11. O’Driscoll, Diarmuid / O Drisceoil, Diarmuid.

Douglas Golf Club – Centenary History 1909 – 2009.

Cork, Douglas Golf Club, 2009. Large – Octavo. 288 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Excellent, close to new condition. Very Rare !

12. Rees, Dai.

Dai Reese on Golf.

London, Gerald Duckworth & Co., 1959. 16 cm x 25 cm. 176 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear. Some wear at corners. Spotting on endpages. Otherwise clean inside with intact binding.

13. [Riddell, Charlotte Elizabeth] / [Riddell, William Easton].

A Bright Sunset – Or, Recollections of the Last Days of a Young Scottish Football Player. With introductory Note by J.H.Wilson.

First Edition. London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1884. Small Octavo. Pagination: Original portrait photograph of William Easton Riddell as Frontispiece, VI, (2), 142 pages with two wood-engravings (″Toward Point” and “Up the Kyles in the Ariel”). Original, beautifully illustrated Hardcover with a football-scene on the front board, gilt lettering and floral elements. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. The rare first edition with the original photograph of William Easton Riddell. Private giftinscription on the front free endpaper.

14. Smythe, Pat.

Flanagan My Friend.

London, Cassell, 1963, 14.5 cmx 21.5 cm. XI, 113 pages. Several black and white photographs throughout. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear to dust jacket mainly. An inscription by photographer Keith Money on endpaper, claiming one of the credited photographs in the publication being his instead of the falsely credited source.

15. Tennis (Eastbourne) – Anonymous.

Tennis Tournament – Eastbourne (Sep. 1899) – possibly showing the great rivals Charlotte Cooper and Blanche Bingley Hilliard during one of the two Challenge Cup Matches in the 1899 season at Eastbourne.

Large, vintage Albumen Silver Print of an original photograph. [Eastbourne], 1899. 19.3 cm wide x 14 cm high. Excellent condition. Very rare !

16. The Badminton Association of England.

Know the Game – Badminton.

Fourth Edition, Third Impression. London, Educational Productions Ltd, 1956. 20.5 cm x 14 cm. 39 Pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. [Know the Game].

17. The Council for Croquet Assosiation.

The Official Handbook of the Laws of Association Croquet and Golf Croquet and The Regulations for Official Tournaments etc. Confirmed and Adopted by the Council of The Croquet Association 1953.

London, The Croquet Assosiation, 1953. 10.5 cm x 16.5 cm. IV, 48 pages. Original Pamphlet. Good condition with only minor signs of wear throughout. Sellotape used to keep covers together which has become detached. The rest of the pamphlet is intact however although staples are rusted.

18. Toptani, Count Ilias.

Modern Show Jumping – The South American Method.

London, Hurst & Blackett, 1954. 14 cm x 21.5 cm. 183 pages. 48 black and white photographs and 27 line drawings throughout. Original Hardcover. Good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Discolouration on some pages and more markedly on endpapers with foxing throughout. Signature in ink pen on endpaper.

19. University College Cork ( R.F.C.).

U.C.C. R.F.C. Centenary History – 1874 – 1974.

Cork, University College Cork, 1974. 18 cm x 24.5 cm. XXII, 120 pages. Several black and white photographs and advertisements throughout. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

20. Walker, George.

A Selection of Games at Chess, Actually Played by Philidor and his Contemporaries – Now first published from the original Manuscripts with Notes and Additions by George Walker.

First Edition. London, Sherwood, Gilbert & Piper, 1835. Duodecimo. Frontispiece, XVI, 110 pages plus 2 pages with advertising (List of Works by George Walker). Hardcover / Original cloth with original printed label to frontcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Front free endpaper missing. Very Rare !