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Yoga (Revised, Third edition)
AU$50 Read MoreAdd to cartSwami Venkatesananda
Elgin: The Chiltern Yoga Trust, 1971.Practical guide to yoga by a leading disciple of Swami Sivananda, published in South Africa.
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Mainly Social [New Zealand Sammelband]
AU$350 Read MoreAdd to cartH. A. H. Insull (Compiler)
New Zealand: Various Publishers, 1932-1943.New Zealand society in depression and war, from air-raid shelters and swimming lessons to Auckland slums and venereal disease, including a signed copy of Allan Fisher’s account of Soviet Moscow. Compiled by the Headmaster of Marlborough College, Blenheim, Herbert Alexander Horace Insull, with his bookplate, an autograph list of titles in his hand on Marlborough College letterhead, and some works with his signature. Full list of titles: 1. Allan G. B. Fisher, Moscow Impressions (1932, signed by the author); 2. Citizens! Protect Your Families: How to Provide Raid Shelter and Protection from Flying Glass ([1941]); 3. Fred Hall-Jones, The Spirit of Britain (1942, 2 copies); 4. H. Winston Rhodes, War Over the Pacific (1941); 5. Home Defence: What Can You Do To Assist (1941); 6. L. S. Hearnshaw, Hours of Work in War Time (1942); 7. Robert Solway, Wartime Journey (1943); 8. Department of Health, Healthy Youth (No date); 9. New Zealand Amateur Swimming Association, It’s Easy to Teach (1939); 10. Education Department, The Teaching of Swimming (1940); 11. Whitcombe & Tombs Catalogue of New Zealand Books ([1936]); 12. The Treaty of Waitangi (Whangarei: Northern Publishing Co., 1934); 13. W. J. Phillips, Maori Carving (1941); 14. C. R. H. Taylor, The Gothic Beauties and History of the Canterbury Provincial Buildings (second edition, 1941); 15. Federated Mountain Clubs of New Zealand, Safety in the Mountains: A Handbook for Trampers and Mountaineers (1937); 16. Nina Barrer, Pioneer Women of New Zealand (1934); 17. W. B. Bland, The Slums of Auckland (Progressive Publishing Society, 1942); 18. Venereal Disease: The Shadow over New Zealand (Progressive Publishing Society, 1942); 19. Arthur Sewell, Freedom of Speech (second impression, No date, top edge of wrapper clipped, Insull’s signature to first page); 20. Captain Peter McIntyre, Exhibition of Official War Paintings: The Second N.Z.E.F. in the Middle East ([1943]); 20b (not in Insull’s list). Canterbury Society of Arts, Catalogue of the Sixty-Third Annual Exhibition (1943); 21. W. R. Vallance, The Adventuring Word and Other Glimpses of New Zealand ([1943], Insull’s signature to wrapper).
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The Socceroos and Their Opponents
AU$100 Read MoreAdd to cartLaurie Schwab
Melbourne: Newspress, [1979].Illustrated history of the Australian national soccer team and the sides it faced in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, by the long-serving football writer of The Age newspaper. Looking back while looking forward in the lead-up to the 1982 World Cup. A Soccer Action Publication.
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Lohan Kung: Martial / Fitness / Healing Art
AU$40 Read MoreAdd to cartHoward Choy
Sydney: Choy Lee Fut Martial Arts Federation, 1984.Shaolin-lineage breathing and conditioning exercises.
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96 Years of Progress: The History of the National Rifle Association of New South Wales, 1860 to 1956
AU$80 Read MoreAdd to cartC. Howard Cromack
Sydney: Utility Press, 1956.This copy includes the illustrations booklet.
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Trout Fishing in the Snowy Mountains: Maps of Lake Jindabyne and Locality
Read MoreDon Gillies
Melbourne: Don Gillies, No date.Early 1960s map of the Snowy Mountains district, with a detail map of Lake Jindabyne, text, and advertisements on verso.
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Trout Fishing in the Snowy Mountains: Maps of Lake Eucumbene and Locality
Read MoreDon Gillies
Melbourne: Don Gillies, No date.Early 1960s map of the Snowy Mountains district, with a detail map of Lake Eucumbene, text, and advertisements on verso.
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Davis Cup Champions: Harry Hopman, Neale Fraser, Tony Roche, and John Newcombe
AU$750 Read MoreAdd to cartMarcel Niederle
Prague: Marcel Niederle, 1957-1969.Six original caricatures by the Czech artist and caricaturist Marcel Niederle (1898-1990) of Harry Hopman and three of the players who won the Davis Cup under his captaincy. Hopman, in ink, dated 1969, the year he moved to the United States, had captained Australia to 16 Davis Cup wins between 1939 and 1967. Neale Fraser, Wimbledon champion in 1960, in two drawings: one in ink, captioned “Wimbledon 1957”, the other in pencil, undated and captioned “No. 1”, probably from 1959 or 1960, when he was ranked the world’s leading amateur. Tony Roche, French champion in 1966, in two undated drawings, one in pencil, the other in ink with ink wash and pencil. John Newcombe, seven-time major singles champion and Roche’s partner in 12 major doubles titles, in ink, undated. Niederle specialised in sporting subjects, particularly tennis and ice hockey. After working in New York as an illustrator for Sports Illustrated he returned to Czechoslovakia, where he drew the leading tennis players of the 1950s to the 1970s, a period dominated by Australian champions. No holdings of Niederle’s work can be traced in any Australian public collection.
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Fred Stolle
AU$650 Read MoreAdd to cartMarcel Niederle
Prague: Marcel Niederle, 1967-1969.Original portrait of Fred Stolle in pencil and watercolour by the Czech artist and caricaturist Marcel Niederle (1898-1990), made in 1967, Stolle’s first year as a professional after winning the French Championships in 1965 and the US Championships in 1966. Offered with a smaller caricature of Stolle by Niederle in ink and pencil, dated 1969, depicting Stolle with a racket in one hand and a large sack of money over his shoulder, likely a comment on the advent of the Open Era. Niederle specialised in sporting subjects, particularly tennis and ice hockey. After working in New York as an illustrator for Sports Illustrated he returned to Czechoslovakia, where he drew the leading tennis players of the 1950s to the 1970s, a period dominated by Australian champions. No holdings of Niederle’s work can be traced in any Australian public collection.
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Lew Hoad Australia Player No 1. in Prague, 1956
AU$2,000 Read MoreAdd to cartMarcel Niederle
Prague: Marcel Niederle, 1956.Original portrait of Lew Hoad by the Czech artist and caricaturist Marcel Niederle (1898-1990), drawn in Prague two days after Hoad’s victory at the French Championships, and signed by Hoad the following day. Hoad appeared on the Prague courts on 28 and 29 May at the invitation of the Czechoslovak tennis authorities, then flew to Barcelona for the Trofeo Conde de Godo, and went on to win Wimbledon, the third of his three major singles titles that year. Signed by Niederle and captioned “Lew Hoad. Australia Player No 1. Sketched in Praha 28 V 1956”, and inscribed by Hoad “Very Best Wishes Lewis Hoad Praha 29/5/56”. Prepared for a cover of the Czech sports magazine ‘Stadion’ that was never published, and mounted on a large sheet of paper with the magazine’s worksheet tipped to the mount, clear of the drawing. Niederle specialised in sporting subjects, particularly tennis and ice hockey. After working in New York as an illustrator for Sports Illustrated he returned to Czechoslovakia, where he drew the leading tennis players of the 1950s to the 1970s, a period dominated by Australian champions. No holdings of Niederle’s work can be traced in any Australian public collection.
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Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess
AU$60 Read MoreAdd to cartBobby Fischer
Stamford: Xerox, 1966. -
Tae Kwon-do
AU$50 Read MoreAdd to cartB. S. Huan
Singapore: Russ International, 1975. -
Yoga in Daily Life: The System
AU$65 Read MoreAdd to cartParamhans Swami Maheshwarananda
Vienna: Ibera, 2005. -
History of the National Archery Association of the United States of America, 1879-1978 (2 Volumes)
AU$200 Read MoreAdd to cartRobert J. Rhode
Grayling: Robert J. Rhode, 1978.Each volume one of 1,000 signed and numbered copies.
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Games of the Tibetans
AU$30 Read MoreAdd to cartSiegbert Hummel; Paul G. Brewster
Helsinki: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, 1963.Ethnographic survey of traditional Tibetan games, combining cultural anthropology, folklore, and comparative play studies. FF Communications No. 187 published by the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters.
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Making the Grade: A History of WACA Club Cricket
AU$60 Read MoreAdd to cartWP (Bill) Reynolds
Perth: Western Australian Cricket Association, 2012. -
Ten Thousand Miles on a Bicycle
AU$300 Read MoreAdd to cartKarl Kron
New York: Karl Kron, 1887.“A book of American roads, for men who travel on bicycle. Its ideal is that of a gazetteer, dictionary, cyclopaedia, statistical guide, thesaurus of facts.” (from preface). A thorough history of 19th century cycling by one of its early adopters. Having never seen a cyclist riding a bicycle Kron ordered and received his first bicycle in 1879. Over the next 3 years he rode over 10,000 miles and contributed regularly to the cycling periodicals of the day. He then set about describing in great detail his touring experiences as well as all sorts of cycling minutiae, including reports from Australasian subscribers. Unable to find a publisher Kron pitched his book to his article readers and received over 3,500 $1 subscriptions. This not one of the subscriber’s issue.
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Australian Cycling in the Golden Days
AU$300 Read MoreAdd to cartH. (“Curly”) Grivell
Adelaide: Courier Press, No date.History of Australian cycling from the 19th century to the 1950s.
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In The Long Run
AU$30 Read MoreAdd to cartPhil Jarratt
Sydney: James Fraser, 1984.“An Australian marathon runner stops at nothing in his pursuit of LA Olympic gold.”
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The Complete History of Surfing from Water to Snow
AU$20 Read MoreAdd to cartNat Young
Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 2008. -
Athletic Queensland: A History of Amateur Rowing, Boxing and Physical Development, Pedestrianism and Cycling, in Queensland
AU$1,200 Read MoreAdd to cartW. B. Carmichael; H. C. Perry
Brisbane: H. J. Diddams & Co., 1900.Under the official patronage of the Queensland Rowing Association, Queensland Amateur Athletic Association, Brisbane Gymnasium, Queensland Cyclists’ Union. 4 works in 1 comprising the most detailed history of 19th century sport in early Queensland recorded by . Not only a detailed guide for physical fitness it is an invaluable record of local history. The four works are: 1. Amateur Rowing: By W. B. Carmichael with contributions by R. H. Roe, C. B. P. Bell, and F. W. de Little: Comprising a history of rowing Brisbane, Maryborough, Rockhampton, &c., crew discipline, how to row (with poses), training, &c.; 2. The Art of Boxing: Hints on Its Acquirement – How to Train – History of Amateur Boxing in Queensland by Harry C. Perry. With which is interwoven a detailed History of the Brisbane Gymnasium, the leading institution of its kind in the colony; and A Special Illustrated Article on Physical Culture, by T. Wilkinson, Together with a concise account of every Athletic Display and Boxing Tournament held under its auspices.; 3. Amateur Pedestrianism by W. B. Carmichael. Also an article on Best Methods of Starting, How to Train, &c. by C. Campbell. A Complete Record of All Intercolonial and Pedestrian Events in the Colony since the Year 1873.; 4. Amateur Cycling by Harry C. Perry. Including an Article on Best Methods of Training and Riding by J. A. Smith, also Recollections of the Pioneers by Geo. Tombuco. A Complete Record of All Principal Events, Both Local and Intercolonial. FERGUSON 7958.
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Reminiscences from Early Life and Including Cycling & Touring Experiences
AU$400 Read MoreAdd to cartJ. Pearson
Sydney: Vale & Pearson, 1933.Biography of Joseph Pearson (1849-1939), draper, one of Australia’s early cyclists, and map publisher. First published in 1925, Pearson published this revised edition in 1933. “When Pearson toured Britain and the Continent in 1893, he rode some 3500 miles (5633 km). He bought road maps and, inspired by them, vowed to persuade his fellow cyclists ‘to take an occasional tour in the country … to get into our wide spaces’. In 1896 he published the Cyclists’ Touring Guide of New South Wales, which contained many practical hints. He agitated for the erection of road signs and that year helped to found the New South Wales Cyclists’ Touring Union, serving on the executive board. His early road and touring material provided the basis for the union’s two-volume Handbook, and Guide to the Roads of New South Wales (Sydney, 1898), the most detailed guide ever published in Australia.” (ADB) This copy signed on the wrappers upper panel, as usual.
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The Laws of Piquet
AU$150 Read MoreAdd to cartCavendish
London: Thomas de la Rue & Co., 1873.The Laws of Piquet edited by Cavendish and adopted by The Portland Club with A Treatise on the Game by Cavendish. Guide to one of the oldest card games still being played today.
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Fish Oregon Waters, Drive Oregon Highways
AU$60 Read MoreAdd to cartTravel and Information Department of the Oregon State Highway Commission
Salem: Travel and Information Department of the Oregon State Highway Commission, No date.1930s fishing travel guide to Oregon.
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Bruce Lee & JKD Magazine No. 7
AU$80 Read MoreAdd to cartBruce Lee
Hong Kong: Bruce Lee Jeet-kune-do Club, [1977].A large colour poster with interviews, articles, and photographs on the films and martial arts of Bruce Lee to verso. Includes essay by Chih Yao-chang, assistant director of The Way of the Dragon and The Game of Death. A facsimile signed photograph print laid in
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Ninja: Men of Iga
AU$50 Read MoreAdd to cartKano Shinichi
Thousand Oaks: Dragon Books, 1989. -
Enjoy the 1960 Winter Olympic Games from Nearby Nevada & Skiing (3 Volumes)
AU$80 Read MoreAdd to cartState Printing Office, Carson City, Nevada
Carson City: State Printing Office, 1960.Accompanied by 2 similar brochures titled Nevada: Gateway to the 1960 Winter Olympics: Skiing. The Skiing brochures each have the same text, but some of the illustrations differ.
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Sprint Start: Instruction Pamphlet
AU$80 Read MoreAdd to cartH. A. L. Chapman
Edinburgh: Athletic Coaching Committee, Central Council of Physical Recreation, No date.Charming fold out illustrated running booklet by Hugh A. L. Chapman, the Chief Athletic Coach for Scotland. Scarce, 1 copy recorded in OCLC at September, 2022.
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Der Fliegende Mensch: Gymnastische Sprungubungen
AU$55 Read MoreAdd to cartA. Glucker
Oldenburg: Gerhard Stalling, 1926.Authored by German gymnastics teacher August Glucker (1895-1975) the text provides instruction to reach new heights in frolicking. 26 beautiful examples of fine jumping and exquisite aerial repose are contained at the rear. A brilliant example of athleticism for the gymnast, dancer, or anyone interested in the human form.
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Hong Style Tai Chi Chuan Developed by Master Wu Shi-zeng
AU$30 Read MoreAdd to cart[Peter] Wu Shi-zeng
Hong Kong: Tin Wo Press & Publishing, 2009.A detailed guide to Hong Style Tai Chi Chuan developed by Melbourne based Chinese, Master Wu Shi-zeng, together with a short biography of his life. “Master Peter Wu Shi-zeng has been practising Taijiquan for over 40 years, including 20 years of teaching in China. He is eminently qualified to teach this martial art, having studied in China under some of the greatest modern masters such as grandmaster Hong Jun-sheng (student of grandmaster Chen Fa-ke) and grandmaster Liu Ji-shun (student of grandmaster Hao Sau-ru). Master Wu specialities are in the Chen and Wu (Hao) styles. Many of his students have won gold medals in International and other tournaments. Through his own extensive research and study Master Wu has added to and refined the theory and application of Taijiquan.” (from author’s biography) This copy signed by the author.
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A Spectator’s Guide to the Hemp Olympix (Australian Edition)
AU$20 Read MoreAdd to cartAlan Glover; S. Sorrensen
[Nimbin]: A Glover & Sorrenson, 2019.Informative guide to the sports and history of the annual Australian Hemp Olympix held as part of the Nimbin Mardi Grass.