Search Results: Sport from Lawrence Jones

Auckland: Celebrity Books, 2006. 240pp, bw & col ills. Or boards in jacket. Light edge wear to jacket. 16 players who filled the five eighth position with the New Zealand All Blacks rugby union team.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

Rome: Erre Promotion, 1986. 63pp, bw & col ills. Or red cloth in jacket. Minor foxing to endpapers, minor fading to spine. Published on the 60th anniversary of Agip Petroli and its six decade symbiosis with motor racing.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

Sydney: Random House Australia, 1997. xiii, 330pp, index, statistics, bw ills. Or boards in jacket. SIGNED and inscribed (to Mick) on front free endpaper by Allan Langer. Very slight edge wear to jacket. Biography of one of the greatest Rugby League players of all time.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

London: Cassell, 1965. 512pp, index, appendices, bw ills. Red cloth in jacket. Jacket price clipped, jacket laminate lifting near spine on front, minor edge wear to jacket, short tear top rear panel. Small bookseller label on front pastedown, endpapers/prelims toned/foxed, light even toning to page edges, minor flecking to cloth. . Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Sydney: The Thoroughbred Press, 1977. 8vo, 678 pp, 8 pp colour plates, tables, appendix, index. Trace of old sticker and erasure mark by upper corner front free endpaper. Original blue cloth, gilt spine titles. Very Good. The earlier part of the book contains breeding and racing details of each individual champion racehorse studied, 100 from Australia and 50 from New Zealand, and only of the 20th century. There is a small section on the champions of the 19th century in which brief racing and breeding details are given. Lives of champion racehorses and their relatives are traced in detail.. First edition.. Hardcover. Very Good.

Auckland: HarperSport, 2007. 151pp, col ills. Or black boards in jacket. Light edge wear to jacket. The career of All Blacks great Andrew Mehrtens.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

Altringham, UK: John Sherratt and Son , 1959. 101pp, statistics, bw ills. Or pictorial papered boards in matching jacket. Jacket foxed/toned, price clipped. Some indented writing on front free endpaper (mostly erased), some moderate foxing. The epic story of the Second Rugby League Football Test Match at Brisbane, July 5, 1958. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Sydney: Racing Car News, 1980. 114pp, index, num bw ills, map. Pictorial card. Crease at bottom corner, light rubbing to cover, foxing to prelims and page edges.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.

Brisbane: CopyRight Publishing, 1991. viii, 180pp, bw ills. Or cream card. Minor edge wear to covers.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

Brisbane: Sports Publishing, 2015. HEAVY. xi, 387pp, appendices, endnotes, bw ills, map. Or card covers. As new. The history of Australian Rules Football in Queensland from its start in 1866. Touches on soccer, Rugby League and Union. Much information on early administrators, players and matches in Queensland.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to.

Sydney: Turton & Armstrong, 1997. xiv, 207pp, index, bw ills. Green cloth in jacket. Bookseller label on front flap, very slight edge wear to jacket, extremely light rubbing to jacket. Includes the known history of every Elfin and the current status of each car. Garrie Cooper began building Elfin cars in the late 1950s and went on to produce some of the most competitive sports and open-wheeler racing cars of their day ranging from Formula V'ers through to "big banger" sports cars amd MR9 Formula 5000 of the 1980s.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to.

Somerset, UK: Haynes, 1989. HEAVY. 392pp, index, appendices, num bw & col ills. Or blue cloth in jacket. Slight edge wear to jacket, book store label on front flap, slight foxing to top edge. Scarce first edition. Comprehensive guide to British Motor Company (BMS)/ British Leyland (BL) involvement in motor racing, especially rallying. Includes Austin Healey 3000, Austin A40 and the Mini.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

Torquay, Vic: The Australian Surfriders Association and the Australian Council for Health Physical Education and Recreation Inc., 1986. 270 x 200 mm, 61 pages, 38 b&w photographs, b&w line drawings, references. With five full-page advertisements for sponsors. Stapled pictorial card cover. The book is in three sections: Surf awareness; Surfing equipment; and Forms of surfing. The first section is the most detailed and of the greatest interest. Compiled in 1981, as a the basis for a series of surf awareness presentations to schools, a 1985 grant from the Australian Sports Commission in 1985 financed the book's publication.. Soft cover. Very Good.

Sydney: Australian Geographic, 1993. 192pp, index, further reading, appendices, bw ills, diagrams, maps. Or pictorial card. Near new. Everything you need to survive and enjoy your outdoor adventures.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Frederick, Murray.. Small 4to.

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1959. 200pp, statistics, bw ills. Or cloth in jacket. Toning to page edges, chip and several short tears to jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo.

Sydney: Lester-Townsend Publishing, 1985. 152pp, statistics, num bw & some col ills. Blue cloth in jacket. Extremely light edge wear to jacket. History of the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Rugby League team.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to.

London: George Rutledge, 1885. vii, 211pp, bw ills, 4 col plates. Red cloth with gilt vignette to front and spine. Spine cloth chipped, worn and sunned, bottom front corner bumped, some wear to edges, foxing to prelims and plates. Fox hunting in England.. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Good Plus. Illus. by Sturgess, John.. 8vo.

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2010. 224pp, num ills, 4 'bike snob' stickers. Or boards. Near new. The 4 stickers are intact. Humorous rant and rave about the world of bikes and their riders offering a unique look at the ins and outs of cycling from its history and hallmarks to its wide range of bizarre practitioners.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Koelle, Christopher.. 8vo.

London: New Burlington Books, 2009. 160pp, index, glossary, num col ills. or card. Near new. Includes history of racing, construction basics, classic cart, illustrated projects and ten custom designs.. Second Printing. Soft Cover. Fine. Small 4to.

London: Elkin Mathews & Marrot, 1933. 220pp, tbles diagrams, frontis portrait. Green cloth, no jacket. Spine sunned, small bookseller label inside front cover, prev owner name etc on front free endpaper. Cricketing great Larwood presents an contemprary account of the notorious bodyline series of Test Matches between England and Australia. Bodyline was England's attempt to neutralize the great Don Bradman.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.