chess 1938-1945, 1959 in d/jkt; David Short Nigel Short: Chess Prodigy, 1981, in d/jkt; Victor Korchnoi My Best Games, Vol. 1: Games with White, 2003, pictorial boards; and other collections of Best Games, famous contests etc, h/bk & s/bk. (20)

Chess Strategy and analysis with many h/bks in d/jkt including Reshevsky "How Chess Games are Won", [1961],

Lot: 139

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £20
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Chess Strategy and analysis with many h/bks in d/jkt including Reshevsky How Chess Games are Won, [1961], Byrne & Nei Both Sides of the Chessboard, 1974, Reti Masters of the Chess Board, 1956, and Nimzowitsch My System 1954 and 1964 editions. Fair to fine. (22)

Gilfrid Hartley "Wild Sport with Gun, Rifle and Salmon-Rod", 1903, original cloth, gilt, VG; Folkard "The Wild-Fowler", 1859,

Lot: 140

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £20
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Gilfrid Hartley Wild Sport with Gun, Rifle and Salmon-Rod, 1903, original cloth, gilt, VG; Folkard The Wild-Fowler, 1859, worn cloth, lacking 3 of the plates; Bonnett Mixed & Rough Shooting, 1914, original illustrated cloth, VG; and two related. Varied condition. (5)

Bettinson & Bennison "The Home of Boxing", Odhams [1922], 63 photo-plates; Bruce Woodcock "Two Fists - and a Fortune", 1951,

Lot: 141

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £46
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Bettinson & Bennison The Home of Boxing, Odhams [1922], 63 photo-plates; Bruce Woodcock Two Fists – and  a Fortune, 1951, spine faded; James Corbett The Roar of the Crowd, Garden City, 1926; Eddie Eagan Fighting for Fun, 1932; Alexander Johnston Ten - And Out! 1928; and four other pre-1960 boxing titles. Fair to Fine. (9)

Jack Goodwin "Myself and My Boxers", 1924; Bohun Lynch "The Complete Amateur Boxer", 1924, in chipped d/jkt;

Lot: 142

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £52
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Jack Goodwin Myself and My Boxers, 1924; Bohun Lynch The Complete Amateur Boxer, 1924, in chipped d/jkt; Doherty In the Days of the Giants, 1931; Eugene Corri Refereeing 1000 Fights, 1919, VG, and Gloves & the Man [1927] (requires repair); Bernard Angle My Sporting Memories, 1925 in fair d/jkt; and other boxing titles. Varied condition (9)  

Jack Dempsey "Championship Fighting", Nicholas Kaye, 1950, 1st Edition, gilt cloth, VG;

Lot: 143

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £54
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Jack Dempsey Championship Fighting, Nicholas Kaye, 1950, 1st Edition, gilt cloth, VG; Bohun Lynch Knuckles and Gloves, Collins, 1922, 1st Edn. in fair d/jkt; Harry Cleveland Fisticuffs and Personalities of the Prize Ring, Sampson Low, n.d., gilt cloth, VG; and Bettinson & Tristram The National Sporting Club, 1901, quarto, vellum, gilt, worn. Fair to VG (4)

W.Gibson "The Farrier's New Guide" T. Longman, 1735, contemp. leather, worn, 1871 ownership inscription;

Lot: 144

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
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W.Gibson The Farrier’s New Guide T. Longman, 1735, contemp. leather, worn, 1871 ownership inscription; frontispiece creased, and seven other VG plates; clean text; together with Weatherby The Racing Calendar for the Year 1815, C.H. Reynell, 1816, front board detached. (2)

Trevor Wignall "The Sweet Science", Chapman & Hall, 1926, 1st Edn, original cloth, gilt, some discolouration,

Lot: 145

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £30
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Trevor Wignall The Sweet Science, Chapman & Hall, 1926, 1st Edn, original cloth, gilt, some discolouration, ownership inscription to front paste-down, brown marks to pp.34 & 35, few marginal pencil marks, very largely good clean text; 32 fine photo-plates. 

Daniel Gormally "Insanity, passion and addiction: a year inside the Chess world, 2016";

Lot: 146

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £18
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Daniel Gormally Insanity, passion and addiction: a year inside the Chess world, 2016; and various others including Chess Yearbooks (15) from 1938. Four titles in Russian. Mainly s/bks. Fair to VF (33)

Thomas Stoddart "An Angler's Rambles and Angling Songs", Edmonston & Douglas, 1866,

Lot: 147

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Thomas Stoddart An Angler’s Rambles and Angling Songs, Edmonston & Douglas, 1866, original gilt cloth, front inner hinge weak o/w fine; The Angler’s Companion to the Rivers and Lochs of Scotland, Herbert Jenkins, 1923, VG; plus another. (3)

Bernard Darwin "John Gully and his times", Cassell, 1935, original cloth, gilt, worn at extremities;

Lot: 148

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
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Bernard Darwin John Gully and his times, Cassell, 1935, original cloth, gilt, worn at extremities; occasional spotting, frontispiece marked, three additional plates. Remainder mark at foot of textblock. The life of a famous prize fighter. 230pp    

Henry Downes Miles "Pugilistica: The History of British Boxing", John Grant, 1906, tall octavo, 3 volumes,

Lot: 149

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £145
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Henry Downes Miles Pugilistica: The History of British Boxing, John Grant, 1906, tall octavo, 3 volumes, original gilt decorated cloth, spines a little faded o/w fine; uncut two sides; 64 plates (two double-page); foxing to endpapers and prelims, occasional minor spotting elsewhere. A VG set. (3)

Gene Tunney "A Man Must Fight", Cape, 1933, 1st Edn, original gilt cloth, VG; front inner hinge weak,

Lot: 150

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £66
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Gene Tunney A Man Must Fight, Cape, 1933, 1st Edn, original gilt cloth, VG; front inner hinge weak, photo portrait; and Nat Fleischer Jack Dempsey: The Idol of Fistiana, 1936, in slightly chipped d/jkt, photo portrait. Fine internally. (2)

Collection of mainly Manchester City and International Cricketers' signatures in small album,

Lot: 151

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
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Collection of mainly Manchester City and International Cricketers’ signatures in small album, including Colin Bell, Andy Dibble, Tony Book, Gary Owen, Joe Royle, Alex Stepney, Shaun Goater; and South Africa & England  Cricketers 1998 including Ian Botham, Gary Kirsten, Hansie Cronje, Sean Pollock, Alan Donald, Bob Willis, Paul Allott, Mike Atherton and many others; plus few TV celebrities with William Roache & Eddie Large.Signatures are ‘back to back’ and carefully annotated.  Fine. (90)

Album of autographs, 1990s, chiefly Sport, some Entertainers, with Lancashire Cricketers, Joan Collins, Francis Lee,

Lot: 152

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
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Album of autographs, 1990s, chiefly Sport, some Entertainers, with Lancashire Cricketers, Joan Collins, Francis Lee, Asa Hartford, Falcon (Gladiators), Manchester City players 1995 and 1997; West Indies Cricketers with Andy Roberts, Wes Hall, Courtney Walsh & others; TV Soap stars; Sammy McIlroy, Ray Illingworth, Ian Botham, Teddy Sheringham; South African Cricket Team 1998 including Hansie Cronje, Jacques Kallis, Alan Donald; Bob Willis, Richie Benaud; England Cricket Team 1997; Brian Kidd, Alex Ferguson, and many other well-known. Signed pages mostly ‘back to back’. Fine (124)