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ANOTHER HURDLE

Autobiography of David Hemery, the British hurdler. 8vo. 216pp. 16 b/w plates. Dust-wrapper, very good.

£10.00

ANOTHER HURDLE

Autobiography of David Hemery, the British hurdler. 8vo. 216pp. 16 b/w plates. Dust-wrapper, very good. Signed and dedicated by Hemery to the well-known sports journalist Sydney Hulls. 

£18.00

BLACK, WHITE & GOLD: MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY

Autobiography of the double olympic gold medal winner. 1st edition. Large 8vo. Priceclipped, very good condition.

£4.00

BRENDAN FOSTER

Brendan Foster's autobiography, Britain's only athletics medallist in the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games.  Paperback. Small 4to. 220pp. Profusely illustrated. Good condition.

£8.00

CHAMPION IN REVOLT

Rowe won a gold medal in the shot put at the 1958 European Championships. Here he lifts the lid off amateur sport, exposing bribery, drug taking and other rackets in athletics. 8vo. 160pp.

£8.00

COLIN JACKSON - THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY

Athletics autobiography 8vo. 223pp. Dust-wrapper, very good.

£5.00

DALEY THOMPSON

Early biography of the great 1980s decathlete. 8vo. 96pp. Paperback. Very good condition.  

£6.00

DEVIL AT MY HEELS - THE STORY OF LOUIS ZAMPERINI

Autobiography of Louis Zamperini, who ran the 5000 metres in the 1936 Berlin Olympics, was a POW in Japan and later befriended the Evangelist Billy Graham, who helped launch his new career as a Christian

£200.00

THE DIANE MODAHL STORY: GOING THE DISTANCE

Autobiography of the British distance runner. 1st edition. Large 8vo. Very good condition.

£5.00

DREAMS DO COME TRUE - THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY

The illustrated autobiography of the enduring Great Britain Olympian rower and gold medalist. 8vo. 293pp. Dust-wrapper. Good condition. Nicely signed by the author to title-page with a dedication to Sue

£12.00

EAMONN COGHLAN - CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARDS, MASTER OF THE MILE

Athletics autobiography. Paperback. 8vo. 264pp. Very good.

£5.00

FIRST FOUR MINUTES

Roger Bannister's own account of his career in running which reached its climax in the legendary race at Oxford on 6 May 1954 where he broke the four-minute mile barrier and instantly earned

£145.00

FIRST FOUR MINUTES

Roger Bannister's own account of his career in running which reached its climax in the legendary race at Oxford on 6 May 1954 where he broke the four-minute mile barrier and instantly earned

£8.00

THE FLYING SCOTSMAN - ERIC LIDDELL

Illustrated athletics biography of  the 'Chariots of Fire' runner Eric Liddle. 8vo. 191pp. Paperback. Binding is fragile with some pages coming loose. Good condition.

£4.00

FOUR-MINUTE SMILER: THE DEREK IBBOTSON STORY

Rare biography of the great middle-distance runner of the 1950s, who died in 2017. First edition. 8vo. 175pp. Illustrations. Original green boards, lightly rubbed and marked. No dust-wrapper. Good condition.

£36.00

FOUR-MINUTE SMILER: THE DEREK IBBOTSON STORY

Rare biography of the great middle-distance runner of the 1950s, who died in 2017. First edition. 8vo. 175pp. Illustrations. Original owner's name to fly-leaf. Dust-wrapper, rubbed to edges with large

£50.00

GIL DODDS - THE FLYING PARSON

Illustrated athletics biography of the American champion middle-distance runner of the 1940s who was also a man of the cloth. 8vo. 125pp. Cloth-covered boards, lightly rubbed. With the original book-sellers'

£16.00

THE GREATEST - THE HAILE GEBRSELASSIE STORY

Biography of the great Ethopian athlete who dominated distance running in the 1990s. 8vo. 287pp. Paperback. Good condition. 

£9.00

GUNDER HAGG - SLAR REKORD

Athletics biography of the Swedish middle-distance running legend of the 1930s and 40s, with photographic illustrations; published in Swedish. 8vo. 63pp. Cloth-covered boards. Rubbing to boards otherwise

£30.00

GUNDER HAGG IN USA SUMMER 1943 - A RECORD OF HIS TOUR

A lively account of the great Swedish runner's time in America, packed with photographic illustrations and original artwork. 4to. 64pp. Paperback. Minor rubbing to cover with rusted staples removed. The

£80.00

HIGH ABOVE THE OLYMPIANS

Biography of the famous Stanford coach and international athlete, Dink Templeton. 1st edition. 8vo. A  good copy in dustwrapper, edgeworn with sections missing from head and foot of spine. Spine

£9.00

HOW LONG'S THE COURSE? MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY

The story of Roger Black, Olympic silver medalist behind Michael Johnson at the 1996 Atlanta game. 8vo. 250pp. 8 plates. Dust-wrapper, very good.

£4.00

HOW LONG'S THE COURSE? MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY

The story of Roger Black, Olympic silver medalist behind Michael Johnson at the 1996 Atlanta games. 8vo. 250pp. 8 plates. Dust-wrapper, very good. Signed nicely by Black to half title-page (not dedicated).

£9.00

THE IBBOTSON STORY

Biography of the great middle-distance runner Derek Ibbotson. Paperback. 8vo. 47pp. Staples have rusted and are now removed, leaving small marks. A good copy of a rare booklet.

£40.00

THE IRON IN HIS SOUL - BILL ROBERTS AND MANCHESTER'S SPORTING HERITAGE

Biography of the Mancunian 400-metre runner who was part of the gold-winning British relay team at the 1936 Berlin Olympics and went on to captain the national athletics team at the 1948 London Olympics. 8vo.

£8.00

JESSE OWENS

From the Black American Series, a short illustrated biography of the great Olympic runner focusing on his triumphs at the 1936 Games and his ongoing heroic status. 8vo. 176pp. Paperback. Good condition.

£8.00

JESSE OWENS - AN AMERICAN LIFE

Life-story of the extraordinary athlete who rose from a poverty-stricken childhood to win an unprecedented four golds at the 1936 Berlin Olympics and debunk Hitler's ideology of Aryan supremacy. 8vo.

£7.00

JESSE OWENS - CHAMPION ATHLETE

From the 'Black Americans of Achievement' series, a biography of the great Olympic champion sprinter which largely commemorates his record-breaking achievements at the 1936 Munich Games in the face of

£7.00

JIM THORPE - 20TH-CENTURY JOCK

Biography of the native-American double-gold medallist in decathlon and pentathlon at the 1912 Stockholm Games who went on to become a professional American football, basketball and baseball player with

£7.00

KRISS AKABUSI ON TRACK

The story of Kriss Akabusi, the record-breaking 400 metre hurdler and gold medallist and self-styled 'Mr Popular'. Large 8vo. 223pp. 8 plates. Dust-wrapper, very good.

£6.00

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