How to Conduct a Cycling Meet
New York: AAU, 1939. Cycling rules for all bike races sanctioned by the AAU, and suggestions for planning race meets. 12mo; 20 pp.; illustrated from photographs. A very good copy in original wrappers. Paperback.
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Montauk Beach on the Slender Tip of Long Island. N. Y.
Montauk: Montauk Development Corp., 1932. First Edition. Soft Cover. Promotional brochure touting Montauk Beach as a resort attraction, with the hotel Montauk Manor, two golf courses, beaches, yacht harbor and club, polo fields, land for summer homes, etc. 29 cm; 20 pp.; illustrated from photographs, map, and aerial views by.....
Histoire Générale de la Vélocipédie: Contenant Plus de 150 Gravures, Estampes anciennes, Caricatures anglaises et françaises sur la Vélocipédie, Dessins, etc.
Paris: Paul Ollendorf, Éditeur, 1891. Third edition. 8vo; 321 pp.; more than 150 ilustrations. Wear and crude tape repairs to original wrappers; else a very good copy in later gilt-stamped red buckram with original wrappers bound in. A French perspective on the history of the bicycle, illustrated with caricatures, technical.....
The Noble Science: John Leech in the Hunting Field
London: Collins, (1948). First edition. Oblong 4to; 31 pp.; full-page color plates by Leech. A very good copy in original cloth-backed boards, in a chipped and worn dust jacket.
The Glorious Mornings
New York: The Arno Press, 1967, 1967. First edition thus. 8vo; pp. x, 228. A fine copy in original cloth-backed boards with gilt-stamped spine label. Stoies of shooting and fishing. A volume in the Abercrombie & Fitch Library, a reprint of a sporting classic originally published in 1954.
Practical Motor Boats and Their Equipment
New York: Motor Boating, (1918), 1918. 8vo; 192 pp.; many illustration from plans. Crease mark to front cover, else a good copy in pictorial cloth. An early guide to designing and building motor boats. Volume I in Motor Boating's "Practical Series"
The Bedford Golf and Tennis Club 1891-1991: A Centennial Commemoration
Bedford: The Bedford Colf and Tennis Club, 1991. First edition. 4to; 84 pp.; illustrated. A fine copy in original gilt-stamped blue cloth, in creased dust jacket. A history of the Westchester NY club.
My Friend the Trout
princeton: D. Von Nostrand Company, Inc., (1961), 1961. First edtion. 8vo; pp. xiii, 117; illustrated from drawings.A very good copy in original gilt-stamped red cloth, in a good price-clipped dust jacket. An analysis of the psychology of the trout.
Hunting, Racing and Polo Things and How to Clean Them
London: Country Pub., 1902. Methods of cleaning described, along with chapters on the Duties of a Valet, Visiting, and Traveling, as well as a long chapter called "Singular Usage of Things Connected with Hunting." First edition. 18.5 cm; 86 pp.; illustrated from drawings and a photograph. Covers and spine soiled;.....
The Boats of C. H. W. Foster: A Review of Fifty-two Vessels from 1875 to 1955
N.p.: The Author, 2013. First edition. Oblong 8vo; 145 pp.; illustrated from photographs. Bruise to spine; else a good copy in original laminated boards. Illustrations with detailed descriptions of the boats owned by Foster.
The Country Club of Virginia: 1908-2008
Richmond: The Country Club of Virginia,,(2008). First edition. Oblong 4to; 142 pp.; illustrated. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.
Guards Polo Club: Official Yearbook 2013
N.P.: Guards Polo Club, 2013. First edition. 29.5 cm; 186 pp.; illustrated from photographs. Queen's Cup Final Team Pony List laid-in. A fine copy in glossy wrappers.
Secrets of the Salmon
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925, 1925. Second revised edition. 8vo; pp xvii, 159; illustrated from photographs and drawings. Some spotting to leaves adjacent to plates; owne;rs name; else a good copy or better in original gilt-stamped green cloth. Originally published in a limited edition in 1922.
As Hounds Ran: Four Centuries of Foxhunting
New York: Huntington Press, 1930, 1930. Limited edition, #382/990. 4to; pp. xxviii, 240; illustrated. Owner's name; else a vey good copy in original gilt-stamped red cloth. An anthology of fox-hunting lore and illustrations, including a description of hunting on Long Island by Captain Edward Pennell-Elmhirst, aka "Brooksby". Printed by D......
Memories of the Peloton
Brattleboro: Vitesse, 1989. Hinault's autobiography to 1988. First American edition. 23 cm; 157 pp.; illustrated from photographs. A fine copy in pictorial wrappers.
Building Sebonack: Classic Golf By Jack Nicklaus and Tom Doak
Melville: Duck Pond Press, (2006). First edition. Folio; 192 pp.; illustrated from photographs. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. the story of the planning and building of the Long Island course.
The Journal of the Shivas Irons Society No. 2: Golf Literature Art
Carmel: Shivas Irons Society, 2005. Issue 2 of this journal dedicated to the literature and art of golfing. First edition. 25 cm; 80 pp.; illustrated from photographs and drawings. Very minor edgewear to front cover; else a very good copy in wrappers.
"Legacy": Journey of a Martial Arts Pioneer
The Author, 2013. Biography in pictures of this great American hero, warrior, and martial arts Grandmaster. SIGNED by John Pellegrini and by the author. "Limited Edition." 27.5 cm; 120 pp.; illustrated from photographs. Small area of rubbing to rear cover; else a very good copy or better in wrappers.
Larchmont Yacht Club: Constitution, By-Laws, Racing Rules, Etc.
Larchmont: The Club, 1900. 1900 edition of the handbook for members of the New York club, listing among other things, members, enrolled yachts, table of time allowance, the Colt Cup, New Rules of the Road, Rules for the Anchorage of boats in New York Harbor (with folding map of harbor.....
The Ridgewood Country Club: Celebrating a Century of Golf 1890-1990
Ridgewood: RCC, 1990. First Edition. Cloth. A centennial history of the New Jersey golf club. Clubhouse designed by Clifford C. Wendehack; course designed by A. W. Tillinghast. Letter to member laid-in. First edition. 28 cm; 176 pp.; illustrated. A fine copy in gilt-stamped blue cloth, in a fine dust jacket.....
Racecourse Architecture
New York: Acanthus, 2013. First American Edition. Hard Cover. A monograph on the architectural and design history of the grandstands, clubhouses, saddling sheds, totalisators, killing floors, and other associated structures familiar to fans of thoroughbred horse racing. First edition. 24 cm; 271 pp.; illustrated from photographs, plans, and drawings. A......
GENTRY 22: Spring 1957
New York: Reporter Publications, 1957. Issue 22, Spring 1957. With features on Callas, Elvis, W. Eugene Smith, portfolio of Weston photographs, instructions for building and maintaining an 8-acre private 9-hole golf course. All inserts and tip-ins present. A very good copy in wrappers. Final issue of this Men's fashion rag.....
Symphony on Ice: The Protopopovs
Columbus: Platoro Press, (1993). First Edition. First edition. 8vo; 56 pp.; illustrated from photographs. Soft crease to bottom corner of front wrapper; else a very good copy in original wrappers. Paperback. Biography of Olympic champions Ludmilla and Olg Protopova. INSCRIBED BY BOTH skaters.
A Treatise on Trout for the Progressive Angler
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., (1931), 1931. First edition. 8vo; pp. xii, 265; portrait frontispiece. Bookplate; else a very good copy in original gilt-stamped green cloth., lacking the dust jacket. A treatise on trout fishing in Maine.
Fly-Fishing for Trout: A Guide for Beginners
Piscataway: Winchester Press, (1987, 1987. Revised edition. 4to; pp. x, 282; over 200 black and white illustrations from photographs and drawings and a four page color insert. Slight foxing to top edge, else a very good copy or better in original green gilt-stamped cloth in a very good dust jacket.....