Was Jim Thorpe the greatest athlete in the world? King Gustav V of Sweden certainly thought so. He described Thorpe thus as he handed him two gold medals at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics. Jim Thorpe was a legendary Native American sportsman, who lived from 1888 – 1953. He was a Sac and Fox Native American, […]
Our most recent New Stock catalogue has a huge range of sports as usual. It also has quite a fine line in rare and classic fitness and wellbeing books too. Any of them should help you get ready for the summer! One of the most direct of the fitness and wellbeing books is ‘Be Fit […]
This quirky, 1930s Hungarian table tennis postcard is in our newest New Stock catalogue: https://www.sportspages.com/catalogue/new-stock-58 along with over 100 other items from nearly as many sports. Our catalogues come out regularly: don’t miss them by signing up for them on the bottom of our home page!
Forty-fifth edition. Rebound in green boards without original wrappers, some front adverts also missing. Boards generally a little soiled and worn. A fair to good copy.
Forty-sixth edition. Rebound in speckled green cloth. Original front wrapper preserved in good condition, lacks rear wrapper. Page edges trimmed but contents crisp and clean. A good copy.
Forty-seventh edition. Rebound in quarter brown leather over mid-brown boards with original wrappers preserved in good condition. Ink name to top of front wrapper. A very good copy.
Forty-ninth edition. Rebound in dark brown cloth with original wrappers preserved in fine condition, margins slightlty trimmed, edges speckled. Gilt title running across the spine. A very good copy.
Forty-ninth edition. Rebound in quarter calf over mid-brown boards, gilt title to spine. Original wrappers preserved in clean and bright condition. A very good copy.
Fifty-first edition. Rebound in mid-brown cloth with original wrappers preserved, top margin of front wrapper rubbed and some minor soiling to back. Gilt title running across the spine. A good copy.
Fifty-first edition. Rebound in light brown cloth without original wrappers, pages cut down with no loss to text, gilt title across the spine. Head of spine rubbed. A good copy.
