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Rare Sports and Leisure Books for Sale Online

View our selection of rare and vintage sports and leisure books and ephemera below. Find items related to golf, baseball, football, fox hunting, fishing, or whatever leisure activity you are searching for. Be sure to check back often for new product additions as our catalog changes frequently, sometimes daily.

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Clark, Jim [Stirling Moss]

Jim Clark At The Wheel: The World Motor Racing Champion’s Own Story.

London : Arthur Barker Limited, 1964.

First edition of the racing legend’s autobiography. Octavo, original publisher’s green cloth, top stain blue, illustrated with black and white photographs. Signed by Stirling Moss on the front free endpaper. Sir Stirling Moss was a British former Formula One racing driver. An inductee into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame, he won 212 of theContinue reading "Jim Clark At The Wheel: The World Motor Racing Champion’s Own Story."

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$475.00
Item Number: RRB-149315
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Roosevelt, Theodore

Through the Brazilian Wilderness.

New York : Charles Scribners Sons, 1914.

First edition of this classic adventure taken by Theodore Roosevelt. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece. Illustrated from photographs taken by Kermit Roosevelt and other members of the expedition, and with 3 maps, including 1 folding in the rear. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the authorContinue reading "Through the Brazilian Wilderness."

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$6,000.00
Item Number: RRB-149263
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Elizabeth II, Queen [Agatha Christie]

Evil Under the Sun Royal Performance Plaque.

: Variety and EMI Films, December 23, 1981.

Rare royal film performance plaque presented in congratulations to EMJ Films producers John Brabourne and Richard Goodwin and director Guy Hamilton for their selection of Agatha Christie’s ‘Evil Under the Sun’ for Her Majesty the Queen at the 1982 Royal Film Performance Presentation. Glossy performance plaque, the text on the plaque reads in part, “TheContinue reading "Evil Under the Sun Royal Performance Plaque."

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$750.00
Item Number: RRB-145561
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Marnewick, Michael [Gary Player]

Quest for Glory: Successes in South African Sport.

Capetown : Zebra Press, 2010.

First edition of this work on South African sport. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Association copy, inscribed by the author to golfing legend Gary Player on the half-title page, “To Gary Player Thank you so much for your inspirational thoughts and conversation! Warm Regards, Michael Marnewick.” In fine condition. Foreword by John Smit.

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$400.00
Item Number: RRB-145713
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Moss, Stirling

Le Mans ’59.

London : Cassell and Company Ltd, 1959.

First edition of this firsthand experience of the 1959 24 Hours of Le Mans. Octavo, original publisher’s black cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Signed by Stirling Moss on the half-title page. Fine in a very good dust jacket with tape repairs and a few small losses, inscription to the front free endpaper. UncommonContinue reading "Le Mans ’59."

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$475.00
Item Number: RRB-149314
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Free, Rollie

Rollie Free Signed Motorcycle Racing Photograph Collection.

1948.

Rare collection of original photographs inscribed by motorcycle racing legend Rollie Free. The collection includes 4 photographs, all of which are inscribed by Rollie Free to close personal friend and business partner Ted Peaso. Free and Peaso co-owned a Service Station on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, California at the time of Free’s record-breaking ride. PeasoContinue reading "Rollie Free Signed Motorcycle Racing Photograph Collection."

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$25,000.00
Item Number: RRB-119311
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Hurricane

Dylan, Bob; Jacques Levy [Rubin “Hurricane” Carter]

Bob Dylan Signed Sheet Music For Hurricane by Bob Dylan and Jacques Levy.

: Ram's Horn Music, 1975.

Rare sheet music for the song “Hurricane” composed by Bob Dylan with the lyrics by Dylan and Jacques Levy, signed by Dylan. Quarto, four pages, with a black and white photograph of Rubin “Hurricane” Carter on the front panel wearing his boxing gloves. Boldly signed in blue felt tip by Bob Dylan on the frontContinue reading "Bob Dylan Signed Sheet Music For Hurricane by Bob Dylan and Jacques Levy."

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$4,800.00
Item Number: RRB-148957
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Antient Armour

Skelton, Joseph

Engraved Illustrations of Antient Arms and Armour.

Oxford : Printed by G. Schulze for J. Skelton, 1830.

First edition of this visual documentation of medieval martial culture. Folio, two volumes, bound in three-quarters calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers, frontispieces and title page vignettes, each volume is finished withContinue reading "Engraved Illustrations of Antient Arms and Armour."

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$1,100.00
Item Number: RRB-148939
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The 33 Strategies of War

Greene, Robert

The 33 Strategies of War.

New York : Viking, 2006.

First edition of this brilliant distillation of the strategies of war—and the subtle social game of everyday life—by the bestselling author of The 48 Laws of Power and The Laws of Human Nature. T Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Robert Greene on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.

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$1,250.00
Item Number: RRB-150371
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Beat the Dealer: A Winning Strategy for the Game of Twenty One

Thorp, Edward O

Beat the Dealer: A Winning Strategy for the Game of Twenty One.

New York : Random House, 1962.

First edition of Thorp’s classic first book. Octavo, original cloth, with charts and illustrations. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Gary Best Wishes Ed Thorp.” Very good in a very good dust jacket, name to the half-title page, tear to the half-title page. Uncommon signed and inscribed.

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$4,000.00
Item Number: RRB-140340
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Historic Yankees lineup holding bats

Di Maggio, Joe; Frank Crosetti; Bill Dickey; George Selkirk [Joe DiMaggio]

Joe Di Maggio, Frank Crosetti, Bill Dickey, and George Selkirk Signed Photograph.

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Original black and white photograph of the New York Yankees New Murderer’s Row in their uniforms. Boldly signed by Joe Di Maggio, Frank Crosetti, Bill Dickey and George Selkirk. In fine condition. The piece measures 10 inches by 8 inches. Accompanied by a letter of authenticity from Beckett Authentication Services.

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$1,400.00
Item Number: RRB-148866
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The Complete Angler

Walton, Izaak and Charles Cotton

The Complete Angler: Or, Contemplative Man’s Recreation, being a Discourse on Rivers, Fish-ponds, Fish, and Fishing.

London : Henry Washbourne, 1842.

The Washbourne edition of this classic of English literature, being a reprint of the 5th Major edition and including a facsimile reproduction of title page of the first edition of 1653. Octavo, bound in full contemporary mottled tree calf by Henry Sotheran with gilt titles and elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartmentsContinue reading "The Complete Angler: Or, Contemplative Man’s Recreation, being a Discourse on Rivers, Fish-ponds, Fish, and Fishing."

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$975.00
Item Number: RRB-149781
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Framed signed photo of Tom Brady and Deion Branch high-fiving

Brady, Tom; Deion Branch

Tom Brady and Deion Branch Signed Photograph.

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Outstanding color satin-finish photograph of New England Patriots teammates Tom Brady and Deion Branch in their uniforms celebrating together. Boldly signed by both in white ink, “Tom Brady, 4x SB MVP” and “Deion Branch, Tito.” In fine condition. Double matted and framed. A Fanatics authentication hologram is affixed to the lower left corner. The entireContinue reading "Tom Brady and Deion Branch Signed Photograph."

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$2,800.00
Item Number: RRB-148899
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Practical Modern Basketball

Wooden, John

Practical Modern Basketball.

New York : The Ronald Press Company, 1966.

First edition of this classic instructional by the legendary wizard of Westwood. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the  front pastedown, “To Mr. L. Dean Petty, with best wishes and the hope that you may find some enjoyment from this book and from the UCLA teams. John Wooden.”

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$750.00
Item Number: RRB-150313
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