Auckand Racing Club for the season 1882-1883
Auckland: H Brett, 1882. Soft cover. pp 21, wrappers. Programme with complete list of nominations for all event closed to date.
Sport
Auckand Racing Club for the season 1883-1884
Auckland: H Brett, 1883. Soft cover. pp 88, wrappers. Programme with complete list of nominations for all event closed to date.
The Austin magazine and advocate
London: Car and general Insur crop, 1936. Soft cover. Vol ix, no.8-10. pp741-1126.Original front wrapper, sewn. Illustrated with vehicle images, maps scenes of England countryside. Adverts and articles on car parts. Golf.
Automobile Year
Edita S.A, 1958. 1958 edition. hardcover.
Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes Volume The Forty-Eighth
London: Baily, 1888. Hardcover. pp. 490. Portraits. Original half calf. A fine handsome binding.
Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes Volume The Forty-Seventh
London: Baily, 1887. Hardcover. pp. 486. Portraits. Original half calf. A fine handsome binding.
Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes Volume The Sixteenth
London: Baily, 1869. Hardcover. pp.iv,370. Portraits. Original half calf and marbled boards. A very good copy.
Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes Volume The Sixty-Ninth & Seventieth
London: Baily, 1898. Hardcover. 2 vols. pp. 512:470. Portraits. Plates Original half morocco, gilt. Covering January to December 1898. A handsome set.
BAILY'S MAGAZINE OF SPORTS AND PASTIMES. VOL.XLII
London: A H BAILY, 1884. Half Calf. pp. 454. Volume 42 ,including 7 monthly issues, Feb-Aug, with frontis [portraits] to each issue, here bound complete. Leading sporting magazine, including monthly summaries of cricket, and extended articles on horse racing, shooting and fishing.
CASSELL'S COMPLETE BOOK OF SPORTS AND PASTIMES being a compendium of out-door and in-door amusements.
London: Cassell, 1896. Hardcover. pp.xiv,975 Frontispiece portrait of W.G.Grace. Numerous illustrations in text. Early full prize calf binding with school emblem in gilt on front board. A fine and handsome copy.
Christchurch Warehouse Men's Cricket Club
Christchurch: Standish and Preece, 1892. No Binding. Hand-tinted printed image with letterpress on back describing the match. 1891-92. Names of the players, illustrated. A rare NZ cricket image.
The Golfer's Handbook
Edinburgh: Golfers Handbook, 1937. Cloth. pp.958,plates, adverts.(39th year of publication) published yearly.
GRAND MATCH,between the All-England Eleven and the Twenty-Two of Canterbury 1864
Christchurch: Nag's Head Press, 1976. Limited Edition. Original Boards. pp.61,[2]. Original boards. Fine in original printed d/w. Pale foxing. Hand-set edition limited to 225 copies. Nag's Head Press was New Zealand's most prolific private printer, known for their delightfully designed books and fine typography. Rare in very good condition.
Gun - Craft
Birmingham: Holloway, G & S, 1926. softcover.
Hunting and Fishing in New Zealand
Wellington: Pioneer Press, 1964. Original Wrappers. pp. 30, illustrations, photos, advertisements, Hunting and Fishing in New Zealand Vol 1 No. 1, 25 September 1964, Rare first issue of New Zealand's Leading Outdoor Magazine.
Key to picture of St George's Golf Club.
London: Mayall, 1892. No Binding. Photograph of all the players numbered and named in the key below. Some foxing. Interesting piece in the history of the club and British golfing. Photo 10 x 20 cm, page is 33 x 25 cm on heavy card.
THE NEW ZEALAND ALPINE JOURNAL; a Record of Mountain Exploration and Adventure. Vol. XVII no. 44
Christchurch: New Zealand Alpine Club, 1957. Printed Wrappers. pp.240, illus. Issued annually. Includes unnumbered prelim pages of advertising.
THE NEW ZEALAND ALPINE JOURNAL; a Record of Mountain Exploration and Adventure. Vol. XVII no. 45
Christchurch: New Zealand Alpine Club, 1958. Printed Wrappers. pp.510, [9], illus.. Includes unnumbered prelim pages of advertising. Includes index to nos. 44 and 45. Issued annually.
THE NEW ZEALAND ALPINE JOURNAL; a Record of Mountain Exploration and Adventure. Vol. XVIII no. 46
Christchurch: New Zealand Alpine Club, 1959. Printed Wrappers. pp.249, illus. Issued annually. Includes unnumbered prelim pages of advertising. Tape marks to wrappers.
THE NEW ZEALAND ALPINE JOURNAL; a Record of Mountain Exploration and Adventure. Vol. XVI no. 43
Christchurch: New Zealand Alpine Club, 1956. Printed Wrappers. pp.589, [12], illus. Issued annually. Includes unnumbered prelim pages of advertising.Includes index to nos. 42 and 43. Stamp to wrappers and tp.
THE NEW ZEALAND ALPINE JOURNAL; a Record of Mountain Exploration and Adventure. Vol. 5 1932,1933,1934.
Christchurch: New Zealand Alpine Club, 1934. Orig. Cloth. 3 numbers bound together:vol.5, (nos.19, 20, 21)1932-1934. Illus, plates (some folded), maps, index. Editors S.A.Warren, J.A.Sim. Pale blue cloth binding, light edgewear to spine. Rare.
The New Zealand Referee
Christchurch: Felig and Bird, 1890. Hardcover. A run of journal issues from May 1890 to June 1891, 4 of the 58 numbers missing. Contained in early boards, lacking spine, but sewn firmly together. Internally very good. Weekly issues (approx 12 pages) of the popular journal covering sport, music and drama.....
New Zealand's National All-Sports Monthly
Wellington: Egmont Jacob Organ, 1952. Original Pictorial Wrappers. pp. 82, cover-title, numerous photographs throughout, most ports. contains advertising material, No. 41, September 1952, historic sports magazine featuring a variety of sports.
The Old Sports of England
London: Charles Knight. Original Cloth. pp vi, 163. Undated, c 1860s. Frontis, wood-cut illustrations. Prize certificate to pastedown, lacks ffep. Blindstamped blue cloth with gilt design. Gilt page edges. Scarce.
THE RING : World's Foremost Boxing Magazine, Feb 1939-Jan 1940
New York: The Ring, Inc., 1939. Boards. Vol XVIII, No. 1 - No. 12. Coloured wrappers only on Feb and Jan issues. Two pictures cut from July issue plus tear to pages in Sept issue. Bound in boards with cloth spine.