Sports Publishing, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. As new in dust jacket. First printing (no statement as is correct). Hardcover. x+ 175 pp. with index. Illustrated with photos. Former NHL goalie Glenn "Chico" Resch brings fans stories of the New Jersey Devils from the lean early seasons to the three Stanley.....
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. Slim oblong hardcover. Inscribed in English and Korean to a former student on the front free endpaper. 59 pp. plus glosary. Advice and basic instruction for beginners that includes the history of the sport, wearing of the uniform, exercises, training.....
Chicago: Little Sports, 1948. Softcover. Very good minus paperback. Photos by Arthur E. Haug. Pages and cover are brown from age, clean text. Clear glossy cover peeling off of cover. Corners rubbed.
New York: Boy Scouts of America, 1931. Softcover. Red and green illustrated stiff wrappers; 137 pp. with index. Illustrated with drawings, diagrams, photos. Boy Scout guide to canoeing including history, description, safety, paddling and strokes, canoe sailing, regattas and with an appendix on repair and paddle making. Covers very good.....
McGraw-Hill/Contemporary, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. (NO EXPEDITED SHIPPING THROUGH ALIBRIS, AMAZON OR B&N. THESE ORDER WILL ONLY SHIP VIA MEDIA MAIL AND WILL NOT SHIP TO CANADA) Firts edition. Hardcover. x+ 738 pp. Illustrated. Fine in fine dust jacket.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1931. First edition. Sheet_music. First printing of the scarcer wrappered edition, dated 1931 on the title page and 1930 on the copyright page (which is correct for Houghton firsts at that time). Green stiff wrappers printed in black (also seen in tan), introduction by William T. Tilden.....
New York: Macmillan, 1935. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. Pumpkin-colored cloth lettered in black. 88pp. Illustrated with photographs and diagrams. A tight, near fine example, brief underlining on three pages, previous owner's signature and "Harvard U." notation front pastedown; some offsetting to the endpapers. No jacket.
New York: Brentano's, 1899. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. Small octavo in red cloth lettered in black and decorated in gilt; title page printed in red and black. 235 pp. The of the scarcest and most sought after poker related books, a collection of late 19th century pieces from the.....
Lexington, KY: Thoroughbred Record Company, 1948. Hardcover. Hardcover. 230 pp. with index. Illustrated with drawings by John Zeigler and with a frontispiece by Bob Coyne. The third edition. One of the greatest thoroughbred horse trainers in the modern history of the sport offers this lively, informative book on training and.....
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. Hardcover. xiv+ 320 pp. with bibliography, index. Fine (touch of faint foxing about the edges of the text block, in fine dust jacket. A treatment of a neglected aspect of American social life and important facet of Louisiana.....
Utica: North Country Books, 1996. Softcover. AS NEW. Softcovers. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND BY PLAYERS DOLPH SCHAYES (HOF) AND PAUL SEYMOUR. 142 pp. Illustrations. Second printing. One of the scarces and most sought after of all modern basketball books, the story of the early NBA's Syracuse Nationals. Relive the.....
Garden City: Blue Ribbon Books, 1950. Later printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 244 pp. Illustrations by Carl Rosea nd with an introduction by Bill Stern. Reprint edition. Fine,pages embrowned as ususal in dust jacket, toned and with closed tear and crease rear panel.
New York: Amateur Fencers League of America, 1957. First edition. Softcover. Limp leatherette covers. 151 pp. Illustrated with diagrams. Very good.
Phila: Innes & Sons, 1910. First. Hardcover. First edition. Dark blue-green buckram lettered in gilt; 147 pps. A total of 31 photographic illustrations on 13 plates, plus diagrams. Very scarce instructional work on the game of tennis. In addition to chapters on style, equipment, strokes, volleys, the singles game, the.....
Henry Regnery Company, 1975. Hardcover. Hardcover. 197 pp. Illustrated with photos. Fine in very good dust jacket. The story of legendary hockey great Gordie Howe, published at what was essentially the end of his NHL career. Howe played in the NHL for 26 seaons, 25 of them with the Detroit.....
University of Tennessee Press, 1983. Paperback. Fine(faint foxing to the edges of the text block). Paperback. xx + 256 pages, with bibliography and index. Illustrated. The author probes history, culture,a nd consciousness to show how sports gained national acceptance in the period 1880-1910, Among the contributing factors were the increase.....
Nextbook/Schocken, 2006. First edition. Hardback. First edition. AS NEW IN DUST JACKET. Hardcover. 216 pp. with chronology and appendix of Ross' boxing record. Illustrated. Biography of Chicagoan Barney Ross, once a messenger for Al Capone , who became a boxing icon in the light- and welterweight fields.
NY: Hastings House, 1961. First. Hard Cover. First printing. Cloth, 160 pps. with index, appendix of Olympic records through time of publication. Illustrated. Breezy history of Olympic highlights from the 776 B.C. 200-yard footrace won by Coroebus (a Greek cook) to the exploits of more familiar athletes such as Jim.....
Wilmington: Jared Co, 1992. Presumed first edition. SIGNED BY DAVID TIBERI ON THE FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Hardcover. 244 pp. with appendices of U.S. Senate remarks, Tiberi's record and persons mentioned in the book. Fine in fine dust jacket. Biography of Delaware boxer Dave "TNT" Tiberi from his first amateur bout.....
NY: Kennedy, 1937. First. Hard Cover. First edition. Oversized volume in blue cloth stamped in gilt; illustrated endpapers; 296 pps. with index. Illustarted with photographs and color plates. Introduction by Ernest Hemingway. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY FARINGTON AND DATED 1938 ON THE HALF TITLE. Near fine with some minor wear to.....
New York: Dial Press, 1972. Third edition. Softcover. Oversized softcovers. Signed by Ed Faulkner on the first page. 294 pp. Illustrated throughout. Third printing. Classic tennis instructional by one of the game's top teachers, coach of many Davis Cup teams and individual starts from Tiolden to Pasarelli. Introduction by Arthur.....
London: Macmillan, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Firts printing. Hardcover. 245 pp. with index. Illustrated with photos. A tight, fine example in lightly rubbed dust jacket. A rather scarce, British biography of late 19th-early 20th century bare-knuckled heavyweight boxing legend Jack Johnson. Born in Galveston, Johnson rose to prominence in the.....
Overlook, 2011. Paperback. Softcover. Very good, some cover creasing. A novel set during the 1936 Berlin Olympics about a beautiful U.S. woman swimmer who brief but intense affair with the son of a Nazi diplomat is abruptly ended by political forces; she returns to the States where a striking American.....
Baltimore, MD: Montee Publishing Co., Inc., (1937). First edition. Hardcover. n.d. (1937) Presumed first Edition. Hardcover in dark green cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt. 158 pp. On horse racing and betting. In very good condition.
NY: International Polygonics, 1990. Softcover. First edition. Very good Paperback. First International Polygonics. The book cover edges have light wear. The book foredge corners have light soilng.
