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!
The fully illustrated history of the birth and meteoric rise of the rugby league club, including match details and player records.
8vo. 190pp. Paperback. Cover lightly rubbed. Very good condition.
Hanson spent 12 months with the Wigan players and staff, sharing the highs and lows of a remarkable year for the famous Rugby League club.
8vo. 216pp. 16 pages of photographs. Dust-wrapper, very good.
Souvenir brochure celebrating Bradford Northern's run to the Challenge Cup fnal in 1948. They lost the final 8-3 to Wigan. Contains team photos and individual players portraits.
Paperback. 11 x 19cm (landscape).
A history of the short-lived Newcastle Rugby League Club which existed for two season before the War.
4to. Paperback. Ringbinder. 42pp. Very good condition.
Scarce early history of the great Wigan club.
Paperback. 8vo. 132pp + original card covers. Covers are rubbed and foxed with some closed tears to edges. Internally good. A fair/good copy.
Fictional diary account of Wigan's 1908-09 rugby league season, one of the most successful in its history. Leytham was the star of the team.
Paperback. 8vo. 72pp. Pages are very slightly warped but
