Jack Pollard Compiler (4 results)

8vo. 288pp. Original boards with onlay. Maps. Numerous black and white illustrations; a very good copy.

Pp. 288(including advertisements), text illustrations (some full page), 6 coloured double page maps, glossary, index; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, lightly soiled and worn, corners slightly creased, backstrip split at foot; a little light foxing and soiling; Gregory's Guides & Maps Pty. Ltd., Sydney, n.d.[1964]. Second edition. Donovan & Murdoch 67900. …

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Illustrated. 148 pages. Expanded from first edition of 120 pges. Exhaustive survey of the Austrailasian golf scene. Brown cloth covers in fine condition, slight page toning else clean tight copy. Dust Jacket unclipped, light wear, protected in mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. [ca. 1963]. First edition, first printing. Signed by surfing legend Duke Kahanamoku in 1963 on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's original pale blue cloth affect boards with gilt spine lettering. Very Good. Covers mottled, foxed at edges, slight musty odor to pages, light foxing to endsheets. In a Very Good dust jacket with several short edge-tears, one of which has been mended from the blindside, and creasing to the front flap. Kahanamoku, a five-time Olympic medalist in swimming, was a native Hawaiian who is credited with popularizing the sport of surfing, bringing the ancient Hawaiian pastime to a global audience. His 1914 surfing exhibition at Sydney, Australia's Freshwater Beach is widely regarded as a seminal event in the development of surfing in Australia. Signed.…