Sports & Recreation
Toxophilus
Toxophilus is a book about target archery using the English Longbow. The book is divided into two parts: The first part is an extended argum…
Cycling in the Alps
A guide to cycling in the European Alps in the days before surfaced roads and automobile tourism. As the author explains, the spectacular vi…
How to Camp Out
Advice on camp gear, clothing, cooking, hiking, and other topics. Much of the book remains good and sensible advice today, but modern reader…
Pitching in a Pinch
In this book Mathewson is telling the reader of the game as it is played in the Big Leagues.... It’s as good as his pitching and some exciti…
Association Football and How to Play It
An overview of the positions, tactics, and history of association football written by one of the game's early stars. John Cameron was a most…
Short Works on Sports
A miscellany of poetry and short works of fact and fiction on the topic of sports from North America, Great Britain and Australasia. The col…
With Axe and Rope in the New Zealand Alps
A autobiographical account of climbs in the New Zealand Alps in the late nineteenth century. - Summary by Beeswaxcandle
Baseball Ballads
Grantland Rice, was a sports journalist with several newspapers, although his Sportlights column, in the New York Tribune was what brought h…
The Cycle Industry
From the velocipede to the motor cycle in twenty chapters. A short history of the British bicycle industry from its origins in a Coventry se…
A Ball Player's Career
The biography of one of the greatest players that the game of baseball of his era, in his own words. "Cap" Anson, quite probably b…
Babe Ruth's Own Book of Baseball
This book is an autobiographical account by one of baseball's legendary names. Ruth writes about his introduction to the game in his youth i…
Bicycling for Ladies
Written in 1896, at the height of the bicycle craze, Bicycling for Ladies is addressed to the large numbers of women interested in the new &…
Right Off The Bat
A Book of Baseball Ballads covering all aspects of our wonderful pastime. The ballads may seem out of date given some reference to drinking,…
My Strange Rescue
An anthology of short stories, anecdotes and observations of sport and adventure in Canada. Tobogganing, snowshoeing , ice skating and hocke…
Base-Ball
Base-Ball: How to Become a Player is a brief history of the game of baseball, with an explanation of the rules and positions. During the aud…
A Scientific and Practical Treatise on American Football
Ever wondered how football has changed over the years? Look no further! This selection of rules, positions, and explanations of how football…
Football Days
Football Days offers a nostalgic glimpse into the early years of American football, capturing the spirit of a sport that was just beginning …
The Birth of Professional Rugby League in Australia
In early 1907 the world of Australian rugby was rocked by the news that a professional New Zealand All Blacks team was set to tour the north…
Bert's Treatise of Hawkes and Hawking
An approved Treatise of Hawkes and Hawking. Divided into three Bookes. The first teacheth, How to make a short-winged Hawke good, with good …
The Art of Badminton
An instructional guide to the sport of badminton, presented by a 21-time All-England champion! Also a two-time British chess champion, his s…