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Sport & Country: The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News: Holly Leaves, the Christmas Number, November 11, 1955, Vol. 200, No. 3910A

By: N/A

Price: $15.00

Publisher: London, Ingram House: 1955

Seller ID: 2298819

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Very Good

Wrappers intact. Quarter inch tear to top edge of front wrapper and to bottom edge of rear wrapper, ink name on first page, general wear. 1955 Stapled Binding. Color illustrations and black-and-white photographs. Articles and photographs include Beckoning Signs; Nature's Climatic Jokes, Illustrated by J. E. Tickner; The Qualities of Charm, by P. Stephens; The Royal Scots Greys, by Major P. Pereira; A Tour of Hadrian's Wall; Newcastle and the Royal Shows, by Sydney Moorhouse; A King's Travels by Gwyneth Pennethorne; Animal Innocence; Beyond the Wall, by Hamish MacAlistair; Silhouettes, Cut by H...
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Modern Mechanix and Inventions, April 1935, Volume XIII, Number 6

By: N/A

Price: $8.00

Publisher: ., Modern Mechanix: 1935

Seller ID: 2204987

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Good

One inch tear to spine head, ink name, pages toned. 1935 Stapled Binding. 154 pp. CONTENTS: Building Stratosphere Air-Liners, by Allan Lockheed; Knock Down Monuments with Feathers, by Nic Sprank in Oddities of Science; American Railroads Challenge Speed Records; Racing Time for News Scoops, by Robert L. Frey; How I Judge Championship Fights, by General J.V. Clinnin; Get Cash for Puzzle Solutions - Furniture Contest Winners Get $125.00; Electrical City Built Without Chimneys, by Grace Kirkpatrick; How to Stain Your Microscope Slides, by Julian D. Corrington; Clipping Dollars from Auto Running E...
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Biko: The Only Thing on the Market That Will Make a Permant Repair Reliable and Safe

By: N/A

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Hubbardston, Mass., Biko Mfg, Co.: 1898

Seller ID: 2305295

Binding: Small Softcover

Condition: Good

Leather heavily rubbed. 1898 Small Softcover. Unpaginated. Leather wrappers. Contents include: yearly calendar for 1898; care of horses; learning to ride a bicycle; large cities of the United States, population exceeding 10,000, census of 1890; explanation of flag signals for weather and storms; graph paper, rate of income on stocks; interest laws of all the states; rules for computing interest; rates of postage; weights and measures; help in case of accidents; antidotes for poison; and more.
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The 1965 Princeton Ice Carnival, Baker Memorial Rink, March 12 and 13

By: N/A

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Princeton, New Jersey, Princeton Skating Club, Inc.: 1965

Seller ID: 2277957

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Good

A few faint spots on front wrapper, faint stain to top and bottom edge. 1965 Stapled Binding. Unpaginated. The 1965 Princeton Ice Carnival, Baker Memorial Rink, March 12 and 13. Includes the production, the program, cast of characters, local ads, and names and black-and-white photographs of the skaters.
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Major League Baseball: Technique and Tactics

By: Allen, Ethan

Price: $10.00

Publisher: The MacMillan Company: 1947

Seller ID: 2261622

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Two one-inch tears along top edge of jacket, faint crease along bottom edge of jacket front, front jacket flap clipped. 1947 Hard Cover. xix, 253 pp. Illustrated with 232 black-and-white pictures. CONTENTS: Part I. Defensive Baseball: General Fundamentals, The Pitcher, The Catcher, General Defense for Infielders and Outfielders, General Infield Defense, The First Baseman, General Defense for the Second Baseman and Shortstop, The Second Baseman, The Shortstop, The Third Baseman, The Outfielder; Part II. Offensive Baseball: Batting, Bunting, Base Running, Sliding, Coaching; Part III. Management:...
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Tom Hunter: Sophomore Halfback

By: Anderson, Ken

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Grand Rapids, Michigan, Zondervan Publishing House: 1945

Seller ID: 2299780

ISBN: 9789990001006

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Second printing. Jacket edges rubbed with a couple minor tears. 1945 Hard Cover. 86 pp. Here's what Lanky Bates said about the new coach at Dodge City High School: He's worse than Simon Legree--that guy. But Coach Southern won the admiration and loyalty of his team and led them to victory--real victory--for he had found Christ as his Saviour, and he not only showed his team how to play ball but told them how Christ defeated sin and makes us victors through Him if we will make Him our Captain.
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Foot Notes: A Complete Guide for the Care of Your Feet. With Special Sections for Runners and Dancers.

By: Arnot, Michelle; Crane Jack; Levine, Suzanne M.

Price: $3.00

Publisher: Garden City, New York, Dolphin Book / Doubleday: 1980

Seller ID: 2204654

ISBN: 0385149441

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

1980 Trade Paperback. xxiv, 164 pp. Corn? Bunion? Athlete's Foot? Ingrown toenail? ...Foot Notes is the practical guide that will help make your feet healthy, strong, and pain-free. Including special sections for: ATHLETES: What joggers can do about shin splints, achilles tendinitis; how to compensate for weak arches; DANCERS: How you can keep that fancy footwork going and treat or prevent common injuries; PARENTS: Explaining what to watch out for in the development of your children's feet. This comprehensive sourcebook tells you what shoes are best for you to wear and how they should fit, how...
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Sleeper Cars and Flannel Uniforms: A Lifetime of Memories from Striking Out The Babe to Teeing It Up with the President

By: Auker, Elden; Keegan, Tom

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Chicago, Triumph Books: 2001

Seller ID: 2307415

ISBN: 1892049252

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

First edition. Signed by both authors without inscriptions. A fine copy in a fine jacket. 2001 Hard Cover. v, 218 pp. Kick back and take a trip in time to meet some of baseballs all-time great personalities, with one of them as your own personal guide. Sleeper Cars and Flannel Uniforms brings baseball legends to life through the eyes of Elden Auker, a submarine-style pitcher in the American League from 1933 through 1942. Auker, one of the last living pitchers to have faced Babe Ruth, teamed with baseball greats Ted Williams, Hank Greenberg, Jimmie Foxx, Charlier Gehringer, and Mickey Cochrane,...
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Eben Holden's Last Day A-Fishing

By: Bacheller, Irving

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York/London, Harper & Brothers Publishers: 1907

Seller ID: 2202227

Binding: Small Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. No jacket, ink name to front endpaper, pages toned. 1907 Small Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 60 pp. Excerpt from Eben Holden's Last Day A-Fishing 'Always, when our train went roaring into the quiet village, we used to look out of the car-window down across the river and a smooth stretch of fields into the edge of the little town. At a small, familiar opening in the shade trees, almost half a mile from the train, we never failed to see the ?icker of a white handkerchief. It signaledtheir welcome. And then - well, I doubt if any one may have in this wor...
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The Anatomy & Development of the Sports Prototype Racing Car

By: Bamsey, Ian

Price: $125.00

Publisher: New York, Motorbooks International: 1991

Seller ID: 2200667

ISBN: 0879385863

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Minor wear to jacket corners, sticker ghost on rear jacket corner. 1991 Hard Cover. 218 pp. 8vo.Bamsey has tackled this subject with clarity and expertise to reveal fully the technical development of today's World Sports Car Championship contenders. Historical introduction to revolutionary technology design to achieve undreamed-of maximum speeds. New possibilities for increased aerodynamic performance are described and analysed in detail. AND in-depth study of WSCC structural technology and concludes with an introduction to the 3.5 ATMO regulations.
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Weatherby's Inning: A Story of College Life and Baseball

By: Barbour, Ralph H. [Henry]

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, D. Appleton and Company: 1903

Seller ID: 2289151

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

First edition. No jacket. Board edges lightly rubbed, rear hinge starting, ink gift note on front endpaper, one inch tear along edge of fourth plate. 1903 Hard Cover. vii, 249 pp. Color frontispiece and 5 color plates by C.M. Relyea. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Ralph Henry Barbour (November 13, 1870 February 19, 1944) was an American novelist, who primarily wrote popular works of sports fiction for boys. In collaboration with L. H. Bickford, he also wrote as Richard Stillman Powell, notably Phyllis in Bohemia. Other works included light romances and adventure.
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For Yardley: A Story of Track and Field

By: Barbour, Ralph Henry

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, D. Appleton and Company: 1911

Seller ID: 2289150

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. No jacket. A few faint spots on rear board, pencil name on front paste-down endpaper, ink stamp on front endpaper. 1911 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. vi, 297 pp. Color frontispiece and 3 color plates. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Ralph Henry Barbour (November 13, 1870 February 19, 1944) was an American novelist, who primarily wrote popular works of sports fiction for boys. In collaboration with L. H. Bickford, he also wrote as Richard Stillman Powell, notably Phyllis in Bohemia. Other works included light romances and adventure.
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Double Play: A Story of School and Baseball

By: Barbour, Ralph Henry

Price: $15.00

Publisher: ., D. Appleton and Company: 1910

Seller ID: 2186583

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

First edition. Bottom right front corner of cover stained, front paste-down endpaper torn away from binding, rear hinge loose. 1910 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 315 pp. A story of boarding school and baseball.
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Who's Who in Baseball: Complete Star Players' Records from Their First Day in Professional Baseball

By: Baseball Magazine Company

Price: $50.00

Publisher: ., Baseball Magazine Company: 1930

Seller ID: 2207833

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Very Good

Fifteenth edition. Lightly toned, minor wear to corners. 1930 Stapled Binding. 94 pp. Printed wrappers, stapled binding. An early guide to the playing statistics of star baseball players, including their age, height, weight, birthplace, full name, first game, first club, number of games played, positions played, career batting average, trades, drafts, and sales. It also mentions unique events of the 1929 season, and provides World's Series records and complete pitchers' records. Among the prominent players mentioned are: George Herman ('Babe') Ruth, Jr.; Henry Louis ('Lou') Gehrig; and Rogers ...
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When You Come to a Fork in The Road, Take It!

By: Berra, Yogi

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York, Hyperion: 2001

Seller ID: 2307612

ISBN: 0786867752

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

3rd printing. Signed without inscription by author on half-title page. 2001 Hard Cover. 175 pp. Inspiration and wisdom from one of baseball's greatest heroes. Don't be fooled by his famous aphorisms; Yogi Berra knows what he's talking about!
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The Concealed Handgun Manual: How to Choose, Carry, and Shoot a Gun in Self Defense

By: Bird, Chris

Price: $7.00

Publisher: San Antonio, Privateer Publishers: 2002

Seller ID: 2281543

ISBN: 0965678423

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Third edition. Light edge wear. 2002 Trade Paperback. Timely because more states continue to pass concealed-carry legislation, this comprehensive handbook contains information on current state regulations, beginning and advanced shooting instruction, and updated safety advice. This guide covers everything needed to understand these subjects and offers tips on the importance of self-protection, selecting and buying a handgun, and methods of concealing weapons. In light of the current problem of violence in schools, this edition also offers detailed instruction on how to avoid all violent encoun...
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Hawking or Faulconry [Falconry]

By: Blome, Richard

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Great Britain, Thames Valley Press: 1971

Seller ID: 2288971

ISBN: 0900294043

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

A very nice copy. 1971 Hard Cover. xxxii, 123 pp. Modern facsimile of 1929 edition. Includes fold-out engraving. Falconers will welcome the reappearance of this scarce treatise on seventeenth-century hawking.
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Computers, Chess and Long-Range Planning (Heidelbeg Science Library, Volume 11)

By: Botvinnik, M.M.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: London, The English Universities Press, Ltd.: 1970

Seller ID: 2307290

ISBN: 0340169672

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

Very minor general wear. 1970 Trade Paperback. xiii, 89 pp. Mihail Moiseevich Botvinnik is an electrical engineer by profession; during World War II he headed a high-tension laboratory in the Urals and was decorated by the USSR for his accomplishments. At present, he is the head of the alternating-current machine laboratory at the Moscow Institute of Power Engineering. He is also a world-renowned chess player. He was born in 1911, and by 1935 had become a Grandmaster of Soviet chess. In 1948 he won the world chess championship and held the title until 1963 (except for a two-year break). His ch...
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The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics

By: Brown, Daniel James

Price: $6.00

Publisher: New York, Penguin: 2014

Seller ID: 2307369

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Reprint. 1 inch crease on rear corner. 2014 Trade Paperback. 403, [1] pp. For readers ofUnbroken, out of the depths of the Depression comes an irresistible story about beating the odds and finding hope in the most desperate of timesthe improbable, intimate account of how nine working-class boys from the American West showed the world at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin what true grit really meant.
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Fresh and Salt Water Spinning (The Barnes Sports Library)

By: Burns, Eugene

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New York, A. S. Barnes and Company: 1952

Seller ID: 2294920

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Small chips to jacket spine head and jacket spine base, jacket edges rubbed, front jacket flap price-clipped with price intact. 1952 Large Hardcover. 96 pp. Photographs by Clyde Childress. ...the book explains the sport of spinning and tells why spinning with fine tackle produces bigger fish. CONTENTS: Part I. Equipment--Spinning Reels, Spinning Rods, Spinning Lines, Productive Lures; Part II. Technique--How to Cast, Retrieve, Spin on a Stream, Spin on a Lake, Spin in Salt Water, Spin with a Bubble, Tie the Strongest Knots for Spinning; Part III. Fishing Trophy Fish; Part IV. How to Build a Sp...
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Death in the Long Grass

By: Capstick, Peter Hathaway

Price: $250.00

Publisher: New York, St. Martin's Press / The Buckingham Mint: 1977

Seller ID: 2304430

ISBN: 0312186134

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Fine

Limited edition, #681 of 5000 copies, hand-numbered and signed by author on limitation page. An exceptional copy. 1977 Full-Leather. We have more books available by this author!. xv, 297 pp. Maroon full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Black-and-white photographs throughout text. Few men can say they have known Africa as Peter Hathaway Capstick has know it -- leading safaris through lion country; tracking man-eating leopards along tangled jungle paths; running for cover as fear-maddened elephants stampede in all directions. And...
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Death in the Dark Continent

By: Capstick, Peter Hathaway

Price: $250.00

Publisher: New York, St. Martin's Press / The Buckingham Mint: 1983

Seller ID: 2304431

ISBN: 0312186150

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Fine

Limited edition, #681 of 5000 copies, hand-numbered and signed by author on limitation page. An exceptional copy. 1983 Full-Leather. We have more books available by this author!. xi, [3], 238 pp. Brown full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Black-and-white photographs throughout text. Critically acclaimed as a master of adventure writing for Death in the Long Grass and Death in the Silent Places, former professional hunter Peter Hathaway Capstick takes us back to Africa to encounter the worlds most dangerous big-game animals. Af...
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The Great Chess Automaton

By: Carroll, Charles Michael

Price: $5.00

Publisher: New York, Dover: 1975

Seller ID: 2307294

ISBN: 0486218821

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Ink note on front flyleaf. 1975 Trade Paperback. xi, 116 pp. What was it? Was it really a working chess automaton, invented some two hundred years ago? Or was it an ingenious fraud that baffled the crowned heads of Europe? It was the famous Turk, invented by Kempelen around 1770 and adapted by Maelzel in the nineteenth century. A seated figure in the form of a costumed Turk, with a chessboard before it, it played chess before the royalty of Europe... It appeared in public exhibitions over much of Europe and eventually it came to the United States, where Edgar Allan Poe wrote a f...
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The Golden Dozen: The Twelve Greatest Chess Players of All Time

By: Chernev, Irving

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York and Oxford, Oxford University Press: 1976

Seller ID: 2307259

ISBN: 019217536X

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Good

First edition. Jacket and front/end matter lightly stained. 1976 Large Hardcover. 331 pp. ...describes the achievements of twelve players... Capablanca, Tal, Lasker, Alekhine, Smyslov, Fischer, Bronstein, Spassky, Botvinnik, Nimzowitsch, Rubinstein, and Petrosian.
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If They Only Knew

By: Chyna

Price: $6.00

Publisher: New York, Harper Collins: 2001

Seller ID: 2301298

ISBN: 0060393297

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Book club edition. Faint edge wear. 2001 Hard Cover. Part feminist, part superhero, Chyna has blazed a trail where no woman had gone before. She has gained the respect of the men inside the World Wrestling Federation, and the world at large. She was the first woman to wear the Intercontinental Championship belt, yet these were not her most significant battles.
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Sailing Years: An Autobiography

By: Coles, K. Adlard

Price: $9.00

Publisher: New York, John De Graff: 1981

Seller ID: 2306693

ISBN: 0828600899

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

A near fine copy in a near fine jacket. Slightly musty. 1981 Hard Cover. xi, 212 pp. Born at the beginning of the century, Adlard Coles started sailing in 1920, and his experience in cruising and racing since then has made him a world authority on heavy weather sailing. He is equally well known for his pilot books of the Channel Islands and French waters. In this interesting autobiography he tells us something of how he acquired that skill and knowledge, picking up victory in the 1950 Transatlantic race, RORC points championships in 1947, 1957 and 1963, a Royal Institute of Navigation Gold Med...
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Observations on Fox-Hunting

By: Colonel Cook; Wolstenholme, Alken and Others; de Broke, Lord Willoughby

Price: $25.00

Publisher: London, Edward Arnold and Co.: 1922

Seller ID: 2206358

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

First thus, adding color plates to the first work published in 1826. Spine slightly cocked, light scratches to rear board, ink stamp and ink name. 1922 Hard Cover. xv, 144 pp. The work that is now placed in our hands is but little known to the present generation, though a modern Master of Foxhounds would do well to follow every word of advice it contains. The author himself was M.F.H. and carried the horn at the beginning of the last century. A study of his remarkably sound treatise on Foxhunting leaves us with the reflection that the essentials of the sport have changed but slightly since the...
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A Lifetime of Nightclubs and Ballparks

By: Costello, Fred

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Rochester, New York, Fred Costello: 2010

Seller ID: 2263717

ISBN: 0615345220

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Light water stain along bottom edge. 2010 Soft Cover. 163 pp. Fred Costello is a Syracuse native who has spent his life around baseball and music often in and around Rochester. His time in semi-pro baseball, playing in mob-owned nightclubs, and many more experiences are discussed in this book.
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The Immortal Class: Bike Messengers and the Cult of Human Power

By: Culley, Travis Hugh

Price: $6.00

Publisher: New York, Random House Trade Paperbacks: 2002

Seller ID: 2266399

ISBN: 0375760245

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

First printing. Pages faintly toned. 2002 Trade Paperback. xxii, 324 pp. Travis Hugh Culley went to Chicago to make his name in its thriving theater scene, yet found in his day job a sense of community and fulfillmentand a brotherhood of like-minded individualiststhat he encountered nowhere else. In The Immortal Class, Culley takes us inside the heart and soul of an American urban icon: the bicycle messenger. In describing his own history and those of his peers, he evokes a classic American maverick, deeply woven into the fabric of societyfrom the pits of squalor to the highest reaches of powe...
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Sporting Scenes and Sundry Sketches; Being the Miscellaneous Writings of J. Cypress, Jr., in Two Volumes

By: Cypress, J., Jr.; Forester, Frank

Price: $75.00

Publisher: New York, Gould, Banks & Co.: 1842

Seller ID: 2304767

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Smudge on front board of volume one. Board corners of both volumes bumped, pages of both volumes lightly foxed. 1842 Hard Cover. Two volume set. VOLUME ONE CONTENTS: Memoir of Wm. P. Hawes; To the Memory of Cypress; Fire Island-ana, or a Week at the Fire Islands: Chapters I - VIII; Controversy Concersing the Genera, Etc., of Quail and Partridge; Bear; Collineomania; Legends of Long Islands. VOLUME TWO CONTENTS: Classic Rhapsodies; Random Reminiscences; Miscellanies; Poetical Parodies.
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