Ski Book, 'The Book of Winter Sport', First Edition, Syres

A pair of framed coloured lithographs after Carlo Pellegrini of two ladies, one pulling a sledge the other on a pair of skis. The original wooden frames with carved rope edge design....

'SAFETY FIRST', a modern framed and mounted black and white photograph after an original 1930's skiing photograph. The frame is black with a burgundy undercoat, the glazing is clarit...

Alpine Ski photograph. 'SAFETY FIRST', a new mounted black and white photographic image after an original 1930s mountaineering photograph. Prior to being a recreational activity skiing was purely a means of travelling from A to B through the snow, it only started to become the sport it is today in the mid-1800s. The price displayed is for the mounted photo only. Image size 25.5cm x 40cm = 10 X 15 ½" ". The alpine photograph...

The Epic Of Golf By Clinton Scollard. A very well produced first edition golf poetry book, The Epic Of Golf By Clinton Scollard. Published in 1923 by Houghton Mifflin & Co Boston and...

The Life Of Tom Morris, With Glimpses Of St Andrews & Its Golfing Celebrities. One of the most collectable golf books on one of golf's most influential figures 'Old Tom'. An original 1908 first edition copy, one for the true connoisseur. This is a hard bound copy with black letter title "The Life of TOM MORRIS, With Glimpses of St Andrews & Its Golfing Celebrities, W.W. Tulloch, Member of the Royal & Ancient Club of St Andrews'. The original green pictorial cloth cover with a scene showing Old Tom Morris and another golfer playing on the links of St Andrews. Gilt title to spine with illustration of crossed clubs and ball, publisher's icon and illustration of crossed clubs and balls on rear cover. The book with all twenty-seven illustrations (Mr George Glennie, page 96 loose as is page 194, monument to 'Young Tom') including frontispiece with tissue guard, 'Tom Driving Off - Fore'. As far as we can ascertain all 334 pages are there, slight foxing to edges, in a few cases creeping onto the pages. Colston & Co. Limited, printers, Edinburgh. One of the true classics of golf literature, Reverend Tulloch wrote this to be presented for Tom Morris's 87th birthday. "To Tom Morris. Dear Old Tom, Will you accept for your eighty-seventh birthday this account of your long and honourable life, and of the many great matches in which you have taken part and been interested? I trust it may recall to you many happy days and many memorable triumphs in the game with which your name and that of your distinguished son will always be associated. It will also, I hope, help to preserve to new generations of golfers the charm of your personality and the memory of the "brave days of old." With all good wishes, Ever yours...

Child's Waterproof Laufwohl Leather Ski Boots. A pair of children's German square toe leather ski boots, mountain boots "Laufwohl". The brown leather on the boots is in excellent con...

The Collins Big Book of Art, from Cave Art to Pop Art, General Editor David G. Wilkins. Stated first edition, published in 2005 by Collins Design. Hardcover w...

Patrick Hamilton -The Slaves of Solitude Published by Constable, London 1947. First edition. Hamilton, cult author of Hangover Square and denizen of seedy pre-war literary Lond...

The House and Garden Book of Classic Rooms by Robert Harling, Leonie Highton, and John Bridges. Vendome Press, NY, 1990. First Edition hardcov...

Published by Chatto & Windus UK 1st 1954. English dynastic novelist drops some mescaline, takes a 5000 mile car trip around the national parks of North West America, and then sits...

The White House, It's Historic Furnishings & First Families by Betty C. Monkman. New York: Abbeville Press, 2000. Stated first edition hardcover with dust jacket. 320 pp. A beautiful coffee table book about The White House. It showcases the historic furniture and decorative accessories, including silver, glass, porcelain, and textiles, along with purchasing habits of the first families. The book tells how Theodore Roosevelt swept away all traces of the 19th century interiors including a Tiffany glass screen that spanned the entrance hall. It reveals documents about James Monroe ordering precious objects from France in 1817, and why presidents after this were encouraged to restrict their purchases to American products...

Visual Culture edited by Chris Jenks. London and New York: Routledge, 1995. First edition softcover. 269 pp. An exploration of the 'visual' character of contemporary culture in a ser...