THE JOE DAVIS LIBRARY
ITEMS FROM THE PERSONAL COLLECTION OF THE LATE JOE DAVIS OBE - THE GREATEST BILLIARDS ANS SNOOKER PLAYER OF ALL TIME. YOUR CHANCE TO OWN A PIECE OF BILLIARDS AND SNOOKER HISTORY. ALL TITLES COME WITH A FULL PROVENANCE OF ORIGIN.
SOUTHERBY'S BELGRAVIA AUCTIONS. An original Catalogue for the Sale of Joe Davis' Effects on Thursday 6th December 1979. Illustrated with many photographs including his billiard table and scoreboard. 8" x 8". 38pp. An exceptionally rare item. Price £100
BENNETT Joseph. Billiards. 5th Edition London 1889.
Ex Joe Davis Collection. Price £100
BILLIARD ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA. Official Rule Book for all Pocket and Carom
Billiard Games. Chicago 1946 softback 116pp. Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £50
BRUNSWICK-BALKE-COLLENDER CO. Modern Billiards. New York 1912. 398pp. (Name & date 14/11/1913 inside front cover). Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £100
CHARLTON Eddie. Eddie Charlton's Trick Shots. 1st Edition 1977. 80pp. Mint in d/w. Inscribed "Best Wishes Joe, Eddie Charlton 1978." Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £150
CHARLTON Eddie. Winning Snooker. Foreword by Joe Davis. 1st Edition 1976. d/w 112pp.
Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £50
CHARLTON Eddie. Winning Snooker. Foreword by Joe Davis. 2nd Edition 1978. Softcovers Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £50
COCHRAN Welker. Scientific Billiards. Chicago 1942 111pp.
Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £70
DALY
Maurice. Daly's Billiard Book. 1st Edition Chicago 1913. 276pp.
Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £110
DAVIS Joe. Advanced Snooker. 1st Edition 1954. d/w 112pp.
Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £80
DAVIS Joe. How I Play Snooker. Revised Edition 1956. d/w 174pp. Ex Joe Davis Collection.
Price £50
DAVIS Joe. How I Play Snooker. 2nd Revised edition 1964. Mint in d/w 174pp.
Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £50
DAVIS Joe. On How to Pot a Ball. 1st Edition. n.d. c1932. Softback 61pp.
Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £100
DAVIS Joe. Improve Your Snooker. 1st Edition 1936. 93pp. Newspaper cuttings pasted inside "Joe Davis loses his Famous 7/6 Cue" Underneath is written "offered £50 reward" Another cutting reads "Miracle shot in World Record Break" Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price£150
DAVIS Joe. Improve Your Snooker. 2nd Edition 1946. Mint in d/w 87pp.
Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £50
DAVIS Joe. The breaks came my way. 1976. Hardback in d/w. 240pp
Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £95
DAVIS Joe. My Snooker Book. 1st Edition. 1929. 160pp. Ex Joe Davis' Collection.
Price £80
DAVIS Joe. Sykes Miniature Billiards. nd circa 1927. Softback 16pp.
Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £150
DRAYSON Major Gen A.W. The Art of Practical Billiards for Amateurs. Later Edition 1923. Clothback 115pp. Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £100
DUFTON
William. Practical Billiards. 2nd Edition 1873. 242pp. Very good overall condition but a
number of loose pages as is common with this title. Ex Joe Davis' Collection.
Price £400
HOPPE Willie. Thirty Years of Billiards. New York 1975. Softback 254+16pp.
Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £50
HOTINE Frederick Martin. Practice Strokes at Billiards. 4th Edition 1919. Boards 113pp.
Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £100
LEVI Riso. Billiards for the Million Volume II. n.d. c1924. 248pp. Inscribed "To Joe Davis Esq. Billiards & Snooker Champion.With all good wishes from the author. Riso Levi.
Dec 6th 1933". Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £300
LEVI Riso. Billiards in Lighter Vein. n.d. c1922. 248pp. Inscribed "To Joe Davis Esq.
Billiards & Snooker Champion. With all good wishes from the author. Riso Levi.
Feb 23rd 1933" Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £300
LEVI Riso. Billiards. The Strokes of the Game. Pots, Cannons and In-offs. nd circa 1909.
An unusual copy as there is no reference to it being volume 2 of a 3 part set. Inside there is an impressed circular stamp "With Compliments from Burroughs & Watts Ltd, 19 Soho Square"
Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £100
LINDRUM Walter. Billiards. 1st Edition 1930. 149pp.
Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £100
LOWE Ted. Snooker. 1st Edition 1975. 111pp. Beautifully Inscribed "To Joe my Idol. Many thanks for guidance throughout the years. Ted. 15th April 1975. (Happy Returns)"
Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £250
MOSCONI Willie. Pocket Billiards. Chicago. 1st Edition 1948. 143pp.
Ex Joe Davis Collection. Price £70
MOSCONI Willie. Winning Pocket Billiards. New York 1965. Softback 139+1pp.
Inscribed "To Joe Davis a great champion Sincerely Willie Mosconi Dec 8th 1965".
Ex Joe Davis' collection. Price £200
NEWMAN Stanley. How to Play Snooker. 1st Edition 1936. 81pp.
Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £70
NEWMAN Tom. Billiards Do's & Dont's. 1924. 1st Edition. Pictorial Hardback Covers. 56pp. Mint condition
Ex Joe Davis' C0llection. Price £70
NEWMAN Tom. How to Play Billiards 3rd Edition 1935. Complete in good d/w 219pp.
Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £100
PAYNE A.G. Billiards. 1st Edition c1897. Hardback 95pp.Some water staining to front cover.
A Very Rare Title Ex Joe Davis' collection. Price £250
PEALL Arthur F. Billiards and Snooker. 1st Edition 1928. Softback 64pp.
Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £50
PERRIN Reg. Pot Black. 1st Edition 1975. Softback 96pp.
Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £50
PERRIN Reg. Pot Black. New Revised Edition 1977. Softback 96pp.
Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £50
PULMAN John. Tackle Snooker This Way. 1st Edition London 1965. Hardback in d/w 144pp.
Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £40
REECE Tom & CLIFFORD W.G. Billiards. 1st Edition 1915. 312pp.
Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £70
RITCHIE Wallace. How to Play Snooker Pool. 1st Edition. n.d. c1911. 106pp.
Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £100
ROBERTS Charles. Billiards for Everybody. 7th Edition n.d. c1920. 88pp.
Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £70
ROBERTS Charles. Roberts Billiard Guide. 1st Edition 1924. Softback 48pp.
Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £200
ROBERTS Charles. The Complete Billiard Player. 2nd Revised Edition 1921. 208pp.
Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £100
ROBERTS John. Billiards for Beginners. 4th Edition 1903. 70pp.
Ex Joe Davis' collection. Price £70
ROBERTS John. The Game of Billiards and How to Play It. 7th impression. 1933. 124pp
Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £70
SMITH Willie. First Steps to Billiards. 1st Edition 1924. 95pp.
Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £50
SMITH Willie. How to Play Snooker and other Pool Games. 1st Edition 1924 124pp.
Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £50
SPENCER John. Spencer on Snooker. 1st Edition 1973. 137pp.
Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £50
STORER Clyde A. The Complete Fundamentals of Billiards. Chicago 1934. Softback 112pp.
Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £80
SOUTHERBY'S BELGRAVIA AUCTIONS. An original Catalogue for the Sale of Joe Davis' Effects on Thursday 6th December 1979. Illustrated with many photographs including his billiard table and scoreboard. 8" x 8". 38pp. An exceptionally rare item. Price £100
BENNETT Joseph. Billiards. 5th Edition London 1889.
Ex Joe Davis Collection. Price £100
BILLIARD ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA. Official Rule Book for all Pocket and Carom
Billiard Games. Chicago 1946 softback 116pp. Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £50
BRUNSWICK-BALKE-COLLENDER CO. Modern Billiards. New York 1912. 398pp. (Name & date 14/11/1913 inside front cover). Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £100
CHARLTON Eddie. Eddie Charlton's Trick Shots. 1st Edition 1977. 80pp. Mint in d/w. Inscribed "Best Wishes Joe, Eddie Charlton 1978." Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £150
CHARLTON Eddie. Winning Snooker. Foreword by Joe Davis. 1st Edition 1976. d/w 112pp.
Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £50
CHARLTON Eddie. Winning Snooker. Foreword by Joe Davis. 2nd Edition 1978. Softcovers Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £50
COCHRAN Welker. Scientific Billiards. Chicago 1942 111pp.
Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £70
DALY
Maurice. Daly's Billiard Book. 1st Edition Chicago 1913. 276pp.
Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £110
DAVIS Joe. Advanced Snooker. 1st Edition 1954. d/w 112pp.
Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £80
DAVIS Joe. How I Play Snooker. Revised Edition 1956. d/w 174pp. Ex Joe Davis Collection.
Price £50
DAVIS Joe. How I Play Snooker. 2nd Revised edition 1964. Mint in d/w 174pp.
Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £50
DAVIS Joe. On How to Pot a Ball. 1st Edition. n.d. c1932. Softback 61pp.
Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £100
DAVIS Joe. Improve Your Snooker. 1st Edition 1936. 93pp. Newspaper cuttings pasted inside "Joe Davis loses his Famous 7/6 Cue" Underneath is written "offered £50 reward" Another cutting reads "Miracle shot in World Record Break" Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price£150
DAVIS Joe. Improve Your Snooker. 2nd Edition 1946. Mint in d/w 87pp.
Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £50
DAVIS Joe. The breaks came my way. 1976. Hardback in d/w. 240pp
Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £95
DAVIS Joe. My Snooker Book. 1st Edition. 1929. 160pp. Ex Joe Davis' Collection.
Price £80
DAVIS Joe. Sykes Miniature Billiards. nd circa 1927. Softback 16pp.
Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £150
DRAYSON Major Gen A.W. The Art of Practical Billiards for Amateurs. Later Edition 1923. Clothback 115pp. Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £100
DUFTON
William. Practical Billiards. 2nd Edition 1873. 242pp. Very good overall condition but a
number of loose pages as is common with this title. Ex Joe Davis' Collection.
Price £400
HOPPE Willie. Thirty Years of Billiards. New York 1975. Softback 254+16pp.
Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £50
HOTINE Frederick Martin. Practice Strokes at Billiards. 4th Edition 1919. Boards 113pp.
Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £100
LEVI Riso. Billiards for the Million Volume II. n.d. c1924. 248pp. Inscribed "To Joe Davis Esq. Billiards & Snooker Champion.With all good wishes from the author. Riso Levi.
Dec 6th 1933". Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £300
LEVI Riso. Billiards in Lighter Vein. n.d. c1922. 248pp. Inscribed "To Joe Davis Esq.
Billiards & Snooker Champion. With all good wishes from the author. Riso Levi.
Feb 23rd 1933" Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £300
LEVI Riso. Billiards. The Strokes of the Game. Pots, Cannons and In-offs. nd circa 1909.
An unusual copy as there is no reference to it being volume 2 of a 3 part set. Inside there is an impressed circular stamp "With Compliments from Burroughs & Watts Ltd, 19 Soho Square"
Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £100
LINDRUM Walter. Billiards. 1st Edition 1930. 149pp.
Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £100
LOWE Ted. Snooker. 1st Edition 1975. 111pp. Beautifully Inscribed "To Joe my Idol. Many thanks for guidance throughout the years. Ted. 15th April 1975. (Happy Returns)"
Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £250
MOSCONI Willie. Pocket Billiards. Chicago. 1st Edition 1948. 143pp.
Ex Joe Davis Collection. Price £70
MOSCONI Willie. Winning Pocket Billiards. New York 1965. Softback 139+1pp.
Inscribed "To Joe Davis a great champion Sincerely Willie Mosconi Dec 8th 1965".
Ex Joe Davis' collection. Price £200
NEWMAN Stanley. How to Play Snooker. 1st Edition 1936. 81pp.
Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £70
NEWMAN Tom. Billiards Do's & Dont's. 1924. 1st Edition. Pictorial Hardback Covers. 56pp. Mint condition
Ex Joe Davis' C0llection. Price £70
NEWMAN Tom. How to Play Billiards 3rd Edition 1935. Complete in good d/w 219pp.
Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £100
PAYNE A.G. Billiards. 1st Edition c1897. Hardback 95pp.Some water staining to front cover.
A Very Rare Title Ex Joe Davis' collection. Price £250
PEALL Arthur F. Billiards and Snooker. 1st Edition 1928. Softback 64pp.
Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £50
PERRIN Reg. Pot Black. 1st Edition 1975. Softback 96pp.
Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £50
PERRIN Reg. Pot Black. New Revised Edition 1977. Softback 96pp.
Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £50
PULMAN John. Tackle Snooker This Way. 1st Edition London 1965. Hardback in d/w 144pp.
Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £40
REECE Tom & CLIFFORD W.G. Billiards. 1st Edition 1915. 312pp.
Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £70
RITCHIE Wallace. How to Play Snooker Pool. 1st Edition. n.d. c1911. 106pp.
Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £100
ROBERTS Charles. Billiards for Everybody. 7th Edition n.d. c1920. 88pp.
Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £70
ROBERTS Charles. Roberts Billiard Guide. 1st Edition 1924. Softback 48pp.
Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £200
ROBERTS Charles. The Complete Billiard Player. 2nd Revised Edition 1921. 208pp.
Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £100
ROBERTS John. Billiards for Beginners. 4th Edition 1903. 70pp.
Ex Joe Davis' collection. Price £70
ROBERTS John. The Game of Billiards and How to Play It. 7th impression. 1933. 124pp
Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £70
SMITH Willie. First Steps to Billiards. 1st Edition 1924. 95pp.
Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £50
SMITH Willie. How to Play Snooker and other Pool Games. 1st Edition 1924 124pp.
Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £50
SPENCER John. Spencer on Snooker. 1st Edition 1973. 137pp.
Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £50
STORER Clyde A. The Complete Fundamentals of Billiards. Chicago 1934. Softback 112pp.
Ex Joe Davis' Collection. Price £80