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Four Corners - How UNC, N. C. State, Duke, & Wake Forest Made North Carolina the Center of the Basketball Universeby: Menzer, Joe

Four Corners - How UNC, N. C. State, Duke, & Wake Forest Made North Carolina the Center of the Basketball Universe
by: Menzer, Joe

Hardcover. New York, Simon & Schuster, Reprint, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 302 pages. Hardcover. Black & white illustrations throughout. Dust jacket with only minor shelf wear. Clean, unmarked text.

Record # 750509

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Clemente!by: Wagenheim, Kal

Clemente!
by: Wagenheim, Kal

Hardcover. NY, Praeger Publishers, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Foreword by Wilfrid Sheed. IIlustrated with photographs. Statistics. 274 pages. Biography of one of the greatest baseball player in the game. Roberto Clemente was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1973. Clean copy.

Record # 381789

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Complete Angler, The (2 Volumes)by: Walton, Izaak and Charles Cotton

Complete Angler, The (2 Volumes)
by: Walton, Izaak and Charles Cotton

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown, and Co., 1st, 1889, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None,

Record # 851077

Price: $150.00 
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Great African Trophiesby: Diana Rupp

Great African Trophies
by: Diana Rupp

Hardcover. Safari Press, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 254 pages. Great African Trophies is a photographic showcase of some of the greatest game trophies ever taken on the Dark Continent, and it includes elephants, buffaloes, the big cats, spiral-horned antelopes, and dozens of other magnificent animals. The focus is on animals that rank in the top five of each species in the Safari Club International and Rowland Ward record books, but also included are historic, unlisted, and little-known trophies, along with their stories. This book is a feast for the eyes for anyone who loves African wildlife, and it contains the best available historical and modern photos of superlative African game animals, as well as the tales--many never before told--of the hunters who were fortunate to connect with them. The photos are accompanied by a description of where, when, and how the animal was taken, and the book provides, if possible, the details of the hunt and how it unfolded. Clean copy still in publisher's shrinkwrap.

Record # 387692

Price: $80.00 
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Seeing Red: The Red Auerbach Storyby: Shaughnessy, Dan

Seeing Red: The Red Auerbach Story
by: Shaughnessy, Dan

Hardcover. NY, Crown, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket. 302 pages, b&w illustrations. Foreword by Larry Bird. A vivid, true-to-life portrait of a living legend whose career spaned the history of the NBA. He molded the most successful franchise in the history of American sport, and through the stars he acquired and nurtured he changed the face of professional basketball.

Record # 381289

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Baseball Uniforms of The 20th Century: The Official Major League Baseball Guideby: Marc Okkonen

Baseball Uniforms of The 20th Century: The Official Major League Baseball Guide
by: Marc Okkonen

Hardcover. NY, Sterling Publishing, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 274 pages. A brilliant array of major league baseball uniforms from 1900-1991 crowds the pages of this unique sports history. With its high proportion of full-color photographs, it's an invaluable resource for long-standing veterans of the game as well as recently converted devotees. The evolution of uniforms is fascinating to peruse. Clean copy.

Record # 378821

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Breath of Africa, Ltd: Beyond the Hunt-Chronicles of a Big-Game Hunterby: Edouard-Piere Decoster

Breath of Africa, Ltd: Beyond the Hunt-Chronicles of a Big-Game Hunter
by: Edouard-Piere Decoster

Hardcover. Long Beach CA, Safari Press, reprint, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, This is the English translation of Decoster's original Le Vent des Pistes, published in 2003. Edouard-Piere Decoster is the son of a French industrialist, brought up in Northern France, and only introduced to Africa as an adult through national service in the interior of Algeria. This book "relates Decoster's memories of forty years of travelling and hunting in Africa for lion, buffalo, leopard, waterbuck, kudu, eland, antelope, elephant, and just about every other creature legal to hunt. Unlike many big-game hunting books, Decoster's tales of his safaris and expeditions are tinged with romanticism and nostalgia." Chapters include: The gates to Atlantis; The lion and the warthog at the Faleme River; Akagera Game Reserve; The accident; A lion in Sologne; Eland at the ends of the earth; In Hemingway's footsteps; Dinner in the bush; On the banks of the Faro River; Embo's revenge; An invaluable network; Friends; Hunting the baboon; How to hunt a warthog; Eland of the bad moon; The kudu of Mount Gorogoza; Paka Doume - the Well-Named;. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap.

Record # 387731

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The Wax Pack: On the Open Road in Search of Baseballs Afterlife by: Balukjian, Brad

The Wax Pack: On the Open Road in Search of Baseballs Afterlife
by: Balukjian, Brad

Hardcover. Lincoln NE, University of Nebraska Press, 1st, 2020, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Is there life after baseball? Starting from this simple question, The Wax Pack ends up with something much bigger and unexpected--a meditation on the loss of innocence and the gift of impermanence, for both Brad Balukjian and the former ballplayers he tracked down. To get a truly random sample of players, Balukjian followed this wildly absurd but fun-as-hell premise: he took a single pack of baseball cards from 1986 (the first year he collected cards), opened it, chewed the nearly thirty-year-old gum inside, gagged, and then embarked on a quest to find all the players in the pack. Clean copy.

Record # 378957

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The "Mills" Patent Standard Aluminum Golf Clubsby: N/A

The "Mills" Patent Standard Aluminum Golf Clubs
by: N/A

Softcover. Sunderland UK, Standard Golf Company, 13th Ed., 1909, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. stapled light blue paper wrappers. Housed in mauve cloth covers with a clamshell card folder. Appears to be the original printing of the 1909 catalog with the small 4 lines of the printer on rear cover: Mawson, Swan & Morgan Limited, Newcastle upon Tyne. Near fine, 28 pages with b&w illustrations. All encased in a mauve cardboard slipcase with a reproduction of the cover pasted to front. Clean.

Record # 381555

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Neil Leifer: Ballet in the Dirt: The Golden Age of Baseballby: Leifer, Neil (Photographer)

Neil Leifer: Ballet in the Dirt: The Golden Age of Baseball
by: Leifer, Neil (Photographer)

Hardcover. Los Angeles, CA , Taschen, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 296 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very clean, unmarked copy still in publishers shrink-wrap. This superb collection of 60s and 70s baseball images commemorates the sport's finest moments via the lens of legendary sports photographer Neil Leifer. Featuring over 300 photos. This unlimited popular edition is for readers on a budget or who were unable to get their hands on the original limited Collector's Edition.

Record # 361108

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The Red Stockings of Cincinnati Base Ball's First All Professional Team and its Historic 1869 and 1870 Seasons by: Guschov, Stephen D.

The Red Stockings of Cincinnati Base Ball's First All Professional Team and its Historic 1869 and 1870 Seasons
by: Guschov, Stephen D.

Softcover. Jefferson NC, Mcfarland & Co , 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 174 pages. In early 1869, Harry Wright of the Cincinnati Base Ball Club made an announcement to the sporting press: the Red Stockings would be the first all-professional club in the history of the game. The outcry could be heard in nearly every town in which the sport was played. Wright, however, paid little heed to their protests and went about his business of signing players. By the start of the season he had inked ten players to contracts, with salaries ranging from $600 to $1,400 annually. By June of 1870, the Red Stockings had compiled a 90-game winning streak and were recognized as the finest team in the game. How the Red Stockings were formed, who the players were, and why things came to an end are all fully covered in this detailed history.

Record # 381926

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New Jersey Decoysby: Henry A. Fleckenstein

New Jersey Decoys
by: Henry A. Fleckenstein

Hardcover. Exton PA, Schiffer Publishing, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 270 pages. Describes decoys made for some of the seven hundred varieties of ducks, geese, and shorebirds found in New Jersey and offers profiles of major decoy makers

Record # 371244

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A History of The Royal Game of Tennis (SIGNED COPY)by: De Luze, Albert (Translated By Richard Hamilton)

A History of The Royal Game of Tennis (SIGNED COPY)
by: De Luze, Albert (Translated By Richard Hamilton)

Hardcover. Warwick UK, The Roundwood Press, 1st thus, 1979, Hardcover. # 91 of 500 copies, Signed by Richard Hamilton on title page, reprint of the French Edition of 1933, 395 pages including Index, illustrated with numerous reproductions of period prints, with fifteen plates, and also some photographed documents. Dark Blue Leatherette with gilt and red titles, top edge gilt, dust jacket, dark blue slipcase with gilt and red titles. A beautiful copy in like dust jacket and slipcase.

Record # 383182

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Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries/ Vol XXV 1905by: Bowers, George M.

Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries/ Vol XXV 1905
by: Bowers, George M.

Hardcover. Wash, D.C., Dept of Commerce, 1st, 1906, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 488 pages, 53 full page plates (30 are fine chromolithographs), 110 text-figures. Fold-out map. Sound, tight, clean. The work contains the following monographs: Evermann - The Golden Trout of the Southern High Sierras (3 chromolithograph plates of trout); Sumner - The Physiological Effects upon Fishes of changes in the density and salinity of water; MacFarland - Opisthobranchiate Mollusca from Monterey Bay, California, and Vicinity (10 chromolithograph plates); Moore - Hirudinea and Oligochaeta in the Great Lakes (1 chromolithograph plate); The Fishes of Samoa: Description of the Species Found in the Archipelago, with a Provisional Check-List of the Fishes of Oceania (16 chromolithograph plates). The final monograph by David Starr Jordan on "The Fishes of Samoa"Several small holes to cloth along spine. PLEASE NOTE: DUE TO SIZE & WEIGHT, DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Record # 16143

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Slash Ranch Houndsby: Evans, G. W. "Dub"

Slash Ranch Hounds
by: Evans, G. W. "Dub"

Hardcover. Albuquerque NM, University of New Mexico, 1st, 1951, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover, light tan cloth stamped in dark brown, 244 pages. Illustrated with b&w photographs. Previous owner's name stamped inside front cover. Mountain lion and bear hunting on horseback, with dog packs on a 330,000 acre New Mexico working ranch. Dust jacket worn wit chipping, short tears.

Record # 412459

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Three and Two! The Autobiography of Tom Gorman, the Great Major League Umpireby: Jerome Holtzman /Tom Gorman

Three and Two! The Autobiography of Tom Gorman, the Great Major League Umpire
by: Jerome Holtzman /Tom Gorman

Hardcover. NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, 3rd pr., 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a nice dust jacket with light fading to spine, 216 pages. A view from behind the plate of baseball in the 50s, 60s,, and 70s. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 396414

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On Boxingby: Oates, Joyce Carol

On Boxing
by: Oates, Joyce Carol

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday , 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 118 pages, b&w photographs. A very clean, tight copy.

Record # 363696

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Bill Veeck: Baseball's Greatest Maverickby: Paul Dickson

Bill Veeck: Baseball's Greatest Maverick
by: Paul Dickson

Hardcover. NY, Walker Books, 1st, 2012, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 434 pages, b&w photos. William Louis "Bill" Veeck, Jr. (1914-1986) is legendary in many ways-baseball impresario and innovator, independent spirit, champion of civil rights in a time of great change. Paul Dickson has written the first full biography of this towering figure, in the process rewriting many aspects of his life and bringing alive the history of America's pastime. In his late 20s, Veeck bought into his first team, the American Association Milwaukee Brewers. After serving and losing a leg in WWII, he bought the Cleveland Indians in 1946, and a year later broke the color barrier in the American League by signing Larry Doby, a few months after Jackie Robinson-showing the deep commitment he held to integration and equal rights. Cleveland won the World Series in 1948, but Veeck sold the team for financial reasons the next year. He bought a majority of the St. Louis Browns in 1951, sold it three years later, then returned in 1959 to buy the other Chicago team, the White Sox, winning the American League pennant his first year. Ill health led him to sell two years later, only to gain ownership again, 1975-1981. Veeck's promotional spirit-the likes of clown prince Max Patkin and midget Eddie Gaedel are inextricably connected with him-and passion endeared him to fans, while his feel for the game led him to propose innovations way ahead of their time, and his deep sense of morality not only integrated the sport but helped usher in the free agency that broke the stranglehold owners had on players. (Veeck was the only owner to testify in support of Curt Flood during his landmark free agency case). Bill Veeck: Baseball's Greatest Maverick is a deeply insightful, powerful biography of a fascinating figure.

Record # 378926

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60 Centuries of Skiing (SIGNED COPY)by: Dudley, Charles M.

60 Centuries of Skiing (SIGNED COPY)
by: Dudley, Charles M.

Hardcover. Brattleboro VT, Stephen Daye Press, 1st, 1935, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth with white lettering on spine, b&w illustrations, 207 pages, including a bibliography. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on dedication page. A history of skiing is reviewed from Prehistory, the Ski in Literature, Skiing Becomes Sport, and Competitions and Records; a world-wide discussion by each country and area follows, all continents represented; Norwegian ski equipment manufacture is mentioned; facilities, conditions and the sport standing in each country are evaluated. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 379521

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Horses That Buck: The Story of Champion Bronc Rider Bill Smith (SIGNED COPY)by: Kahn, Margot

Horses That Buck: The Story of Champion Bronc Rider Bill Smith (SIGNED COPY)
by: Kahn, Margot

Hardcover. Norman, University of Oklahoma Press, 2nd pr., 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. SIGNED BY BILL SMITH on title page. 194 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 459068

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Almost Yankees: The Summer of '81 and the Greatest Baseball Team You

Almost Yankees: The Summer of '81 and the Greatest Baseball Team You

Hardcover. University of Nebraska Press, 1st, 2019, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 344 pages. Almost Yankees is a poignant and nostalgic narrative of the lives and travails of Minor League Baseball, focusing on the 1981 championship season of the New York Yankees' Triple-A farm club, the Columbus Clippers. That year was especially notable in the annals of baseball history as the year Major League Baseball went on strike in midseason. When that happened, the Clippers were suddenly the best team in baseball and found themselves the focus of national media attention. Many of these Minor Leaguers sensed this was their last, best chance to make an impression and fulfill their dreams to one day reach the majors. The Clippers' raw recruits, prospects, and Minor League veterans responded to this opportunity by playing the greatest baseball of their lives on the greatest team most of them would ever belong to. Then the strike ended, leaving them to return to their ordinary aspirational lives and to be just as quickly forgotten.

Record # 374154

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Rascals and Racehorses: A Sporting Man's Life by: W. Cothran Campbell

Rascals and Racehorses: A Sporting Man's Life
by: W. Cothran Campbell

Hardcover. Lexington KY, Eclipse Press, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 197 pages, b&w photos. A humorous look at the life of the sport with recollections from some of racing's more unusual and interesting individuals. Clean copy.

Record # 381301

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THE BIG O: My Life My Times My Gameby: Robertson, Oscar

THE BIG O: My Life My Times My Game
by: Robertson, Oscar

Hardcover. NY, Rodale, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. While The Big O: My Life, My Times, My Game will not disappoint basketball purists longing for Oscar Robertson's play-by-play of favorite games, the attraction of this autobiography is Robertson's perspective on the evolution of the sport and on the racial struggles that were the context of his formative years. Called by many basketball experts the greatest all-around player ever, Robertson earned an astonishing array of honors including an Olympic gold medal, 12 NBA All-Star appearances, the NBA Rookie of the Year award, and the 1964 NBA MVP award. Most remarkably, Robertson remains the only player in basketball history with a triple-double season (double-digit averages for scoring, rebounds, and assists). While Robertson could have easily candy-coated this impressive record for his retrospective, he devotes large sections of his book to the racial battles he faced off court, and his final chapters recount his controversial efforts as an NBA union leader to create free agency, a pension plan, and disability protection for players. In telling his life story, he lays bare the racism and mistreatment he suffered at the hands of individuals and institutions throughout his career, from the Mayor of Indianapolis and Cincinnati University to the NBA and CBS Sports. At times, his critiques can seem excessive (e.g. his discussions of the distortions in the film Hoosiers, while interesting, are repeated a bit too often), and some sections (like his attempts to compare himself to contemporary players) border on self-indulgence. Yet, he seems justified in arguing that his achievements--largely accomplished on second-rate teams, against a back-drop of unprecedented racial strife, and before the modern era of sports-media saturation--are easily underrepresented. In the end, The Big O offers a complex, human portrait to complement a spectacular sports career.

Record # 378525

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Prairie and Forest: A Description of the Game of North America with Personal Adventures in Their Pursuitby: Gillmore, Parker

Prairie and Forest: A Description of the Game of North America with Personal Adventures in Their Pursuit
by: Gillmore, Parker

Hardcover. New York, Harper and Brothers, 1st, 1874, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 378 pages plus 6 pages of publisher's ads. Profusley illustrated with 35 b&w line drawings, many full page. Bright green cloth with black and gilt design. Tight, clean copy.

Record # 404633

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The Man in the Crowd: Confessions of a Sports Addict by: Cohen, Stanley

The Man in the Crowd: Confessions of a Sports Addict
by: Cohen, Stanley

NY, Random House, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. For Stanley Cohen, baseball is the prism through which he views the events of the last seventy years. His narrative spans four generations as he recounts in sparkling prose how, for his immigrant father, sports was a means of assimilation into life in the New World; the warmth of watching his son and, later, his grandson both fall heir to his devotion; and how the game of baseball has provided his life with its truest sense of continuity. Clean copy.

Record # 381314

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Great Opens, The: Historic British and American Championships, 1913-1975by: Hobbs, Michael

Great Opens, The: Historic British and American Championships, 1913-1975
by: Hobbs, Michael

Hardcover. South Brunswick, N.J., A. S. Barnes & Company, Incorporated, 1st US, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 156 pages. Blue cloth cover, slightly bumped corners. Dust jacket has light wear to edges. Inside bright and clean, with b&w photographs throughout.

Record # 455669

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Gloves, Glory and God: An Autobiographyby: Henry Armstrong

Gloves, Glory and God: An Autobiography
by: Henry Armstrong

Hardcover. NY, Fleming H,. Revell, 1st, 1956, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket. The story of boxer Henry Armstrong's rise to fame and the spiritual experience which led him from the prize ring to the pulpit. Armstrong was one of the few fighters to win in three or more different divisions: featherweight, lightweight, and welterweight. He defended his welterweight title a total of nineteen times. Clean copy.

Record # 381804

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60 Centuries of Skiingby: Dudley, Charles M.

60 Centuries of Skiing
by: Dudley, Charles M.

Hardcover. Brattleboro VT, Stephen Daye Press, 1st, 1935, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth with white lettering on spine, b&w illustrations, 207 pages, including a bibliography. A history of skiing is reviewed from Prehistory, the Ski in Literature, Skiing Becomes Sport, and Competitions and Records; a world-wide discussion by each country and area follows, all continents represented; Norwegian skii equipment manufacture is mentioned; facilities, conditions and the sport standing in each country are evaluated. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 370582

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In Full Cry (SIGNED COPY)by: Meads, Jim

In Full Cry (SIGNED COPY)
by: Meads, Jim

Hardcover. Shrewsbury UK, Quiller Press, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, Profusely illustrated with color photographs of fox hunts. Detailing the best of hunting both in Britain and America. Clean, bright copy in an unclipped dust jacket. SIGNED/INSCRIBED on front fly leaf "With all best wishes from Jim Meads/03".

Record # 371779

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Johnny Podres: Brooklyn's Only Yankee Killerby: Benett, Bob, John and Robert S.

Johnny Podres: Brooklyn's Only Yankee Killer
by: Benett, Bob, John and Robert S.

Softcover. Bloomington, IN, Author House, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 161 pages. Softcover with light edgewear to paper wrappers. Black and white pictures throughout. Tight and clean copy.

Record # 354075

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The Men of Autumn: An Oral History of the 1949 53 World Champion New York Yankees by: Forker, Dom

The Men of Autumn: An Oral History of the 1949 53 World Champion New York Yankees
by: Forker, Dom

Dallas, Taylor Publishing, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 228 pages, b&w illustrations. Includes appendix of player statistics. Recalls the record-breaking New York Yankees, the only team in baseball history to win five consecutive World Series, offering the remembrances of the greatest Bronx Bombers.

Record # 396378

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Baseball Uniforms of The 20th Century: The Official Major League Baseball Guideby: Marc Okkonen

Baseball Uniforms of The 20th Century: The Official Major League Baseball Guide
by: Marc Okkonen

Hardcover. NY, Sterling Publishing, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 274 pages. A brilliant array of major league baseball uniforms from 1900-1991 crowds the pages of this unique sports history. With its high proportion of full-color photographs, it's an invaluable resource for long-standing veterans of the game as well as recently converted devotees. The evolution of uniforms is fascinating to peruse. Clean copy.

Record # 397566

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Kentucky Rifle, The (SIGNED BY EDITOR)by: Dillin/Kendrick Scofield, Captain John G. W.

Kentucky Rifle, The (SIGNED BY EDITOR)
by: Dillin/Kendrick Scofield, Captain John G. W.

Hardcover. Washington, D.C., National Rifle Association of America, 1st, 1924, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 124 pages plus 6 page reference index. Hardcover. INSCRIBED BY EDITOR KENDRICK SCOFIELD ON FRONT ENDPAPER. Black & white photographs and illustrations throughout. Gilt title and decoration on blue cover. Corner and edge wear and fray, minor foxing throughout. Rubbing along spine and edges of blue cloth covers. Unmarked pages and text.

Record # 853722

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Wanderings of An Elephant Hunterby: Bell, W.D.M.

Wanderings of An Elephant Hunter
by: Bell, W.D.M.

Hardcover. Long Beach, CA, Safari Press, 1st thus, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 187 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Pictorial boards, no dust jacket issued. Minor wear to covers, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 854714

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Stars on Ice: An Intimate Look at Skating's Greatest Tour (SIGNED BOOKPLATE)by: Wilner, Barry

Stars on Ice: An Intimate Look at Skating's Greatest Tour (SIGNED BOOKPLATE)
by: Wilner, Barry

Hardcover. Kansas City, Andrew McMeel Publishing, 2nd, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 159 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY SCOTT HAMILTON ON BOOKPLATE OPPOSITE Title Page. Dust jacket shows light rubbing and edge wear, internally tight and crisp. Color photographs throughout.

Record # 354068

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Judge Landis and Twenty-Five Years of Baseballby: Spink, J. G. Taylor

Judge Landis and Twenty-Five Years of Baseball
by: Spink, J. G. Taylor

Hardcover. New York , Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 7th printing, 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 306 pages, b&w photos. Light wear, rubbing and sunning to dust jacket. Book itself is very good.

Record # 856030

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Holzman on Hoops: The Man Who Led the Knicks Through Two World Championships Tells It Like It Wasby: Holzman, Red /Harvey Frommer

Holzman on Hoops: The Man Who Led the Knicks Through Two World Championships Tells It Like It Was
by: Holzman, Red /Harvey Frommer

Dallas, Taylor Publishing, 1st, 1991, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 206 pages, b&w photos. A former player, scout, coach, and general manager presents reminiscences from his life in basketball.

Record # 381295

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Decoys Simplified (SIGNED COPY)by: Casson, Paul W.

Decoys Simplified (SIGNED COPY)
by: Casson, Paul W.

Hardcover. Rockville Centre NY, Freshet Press, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn, chipped dust jacket. Profusely illustrated in b&w + 4 pages in color: line drawings, photos, & paintings. viii. + 96pp. + 20 pages of patterns in blue ink folow the text. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR opposite the title page.

Record # 385482

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Even Big Guys Cryby: Karras, Alex /Herb Gluck

Even Big Guys Cry
by: Karras, Alex /Herb Gluck

NY, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2nd pr., 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Covers Karras's life from childhood to his retirement from football. Parts of the book are laugh out loud funny, while other parts are surprisingly sensitive and deep. In addition to football, Karras deals with the death of his father and of his early experiences with women. (They aren't "conquest" stories and usually didn't end up happily for Karras.) Co-authored by Herb Gluck,. Clean copy.

Record # 381309

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Baseball Americana: Treasures from the Library of Congress by: Katz, Harry; Ceresi, Frank; Michel, Phil

Baseball Americana: Treasures from the Library of Congress
by: Katz, Harry; Ceresi, Frank; Michel, Phil

Hardcover. Washington DC, Smithsonian, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Baseball, the sport that helped reunify the country in the years after the Civil War, remains the National Pastime. The Library of Congress houses the world's largest baseball collection, documenting the history of the game and providing a unique look at America since the late 1700s. Now Baseball Americana presents the best of the best from that treasure trove. From baseball's biggest stars to street urchins, from its most newsworthy stories to sandlot and Little League games, the book examines baseball's hardscrabble origins, rich cultural heritage, and uniquely American character. The more than 350 fabulous illustrations--many never before published--featured first-generation, vintage photographic and chromolithographic baseball cards; photographs of famous players and ballparks; and newspaper clippings, cartoons, New Deal photographs, and baseball advertisements.

Record # 381473

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Factory Decoys of Mason, Stevens, Dodge and Petersonby: Delph, John and Shirley

Factory Decoys of Mason, Stevens, Dodge and Peterson
by: Delph, John and Shirley

Hardcover. West Chester, PA, Schiffer Publishing, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 168 pages. Hardcover with light edgewear to dust jacket. Red leather boards with gilt illustration of duck and lettering on front. light foxing to underneath dust jacket rear. Color pictures throughout. Tight copy. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf.

Record # 4450172

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Totem of the Terrible Bear and Other Hunting Adventures (SIGNED COPY)by: Bookman, David P.

Totem of the Terrible Bear and Other Hunting Adventures (SIGNED COPY)
by: Bookman, David P.

Hardcover. Romney WV, self-published, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 460 pages. Large format with many color photos. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by author on title page. #314 of 1000 copies.

Record # 372334

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Lefty: An American Odysseyby: Vernona Gomez Lawrence Goldstone

Lefty: An American Odyssey
by: Vernona Gomez Lawrence Goldstone

Hardcover. NY, Ballantine Books, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Daughter Vernona Gomez honors her late father with a well-researched biography of Yankee great Vernon "Lefty" Gomez. From the time he was a child Lefty wanted to be a baseball player. His strength was in his determination to achieve his goal while at the same time being a willing learner from those who had knowledge to pass on to him. In other words he was coachable and aware of his limitations. Gomez played during the heyday of Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and later Joe DiMaggio. Lefty was The Yankee Clipper's roommate for several years, and taught the quiet DiMaggio life in the big leagues. The book provides numerous anecdotes of the Yankee greats of this time period which enrich the book a great deal. Gomez was there when Ruth supposedly called his "shot" in Wrigley Field during the 1932 World Series. He was also there when Gehrig was stricken with illness and had to prematurely retire from the game. Clean copy.

Record # 381933

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Dreaming the Lion: Reflections on Hunting, Fishing, and a Search for the Wild (SIGNED COPY)by: Thomas McIntyre

Dreaming the Lion: Reflections on Hunting, Fishing, and a Search for the Wild (SIGNED COPY)
by: Thomas McIntyre

Hardcover. Traverse City MI, Countrysport Press, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 309 pages, b&w illustrations by Glenn Wolff. Decorated brown bonded leather. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on half title page. A collection of 23 essays, written by Sports Afield editor McIntyre, explore the spell the wild casts over all who go afield with rod or gun. Subjects range from woodcock in Ireland to Dall's sheep in Alaska to Cape buffalo in Africa, from chukars in Idaho to pronghorns in Wyoming to muskox in the Northern Territories. Includes one chapter on fishing for king salmon in British Columbia. Clean.

Record # 381967

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Babe, The: A Life in Picturesby: Ritter, Lawrence and Mark Rucker

Babe, The: A Life in Pictures
by: Ritter, Lawrence and Mark Rucker

Hardcover. New York, Ticknor & Fields, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 282 pages, illustrated throughout with vintage b&w photos, documenting the Yankee star's career. Small nick to dust jacket along fore-edge, light edgewear, otherwise very good.

Record # 405330

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Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe by: Maraniss, David

Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe
by: Maraniss, David

Hardcover. NY, Simon & Schuster, 1st, 2022, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Jim Thorpe rose to world fame as a mythic talent who excelled at every sport. He won gold medals in the decathlon and pentathlon at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, was an All-American football player at the Carlisle Indian School, the star of the first class of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and played major league baseball for John McGraw's New York Giants. Even in a golden age of sports celebrities, he was one of a kind. But despite his colossal skills, Thorpe's life was a struggle against the odds. As a member of the Sac and Fox Nation, he encountered duplicitous authorities who turned away from him when their reputations were at risk. At Carlisle, he dealt with the racist assimilationist philosophy "Kill the Indian, Save the Man." His gold medals were unfairly rescinded because he had played minor league baseball. His later life was troubled by alcohol, broken marriages, and financial distress. He roamed from state to state and took bit parts in Hollywood, but even the film of his own life failed to improve his fortunes. But for all his travails, Thorpe did not succumb. The man survived, complications and all, and so did the myth. Clean, like new.

Record # 396324

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Presenting Fun with Trout: Trout Fishing in Words, Paint & Lines by: Everett, Fred

Presenting Fun with Trout: Trout Fishing in Words, Paint & Lines
by: Everett, Fred

Hardcover. Harrisburg PA, The Stackpole Company, 1st, 1952, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 287 pages. Pictorial endpapers. Maroon cover with gilt lettering and affixed picture of a fisherman in bright color. Black-and-white illustrations throughout by Fred Everett and three color illustrations in addition to the frontispiece. Clean copy.

Record # 396839

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Return to Glory: The Story of the Cleveland Browns by: Bill Levy

Return to Glory: The Story of the Cleveland Browns
by: Bill Levy

Cleveland, World Publishing Company, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 240 pages, b&w illustrations. Clean, tight copy of this history of the professional football team from it's founding by taxicab magnet Arther McBride to the championship season of 1964.

Record # 381784

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American Ski Annual and Skiing Journal 1952by: Roger Langley (editor)

American Ski Annual and Skiing Journal 1952
by: Roger Langley (editor)

Softcover. Barre MA, National Ski Association Of America, 1952, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 256 pages, b&w illustrations. Numerous ads. Covers show wear, rear cover with crease, small stain. Otherwise clean. Mild musty odor.

Record # 369880

Price: $25.00 
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Kuk Sool Won: Defense Against a Knife Or Club by: Suh, I Hyuk

Kuk Sool Won: Defense Against a Knife Or Club
by: Suh, I Hyuk

Softcover. Pussan Korea, World Kuk Sool Won Association , reprint, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 96 pages illustrated in b&w. Clean copy.

Record # 379194

Price: $60.00 
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