[Rarebooks] FS: BRITISH SPORTS AND SPORTSMEN. THE STORY OF SHIPPING.

[Kaaterskill Books]

We offer for Sale:

Sports and Sportsmen. BRITISH SPORTS AND SPORTSMEN. THE STORY OF 
SHIPPING. London: Sports and Sportsmen, Ltd., [ca.1930]. xv, 498 pp. 
Illus. with 8 color plates, 10 b/w photos and 254 other illus. Folio. 
Full red morocco, five raised bands ruled in gilt, gilt titles or 
floral decorations to three compartments each, boards with twin ruled 
borders in gilt and blind, gilt titles, a gilt ownership medallion, 
decorated gilt turn-ins, beveled boards, all  edges gilt, red marbled 
endpapers (hardback). First edition. No. 864 of 1,000 copies.

Elaborate 'ex libris' of Rodney E. Soher in gilt on front  board. 
Soher was part of the four man British bobsled team that received the 
silver metal in the  first winter Olympics in 1924 in Chamonix 
(British Olympic Association). Though not directly related to sport, 
the volume was suggested by sportsmen who were involved in shipping. 
Sections on the rise of shipping, the story of the London River, the 
Clyde, the Mersey, Tyne and North-east Ports, Humber, Bristol 
channel, Southampton, Manchester Ship Canal, Passenger trade, 
Lloyd's, Ship-owning and insurance, propelling a cargo boat, 
trawling, British Merchantmen at war, an  index of vessels, and a 150 
page section on personalities in the shipping world. A very good 
copy, extremities worn, front joint just split at the foot of the 
spine.    [31145] $200.00

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Charles Kutcher
Kaaterskill Books
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East Jewett, NY 12424.
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