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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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Shang: A Biography of Charles E. Wheeler (SIGNED COPY)by: Merkt, Dixon MacD. and Mark Lytle

Shang: A Biography of Charles E. Wheeler (SIGNED COPY)
by: Merkt, Dixon MacD. and Mark Lytle

Hardcover. Spanish Fork UT, Hillcrest Publications, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 199 pages including an index of illustrations, appendices, text and extensive black and white photographs by Richard M. Grave as well as a section of 15 pages of color photographs. With an introduction by Raymond E. Baldwin. Edited by Ruth Wolfe. SIGNED BY MERKT on front fly leaf. "The first biography to document the life and work of the remarkable Charles E. "Shang" Wheeler (1872-1949), whose prize winning decoys set a standard of excellence equaled by few and surpassed by none." In a dust jacket that has light sun fading to spine.

Record # 372785

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The Dogged Victims of Inexorable Fateby: Jenkins, Dan

The Dogged Victims of Inexorable Fate
by: Jenkins, Dan

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown & Co., 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a bright, lightly worn dust jacket. The author's humorous look at professional golf, it's stars and off-beat personalities. Mild soil to the dust jacket, no markings.

Record # 381799

Price: $28.00 
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Wait Till Next Year: The Story of a Season When What Should've Happened Didn't, and What Could've Gone Wrong Did by: William Goldman; Mike Lupica

Wait Till Next Year: The Story of a Season When What Should've Happened Didn't, and What Could've Gone Wrong Did
by: William Goldman; Mike Lupica

Hardcover. NY, Bantam, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Clean copy.

Record # 378951

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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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Arnie: The Life of Arnold Palmer by: Callahan, Tom

Arnie: The Life of Arnold Palmer
by: Callahan, Tom

Hardcover. NY, Harper, 1st, 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. In this definitive biography, veteran sportswriter Tom Callahan shines a spotlight on one of the greatest golfers ever to play the game, Arnold Palmer. The winner of more than ninety championships, including four Masters Tournaments, Arnold Palmer was a legend in twentieth century sports: a supremely gifted competitor beloved for his powerful hitting, his nerve on the greens, and his great rapport with fans. Perhaps above all others, Palmer was the reason golf's popularity exploded, as the King of the links helped define golf's golden age along with Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player.

Record # 381322

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The Sport Americana Alphabetical Baseball Card Checklist #1by: Beckett, James; Eckes, Dennis W.

The Sport Americana Alphabetical Baseball Card Checklist #1
by: Beckett, James; Eckes, Dennis W.

Softcover. Laurel MD, Den's Collector's Den, 1st, 1979, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 156 pages illustrated in b&w and color. Paper spine reinforced with clear tape. Otherwise clean copy.

Record # 382563

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Camp and Trailby: White, Stewart Edward

Camp and Trail
by: White, Stewart Edward

Hardcover. NY, The Outing Publishing Co., 1st, 1907, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, decorated blue cloth stamped in black, purple and white. 236 pages in very good condition. Light fade to spine. Illustrated with photographs and sketches. Frontispiece in color by Fernand Lungren and many other illustrations from photographs, etc. Clean copy.

Record # 370539

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Shadows of Summer: Classic Baseball Photographs, 1869-1947by: Honig, Donald

Shadows of Summer: Classic Baseball Photographs, 1869-1947
by: Honig, Donald

Hardcover. New York, Viking Studio, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 192 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. A gallery of the most compelling images from baseball's history. Beginning with a team portrait of the Cincinnati Red Stockings taken in 1869, the books charts the sport through the Black Sox scandal, when giants like Honus Wagner, Ty Cobb and Shoeless Joe Jackson roamed the field; all through the Babe Ruth years, WWII, the Negro League and Jackie Robinson's first day in the major leagues. As well as the many famous famous, many unknowns are also shown with the criteria for inclusion being the artistic merit of the photograph.

Record # 352146

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T.J.-My 26 Years in Baseball by: John, Tommy with Dan Valenti

T.J.-My 26 Years in Baseball
by: John, Tommy with Dan Valenti

Hardcover. NY, Bantam Books, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 305 pages, b&w illustrations. First Printing of the First Edition, with complete number row (0987654321) on the copyright page. Illustrated with 16 pages of photos. Appendix (career stats). Clean copy.

Record # 397934

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Hang Time: My Life in Basketball by: Baylor, Elgin with Alan Eisenstock

Hang Time: My Life in Basketball
by: Baylor, Elgin with Alan Eisenstock

Hardcover. Boston/NY, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 2018, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 326 pages, b&w illustrations, Elgin Baylor's memoir of an epic all-star career in the NBA--during which he transformed basketball from a horizontal game to a vertical one--and his fights against racism during his career as a player and as general manager of the LA Clippers under the infamous Donald Sterling, Clean, bright copy.

Record # 387307

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Slick: My Life in and Around Baseballby: Whitey Ford/ Phil Pepe

Slick: My Life in and Around Baseball
by: Whitey Ford/ Phil Pepe

Hardcover. NY, William Morrow, 2nd pr., 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 256 pages, b&w illustrations. Hall of Famer Ford was the Yankee pitching ace in the 1950s and early 1960s, when the team frequently won the pennant. Raised in Queens, he was a quintessential New Yorker, and his well-publicized friendship with country boy Mickey Mantle made him seem the archetypal city slicker. Here he and New York Daily News columnist Pepe cover his diamond career, which was pretty much an uninterrupted triumph. Ford's lifetime winning percentage was .690, he played in 11 World Series and set the record for most consecutive scoreless innings in the series. There are also tales of his epoch-making carousing with Mantle and Billy Martin, his doctoring of baseballs and the greats he has known. Additionally, there is a warm introduction by pal Mantle. Clean copy.

Record # 396420

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The Sportsman's Notebook by: H. G. Tapply

The Sportsman's Notebook
by: H. G. Tapply

Hardcover. NY, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 6th pr., 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 333 pages, b&w illustrations by Walter Dower.

Record # 397708

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Cobb: The Life and Times of the Meanest Man Who Ever Played Baseballby: Stump, Al

Cobb: The Life and Times of the Meanest Man Who Ever Played Baseball
by: Stump, Al

Hardcover. Chapel Hill NC, Algonquin Books, 2nd pr., 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 436 pages, b&w photos. The author offers the reader a fascinating window into the Georgia Peach's life and times when the then, dying Cobb, hired him in 1960, to ghost write his autobiography. It was from those months that came "My Life in Baseball," a carefully sanitized justification for Cobb's life and career. This book, however, includes the darker side of Cobb's life in an authoritative and compelling account of this sports legend. Remainder X on bottom edge otherwise clean.

Record # 397968

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Manila Polo Club: Seventy Five Years by: Ira , Luning Bonifacio

Manila Polo Club: Seventy Five Years
by: Ira , Luning Bonifacio

Hardcover. Manila , Manila Polo Club , 1st, 1984 , Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 152 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Extensive b&w and color photography throughout. Illustrated end papers and fly leaves. Blind stamp on front cover. Musty odor, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 857451

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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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Streak: Joe Dimaggio and the Summer of '41by: Michael Seidel

Streak: Joe Dimaggio and the Summer of '41
by: Michael Seidel

Hardcover. NY, McGraw-Hill, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. The story of one remarkable summer when Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak captured the imagination and attention of the country. 260 pages, b&w illustrations.

Record # 381785

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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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Sixty Years a Hunterby: Bill Quimby

Sixty Years a Hunter
by: Bill Quimby

Hardcover. Long Beach CA, Safari Press, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 336 pages, color and b/w photographs, b/w sketches by the author. Brown boards, spine titled in gilt. Fine new copy in dust-wrapper. As the longtime editor of Safari magazine, Quimby had the chance to hunt on multiple continents for all the sundry game animals found there. In this book he tells us of hunts across North and South America; South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, and other parts of Africa; Spain; Mongolia; and New Zealand. Also included is Quimby's successful quest to become one of the very few to take all ten of Arizona's big-game species. Several of his hunts were memorable for what went wrong. A horse panicked and fell off a series of ledges during a hunt for a mountain lion, which led to Quimby and a friend spending a cold New Year's Eve on a ridge without shelter or fire. Then, after he had waited thirty-nine years to draw an Arizona desert sheep tag, Bill is changing a tire on the first day of hunting when a bumper jack slips and breaks his arm. (He shot his ram and completed his "Big Ten" quest twelve days later by firing his rifle one-handed.) Some other stories include the time an Indian guide fell from a boat in the Northwest Territories and drowned on the author's caribou hunt; the time a storm on a Yukon moose hunt kept Quimby and his guide snowbound in a plywood shack for nine days. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap.

Record # 387732

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Knute Rockne Man Builder All American Quarterback One of the Four Horsemenby: Stuhldreher, Harry A.

Knute Rockne Man Builder All American Quarterback One of the Four Horsemen
by: Stuhldreher, Harry A.

Hardcover. NY, Grosset & Dunlap, 1st, 1931, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a unclipped dust jacket with fading to spine. "Here is Rock as his players knew him, the builder of men and the builder of teams. Here are the methods he used, the wizardry that made Notre Dame the outstanding name in football. Here are the inside stories of the hardest games, the greatest victories, the astounding upsets of the Fighting Irish. And here are the secrets of the Rockne system which produced not only great teams not only at Notre dame but from coast to coast as his men and others carried on." Clean copy.

Record # 381312

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My Fifty Years of Chess (SIGNED COPY)by: Marshall, Frank J.

My Fifty Years of Chess (SIGNED COPY)
by: Marshall, Frank J.

Hardcover. New York, Horowitz and Harkness, 1st Ltd. Ed., 1942, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 242 pages, red cloth covers with black and gilt design. SIGNED BY MARSHALL on limitation page, #461 of 500 copies. Marshall was United States Chess Champion from 1909 to 1936. B&W illustrations, clean, tight copy with a few minor scratches to front cover.

Record # 405702

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Flying Scotsman : Cycling to Triumph Through My Darkest Hoursby: Graeme Obree

Flying Scotsman : Cycling to Triumph Through My Darkest Hours
by: Graeme Obree

Softcover. Boulder CO, Velo Press, 1st, 2005, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, pictoeial wraps. Little-known Graeme Obree became international cycling's most unlikely star, capturing the public's imagination with his innovative engineering and design skills and unique training regiments. When he broke world records and won championships, the cycling authorities outlawed both his bike and his tucked riding position. He invented the "Superman" riding style and triumphed again. But while battling authorities and other cyclists, Obree was also battling a much more serious threat: bipolar disorder. In "The Flying Scotsman, Obree tells his remarkable story with brutal honesty and unexpected humor. Beginning with his troubled childhood in Ayrshire, where the bike was his only escape, Obree recounts his turbulent life and career, describing what drove him to not only break records, but to attempt suicide on three separate occasions. Long known for his courage on the track, here Obree demonstrates a different kind of courage as he movingly lays bare his struggle with manic depression.

Record # 381245

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Funny Cideby: Sally Jenkins and LLC Funny Cide Ventures

Funny Cide
by: Sally Jenkins and LLC Funny Cide Ventures

Hardcover. NY, Putnam, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket. Describes how an unheralded New York horse--trained by a journeyman, ridden by a hard-luck jockey, and owned by a tiny stable founded by a group of high-school buddies from Sackets Harbor--beat the champions and their multimillionaire owners to sweep to the brink of the Triple Crown.

Record # 379583

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Base Ball in Cincinnati: A Historyby: Ellard, Harry

Base Ball in Cincinnati: A History
by: Ellard, Harry

Softcover. Jefferson NC, McFarland & Company, reprint, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 218 pages, b&w illustrations. Harry Ellard's Base Ball in Cincinnati, published in 1907, is an invaluable resource for those interested in the early years of professional baseball and the city that was its hometown. Ellard was uniquely positioned to write the definitive book on this topic: as a Cincinnati journalist, he knew of and consulted the best photographs and documents relating to the Cincinnati Club, and had the cooperation of several Red Stockings players. Readers will find information on stand-out clubs and games, and many of the important men who were instrumental to early baseball in Cincinnati and so to professional baseball in general. Clean copy.

Record # 381930

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Fur or Feather: Days with Dog and Gunby: Smith, Lawrence B. and Paul Brown

Fur or Feather: Days with Dog and Gun
by: Smith, Lawrence B. and Paul Brown

Hardcover. New York , Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1946, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, light gray cloth stamped in black. 144 pages, b&w drawings by Paul Brown. Clean, tight copy. No dust jacket.

Record # 411527

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Hunting with the Eskimosby: Whitney, Harry

Hunting with the Eskimos
by: Whitney, Harry

Hardcover. NY, Century Co., 2nd, 1911, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 453 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. A unique record of a sportsman's year among the northern most tribe. A rousing account of hunting bears, walrus, narwhals, and more in the Polar region of Alaska.. (C) 1910, b&w photos by author. Light stain to bottom front cover, otherwise VG.

Record # 12642

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The Breaks of the Game by: Halberstam, David

The Breaks of the Game
by: Halberstam, David

Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Halberstam, a lifeling fan of the game, explores the world of professional basketball as he spends the 1979-80 season travelling with the Portland Trail Blazers. Light fading to dj spine, remainder stamp to bottom edge.

Record # 397940

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Bats by: Peter Golenbock / Davey Johnson

Bats
by: Peter Golenbock / Davey Johnson

Hardcover. NY, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 316 pages. "A manager's-eye view of the agonies and ecstasies of the '85 Mets--from way inside!. 'Bats,' written with bestselling coauthor Peter Golenbock, reveals Johnson's stinging opinions on the state of the game, on umpires, opposing players, other managers, and the press." Clean copy.

Record # 396409

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Western Bird Huntingby: Worth Mathewson (Ed.)

Western Bird Hunting
by: Worth Mathewson (Ed.)

Hardcover. Long Beach CA, Safari Press, 2nd Ed., 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 289 pages. Thirty-five enchanting tales by distinguished experts from 1888-1913--bring back the flavor of incredible shooting from British Columbia, Montana, and Oregon down to Arizona and Mexico.

Record # 397446

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The Great White Hopes: The Quest to Defeat Jack Johnson by: Kent, Graeme

The Great White Hopes: The Quest to Defeat Jack Johnson
by: Kent, Graeme

Hardcover. UK, Sutton Publishing, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 244 pages, b&w photos. In 1908 talented black US fighter Jack Johnson won the heavyweight championship of the world from the Canadian Tommy Burns. There was an immediate storm of protest. Writers, including Jack London, and politicians feared the accession of the fearless and outspoken Johnson would threaten white supremacy. It was predicted that his reign would lead to civic unrest and race riots. Over the next seven years, more than 30 white fighters tried to beat Jackson, lured by the prospect of fame and a quick buck. It was not until 1915 that Jackson lost his crown, and during the years in between an extraordinary human drama was played out on the boxing world stage. Clean copy.

Record # 397962

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Floating Sculpture The Decoys of the Delaware Riverby: Huster, H. Harrison and Doug Knight

Floating Sculpture The Decoys of the Delaware River
by: Huster, H. Harrison and Doug Knight

Hardcover. Spanish Fork UT, Hillcrest Publications, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 160 pages. 212 black-and-white photographs, 76 fine color plates, 16 illustrations and 2 maps and 8 decoy profiles. SIGNED BY BOB WHITE who wrote the Foreword. Clean copy.

Record # 398797

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Duke of Havana, The: Baseball, Cuba, and the Search for the American Dreamby: Fainaru, Steve

Duke of Havana, The: Baseball, Cuba, and the Search for the American Dream
by: Fainaru, Steve

Hardcover. New York, Villard, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 368 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. A tight copy.

Record # 2230152

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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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Road Games: A Year in the Life of the NHLby: Macgregor, Roy

Road Games: A Year in the Life of the NHL
by: Macgregor, Roy

Toronto, Macfarlane Walter & Ross, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclippws dust jacket. Road Games is a passionate, engrossing and authoritative chronicle of the extraordinary 1992-93 NHL season, one that ended with an inquiry into whether or not the Ottawa Senators deliverately "tanked it" to secure their first overall draft pick of hockey's newest sensation, Alexandre Daigle. This was the season that Mario Lemieux's involvement in a sordid scandal was forgotten when he overcame cancer to win the scoring title; Doug Gilmour emerged as one of the game's finest players; and European stars Selanne, Bure, Mogilny and Fedorov rose to preeminence, while the North American hockey heroes-Gretzky, Lemieux, and Lindros-endured a season marked by injury, sickness, disturbing controversy and moving comeback. Clean copy.

Record # 382243

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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

Price: $25.00 
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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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The Niekro Files: The Uncensored Letters of Baseball's Most Notorious Brothers by: Niekro, Phil And Joe

The Niekro Files: The Uncensored Letters of Baseball's Most Notorious Brothers
by: Niekro, Phil And Joe

Hardcover. Chicago, Contemporary Books, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 227 pages. Hall of Fame pitcher Phil Niekro (1939-2020) was THE face of the Atlanta Braves between the Hank Aaron and the Dale Murphy eras. Joe Niekro (1944-2006) pitched for the 1987 World Series champion Minnesota Twins. Clean copy.

Record # 397926

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Salmonia: Or Days of Fly Fishing in a Series of Conversations with Some Account of Habits of Fishes Belonging to the Genus Salmo by: Davy, Sir Humphrey

Salmonia: Or Days of Fly Fishing in a Series of Conversations with Some Account of Habits of Fishes Belonging to the Genus Salmo
by: Davy, Sir Humphrey

Hardcover. NY, Freshet Press, reprint, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardback in slipcase; 1970 reprint of 1828 edition. Three engraved plates of flies, vignette engravings of fish. Cream linen, spine titled in gilt, green angler motif and titles to front of yellow paper-covered slipcase. The first three editions were published anonymously. Cornerstone fly fishing book because of insights into techniques and biology; one of first books to show both natural mayflies and caddis along with artificials. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 383516

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The Baseball 100 by: Joe Posnanski

The Baseball 100
by: Joe Posnanski

Hardcover. NY, Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, 1st, 2023, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. A magnum opus from acclaimed baseball writer Joe Posnanski, The Baseball 100 is an audacious, singular, and masterly book that took a lifetime to write. The entire story of baseball rings through a countdown of the 100 greatest players in history, with a foreword by George Will. Longer than Moby-Dick and nearly as ambitious, The Baseball 100 is a one-of-a-kind work by award-winning sportswriter and lifelong student of the game Joe Posnanski. In the book's introduction, Pulitzer Prize-winning commentator George F. Will marvels, "Posnanski must already have lived more than two hundred years. How else could he have acquired such a stock of illuminating facts and entertaining stories about the rich history of this endlessly fascinating sport?" Clean, bight copy.

Record # 383391

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What It Means to Be a Cub: The North Side's Greatest Players Talk About Cubs Baseball by: Bob Vorwald; Foreword by Ernie Banks

What It Means to Be a Cub: The North Side's Greatest Players Talk About Cubs Baseball
by: Bob Vorwald; Foreword by Ernie Banks

Hardcover. Chicago, Triumph Books, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in glossy pictorial boards. 306 pages, b&w illustrations. Taking a decade-by-decade approach to the Chicago Cubs baseball tradition, this collection brings together over 40 stories from the most outstanding voices of the team. The spirit of Cubs baseball is not captured by just one phrase, one season, or one particular game; instead, the players and managers who made the magic happen over the decades blend their experiences to capture the true essence of their beloved team. Clean copy.

Record # 383270

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All My Octobers: My Memories of Twelve World Series When the Yankees Ruled Baseball by: Mantle, Mickey; Herskowitz, Mickey

All My Octobers: My Memories of Twelve World Series When the Yankees Ruled Baseball
by: Mantle, Mickey; Herskowitz, Mickey

Hardcover. NY, HarperCollins, 4th pr., 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. The memoirs of one of America's most famous baseball sluggers and a leading player of the New York Yankees, describing playing with other famous players from 1951 onwards - e.g. Joe DiMaggio - belting three series home runs in 1964, filled with facts and anecdotes about baseball, teams, and players, as well as has his own personal story of his addiction to alcohol, his family, much more. Clean copy.

Record # 383246

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The Miracle at Coogan's Bluff by: Kiernan, Thomas

The Miracle at Coogan's Bluff
by: Kiernan, Thomas

Hardcover. NY, Thomas Y. Crowell, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. The most exciting season in baseball climaxed by Bobby Thomson's legendary home run to win the pennant for the Giants. 284 pages, b&w photos. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 383245

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