London: Hutchinson, (1946). First edition. Hardcover. N.d. (1946). First printing. Hardcover in green cloth. 226 pp. with index. With 12 photographic plates. Very good, no jacket. A title in Hutchinson's Sports Library. A collection of essays on cricket, written by Prittie while he was being held as a prisoner of.....
Cambridge, Mass: Robert Bentley, 1964. Third edition. Hardcover. Hardcover. 125 pp. Illustrated with photographs, diagrams of cornering angles, etc. and appendix section of layouts of major international Formula I tracks. Translated from the Italian. Book on motor racing written for the drivers themselves---a text-book on motor racing, if you will.....
London: Seeley, Service & Co. Hardcover. Slim octavo in yellow cloth. No date, circa 1935-37. 70 pp. plus 10 pp. publisher's catalog and an illusrated ad for Spalding winter sports equipment. Eight phtographic plates. Guide to ice skating in its various forms with sections on its history, training and equipment.....
Carlisle, Pa: Tuxedo Press, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. (NO EXPEDITED SHIPPING THROUGH AMAZON, ALIBRIS OR B&N. These orders will ONLY ship media mail and will not ship internationally). Oversized hardcover in maroon cloth lettered in gilt. 356 pp. with index. Illustrated. The fascinating story of William Henry "Billy" Dietz who.....
New York: Pocket Books/Simon & Schuster, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. Fine, tight example in bright, crisp dust jacket. Hardcover. INSCRIBED ON THE FRONT FREE ENDPAPER: "To George/ Best of luck!/ Jim Valvano". 259 pp. Illustrated. Autobiography of legendary basketball coach Jim Valvano. He takes the reader through his.....
Counterpoint, 2013. First edition. Hardcover. New in dust acket. First edition/printing. Hardcover. 212 pp. A novel set in the world of female athletes in the 1928 Olymp[ic Games in Amsterdam, the first games in which women were allowed to compete in track and field. Nicknamed "the Peerless Four", the Canadian.....
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1961. Reissue. Hardcover. Reissue. Hardcover. In fine condition with crisp, clean fine dust jacket. Jacket has modest fade to the spine. 176 pages.
London: Richard Bentley And Son, 1886. First edition. Leather_bound. First edition. Royal 8vo in polished three quarter emerald green leather over marbled paper covered boards, hubbed spine lettered in gilt and with turf-realted decorations in the compartments. 466 pp. A tight, generally fine example, spine with some moderate toning to.....
Harrisburg, Pa: Military Service Publishing Company, 1939. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. Hardcover in charcoal gray cloth stamped in gilt. 351 pp. with bibilography. Illustrated throughout with 557 action and instructional photographs. Very good, gilt rubbed, gift inscriptionon front free endpaper, "Merry Xmas from Santa 1939". In dust jacket wth.....
New York: W.W. Norton/ Grosset & Dunlap, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. First printing (no statement as is correct). Hardcover in yellow cloth lettered in red. Illustrated with cartoons by Jerry Schlamp. 121 pp. A bright, fine example in a bright dust jacket, U.S. price intact, U.K. price clipped, some modest.....
