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AHEARNE BROTHERS ATHEA - OLYMPIC AND WORLD CHAMPIONS

The double biography of the champion early 20th-century triple jumpers who came from County Limerick and became resident in the U.S.A.: Tim Ahearne who won Olympic gold in 1908 and his brother Dan who

£36.00

ALBERT HILL - A PROPER PERSPECTIVE

Rare biography of Albert Hill, the double Olympic Champion at the 1920 games. Paperback. 8vo. 98pp. Very good condition.

£38.00

ANOTHER HURDLE

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

AS IF RUNNING ON AIR - THE JOURNALS OF JACK LOVELOCK

Nicely introduced and edited diaries and journals written by the New Zealand world-record breaking miler and 1500-metres gold-medalist at the Berlin Olympics of 1936. 4to. 282pp. Dust-wrapper. Very good

£20.00

BABE - THE LIFE AND LEGEND OF BABE DIDRIKSON ZAHARIAS

Biography of the multi-talented track and field athlete who won two gold medals at the Olympic Games of 1932 before becoming a three-time U.S. Women's Open golf champion, with photographic illustrations. 8vo.

£15.00

BLACK, WHITE & GOLD: MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY

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

£4.00

BLACKTHINK - MY LIFE AS BLACK MAN AND WHITE MAN

Owens makes his views known on America's racial crisis. 8vo. 215pp. Dust-wrapper, lightly rubbed and now laminated. A few imperfections to laminate. Gift inscription to fly-leaf. Good condition.

£14.00

BRENDAN FOSTER

Brendan Foster's autobiography, Britain's only athletics medallist inthe 1976 Montreal Olympic Games. Foster is now a major TV athletic commentator. Small 4to. 220pp. Profusely illustrated. Dust-wrapper,

£10.00

BRING ME MY CHARIOT OF FIRE

The full story of the British sprint duo of Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddell and their triumphs at the Paris Olympics of 1924, with detailed appendices including the athletic records of both men and notes

£16.00

THE CELEBRATED CAPTAIN BARCLAY - SPORT, MONEY AND FAME IN REGENCY BRITAIN

Biography of Captain Barclay who, in 1809, completed the great sporting challenge of 1000 miles in a 1000 hours for 1000 guineas. We are also given a glimpse into the Georgian world of pugilism, horse-racing

£7.00

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

THE CHAVASSE TWINS

The biography of the brother athletes Christopher and Noel Chavasse who ran for Oxford and represented Great Britain in the 1908 Olympics. 8vo. 255pp. Dust-wrapper. Wrapper rubbed to edges. Ex-library

£12.00

CHRIS BRASHER - THE MAN WHO MADE THE LONDON MARATHON

The authorised biography of the great athlete and administrator, with photographic illustrations. 8vo. 310pp. Dust-wrapper. Very good condition. Signed and dedicated by the author to title-page.

£5.00

A CLEAN PAIR OF HEELS - THE MURRAY HALBERG STORY

Biography of the New Zealand distance runner who won the 5000m Gold Medal at the 1960 Olympics. 8vo. 212pp. Dust-wrapper, lightly rubbed. Very good condition.

£25.00

COLIN JACKSON - THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY

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

£5.00

CORBITT - THE STORY OF TED CORBITT, LONG DISTANCE RUNNER

Athletics biography of the American marathon and ultra-marathon star of the 1950s, 60s and 70s. 8vo. 154pp. Paperback. Good condition.

£24.00

DALEY THOMPSON

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

£6.00

DALEY THOMPSON: THE SUBJECT IS WINNING

Biography of the great British decathlete and Olympian. 1st edition. 8vo. Photos. Dust-wrapper. Very good condition.

£8.00

THE DAVE BEDFORD STORY

Biography of the British distance runner Dave Bedford. Includes many photographs. Paperback. 4to. 64pp. The binding on this publication was very poor - the glued binding invariably splits. This copy is

£48.00

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

£80.00

DEVIL AT MY HEELS - THE STORY OF LOUIS ZAMPERINI

£150.00

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

ERIC LIDDELL: THE MAKING OF AN ATHLETE AND THE TRAINING OF A MISSIONARY

Booklet on the life of Eric Liddell, the Olympic gold medal-winning athlete and sport sporting life to take up missionary work in China. Liddell died in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in 1945. His story

£24.00

EVIDENCE OF MISSPENT YOUTH - AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A MAVERICK LONG DISTANCE RUNNER

The champion marathoner of the 1970s and 80s shares his story, with career records and photographic illustrations. 8vo. 220pp. Paperback. Covers lightly worn. A good copy.

£30.00

FASTER THAN LIGHTNING - MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY

The legendary sprinter's story in his own words following his iconic Olympic gold at London 2012, with photographic plates. 8vo. 291pp. Dust-wrapper. Wrapper slightly sunned to top of front. Very good

£6.00

FATIMA - THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF FATIMA WHITBREAD

Autobiography of the British javelin thrower. 8vo. 195pp. Dust-wrapper, very good. Signed very nicely by Whitbread to title-page (not dedicated).

£20.00

A FIGHTER SECOND TO NONE - ROY FOWLER OF LEEK AND HIS WORLD OF RUNNING

Athletics biography of the great English distance runner of the 1960s, with photographic illustrations throughout. 8vo. 160pp. Paperback. Very good condition.    

£28.00

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