Sports/Hobbies

The Horsewoman: A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed.

Alice M. Hayes

The Horsewoman is a practical manual on side‑saddle riding written by Alice M.

Twentieth Century Standard Puzzle Book Three Parts in One Volume

The volume is a compendium of puzzles and amusements, chiefly devoted to the construction and analysis of…

Auction of To-day

Milton C. Work

The book is a practical handbook for the modern version of Auction Bridge, written by Milton C.

Left Guard Gilbert

Ralph Henry Barbour

The novel is a school‑yard sports story set in a New England preparatory academy, where the opening scene…

The Complete Golfer

Harry Vardon

The Complete Golfer is a practical manual written by the five‑time champion Harry Vardon, who frames the work…

Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration

Albert Burton Farnham

Albert Burton Farnham’s “Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit” is a practical handbook aimed at amateurs…

Chess Fundamentals

José Raúl Capablanca

Chess Fundamentals is a systematic guide to the essential principles of chess, written by world champion José…

From the Car Behind

Eleanor M. Ingram

The novel opens on a sun‑drenched race‑track where four cars, two gray, one dingy‑white, and a flamboyant…

De Ongelikte Beer

Jack London

Dit boek is een sportieve vertelling over de wereld van de prijsboksers, verteld vanuit het perspectief van…

Baseball Joe Around the World; or, Pitching on a Grand Tour

Lester Chadwick

The work is a juvenile adventure novel that follows the celebrated pitcher Joe as he naviges the swirling…

Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911

Boy Scouts of America

The 1911 First Edition Boy Scouts Handbook is a comprehensive guide produced by the Boy Scouts of America to…

Outing; Vol. XIII.; October, 1888 to March, 1889 An Illustrated Monthly Magazine of Recreation.

Various

Outing Vol. XIII is an illustrated monthly magazine that collected the best of late‑Victorian recreation…

Frank Merriwell's Races

Burt L. Standish

The opening places Frank Merriwell, the archetypal all‑American college hero, amid a noisy stable where his…

Fred Fenton on the Crew; Or, The Young Oarsmen of Riverport School

Allen Chapman

The story opens on a summer day beside the Mohunk River, where two boys, Fred Fenton, the new arrival at…

Baseball Joe in the Big League; or, A Young Pitcher's Hardest Struggles

Lester Chadwick

The novel is a juvenile adventure that follows the young pitcher Joseph “Joe” Matson as he wrestles with the…

Fred Fenton on the Track; Or, The Athletes of Riverport School

Allen Chapman

The novel is a school‑yard adventure aimed at young readers, blending the everyday drama of Riverport…

The School of Recreation (1684 edition) Or, The Gentlemans Tutor, to those Most Ingenious Exercises of Hunting, Racing, Hawking, Riding, Cock-fighting, Fowling, Fishing

R. H.

The work is a seventeenth‑century handbook on the “gentleman’s tutor” of sport, compiled by Robert Howlett…

The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do

The Boy Mechanic, Volume I is a compendium of 700 hands‑on projects aimed at boys interested in making,…

Exercises in Knitting

Cornelia Mee

Cornelia Mee’s Exercises in Knitting is a practical handbook of needlework patterns, each introduced with a…

Lady Cadogan's Illustrated Games of Solitaire or Patience New Revised Edition, including American Games

Lady Adelaide Cadogan

Lady Cadogan’s Illustrated Games of Solitaire or Patience, New Revised Edition, is a practical handbook that…

The Book of Sports: Containing Out-door Sports, Amusements and Recreations, Including Gymnastics, Gardening & Carpentering

William Martin

The work is a nineteenth‑century handbook that treats outdoor pastimes, amusements and even practical hobbies…

The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland (Vol 1 of 2) With Tunes, Singing-Rhymes and Methods of Playing etc.

Alice Bertha Gomme

The work is a scholarly compilation of traditional children’s games from England, Scotland and Ireland,…

Yachting, Vol. 2

Pritchett, R. T. (Robert Taylor); Blake, G. L.; Dufferin and Ava, Frederick Temple Blackwood, Marquis of; McFerran, James; Middleton, T. B.

The Baz-nama-yi Nasiri: A Persian treatise on falconry

Taymur Mirza, Prince, grandson of Fath Ali Shah, Shah of Iran

The Baz‑nama‑yi Nasiri is a Persian treatise on falconry written by Prince Taymūr Mīrzā, grandson of Fatḥ…