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!
Testimonial sheet with attached donation form for the JPL match between Northants and Somerset as part of Hodgson's benefit year.
Singled folded sheet. Very good.
Alderman played for Derbyshire from 1928 to 1948 as well as football for Derby County and Burnley.
Paperback. 8vo. 34pp. Very good condition. Signed nicely by Alderman to first page, dated 1980.
Paperback. Cricket benefit brochure. Entitled "The Alec Bedser 1953 Benefit Book", edited by Peter West. 8vo. 32pp. Illustrated. Pictorial paper wrappers with central horizontal fold. Good.
Cricket benefit brochure. Large format. Pictorial card covers. 96pp. A very good copy. Text in English and Afrikaans.Ex. Woodhouse collection (bookplate).
Cricket benefit brochure. Issued for the Yorkshire v Middlesex match played at Park Avenue, Bradford, July 8-11th 1939. Medium format. 22pp + [2]. 5 illustrations. Rebound in cloth-backed, marbled boards
