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Auction No 350, Category: Sport

11 Lots (displaying 1 - 11)

The British Olympic Association "Official Report of the Xth Olympiad Los Angeles 1932"

Lot: 151

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Apr 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £100
SOLD £50
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The British Olympic Association Official Report of the Xth Olympiad Los Angeles 1932, British Olympic Association, 1933, original card wraps, VG, fine internally, 151pp + plates; Olympic Games 1952: British Olympic Association Official Report, World Sports, 1952, softback; and Ferenc Mezo The Modern Olympic Games, 1956. (3)

Rugby League Cup Final Programmes for 1951, 1958 and 1959

Lot: 152

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Apr 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
UNSOLD
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Rugby League Cup Final Programmes for 1951 (rusted staples), 1958, and 1959 (inked score on front cover). (3)

Freddie Mills "Twenty Years" 1950, signed & inscribed by the author

Lot: 153

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Apr 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
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Freddie Mills Twenty Years, 1950, 3rd Impression, signed & inscribed by the author on frontispiece and title page. Some wear to top & foot of spine otherwise very good. 212pp+29pp of plates

"Manchester United Football Club Revenue Account Season 1947-1948 and Balance Sheet"

Lot: 154

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Apr 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
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Manchester United Football Club Revenue Account Season 1947-1948 and Balance Sheet, Manchester 1948, fold-out 4pp report, scarce.

E.Lyttelton "Cricket" 1894, A.F. Jenkin "Gymnastics" 1896, and C.W.Alcock "Football. The Association Game" 1895

Lot: 155

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Apr 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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E. Lyttelton Cricket, 1894, A.F. Jenkin Gymnastics, 1896, and C.W. Alcock Football. The Association Game, 1895; all published by George Bell and bound together in a full leather prize binding;  together with Montague Shearman Athletics and Football, Longmans, 1887, half-leather. (2)

Ernesto Escobar Bavio "Alumni: Cuna de Campeones v Escuela de Hidalguia" 1951

Lot: 156

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Apr 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Ernesto Escobar Bavio Alumni: Cuna de Campeones v Escuela de Hidalguia, Editorial Difusion, Buenos Aires, [1951], quarto, pictorial boards, worn, text and plates browned due to paper quality. 332pp + advert leaf

Bernard Darwin "The Golf Courses of the British Isles" Cassell, 1910

Lot: 157

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Apr 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £180 - £220
SOLD £200
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Bernard Darwin The Golf Courses of the British Isles, Cassell, 1910, First Edition, illustrated by Harry Rountree, original gilt cloth, spine slightly rolled otherwise very good; front inner hinge frayed, light spotting to text throughout but the 64 tissue-guarded plates are fine; together with A History of Golf in Britain, Cassell, 1952, and Morrison A New Way to Better Golf,1932, 4th Edition.

C.W. Alcock and Rowland Hill "Famous Footballers. 1895-1896" Hudson & Kearns [1896]

Lot: 158

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Apr 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £180 - £220
SOLD £150
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C.W. Alcock and Rowland Hill Famous Footballers. 1895-1896. Hudson & Kearns [1896], folio, rebound in modern cloth incorporating original gilt front & rear panels; 1896 ownership signature & small handstamp to title page; 224pp of photo-plates of Rugby and Association Football players and teams plus index, one plate slightly scratched, last few pages with small tear in lower margin. 

"Famous Association Footballers 1895" Yore Publications, 1997 reprint

Lot: 159

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Apr 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
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Famous Association Footballers 1895, Yore Publications, 1997 reprint; large format hardback, gilt cloth; 108pp of photo-plates. One of 250 printed. 

W.A. Morgan "The 'House' on Sport, by members of the London Stock Exchange" 1898

Lot: 160

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Apr 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
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W.A. Morgan The 'House' on Sport, by members of the London Stock Exchange, Gale & Polden, 1898, tall octavo, original decorated cloth, very good; frontispiece heavily foxed otherwise VF internally. 470pp + 20pp of adverts

David Thirlby and Tony Bancroft "The Frazer Nash 1923-1957" Thirlby Publicity, 2000

Lot: 161

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Apr 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £80
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David Thirlby and Tony Bancroft The Frazer Nash 1923-1957, Thirlby Publicity, 2000, fine in VG dustjacket (the d/j with a closed tear at foot of front panel), signed & inscribed by David Thirlby; together with Thirby's unpublished Typescript for When the Going was Good to Soft, an autobiography.