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Australian Surfer, The...... Lee Cross 1961. 34pp, photos. excell. cond. One of the early surfing pictorials. $25 SOLD SPO

Bernstein, D.L First Tuesday in November, the Story of the Melbourne Cup. Heinemann 1969. 380pp, colour plates, photos, illust, appendix, index, some soiling dj . Excell. cond. $150 SOLD   SPO/GEN

Bloomfield, John  Know-how in the Surf. Angus and Robertson 1959. 206pp, photos, bibliog, glossary. Tear and wear on dj, good cond. $45 SPO

Carter, Jeff  Surf Beaches of Australia's East Coast. Angus and Robertson 1968. 144pp, photos, illust, torn dj, as new $35 SOLD SPO

Chappell, Ian  Chappelli, Ian Chappell’s Life Story. Hutchinson 1976. 206pp, photos. Foreward bt Richie Benaud. Authors signed presentation copy. As new $30 BIO/SIG/SPO

Churchill. Clive They Called Me the Little Master; Clive Churchill’s colourful story as told to Jim Mathers. Percival Publishing Company 1962. Paper, 224pp, photos. Said to be the first book on Rugby League published in Australia, it also profiles the Great Britain touring team of 1962. Some browning and slight foxing, this is a very tight copy. Rare. $150 BIO/SPO

Court, Margaret Smith (with George McCann) Court on Court, a life in tennis. Dodd, Mead 1975. 212pp, photos, appendix, as new $30 BIO/SPO

Duilio, Marcante  This is Sports Diving: a handbook for beginners. Nautical Press. H/C, 144pp, coloured photos, illust. Excellent condition $20

Farrelly, Midget (as told to Craig McGregor) This Surfing Life.  Rigby 1965. Photos, illust, glossary. One of the first Australian surfing books. As new, lacks dust jacket. $50 BIO/SPO

Fraser, Dawn (with Harry Gordon)  Gold Medal Girl, the confessions of an Olympic Champion. Lansdowne Press 1965. 198pp, photos, index, tear in dj otherwise as new $40  BIO/SPO 

Fraser, Neale  (as told to Ian McDonald)  Power Tennis. Stanley Paul 1962. 160pp, photos. Memoirs, includes hints on playing tennis. Signed 'Best Wishes Neale Fraser' Rubbing and wear dj, excell. cond. $40 SOLD   SIG/SPO

Hall, Lincoln White Limbo, The First Australian Climb of Mt Everest. Weldon 1985. 262pp, colour plates, glossary, index, signed by Lincoln Hall. As new $50   SIG/SPO

Kudo, Kazuzo (9th Dan) Dynamic Judo: Grappling Techniques. Japan Publications 1967. 224pp, photos, signed by Tsuyoshi Sato (5th Dan) one of the participants in the photographs, as new $95 SPO

'Marco'  Introduction to Polo. J.A. Allen 7th edition 1982. Forward by HRH Prince Charles. Boards, 186pp, $50 SPO/HOR

Marshall, Frank  Let's Go Surf Fishing. Angus and Robertson. 12pp, photos, index. Title page missing, one torn page otherwise complete and as new. $12 SPO O'Shea, Farrell  Introduction  to

Windsurfing, a step by step guide to sailboard techniques. Gallery Books 1987. Boards, large format. $5 SPO

Parnell, Douglas and Andrew, Bruce  Australian Football, hints and advice. Australian National Football Council (no date circa 1962). Paper, 48pp, photos, illust. $10 SOLD SPO

Pollard, Jack (compiled) The Australian Surfrider. Murray 1963. 144pp, photos. Signed "Mery Christmas 'Aloha' Duke Kahanamoku 23.11.63". Slight wear dj otherwise as new $100 SOLD SIG/ SPO

Pollard, Jack  ed  Six and Out, the Legend of Australian Cricket. Lansdowne Press 1964. 306pp, photos, illust, loose section at end and tear in dj lamination otherwise excell. cond. $25  SPO

Power, Bob  Saga of the Western Men. Published 1966. 159pp. The Story of Western Suburbs Newcastle Rugby League Football Club. Some wear, otherwise excellent condition. $25  SPO

Pratt, Bryan  The Canberra Fisherman. ANU Press 1979. 120pp, colour plates, photo's. $30  CAN/SPO

Price, Ray  Perpetual Motion, the Rugby League legend tells his own story. With Neil Cardigan. Angus and Robertson 1987. 192pp, photos, as new $20  BIO/SPO

Reilly, A.M Skiing, a beginners guide. Lutterworth Press 1970. 110pp, illust, glossary, index, as new $10 SOLD  SPO

Roberts, John  The Game of Billiards and How to Play It. Arthur Pearson 1905 (repr. 1922) 124pp, illust, index, adverts, previous owners name on end-paper, small ink stain on bottom edge, no dj, good cond. $50 LED/SPO

Robertson, Austin Ocker, the Fastest Man Alive!. Methuen 1986. 158pp, photos, illust, slight rubbing dj, excell. cond. $25 BIO/SPO

Sports and Pastimes in Nineteenth Century Australia, the National Library of Australia Engagement Calendar 1975. Illust. as new $30  SPO

Surtees, R.S Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour. Methuen repr. 1961 (based on the Bradbury and Evans edition of 1853) 580pp, woodcuts and illustrations, colour plates, as new. $70  LED/SPO

Walker, Donald  British Manly Exercises containing Rowing and Sailing, riding and driving etc.etc. Philadelphia 1836 (text) 1837 (plates). 286pp 50 plates,   inscribed by owner, cloth spotted, some foxing good tight copy $150  LED/SPO

Whitington, R.S. The Quiet Australian, the Lindsay Hassett story. Heinemann 1969. Photos, slight tear on dj otherwise excellent condition. $25 BIO/SPO



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Churchill, Clive
THEY CALL ME
THE LITTLE MASTER;

Clive Churchill’s colourful story as told to Jim Mathers. Percival Publishing Company 1962. Paper, 224pp, photos. Said to be the first book on Rugby League published in Australia, it also profiles the Great Britain touring team of 1962. Some browning and slight foxing, this is a very tight copy. Rare. $150 BIO/SPO
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THIS IS RUGBY LEAGUE, edited by Jack Pollard with Provan, Muir, Puig-Aubert, McTigue, Barnes, Murphy, Churchill and Bevan.

Lansdowne Press 1962. 126pp, photos, illusts. Introduction by W.G. Buckley, foreward by HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Signed by NSW Country Rugby League team including Phil Jackson, Les Johns, Chris Callaghan, George Smith, J. Kelly, Brian Adam, John Richards, Ron Lynch and others ALSO signed by NSW City Rugby League team including Kevin Smyth, Laurie Fagan, Fred Anderson, Bob Landers, Kevin Ryan, Bill Carson, Eric Rasmussen. Dave Brown, Harry Raven, Brian Hanly, Ian Walsh, Graham Wilson, Ken Irvine, Brian Carlson, Eddie Lumsden, Arthur Summons, Don Parish and others. ALSO signed by the Queensland Rugby League team including Michael Veivers, Alan Gil, Barry Cook, Ray Miguel, Lloyd Weir, Bob Cook, Bob Hagen, Lionel Morgan, Gary Purcell, Frankie Drake and others ALSO signed by the NSW Rugby League team including Michael Cleary, Ron Crowe, Bernie Purcell, Col Donohue, Noel Kelly, Peter Dimond, Kel O’Shea and Keith Holman. Intact dj, slight foxing otherwise excellent condition. $500 SOLD
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