George W Beldam (67 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Hardback bound in green cloth-covered boards with gilt title on the spine. Book has wear at top and bottom of the spine and at all corners with some fraying; former owner's name and address label inside front cover and on first end page. Book contains a number of black and white photos by G. W. Belden. Part 1 of the book is by George Duncan and Part 2 is by Bernard Darwin. No date indicated but the World Catalog identifies the date as 1921 and indicates the book is in only one library. Golf and how it was played in the early 1900s. 308 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. G. W. Beldam (illustrator). Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition. Front hinge is cracked, second free endpaper partially loose. Name and address written inside. Outer page edges lightly soiled, interior is clean overall with a few smudges in margins. Boards have moderate edgewear. Not attractive but still a good reading copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. No Jacket. First Edition. Backstrip is missing. Front cover and front endaper are detached. Rear hinge in need of repair as well. Poor condition. 464 Photographs.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 8vo, green cloth boards with vignette of golfer on front. 480pp, illustrated. Inner book is generally clean and in good condition, outer binding has cracks / tears to spine. Handwritten dedication on front endpaper. Practical advice from great golfers of the past. ***Over 1kg and may require additional overseas postage***.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. A very good copy in green cloth binding,gilt top edges, b&w frontis with tissue guard and many b&w action photos. Tight and square bindings, slight tanning to spine, a name in front.

Paperback. Condition: Good+. First. 12mo. a nice copy with rusty staples a little paper loss to spine nice folding photographic plate. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. Lacks dustwrappper, boards are rubbed to edges especially top and bottom of spine. Spine is somewhat darkened, titles are a little faded. Gilt cover decorartion is still in good order. No inscriptions, illustrated, all plates present, some are slightly spotted. Text is in very good order with little wear. No loose pages, hinges tight, slight spine lean. Heavy book, will require additional postage outside the UK.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Hardback in original green cloth with gilt title, assumed 1st edition, ex library with usual library marking, small number of page corners creased, rear inner hinge weakened, minor wear and marks to boards, corners etc, original owners signature on title page dated 1904.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good condition, octavo, green cloth, titles in gilt across front and spine, light wear to spine extremities, illustrated with 29 photographs and diagrams in text, xvi plus 224 pages. [QP]. BELDAM, George W. (photographs) (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: N/A. 16pp, with a 36 photograph fold out at rear. Printed card wrappers. Small 8vo. Covers are toned, rubbed on corners and spine ends. Internally some mild toning and spotting, heavily spotted on last leaf else internally neat and tidy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: N/A. 16pp, with a 36 photograph fold out at rear. Printed card wrappers. Small 8vo. Covers are toned, rubbed on corners and spine ends. Internally some mild toning and spotting, heavily spotted on last leaf else internally neat and tidy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: N/A. 16pp, with a 36 photograph fold out at rear. Printed card wrappers. Small 8vo. Covers are toned, rubbed on corners and spine ends, lightly so on edges, paper scuffed and cracked along spine. Internally some mild toning and spotting, heavily spotted on last leaf else internally neat and tidy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Light edge wear to green boards, the front decorated in gilt and slightly discoloured; the plane green spine is a professional replacement. Internally new white end papers. Contents clean and tight. 600 Action-Photographs (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Light edge wear to green boards, the front decorated in gilt and slightly discoloured; the plane green spine is a professional replacement. Internally new white end papers. Contents clean and tight. 600 Action-Photographs (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Great Batsmen: Their Methods at a Glance is a classic early study of cricket technique by the photographer George W. Beldam and the celebrated England cricketer C. B. Fry. The book is notable for its pioneering use of sequential action photography, capturing leading batsmen of the era at various stages of their strokes. Through carefully staged photographic plates and accompanying commentary, the authors analyse the techniques of many of the great players of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Both a technical guide and a valuable historical record, the work remains an important and fascinating document of cricket s Golden Age . …

Modern Half Morocco. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Rebound in attractive half black morocco. Four pages within the text have old school stamps.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st edition, 1921. Solid hardcover. Gift note on front fly, else no marks inside. Cover has light rub to extremities. Black lettering is clear on front cover and spine. G. W. Beldam (illustrator). Book.

Hard Cover. FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo, pp. 16. Large fold-out plate to rear with 36 photographic images each 5 cm x 6 cm, featuring champion golfer Gene Sarazen in position for the perfect drive shot; 3 diagrams within text. Publishers' original stapled stiff card wraps printed in red and black. Covers lightly soiled, with twin splits across central spine, without loss; a little scattered light foxing, and minor rusting to staples but no annotation or inscriptions Photograph sequence clean and complete, without creasing or tears. A very good copy. Cutting edge publication of its day, featuring the various stages of the Drive as performed by Gene Sarazen, taken in rapid succession. George Beldam, the first class English cricketer, was a pioneer in the field of action photography in sport specialising in cricket and golf, and was the first photographer in this field in the UK. …

Condition: Fair. None. 403 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated with many black & white photographs. Slight gap between pages 160-161. Fraying, areas of wear to cloth at top and bottom of spine, hinge cloth exposed in 2 spots on covers - approximately 2" in each case. A good reference copy. Record # 611617. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 480 pages. 480 pages. some slight spotting to covers split in spine cloth (2-3) top ed ge gilt scansavailable heavy book check postage with us.

Cloth. Condition: Fair. First Edition. Illustrated. Green cloth with gilt titles and decoration; top edge gilt. Spine dulled; rubbed at extremities; front hinge split; some staining to front board; some marking to edges; some minor starting; grubby. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cloth. Condition: Good. A smart second impression of this insightful study of great golfers, with illustrations throughout. Reprinted May 1904, first published March 1904. Illustrated with a frontispiece, dedication page, and over two hundred and fifty plates. A detailed guide to the style and careers of important figures in contemporary golfing, including: Harry Vardon, Robert Maxwell, Mure Fergusson, Osmund Scott, Miss Adair, and many others. Written by George William Beldam, an English first-class cricketer ad pioneer of action photography in sport. With contributions from Harold H. Hilton, J. H. Taylor, James Braid, Alexander Heard, and Harry Vardon. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, sound with rubbing and minor bumping resulting in light loss to the extremities. Fading to the spine and the odd mark to the boards. Splits in the cloth to the joints and the head and tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound with the odd handling mark or crease to the page. Light age toning to the endpapers. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…

Decorative Boards. Condition: Near Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Illustrated with folding photographic plates in rear. 16 pages. This is from the series of the World's Champion Golfers, Their Art Disclosed by Ultra-rapid Camera comprising 11 volumes including the Key Book. This is Number 9 The Drive, 36 Positions, featuring Roger Wethered. In original card covers. These photos were taken by George Beldam with the Ultra - rapid camera by photochrom. Last two pages foxed else clean copy. Covers protected in mylar. D&J #B11950 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. A Golf classic with contributions from Harold Hilton, JH Taylor, James Braid, Alex Herd and Harry Vardon, with the pioneering photography of George Beldam. Large 8vo. xxiv + 481pp. Original green cloth, gilt titles and illustration of Harry Vardon to front board, edges bumped, sl fraying to spine extremities, hinge worn, stain to rear board, bookplate to front pastedown. A heavy book that may require extra costs if shipping overseas. From our large stock of golf books and publications.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd impression of 1st edition. This is the second impression of the first edition of this book of 268 action photographs of some of the leading golfers of the day exhibiting their techniques in the use of various golf clubs. Golfers include: Harry Vardon; J. H. Taylor; Harold H. Hilton; James Braid; Alex herd and many others. There is even a chapter devoted to Cricket and Golf with a photograph of J. H. Taylor and W.G. Grace together and both appear ready for a round. Generally in very good condition in original green cloth with gilt vignette to top board and titles to spine. Spine hinges rubbed and exhibiting minor wear to extremities and slightly shaken. Pencilled name of previous owner to ffep. T.E.G. …

Condition: Good. First edition. Hardcover. Good condition (no dust jacket). Light stain spots to spine and lower front cover; fraying to top edge of spine. Internally clean and tight. A good reading copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1904 edition on green cloth with gilded image of golfer to frontis.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Great Bowlers and Fielders: Their Methods at a Glance is a classic work of cricket instruction and photography by George W. Beldam and the celebrated England cricketer C. B. Fry. Using pioneering sequential action photography, Beldam captured leading bowlers and fielders of the era at various stages of their techniques. The photographs are accompanied by commentary analysing bowling styles, fielding techniques, and the mechanics of play during cricket's "Golden Age." The book forms a companion volume to Great Batsmen: Their Methods at a Glance and remains an important visual and historical record of early twentieth-century cricket.…

First Edition. [Golf] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.xxiv, 482, [2] advertisements. Publisher's green cloth, gilt titles to spine and gilt golfer to upper board, top edge gilt. Illustrated with 268 action photographs. Light spotting to endpapers and edges. Cloth lightly rubbed to extremities, marginally toned to spine. Near fine. …

Super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt cricketer illus to front board, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xv + 547pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate tanning/soiling to spine, minor chipping & rubbing to spine also, 1cm crack to front hinge, minor bruising to board corners, minor chafing & soiling to boards, minor pencil markings to pages, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, gift inscription [historic] in ink to ffep, moderate soiling & foxing to eps, moderate foxing to prelims, occasional minor cracking to gutters, moderate to heavy water damage to base of page block- mostly staining only but some pgs have minor loss to bottom corners, full horizontal closed tear to bottom 5cm of pgs295-300- detached but present with failed & tellowing attempts at tape repair, photos available on request). …