Helen Lenskyj, Out of Bounds: Women, Sport and Sexuality (Toronto: The Women's Press, 1986). Pp.179 $12.95. ISBN 0–88961–105‐X.
David Rubinstein, Before the Suffragettes: Women's Emancipation in the 1890s (Brighton: The Harvester Press, 1986). Pp. xvi + 272. £28.50 (hardback) £7.95 (paperback). ISBN 0 7108 1051 2; 0 7108 11802.
Nicholas Orme, Early British Swimming 55 BC — AD 1719 (Exeter: University of Exeter, 1983) Pp.215 £4.50. ISBN 0 85989 134 8.
P. Arnaud and J. Camy (eds.), La naissance du mouvement sportif associatif en France: sociabilités et formes de pratiques sportives (Lyon: Presses Universitaires de Lyon, 1986). Pp. 422 + xxxii; illus. FF 128. ISBN 2–7297–0293–8
Reinhard K. Sprenger, Die Jahn‐Rezeption in Deutschland 1871–1933: Nationale Identität und Modernisierung [The Jahn‐Reception in Germany 1871–1933: National Identity and Modernization] (Wissenschaftliche Schriftenreihe des Deutschen Sportbundes, vol. 19; Schorndorf: Hofmann, 1985). Pp. 263, DM 48. ISBN 3–7780–7651–5.
Heiner Gillmeister, Aufschlag für Walther von der Vogelweide [The Monks’ Racket] (Munich: Knaur 1986). Pp. 237, DM 9.80. ISBN 3–426–03835–8.
W. Decker, Sport und Spiel im Alten Agypten [Sports and Games in Ancient Egypt] (Munich: C.H. Beck, 1987). Pp. 121; 132 illustrations. DM 38.00. ISBN 3–406–31575–5.
Emily Ann Donaldson, The Scottish Highland Games in America (Gretna, LA: Pelican, 1986). Pp. 253. £15.95. ISBN 0–88289–474–9.
John Clarke and Charles Critcher, The Devil Makes Work: Leisure in Capitalist Britain (Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1985). Pp. xiv + 245. $29.95. ISBN 0–252–01259–3.