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Sir John Sinclair, “A Collection of Papers on the Subject of Athletic Exercises, &c.”, in “The Code of Health and Longevity; or A Concise View, of the Principles Calculated for the Preservation of Health, and the Attainment of Long Life”, Volume II, 1807.
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The Author of the History of Aberdeen, &c., &c., &c. [Walter Thom], “Pedestrianism; or, an Account of The Performances of Celebrated Pedestrians During The Last and Present Century: With a Full Narrative of Captain Barclay’s Public and Private Matches; and an Essay on Training”, 1813.
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A Military Officer. "Instructions in all Kinds of Gymnastic Exercises, as Taught and Practised in the Gymnastic Institutions of Germany", 1823
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George Roland. An Introductory Course of Modern Gymnastic Exercises, 1832
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Donald Walker, “British Manly Exercises: in which Rowing and Sailing are Now First Described; and Riding and Driving are for the First Time given in a Work of this Kind”, 3rd Edition 1835.
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Stonehenge [John Henry Walsh], “Manual of British Rural Sports: Comprising Shooting, Hunting, Coursing, Fishing, Hawking, Racing, Boating, Pedestrianism, with the Various Rural Games and Amusements of Great Britain.”, 1st Edition, 1856.
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Charles Westhall, The Modern Method of Training for Running, Walking, Rowing & Boxing, Including Hints on Exercise, Diet, Clothing, and Advice to Trainers. 1863.
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Walter Pilkington, “The Athlete for 1866”, with "Notes on Training", by J[ohn] G[raham] Chambers, 1867.
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Henry Fazakerley Wilkinson, Modern Athletics, 1868.
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C.A.A. [Charles Wheeler] "Sportascrapiana. Facts in Athletics, with Hitherto Unpublished Anecdotes of the Nineteenth Century, from George IV. to the Sweep. (Second Edition)", 1868. The first edition was published in 1867.
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A[nthony] J[ohn] Anstruther Wilkinson, The Athlete for 1868, 1868
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Archibald MacLaren, A System of Physical Education, Theoretical and Practical (extract). 1869
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A[nthony] J[ohn] Anstruther Wilkinson, The Athlete for 1869, 1869
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Henry Fazakerley Wilkinson, Modern Athletics, Second Edition 1875.
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D. D. Comes. The Athlete Vol., No.1., 1879
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Montague Shearman, Athletics and Football, 1887.
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Stonehenge [John Henry Walsh], “British Rural Sports; Comprising Shooting, Hunting, Coursing, Fishing, Hawking, Racing, Boating, and Pedestrianism, with all Rural Games and Amusements.”, 17th Edition, 1888.
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Glanffrwd [Rev. William Thomas] "The Parish of LLanwyno: its History, People, and Customs." 1888.
(The story of Griffith Morgan [Guto Nythbran])
Extracts from Chapters lX and Xlll.
Translated from the Welsh - "Plwyf Llanwyno: yr Hen Amser, Yr Hen Bobl, A'r Hen Droion." (1888).
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James Irvine Lupton and James Money Kyrle Lupton’s, “The Pedestrian’s Record; to Which is Added a Description of the External Human Form”, 1890
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William McCombie Smith, “The Athletes and Athletic Sports of Scotland, Including Bagpipe Playing and Dancing”, 1891
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Albert Lee; "Track Athletics in Detail", 1896
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Hubert Morgan-Browne, “Sporting and Athletic Records”, 1897.
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A[lfred] R[eynolds] Downer’s “Running Recollections and How to Train”, 1899.
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Amateur Athletic Association - The Report of The Coming of Age Dinner, June 8th 1901
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Charles Arthur Donaldson, Men of Muscle, and the Highland Games of Scotland, with Brief Biographies of the Leading Athletes of the Last Fifty Years, 1901
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Harold [Ernest] Graham, "Athletics of To-Day", 1901
With contributions by - C.R. Thomas, Alan Hunter, R.R.Conway, G.C. Vassall, W.G. Paget-Tomlinson, J. Edwards-Moss, E.L. Gay-Roberts and A.R.Welsh.
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E C Bredin, Running and Training, 1902
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Arthur Brown Ruhl, Rowing and Track Athletics, 1905
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Sir Theodore Andrea Cook, The Cruise of the Branwen, Being a Short History of the Modern Revival of the Olympic Games, Together with an account of the Adventures of the English Fencing Team in Athens in MCMVI [1906], 1908.
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Theodore Andrea Cooke (Editor). "The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report of the Olympic Games of 1908, Celebrated in London", 1909.
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John William Sutherland. Scientific Athletics. 1912
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John William Sutherland, "Impressions of Northern Athletes and Athletics," 1912-13.
A series of Articles in the John O'Groat Journal," and
"The World's Record That Never Was at the Bower Athletics Sports", 1912-13.
A Collection of Letters in the John O'Groat Journal
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The Olympic Games and the Duke of Westminster's Appeal for £100,000: A historical survey of the movement for better organisation in the British preparations for the Berlin Games of 1916, published 1913.
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Walter Goodall George. The "100-Up" Exercise. A Comprehensive Description of the "Century" Home Exercise. 1913.
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F[rederick] A[nnesley] M[ichael] Webster. "Olympian Field Events; Their History and Practice", 1913. Introduction by Arthur Conan Doyle.
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Michael C[harles] Murphy, Athletic Training, (ed. Edward R[ogers] Bushnell), 1914.
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Walter Rye, An Autobiography of an Ancient Athlete & Antiquary. 1916
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F[rederick] A[nnesley] M[ichael] Webster; T.J. Pryce Jenkins, and R[obert] Vivian [W] Mostyn. “Success in Athletics and How to Obtain It”, 1919.
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F[rederick] A[nnesley] M[ichael] Webster. "Athletics (British Sports Library), 1925.
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F[rederick] A[nnesley] M[ichael] W[ebster]. Athletics of To-day. History, Development and Training, 1929. Foreword by Lord Burleigh (David George Brownlow Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter, who was still a successful competing athlete at the time) 1905-1981.
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F[rederick] A[nnesley] M[ichael] Webster. "Athletics of To-day for Women. History, Development and Training", 1930. Foreword by The Rt. Hon. Lord Decies (John Beresford, 5th Baron Decies).
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H. F. Pash (Hon. Editor). Fifty Years of Progress 1880-1930. The Jubilee Souvenir of the Amateur Athletic Association. 1930.
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F[rederick] A[nnesley] M[ichael] Webster. "Athletes in Action", 1931.
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F[rederick] A[nnesley] M[ichael] Webster."Girl Athletes in Action", 1934.
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F[rederick] A[nnesley] M[ichael] Webster. “Why? The Science of Athletics”, 1936.
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F[rederick] A[nnesley] M[ichael] Webster, "Coaching and Care of Athletes", 1938
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F[rederick] A[nnesley] M[ichael] Webster. "Olympic Cavalcade", 1948.
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John Lister. Athletics in the United Kingdom: The Rise and Fall of the British Athletic Federation. 2011