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Swimming bibliography. 1st edition. 4to. 308pp. Internally very good. In the original blue cloth, spine tanned and one small pen mark to upper board. Generally in very good condition.
£45.00
Highlights many of the people that have made history swimming the Channel. First edition. 8vo. 64pp. Many photographic illustrations. Dust-wrapper, very good.
£12.00
A biography published soon after Wilkie had won the Olympic gold medal at the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games. 8vo. 180pp. Dust-wrapper. A very good copy.
£4.00
A biography published soon after Wilkie had won the Olympic gold medal at the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games. 8vo. 180pp. Dust-wrapper. A very good copy. Signed and dedicated by Wilkie to title-page.
£15.00
A biography published soon after Wilkie had won the Olympic gold medal at the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games. 8vo. 180pp. Dust-wrapper. A very good copy. Signed by Wilkie and both authors to fly-leaf.
£20.00
Following a short history of diving, the author provides advice on lesson preparation plus detailed technical guidance; with illustrational diagrams and photographs throughout. 8vo. 232pp. Dust-wrapper.
£24.00
Autobiography of Michelle Smith, the Irish swimmer who won 3 gold medals at the 1996 Olympic Games. This was written soon afterwards. 8vo. 191pp. Dust-wrapper, very good. Signed nicely by Smith to title
£20.00
Autobiography of the great Australian swimmer. 1st edition. 8vo. 206pp. Dustwrapper with a few nicks and edgewear, generally very good.
£9.50
A beautifully illustrated history of the development of indoor swimming pools in Britain, from the Georgian period to the modern leisure and competition pools of today. 8vo. 292pp. Paperback. Very good
£18.00
Comprehensive history of competitive swimming. Paperback. 1st edition. 1499. Light staining to cover and first few pages, slightly creased, generally a good copy
£18.00
Sports instructional book with many photographs. Part of the "How To Improve Your" series. Paperback. 8vo. 56pp. Very good.
£8.00
Sports instructional book with many photographs. Part of the "How To Improve Your" series. Paperback. 8vo. 84pp. Very good.
£7.00
Instructional work by one of America's foremost swimming coaches. First UK edition. 4to. Numerous illustrations. A very good copy in dust wrapper.
£7.00
Swimming instructional book. The author was a professor and swimming coach at Springfield College. 8vo. 238pp. Fold-out tables. Original red boards. Very good condition.
£20.00
Instructional book by the respected British coach. 1st edtion. Small 8vo. Original blue cloth, no dustwrapper. A very good copy.
£30.00
A collection of annual reports for the London Salvage Corps swimming club from 1899 to 1903, bound together as one volume. Each report was handwritten (and then copied) with drawings, reports of each
£48.00
Authorised and illustrated biography of the legendary Olympic swimmer, featuring new insights into his career and behind-the-scenes anecdotes. 8vo. 288pp. Very good condition.
£9.00
Swimming instructional book. 8vo. 184pp. Original blue boards, a little rubbed and faded. Light foxing throughout and some creasing to endpapers. A good copy.
£7.00
Swimming instructional book looking at new developments in swimming in the 1930s. 8vo. 144pp + section of photos. Original green boards. Very good.
£8.00
Nicely illustrated short account of the life and achievements of Captain Webb, the first man to swim the English Channel. 21 x 15cms. 16pp. Paperback. Good condition.
£14.00
Centenary history of the London based swimming and water-polo club. Paperback. Large 8vo. 62pp. Very good condition.
£30.00
Swimming book. A biography of the American swimmer Jeff Farrell who recovered from appendicitis in six days to qualify for the 1960 Olympics, where he won 2 gold medals. 8vo. 143pp. Dust-wrapper, lightly
£45.00
Handbook for 1948. Paperback. 112pp. Covers a little creased and marked. A good copy.
£15.00
Handbook for 1949. Paperback. 128pp. Covers a little creased and marked. Ink writing to front and back covers. A fair copy. Signed by the the swimming writer and administrator, Pat Besford, on
£15.00
Autobiography and instruction from the British Olympic swimmer and coach. 1st edition. 8vo. Very good in slightly stained dustwrapper.
£24.00
Illustrated annual review of the 1972 domestic and international swimming season, including the Munich Olympics. 8vo. 116pp. Paperback. Good condition.
£20.00
Holbein swam the Channel four times as well as performing other feats of long distance swimming. This book is most bizarre. For example it includes sections on "Smoking Under Water" ("smoke a cigar until
£36.00
Comprehensive history and bibliography of swimming. 1st edition. 8vo. 488pp. illustrations and diagrams. Internally very clean. In the original yellow cloth. Gutter exposed, particularly at back. In the
£80.00
A volume in the All-England series. Full of useful advice on every aspect of swimming, including "When using a bathing machine, make sure that your doors are fastened, and in particular to attend to the
£70.00
A volume in the All-England series. Full of useful advice on every aspect of swimming including an appendix on "Directions issued .....for restoring the apparently dead". First edition. Small 8vo. [v]
£90.00
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