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Pair of Golf Books, How to Drive, How to Approach
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
instruction and text books on sports that have been published. It places the foremost authorities of the
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Vintage 1920s American Sporting Art Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
3 Antique Badminton Library Books, English, Boating, Driving, Cricket, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a set of 3 antique Badminton Library Books. An English language, hard bound reference title
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Antique Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Books
Materials
Paper
H 7.68 in W 5.52 in D 1.58 in
Vintage Tennis Flicker Book, No.8 Betty Nuthall
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
books where made for many sports such as Golf, Tennis, Billiard etc. They served a very good purpose for
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20th Century English Sporting Art Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
Two Golf Cigarette Cards, Harry Vardon, James Braid.
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
the period, costumes and sports.
The Ogden Tab Cigarettes General Interest issue was a massive set
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Antique Early 1900s British Sporting Art Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
Three Cigarette Cards, Ogden's Tabs
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
actresses of the period, costumes and sports.
The Ogden Tab Cigarettes General Interest issue was a massive
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Antique Early 1900s British Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
Robert Simpson Golf Club Bookends.
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
, Carnoustie, Guaranteed hand forged in Scotland.
The books are not included and are not for sale.
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Mid-20th Century British Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Oak
Robert Simpson Golf Bookends
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
, Carnoustie, Guaranteed hand forged in Scotland.
The books are not included and are not for sale.
Dimensions
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Vintage 1940s British Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Oak
Vintage Golf Book, the Life of Tom Morris
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
collectable golf books on one of golf's most influential figures 'Old Tom'. An original 1908 first edition
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Antique Early 1900s British Sporting Art Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
Antique Badminton Library Book, Fishing, Reference, English, Sporting Interest
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) the Badminton Library Books series of the late Victorian period was a
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Antique Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Books
Materials
Paper
H 7.68 in W 5.71 in D 1.58 in
Lonsdale Library Boxing Book
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
fifty illustrations.
The Lonsdale Library of Sports, Games & Pastimes, Editors The Right Hon. The Earl
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Vintage 1940s English Sporting Art Books
Materials
Paper
Lonsdale Library Book, Hounds and Dogs
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Sports, Games & Pastimes, Editors The Right Hon. The Earl of Lonsdale, Sir Theodore Cook & Mr. Eric
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Vintage 1940s English Sporting Art Books
Materials
Paper
Lonsdale Library, Fishing Book
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
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The Lonsdale Library of Sports, Games & Pastimes, Editors The Right Hon. The Earl of Lonsdale & Mr
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Vintage 1940s English Sporting Art Books
Materials
Paper
Lonsdale Library Equestrian Book
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
, the first is of The Right Hon. The Earl of Lonsdale on 'Marble'.
The Lonsdale Library of Sports, Games
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Vintage 1930s British Sporting Art Books
Materials
Paper
Antique Reference Book, The Greyhound, English, Illustrated Guide, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
Stonehenge, John Henry Walsh (1810 - 1888) was a sports writer born in London, initially operating as a
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Antique Late 19th Century British Victorian Books
Materials
Paper
H 8.27 in W 6.3 in D 1.58 in
Corvette Fifty Years by Randy Leffingwell Hardcover Book 2002
Located in North Hollywood, CA
at the obstacles and achievements of this classic American sports car, which celebrates its 50th
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21st Century and Contemporary American American Classical Books
Materials
Paper
Catalogue from Famous Faces Watch Auction for Charity, 1999, President Trump
Located in valatie, NY
by stars of film, tv, radio, music, and sports with proceeds going to their chosen charity. Stars
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20th Century American Books
Materials
Paper
H 11 in W 7.75 in D 1 in
Neil Leifer Guts and Glory: The Golden Age of American Football
By Neil Leifer, Jim Murray, Gabriel Schechter
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Commentary in 1990. He died in 1998.
Sports authority Gabriel Schechter, is the author of five books, most
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Books
Materials
Other
Vintage Tennis Flicker Book, No.8. Betty Nuthall
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
SLAZENGERS, Ltd., London. On the rear page of this flicker book is an advert for Sugg Sports Goods, Sheffield
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Vintage 1930s European Sporting Art Books
Materials
Paper
Rapper's Deluxe How Hip Hop Made The World
Located in New York City, NY
American life – fashion, film, art, sports, politics, language – to become a cultural movement of profound
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2010s Chinese Books
Materials
Paper
Antique Book in Case, Hillingdon Hall or the Cockney Squire, English, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
Surtees (1805 - 1864) an editor, novelist and sports writer. His comic leanings and distinctive characters
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Antique Late 19th Century British Victorian Books
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Paper
H 9.26 in W 6.3 in D 1.78 in
"Surf Culture" First Edition Book "Surf" Signed by Author John Severson
By John Severson Productions
Located in San Diego, CA
Communication Arts. Surfer
During the ’60s, he authored two surf books for Doubleday. In 1968, LIFE Magazine
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21st Century and Contemporary American Books
Materials
Paper
Steve Schapiro, Signed, Limited Edition Book "Taxi Driver"
By Steve Schapiro, Paul Duncan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
pictures have graced the covers of Vanity Fair, Time, Sports Illustrated, Life, Look, Paris Match, and
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Vintage 1970s Italian Books
Materials
Paper
The Mountain and the Wave The Quiksilver Story Hardcover Book by Phil Jarratt
Located in North Hollywood, CA
decade, it was the biggest and most successful board sports company in the world. The story of Quiksilver
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Books
Materials
Paper
H 12.25 in W 9.5 in D 1.5 in
National Geographic The Photo Ark The Quest to Document the World's Animals
Located in North Hollywood, CA
contributor to National Geographic magazine as well as Audubon, Geo, Time, Life, Newsweek, and Sports
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21st Century and Contemporary North American Folk Art Books
Materials
Paper
H 10 in W 10 in D 1.25 in
Marvin E. Newman
By Lyle Rexer, Marvin Newman
Located in Los Angeles, CA
cityscapes, as well as top sports shots and other images from across the U.S.
Collector's Edition (301
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21st Century and Contemporary American Books
Materials
Paper
Greatest of All Time 'GOAT' a Tribute to Muhammad Ali Promotional Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
collectible tube.
Printed by Taschen (the leader of Sports and Art printing) in 2001 on super heavy gloss
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20th Century German Modern Books
Materials
Paper
Above Chicago by Robert Cameron
Located in North Hollywood, CA
architectural display of all time, the famed boulevards, the sports town, the beaches and the backwaters viewed
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20th Century American Expressionist Books
Materials
Paper
Barbra Streisand by Steve Schapiro and Lawrence Schiller
By Steve Schapiro, Lawrence Schiller
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vanity Fair, Time, Sports Illustrated, Life, Look, Paris Match, and People, and are found in many museum
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20th Century Italian Books
New Encyclopedia of Dog Hardcover Book by Bruce Fogle
Located in North Hollywood, CA
comforting friends, workers, and companions in sports, Bruce Fogle illuminates why dogs have achieved their
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Early 2000s American Expressionist Books
Materials
Paper
Ralph Lauren's Polo Shirt
By Rizzoli International Publications
Located in New York, NY
worlds of sports, politics, film, and music—from Leonardo DiCaprio and Spike Lee, to Bill Clinton and
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
Materials
Paper
Annie Leibovitz Sumo, Whoopi Goldberg Collector's Edition
By Annie Leibovitz
Located in Los Angeles, CA
of music, cinema, TV, art, fashion, theater, literature, politics, and sports are featured in a size
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21st Century and Contemporary American Books
Materials
Other
Michael Muller, Sharks, Art Edition No. 101-200 ‘Under Study’
By Michael Müller
Located in Los Angeles, CA
, musicians, and sports stars, he has spent the last decade diving to ocean depths around the world to create
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21st Century and Contemporary European Books
Michael Muller, Sharks, Limited Edition Signed Photography Book. In Metal Cage
By Michael Müller
Located in Los Angeles, CA
most elite actors, musicians and sports stars, he has in the last decade built up one of the most
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21st Century and Contemporary European Books
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Metal
H 17.3 in W 13 in D 3 in
Michael Muller, Sharks, Art Edition No 1-100 ‘Tear You Apart’
By Michael Müller
Located in Los Angeles, CA
, musicians and sports stars, he has spent the last decade diving to ocean depths around the world to create
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21st Century and Contemporary European Books
Banned Books
By Max Steven Grossman
Located in Boca Raton, FL
from different bookshelves into a thematic library of Music, Art, Fashion, Architecture, Law, Sports
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Sports Hockey BookScape Horizontal Colorful Photograph / Max Steven Grossman
By Max Steven Grossman
Located in Greenwich, CT
Sports / Hockey BookScape by Max Steven Grossman
Individually photographed books and bookshelves
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary More Prints
Materials
Photographic Paper, Digital Pigment
Water Sports - Nude Swimmers and Bathers at Coney Island
By Reginald Marsh
Located in Miami, FL
prominent light with the background figures being darker. In water sports, Reginald Marsh does the
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1940s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, India Ink
Surfing Brothers by Slim Aarons (Seascape Photography, Sports Photography)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
mimicked in advertising. Renewed interest in his work led to two recent books and many admirers
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20th Century Modern Nude Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
H 16 in W 20 in D 0.1 in
Water Sports - Coney Island Nude Swimmers and Nude Bathers
By Reginald Marsh
Located in Miami, FL
among his favorite subjects. Marsh was a prolific drawer as well, filling books with sketches made on
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1940s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, India Ink
Ali with Arms Raised, Color Photography, Fine Art Print, Sports Photography
By Neil Leifer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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The photographer
Native New Yorker Neil Leifer began photographing sports events as a teenager
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20th Century Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Abstract Mixed Media Collage Oil Painting Sports, Leather Baseball Mitts
By Patrick LoCicero
Located in Surfside, FL
children’s books, letters and journals. His still life paintings resonate due to the contrast the artist sets
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Laid Paper
H 25.5 in W 25.5 in D 2.5 in
"Man on First" James Chapin, Baseball Sports, Figurative WPA, American Scene
Located in New York, NY
designed books. This friendship lasted over 30 years. After several years working as a commercial artist
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1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Harvard vs Yale" Charles Green Shaw, Football, Ivy League Sports, Abstract
By Charles Green Shaw
Located in New York, NY
interested in photography and children's books. In 1938 Shaw had a series of photographs and trivia on New
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1940s Abstract Geometric Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
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H 15 in W 18 in
Baseball Game: realist large-scale black and white drawing of sports game
By Michele Zalopany
Located in New York, NY
, old books, and flea markets, etc. Found photographs and film screen shots that had originally served
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1980s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Baseball Game: realist large-scale black and white drawing of sports game
By Michele Zalopany
Located in New York, NY
paintings based on photographs found in digital picture collections, old books, and flea markets, etc. Found
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1980s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Arts Decoratifs Et Industriels Modernes Encyclopedie, 12 Books, 1925 Art Deco
Located in Oakland, CA
Industrial Arts in the twentieth century) complete set of 12 original books, the first edition of 1925
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Paper
H 11.25 in W 9.43 in D 1.2 in
Malcah Zeldis Folk Art Gouache Painting Sports Basketball Arena Coca Cola Sign
Located in Surfside, FL
began painting seriously and had a number of gallery shows. Her work also appeared in books such as the
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1980s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Muhammad Ali Knocks out Liston, Color Photography, Fine Art Print
By Neil Leifer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pigment Print
Edition of 350
Native New Yorker Neil Leifer began photographing sports events as a
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20th Century Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Purvis Young 'Herd of Freedom Horses'
By Purvis Young
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
documentaries, art books, American history, and spiritual folklore, his visual vocabulary was vast: wild horses
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Late 20th Century American Modern Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Metal
U.S. Open at Oakmont
By LeRoy Neiman
Located in Missouri, MO
screen prints of famous sports stars in a semi-abstract style, LeRoy Neiman became one of the 20th
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20th Century American Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Color, Lithograph
The 18th at Pebble Beach
By LeRoy Neiman
Located in Missouri, MO
paintings and screen prints of famous sports stars in a semi-abstract style, LeRoy Neiman became one of the
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20th Century American Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Color, Lithograph
Cove at Vintage
By LeRoy Neiman
Located in Missouri, MO
screen prints of famous sports stars in a semi-abstract style, LeRoy Neiman became one of the 20th
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20th Century American Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Color, Lithograph
Samuel Howitt: 'Battle between Buffalo and Tiger' print after Thomas Williamson
By Thomas Williamson
Located in London, GB
Buffalo & a Tiger' from Oriental Field Sports (1819)
Hand-coloured aquatint
35 x 47 cm
Captain Thomas
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Early 19th Century Realist Animal Prints
Materials
Aquatint
H 13.78 in W 18.51 in
Vintage Mahogany Humidor Lockbox
Located in Chicago, IL
and Keep Safe Your Top Shelf Cigars, Watches, Books, Sports Memorabilia, or Sculptures in This
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Vintage 1970s Hollywood Regency Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Brass
Beatles
By Max Steven Grossman
Located in Boca Raton, FL
, Grossman is known for his “Bookscapes” series, in which he photographs stacks of books in shops, libraries
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Photographic Paper
Rock Jazz W
By Max Steven Grossman
Located in Boca Raton, FL
bookshelves into a thematic library of Music, Art, Fashion, Architecture, Law, Sports and others. Printed
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Sagrada Familia Barcelona, Color Photography, Fine Art Print by Rainer Martini
By Rainer Martini
Located in Epfach, DE
started in sports photography, shooting all Olympic Games from 1972-2006 for the official Olympic books
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2010s Spanish Art Deco Photography
Materials
Paper
H 28.75 in W 40.56 in D 0.79 in
Rainbow over Monument Valley, Landscape Color Photography Fine Art Print
By Rainer Martini
Located in Epfach, DE
started in sports photography, shooting all Olympic Games from 1972-2006 for the official Olympic books
Category
2010s American Photography
Materials
Paper
H 28.75 in W 40.56 in D 0.79 in
Vintage, Swimming Flicker Book No.15 High Dives
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
flicker book, showing two high dives.
Flicker books where made for many sports such as Golf, Tennis
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20th Century Central American Sporting Art Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
Dance Study 1623: Dancers in the Museum
By Howard Schatz
Located in Lawrence, NY
photography.
His work recently showed at the Brooklyn Museum as part of its "Who Shot Sports" exhibition. His
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2010s American Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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Sports Books For Sale on 1stDibs
An assortment of sports books is available at 1stDibs. Each of these unique sports books was constructed with extraordinary care, often using paper, wood and metal. There are 32 antique and vintage sports books for sale at 1stDibs, while we also have 22 modern editions to choose from as well. Sports books have been made for many years, and versions that date back to the 19th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century. There are many kinds of sports books to choose from, but at 1stDibs, folk art, modern and Art Deco sports books are of considerable interest. Sports books have been a part of the life’s work for many furniture makers, but those produced by Michael Muller, Annie Leibovitz and Neil Leifer are consistently popular.
How Much are Sports Books?
Prices for sports books start at $37 and top out at $75,000 with the average selling for $3,000.
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